Even for this article I'm annoyed whole "awwww look at these wacky foreigners, are they drunk?" vibe that it all takes on.

Ehhh, yeah, not to beat a dead horse but it's a condescending approach at best, and at worst, well frankly a bit xenophobic- it makes the foreign subjects look unintelligent, inarticulate, and…

This is why they should get real translation. It seems pretty counter to Jezebel to run bad information from a foreign source... just disrespectful.

Gawker used Google Translate on a Ukraine story a few weeks back... it would not be the first time is what I'm saying. :/

It wouldn't be the first time Gawker Media literally ran something through Google Translate and then posted that. They did it a few weeks back on a Ukraine story and commentators had to correct. It seems massively dishonest to me... it shows a lack of research and its not a remotely accurate representation for the…

You also wonder who uses this? Where do all these strange creepers live? Maybe they're just teenagers who form the majority of the user-base.

On a very pedestrian level non-scientist level, it sounds like this would be very hard to control for- separating development from socialization, given the latter influences the former.

It's only illegal if you get caught (because the wolf ate someone).

She spent 83K on the monkey-incident legal fees. I hope she pays her kids ways through university. :/

The people of Toronto, ney, Canada agree with you and desperately want everyone to stop paying attention until the next election throws him out. :(

I totally get that- but I think there are better ways to teach languages (like immersion programs for instance), and I think that language learning is the single best way to get people to think differently about other cultures and other people, and that's the value of it in addition to gaining a helpful ability.

Mandatory second-language training.

The Nazi joke is the first thing that alot of people jump too when Germany is brought up... as an ex-pat in Germany it kinda invokes second hand embarrassment.

Haha- yes, this is true. But it was a different time, when armies were much less professional, and even so the Spanish Civil War was disillusioning for many. "You will die like a dog for no good reason," said Hemingway.

This has always happened with varying degrees of tragedy. The reality is that showing up to a war zone as a foreign ideological fighter is a good way to either be accused of espionage, or used as cannon fodder because you're a foreigner no one cares about, and who has no training.

This dude is wearing a bright blue,…

Hey now, don't scare her/him- Montreal very bilingual... you might slightly annoy some grumpy old person, but Anglophones are a pretty significant community in the city, and that aside tourism is big for Montreal. Having a few stock phrases to be polite would go very far (this is Canada after all: manners).

Totally in agreement... I mean yeah, I don't even like sci-fi as a genre, but Pacific Rim took and did it properly. Way more exciting than the cliche crime-drama that was American Hustle.

A friend of mine moved the other way- from Latin America up north in his mid twenties. He did a university degree, then a Masters, and now a PHD in Communications (100% in English). It's totally possible. Even in the short term, think about all the international university students who study at school - yeah some…

It's been a while since I visited, but the major public art galleries are quite legit.... I think it was the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts that I remember. In terms of music, Foufounes Electriques was pretty popular for alt-rock/underground type stuff.

Also, you can make the most of the winter and go skiing or…

Boo EDEKA! Netto forever!

THIS. "Well it can't be that bad, this is Canada." Canadian police have been appalling racist towards Native people, sexist towards female officers and negligent towards sex crimes, and we've had so many publicly reported incidents of extremely excessive force (taserings constantly, Montreal cops every other week, G8…