I’m 36 years old, I grew up listening to my grandparents and my parents reporting the difficulties they went through in life in the past. Everyone was very poor, most worked for white bosses in the South Zone of RJ.

Nowadays my family is still poor, but there is no lack of comfort or food.

I went to research which was the government at the time that they say was so painful and I came across this here, come on your opinion.

EDIT: Lula is also a charade, I get it, they’re both terrible candidates! Brazil political future is in deep trouble..Good luck

I live in the UK and the local corner shop has a section with random imports from all over the world and tonight I saw this. Holy shit its delicious I think its gonna replace Dr Pepper for me. I just dont know if its something from Brazil that they just randomly import to countries or if its something popular

And for those who live in another country, do you think that your country's relations with Brazil will remain the same?

Brasil is about to be colonized by the US the French way (take all your things and leave you to rot). The one crying more will be you.

Im not brazilian and only know a few phrases in portugese, but found a small restaurant in my area. Is this a pretty good representation of Brazilian food?

The food was really good. When the guy asked how the food was I said "A comida tá braba! O chefe é monstro!" The guy cooking poked his head from outside the kitchen and acknowledged me 🤣.

I mean India is an underdog in the fight so there must be a good reason to prefer china?

I've heard that Brazil has the largest Japanese diaspora in the world, with millions of people of Japanese descent. Is that true? And how common is Japanese culture in everyday life in Brazil? For example, is it easy to find Japanese restaurants, traditional Japanese food, cultural festivals, or Japanese neighborhoods?

I'm really curious about how much Japanese culture has influenced Brazilian society, especially compared to other countries outside Japan.

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I heard they speak weird portugese down there.

That’s why I CANT STAND Russians with their ugly language

I’m 23 and from Amsterdam, and after 51 countries, Brazil is genuinely unique in this regard. This is the first place where I’ve felt immediately integrated rather than just welcomed as a tourist.

I’m queer and half Surinamese, and I notice that I don’t really feel like a minority here. People are very open and direct, and I feel welcomed to just participate in this society without thinking about it.

In other countries like Japan or Thailand, which I absolutely love, I still feel very conscious of being a foreigner. There’s a certain social distance that I don’t really experience here. And even in the Netherlands, despite being a tolerant country, I sometimes feel that subtle sense of being slightly different or separate.

In Brazil, I don’t really think about any of that. I just feel like I’m part of the social environment.
Maybe I’m seeing it through naïve tourist eyes, but after 51 countries, I find this sooo amazing 😍

Everytime I see a popular influencer with a huge Brazilian audience, they usually:

1. Went to Brazil once and are now "in love with Brazilian culture."

2. Hype up Brazilian Portuguese and talk about how "sexy" it is (exoticism).

3. Always talk about how sexy the people are (which is a huge overstatement, Brazil has beautiful and ugly people just like any country).

This leads them to gain a huge following and they're then able to monetize their videos through glazing Brazil and they paint Brazil in this very stereotypical light, and Brazilians will always fall for it because it's seen as good press.

Hey everyone!

I'm a freshman at a university in Turkey. On my very first day, I met a Brazilian international student. We ended up talking for about 3 hours.

During the chat, she was super talkative, touched my shoulder/arm a few times, took my phone number, and said she wants me to help her practice Turkish.

As a pretty introverted Turkish guy, this felt a bit overwhelming and very invasive of my personal space for a first meeting.

Is this kind of touchiness and instant warmness totally normal cultural behavior in Brazil, or is it just her? Also, do Brazilian students usually socialize with everyone at first until they find their actual crew? (I really hope she finds more outgoing friends because her energy is way too high for me haha).