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[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 24 points 6 months ago

I feel you lol. I wish less people came to Portugal, especially Lisbon and Porto. It's a bit ridiculous sometimes. The culture people come looking for is slowly dying or becoming a fake version of itself because legit stuff is being pushed out of historical centers, in favor or tourist attracting alternatives. The issue of overpricing (because all the English, German, French, etc, visiting Portugal earn way better than us here in average) is ludicrous, it's becoming harder to enjoy the places we used to go 15 or 20 years ago.
sigh

[-] weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

It really is sad. For more than 25 years I've been visiting Portugal (so yes, I'm part of the problem...) and every year it gets a bit worse: endless new hotels destroying the beautiful views of the cliffs, villages mostly catering the needs of tourists, ...

I just wish I hadn't told everyone how amazing it is in Portugal šŸ„²

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 7 points 6 months ago

It is, the the fault isn't entirely on the tourists (specially if they're respecting and give two fucks about the places they're visiting); the governments have been pushing tons of pro-tourism stuff everywhere for years, hence why we grew that industry so much, often without thinking of long term consequences and economic balance. So now, we have an economy overly dependent on tourism (with all the good but mostly bad stuff that brings), which, in addition to other shitty decisions like massive roadway investment instead of railway (we have one of the best road network in Europe, but a shitty railway one, significantly shrinked down in the last 40 years), have led to lots of serious issues preventing good development of a lot of other industry we could have and once had. The classic example is Algarve (the southernmost region) is so dependent on tourist they had a very hard time during COVID. Outside of Lisbon's (<2M) and Porto's (>1M) metro areas, every other city has less than 500k people, and the vast majority less than 100k, which presents obvious issues.

Anyway, sorry for the shit dump šŸ˜…

[-] weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the insight! I just hope that Porto and Lisbon don't turn into another Paris or Rome...

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, for sure šŸ™

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

That's really sad, because one day I wanted to go and learn Jogo do PĆ£o. I hear it's a dying art but they're trying to keep it alive.

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 2 points 6 months ago

lol
I believe "jogo da bolacha" is a more common name here X)

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

Lmao I was confused but I think I see where I got it wrong. I said "bread game" instead of "stick game". XD

Apologies for butchering the language. :)

...Lol the machine translation of "jogo do pau" appears to be...Less than polite? Hahaha.

So, clarification: I think rural stick fighting from Portugal would be really cool to learn. :) lol

[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Actually, the traditional Jogo da Bolacha is also a thing. If you're in Portugal and someone asks for you to join, YOU JOIN. It's extremely rude for foreigners to refuse the Jogo da Bolacha. Specially if the inviter winks at you. It's also good manners to announce you'll loose the first few times, while you learn. If people are surprised by this just smile, lick your lips and say you're the Cookie Monster. You'll be accepted among us very quickly.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago

Okay. You. You're a sneaky sneaky one, you. LOL That comment made me laugh so hard.

So, sadly, with my internet-ruined mind, I kinda guessed this when someone said "cookie game." Over here in NA it's called "limp biscuit" (like the band), and knowledge of the concept alone is enough to hope it's just an urban-legend joke and nobody's actually played it. šŸ˜‚

"I am the Cookie Monster" ROFLMAO!!!

Messed up, but really damn funny. XD

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 0 points 6 months ago

Aaaaaah, that makes much more sense lmao

The "jogo do pĆ£o"/"jogo da bolacha" is silly and dirty kids "game", I was quite confused how you even knew about it x)

But yeah, jogo do pau is pretty cool, though I know little about it. It's another slowly dying bit of our culture.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

This was a hilarious case of language misunderstanding. XD

I'm still laughing at how accidentally switching two similar words meant that comment must have sounded REALLY freaking weird to you LOL. I learned a valuable lesson here.

Yeah, in NA this is called "limp biscuit"...there was a popular band named after the concept. Gross. šŸ¤¢

[-] tmpod@lemmy.pt 2 points 5 months ago

XD I was caught very off-guard, ngl

Yeah, in NA this is called "limp biscuit"...there was a popular band named after the concept. Gross. šŸ¤¢

Nice to know x)

[-] spirinolas@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, you're a feisty one, aren't you!

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