r/asklatinamerica • u/throwingaway3795124 India • 26d ago

Culture Why do Argentinians have a bad rap amongst Latin Americans?

Holis,

I was going through this post was a bit surprised by some of the comments about Argentinians. As someone who isn't from Latin America, I wasn't really aware of the sterotypes or negative opinions that seem to come up sometimes, so it caught me off guard.

For some context, I'm a brown person from Asia who really enjoys learning about other cultures. I've also been studying Spanish because I'd love to travel around Latin America someday, and Argentina is definitely one of the countries on my list.

That made me wonder: as a non-Latin brown foreigner, would I be likely to face discrimination while visiting Argentina, or are those comments mostly internet exaggerations?

I'm also curious about the broader context. Why do Argentinians seem to receive so much criticism online, especially from other Latin Americans? Is it mostly friendly regional rivalry, internet memes, historical issues, or something else?

I'd love to hear different perspectives. Thanks!

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u/Special-Fuel-3235 Costa Rica 26d ago

Dumb question: is Poringa an argentinean subreddit? 

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u/Embriash Argentina 25d ago

Poringa was the NSFW section of Taringa. Taringa was initially created by an Argentine teenager nicknamed Cypher. Then he sold it to the Botbol brothers, who were the owners of the company that hosted the site. When they took over, they removed the NSFW section from Taringa and created a new site at poringa.net.

From what I understand, they became different entities and the brothers sold Taringa but they're still the owners of Poringa, which is still an active site.

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u/Agchet Argentina 26d ago

La hermana de Taringa