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Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by spondylosaurus »

ethbr0 wrote: post #64
dopidopHN wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tacos you saw are a riff on kebab. They are tacos in name only. ( TINO if you like )

I noticed there were French tacos (TINOs), but it seemed like the "taco" popularity was leading to a few closer-to-Tex-Mex taco places as well. This was around the Bastille, so maybe hipster culture? Overall, a decent attempt, but the salsa was a miss (no cilantro? and not sure what they did to the tomatoes) and the seasonings were still very French. The irony is afaict, France has all of the ingredients needed. In t…

Cinnamon on plain tortilla chips is pretty rough, but if they fried the tortillas first you'd have yourself a delicious buñuelo :)

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by panda888888 »

Doches wrote: post #39
ethbr0 wrote: post #35

> (on Paris Syndrome uniquely afflicting Japanese tourists) Or it could be the jarring confrontation of the a priori ideal of Paris as exotic and friendly with the rather more abrasive nature of the city’s inhabitants. Having visited Tokyo (which I assume is the most Paris-like Japan gets?) and Paris (just got back from most recent trip), this rings true. Average "mild annoyance" from a Parisian would equal "severe d…

It's hard to pick up on as an American, but "French Tacos" actually don't have any genealogy in common with Tex-Mex tacos. They're essentially north African shwarma (lamb kebab, fries, cheese sauce, lettuce shoved in a wrap) re-marketed in a way that doesn't invoke knee-jerk racism from the French mainstream. Calling them "tacos" lets them get away with being exotic, and since the average Français doesn't really have…

French tacos are the weirdest food I've ever eaten. Imagine chicken cordon bleu wrapped inside a big burrito-sized tortilla.

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by jjkaczor »

cguess wrote: post #43
tokai wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost all of them just seems like first psycotic episode brought about by a novel stressful environment.

"feelings of dizziness and being lightheaded" sounds much more like a tourist was walking around Italy in the summer with a heavy backpack and not drinking enough water after getting off an airplane and probably impinging too much wine at dinner the night before.

Same with any hotter climate tourist location and 'mysterious syndrome'.

Also combine with perhaps a little change in their stomach biome from drinking different water and/or eating different dairy products, making them more easily dehydrated.

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by jjkaczor »

bratgpttamer wrote: post #34

Cambridgehaven Syndrome is marked by an inability to start an anecdote without "When I was at Harvard/Yale..."

Heh, in my family that is "Down-under Syndrome".

As in, "oh - that's not how they do it in Australia, did you know I lived in (or visited) Australia for 'x' amount of time?"

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by P_I_Staker »

ethbr0 wrote: post #35

> (on Paris Syndrome uniquely afflicting Japanese tourists) Or it could be the jarring confrontation of the a priori ideal of Paris as exotic and friendly with the rather more abrasive nature of the city’s inhabitants. Having visited Tokyo (which I assume is the most Paris-like Japan gets?) and Paris (just got back from most recent trip), this rings true. Average "mild annoyance" from a Parisian would equal "severe d…

I think many foreigners don't try to fit into the aloof European culture where you act like a mildly sociopathic hipster.

I'm not saying that "all of Europe" is like that, but definitely the major cities of many Western European countries.

That said, we have SV / Seattle, so I guess we have our own hipster sociopaths in the USA.

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by mikrl »

Do Toronto next!

It should involve an otherwise emotional, feeling, social and empathic creature dissociating into a cold, atomized, post-social entity with the uncanny ability to tune out the world and everything in it as it buzzes towards its goal.

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by dimal »

iamdamian wrote: post #11

Something's off about this list. I can't find Brooklyn Syndrome on Wikipedia and think the description is confusing. The main source I found on Brooklyn Syndrome is from the Names journal [0], which has a nearly identical description. I wonder if this article is a direct copy of that journal article with lazy paraphrasing from the Atlas Obscura writers to avoid plagiarism. If so, this makes me wonder how much of Atla…

A quick google found this [0], a citation from 1943. Seems to check out, but the source says it's kind of a joke term.

https://www.sciencenews.org/archive/brooklyn-syndrome

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by numboreal »

smcl wrote: post #55
digdugdirk wrote: post #28

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Not sure what you're implying here, but just because there isn't a scientific consensus on a condition does not immediately make it a "grift".

Calling it a "grift" may be harsh, but "Havana syndrome" as a result of some kind of Cuban sonic super-weapon that happens to have the same noise as some local crickets was definitely an enormous stretch. That plenty of people played along with it to the extent that bills were passed allocating funding for the treatment of these people might not be a grift but it's certainly something extremely peculiar. With US heal…

My guess is more of a mass hysteria situation combined with politicians that are exceptionally credible toward anything the military says than a conscious grifting.

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Post by dredmorbius »

pc86 wrote: post #53
neilv wrote: post #49

> Detroit Syndrome is a form of age discrimination in which workers of a certain age are replaced by those who are younger, faster, and stronger, not to mention endowed with new skills better suited for the modern workplace. Does a certain 20yo junior writer for a Web site resent the senior writers?

I think this is more a statement about the Detroit auto scene being objectively behind other areas. Yeah age discrimination plays a part but in this case it's actually justified as opposed to just being cheaper.

From TFA:

The syndrome, reported in 2011, gets its name from Detroit, and more specifically from its reputation as a manufacturing hub for automobiles, in which newer models would replace the older ones on a regular basis.

I.e., "replaced by a newer/younger model".

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by darkclouds »

smcl wrote: post #51
darkclouds wrote: post #25

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> residents have a significantly lower life expectancy that the rest of the UK Diet - Seems like Glaswegians have forgotten Fee-fi-fo-fum In certain parts of the country, the NHS will prescribe some things to elderly people which increases life span, that would normally be found in high levels elsewhere in the country. I doubt Evian or San Pelligrino is high on the shopping list up there either. > London Syndrome is…

> Diet - Seems like Glaswegians have forgotten Fee-fi-fo-fum In certain parts of the country No idea what "fee-fi-fo-fum" is supposed to refer to, but it seems you're suggesting that Glaswegians simply choose to have a poor diet and therefore suffer poor life expectancies as a result. In reality there are myriad social and health problems that come from having a shitload of deprived areas - can be seen in the link Ar…

> No idea what "fee-fi-fo-fum" is supposed to refer to

Calcium.

I dont think being on the bread line is useful when watching harrys farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juXXt4ZHS-8&t=467s

or being in damp conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladosporium#Health_effects

I can smell the mould in some brand new sliced bread and baps when its not out of date or anything visibly wrong with it.

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