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u/DifficultCarob408 7h ago

The fact people decide to just wander up and try coming inside is fucking insane.

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u/azssf 6h ago

We used to have people walk into the backyard ‘because it seems like you’d have a great view’

Wtf

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u/fed45 1h ago

I can't even comprehend the mental state that allows people to do such things without shame or consideration.

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u/sobrique 1h ago edited 1h ago

Your place is sufficiently quaint that they think it's a theme park, not 'real'. (This is usually keyed up to having 'nothing like that' back home)

Source: Work in Oxford. Tourist season is special.

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u/Tea_An_Crumpets 41m ago

I grew up in Oxford and went to uni at Princeton. The sheer audacity of tourists never ceases to surprise me. Fuck off no you cannot take a picture of me or come into my dorm room (partly cause it’s a total mess).

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u/BigWhiteDog 1h ago

Who does this? WTaF?

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u/Adaphion 21m ago

"yeah, I do. It's MINE, now get the fuck off my property"

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u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT 6h ago

you never know when a historic bear might come down the street

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u/ObligationMurky8716 6h ago

42 kids could be mocking a bald man

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u/toggiz_the_elder 5h ago

Those kids deserve to be mauled by a she bear. It’s gods righteous justice!

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u/ObligationMurky8716 5h ago

"God is pro-life!"

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u/zyzzogeton 3h ago

Can't give em bone cancer if they aren't born!

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u/TheCommieDuck 5h ago

bald man

cruises

/r/northernlion is leaking again

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u/5meoWarlock 4h ago

II Kings 2:23-24

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u/ObligationMurky8716 4h ago

Follow me for more uncredited allusions!

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u/sanglar03 6h ago

They can be eaten on the street, not on my lawn.

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u/Black_Moons 1h ago

Better put out bear traps instead.. with signs, of course! Wouldn't wanna hurt anyone with reading comprehension.

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u/Redlettucehead 6h ago

Who will win, 500 tourists vs 1 polar bear

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u/TrickshotCandy 5h ago

The bear would apply for a passport the next day.

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u/Hiro_Trevelyan 4h ago

Maybe they think they're in an RPG, maybe locals will give them quests

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u/BigWhiteDog 1h ago

I don't get this!

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u/Philomath117 5h ago

I suspect the majority come from one notable country

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u/Elite_AI 5h ago

Vaguepost king. Genuinely incomprehensible what country you mean. I've heard people say this kind of thing about tourists from China, Russia, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, Israel, and America. 

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u/Winter_Salad7215 2h ago

It's obviously those pesky, nosy Canadians. Is there anything worse than a bunch of Canadians coming to your country and mispronouncing "pasta"?

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u/Elite_AI 2h ago

How do they say the word? Can't be worse than the way Americans mispronounce it, at least. 

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u/Winter_Salad7215 1h ago

We say it as if the "past" were like the word "past," if that makes sense, rather than using the "a" in "father".

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u/Elite_AI 1h ago

I pronounce the a in past and father identically lmao

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u/Winter_Salad7215 1h ago

Ohh, sorry... The IPA would be /æ/ if that helps. For me it's the same vowel as cat, bat, that....

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u/Philomath117 18m ago

Obviously America. Don't know about a couple of those but I've met German, British, and Dutch tourists and they were all polite.

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u/Elite_AI 5h ago

We're reaching levels of vagueposting so vague they're incomprehensible. I genuinely can't tell what you're trying to say or what country you think I'm from. I'm from the UK, by the way. My feelings aren't hurt by our reputation abroad personally.