I just spent a month living in Brazil, ask me anything.

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#51 bmanva
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@servomaster said:

They had very big butts down there which was amazing!

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#52 BabyPulpFiction
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How dangerous would it be for two American, 23yr-old attractive girls to backpack there? Backpacked in Thailand recently and it was really safe. Really want to backpack in Brazil too.

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#53 Treflis
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In what state is the infrastructure, primarily service and maintenance, after the 2014 General Election? Also whatever happened to the 10% Bolsa Familia welfare scheme that Dilma Rousseff proposed?

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#54 KHAndAnime
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Did you catch toxoplasmosis?

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#55 servomaster
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@servomaster: What's a PLC?

Programmable logic Controller.

Robots use a latter logic program based on bits being turned on and off.

Oh. Are you a plc or something similar?

No, I program the movements of the robots. More CAD based

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#56 servomaster
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@servomaster: "No, I have a girlfriend, but my co-worker bought 2 prostitutes at once and had a three some."

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

So how's the weather?

Very hot, high 80s low 90s. Rained rarely.

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#57 servomaster
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@BabyPulpFiction said:

How dangerous would it be for two American, 23yr-old attractive girls to backpack there? Backpacked in Thailand recently and it was really safe. Really want to backpack in Brazil too.

I'm not sure. I wouldn't do it though.

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#58 servomaster
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Why are the Rich class protesting?

They hate their president, he's blamed for the devaluing of their money and their massive recession, they're pulling a 2008 down there.

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#59 servomaster
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@Treflis said:

In what state is the infrastructure, primarily service and maintenance, after the 2014 General Election? Also whatever happened to the 10% Bolsa Familia welfare scheme that Dilma Rousseff proposed?

no idea.

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#60 Treflis
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@servomaster said:
@Treflis said:

In what state is the infrastructure, primarily service and maintenance, after the 2014 General Election? Also whatever happened to the 10% Bolsa Familia welfare scheme that Dilma Rousseff proposed?

no idea.

You didn't ask those you worked with how things were in Brazil?

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@BabyPulpFiction: Don't go to a 3rd world country without a group of people.

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I've been down here in Brazil for about a month for work, and am headed back to the states today.

What really shocked me coming down here, and what I was unprepared for was the level of poverty across the country. I thought I understood what poverty was before I came down here, but poverty in the U.S. is wealthy by comparison. I drove though a literal shanty town and learned that a PLC manager only makes $4000 a year, when in the U.S. he'd by making more than 80K.

Why did you ignore cost of living in your equation?

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#63 PSP107
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@servomaster:

What section of Brazil you were in?

Did you learn Spanish?

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#64 servomaster
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@LJS9502_basic said:
@servomaster said:

I've been down here in Brazil for about a month for work, and am headed back to the states today.

What really shocked me coming down here, and what I was unprepared for was the level of poverty across the country. I thought I understood what poverty was before I came down here, but poverty in the U.S. is wealthy by comparison. I drove though a literal shanty town and learned that a PLC manager only makes $4000 a year, when in the U.S. he'd by making more than 80K.

Why did you ignore cost of living in your equation?

What equation? I could see very clearly that it was really poor.

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#65 servomaster
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@servomaster:

What section of Brazil you were in?

Did you learn Spanish?

Porte alegra, Worked at Gravatai.

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@PSP107 said:

@servomaster:

What section of Brazil you were in?

Did you learn Spanish?

Why would he learn Spanish when Brazil speaks Portuguese?

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@FireEmblem_Man said:
@PSP107 said:

@servomaster:

What section of Brazil you were in?

Did you learn Spanish?

Why would he learn Spanish when Brazil speaks Portuguese?

Was thinking the same thing, LOL.

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#68 servomaster
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@Treflis said:
@servomaster said:
@Treflis said:

In what state is the infrastructure, primarily service and maintenance, after the 2014 General Election? Also whatever happened to the 10% Bolsa Familia welfare scheme that Dilma Rousseff proposed?

no idea.

You didn't ask those you worked with how things were in Brazil?

They said it wasn't very good because the bad president. Their money was losing value, making things expensive.

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@FireEmblem_Man said:
@PSP107 said:

@servomaster:

What section of Brazil you were in?

Did you learn Spanish?

Why would he learn Spanish when Brazil speaks Portuguese?

lol, I did learn portuguese.

I was in Porte Alegra.

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#70 PSP107
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@gamerguru100: @servomaster: @FireEmblem_Man:

Aren't they almost the same but with just slight differences?

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#71 hippiesanta
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Do you live in brazil as a rich spoil brat or backpackers or in tourist tour group or sponsored student or picking bananas?

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#72 Dogswithguns
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After what you said, I don't think I like Brazil anymore..

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#73 BabyPulpFiction
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@SexyJazzCat: Thailand was pretty safe, regardless of the extreme poverty I saw there. I was there just me and my other girlfriend. But yeah Brazil seems a bit sketchier. Agreed.

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Have you injected or seen anyone that's been injected with Synthol?

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#75 servomaster
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@hippiesanta said:

Do you live in brazil as a rich spoil brat or backpackers or in tourist tour group or sponsored student or picking bananas?

Helping Install new robots in a GM plant.

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#76 servomaster
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@PSP107 said:

@gamerguru100: @servomaster: @FireEmblem_Man:

Aren't they almost the same but with just slight differences?

They're Latin based languages, but they are their own languages.

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#77 PSP107
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@servomaster:

Oh