This seems more cultural than any actual basis in fact. If you enjoy scandalising Italians, order cappuccinos in the afternoon, and you can also ask for tabasco sauce to go with your pizza.
Why Italians don't drink a cappuccino after 11am [video]
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#14220% of the video is an ad for a VPN. The remaining 80% could be summarized in 2-3 sentences. Do we really need a video?
What is the rage about VPNs lately? Is there an emerging security/surveillance threat that we were not aware of or even one that a VPN could stop unlike FB/Google data hoarding?
I guess most people use it for getting access to content restricted for different region in video streaming services.
When you consider person that regularly watches Youtube they might be interested.
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It's just milky drinks in general. I always found it weird to see people having milk with lunch in American TV shows. Its sweetness doesn't pair well with saltier lunch and dinner time food. It's not a lactose intolerance problem at all.
Milk isn't sweet, though? I'm curious, are you from a country where milk is conventionally UHT treated? UHT milk has a sweet (and plasticky) taste to me.
AFAIK most Italian milk is UHT treated, yes.
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I spent some time in Sicily and one of the things I discovered was I could not get pizza for lunch,only dinner. I thought it was just one restaurant being obstinate but town after it was the same response. And to this American who enjoyed a slice between classes I could not understand why. I concluded it was too hot and no one wanted to turn up the pizza oven. Is that correct assumption?
Restaurant owner in Italy here: We usually don’t offer pizza at lunchtime because it takes time and wood to fire up the oven and keep it at temperature. Low request volume means it’s not worth it, at least for small pizza places. If you want pizza for lunch you head to a bakery or “bar” and they have squares (not “slices”) ready for you to pick up.
sorry for asking so bluntly, how did you discover HN ? I'm amazed by the diversity of this population
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where do you work that you can't watch a video? What's the reason? Genuinely curious, not insulting/snarky.
Its not about where I've worked. It's simply not professional behavior at any of the places I've worked.
The CEO of the medium sized fintech company I work at loves sending goofy videos out.
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#147I do not buy the conclusions in this video. For a couple of reasons. First off, anecdote. I myself am severely lactose intolerant, which I inherited genetically. I have lived in Italy and know Italians pretty well, and in my experience lactose intolerance is so unusual in Italy that people are often amazed to hear of my condition. Lactase (Lactaid etc.) is quite rare in the country, so much so that I usually bring in…
Colpo d’aria on its own is the example I give to anyone who wants to know why Italians can be so stubborn.
People normally are astonished when I explain that that’s pretty much the only reason why air conditioners have historically been so thin on the ground in even the stifling heat of Roman summer.
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#149I'm Italian (now in the US), and I had some friends come visit in Italy a while ago, and went out to lunch with some of my family. One of my friends ordered a cappuccino mid-lunch and my family almost passed out :)
It’s hilarious how people are so ingrained in their culture that these things affect them so much. Like if I ate a roast dinner for breakfast or took a shower every lunch time, I’d be considered a madman. It sounds absolutely silly but really there’s few good reasons for most of our habits.
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#150I'm Italian (now in the US), and I had some friends come visit in Italy a while ago, and went out to lunch with some of my family. One of my friends ordered a cappuccino mid-lunch and my family almost passed out :)
My wife is Italian and she and her family drink cappuccino after lunch