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[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 104 points 8 months ago

Be a USAan

Invent a machine called the Walkie-talkie

Never walk and talk

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 59 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In high school when the gym teacher didn't want to do anything we did a "walk and talk" that's doing laps around the track walking. Used to love those days, it was an excuse to fuck around.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 53 points 8 months ago

When my gym teacher didn't want to do anything, he called Free Play and just let us raid the supply closet

I fucking loved those weird little square skateboard things

[-] SwitchyWitchyandBitchy@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

Omg I loved playing tag on those. My knuckles would inevitably get all rug burned though.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

Our gym teacher was on his last year from retirement so he'd read a newspaper on his folding chair and have us play volleyball because that way there was a net mostly preventing us from fucking around with at least 50% of the class.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

It was like an extra hour of recess. Objectively the best days.

[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

We'd always break off and smoke weed behind the bathrooms during those days.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 96 points 8 months ago

two hours of walking and then he cancelled the movie

lmao

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 90 points 8 months ago

Dude was like 'this American can't even walk and talk coherently' and peaced out

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 50 points 8 months ago

"I am speaking English better than this American somehow"

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"I didn't know some americans had a wheezing accent, which region are you from?"

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 69 points 8 months ago

Unlike driving and talking, when I'm driving around a one ton hunk of metal that could kill people if I'm too distractedgrillman

Also how is walking around the town boring? You get more time to see what's around you and if there's an interesting spot you can stop and check it out.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 56 points 8 months ago

Another user here told me the average american hike is 3 miles and I have not been able to get that off my brain since. That's the shit I do with a friend on a hangover to get some fresh air

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 47 points 8 months ago

You have to remember two things

  1. Many Americans live in suburbs where 3 miles might get you out of the suburb

  2. America's car brained infrastructure design means most places have incredibly shit accommodations for pedestrians

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[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago

This might just be everyone saying they like hiking these days. It's great, but is also sure to pull down that number.

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[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 66 points 8 months ago

I find it incredibly boring and unoriginal

suggests something cool and unique, like getting a coffee

Simple first dates (like getting a coffee, or a drink, or just walking around) are great because if you have a good time, you know you had a good time because you like the person! You didn't just have a good time doing a fun thing and the person was decent enough not to ruin it.

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[-] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 62 points 8 months ago

Lol I just saw a group in my town was planning a "volkswalk". After giving it the biggest sideeye ever, I looked it up, and they're a harmless hobby group that encourages people to go on walks, inspired by the German movement in the 60s-70s. In conclusion, Germans be walkin

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 60 points 8 months ago

Germans doing things together in large numbers do be unsettling

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

As long as they aren't in step...

[-] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago

I guess it's sometimes called volksmarchen in German, which isn't ominous at all

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

Everything sounds ominous in German, like "Happy walk of friendly people" is

Glücklicher Spaziergang friedlicher Menschen

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[-] machiabelly@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

volk just means people. So its a "people's walk." Volkspartei would be people's party. German is a neat language. I like their word sandwiches and accents.

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[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 58 points 8 months ago

Probably got spooked because the 2 hour walk did not occur on a stroad with 17+ petrol stations and/or South of the Borders.

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 45 points 8 months ago

As an American, if we walk around for that long we will be hit by a behemoth SUV. It's just a statistical inevitability.

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

As an American,

My condolences.

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 58 points 8 months ago

I love walking and talking. And not just because it hides the fact I have no idea when to maintain eye contact during a conversation!

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 54 points 8 months ago

Meanwhile, me a polyam American who dates more frequently than the average person: "Let's go on a walk date! Here's a list of parks nearby I enjoy!"

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 43 points 8 months ago

Stop your sinful lifestyle and only walk and talk with one partner at a time.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I have a date planned with 2 partners at the same time on Saturday. We're definitely going to be taking a walk. We might even all 3 of us hold hands. You can't stop us, sin is just too much fun sicko-beaming yes-hahaha-yes-l

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

I will karate chop one of the hand holdings. If you walk on and re-join hands. I will karate chop again.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 26 points 8 months ago

We'll just grab your hands and then the 4 of us can walk together.

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 36 points 8 months ago

Don't distract me with love and human connection.

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[-] muddi@hexbear.net 52 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This is what dates and hanging out with a friend turns into anyways. Go to a show/dinner/game then awkwardly walk around town because neither wants to go back home and do something less fun

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[-] mar_k@hexbear.net 50 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Best first date of my life was a walking date for like 5 hours without plans in a small german city. was just visiting the country for a month over winter break but I'd been dm'ing this cute german dude thru my cousin's friend for a little while

we went into a bunch of random shops we thought were neat (insane amount of cool crafts), got us some apple strudel at a bakery, got tipsy off glow wine from the christmas market, saw a few statues/monuments, rated graffiti art, ate doner-kebabs at the park and watched the ferry, and tried to teach him how to skate and caught him when he fell. Shit felt like a movie he even kissed me before I left for the train (probably moved too fast but that's queer college kids for you). Ali if you see this I miss you and Germany 🙏

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 36 points 8 months ago

A kiss after a 5 hour date doesn't seem too fast for me

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 33 points 8 months ago

Guys I've been with my partner for two months is it too early for us to hold hands?

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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 27 points 8 months ago

Most wholesome thing I've read in a minute

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[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 41 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

walking date is unoriginal

drinking coffee is original

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[-] christian@hexbear.net 36 points 8 months ago

Yeah I'm kind of a terrible American stereotype myself in a lot of ways and this is still making me irrationally angry.

On the other hand, I do love the idea of starting off with a two-hour walk to be confident you don't need to cancel the other plans you've promised them.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 36 points 8 months ago

Walking dates are also popular in the three-ish American cities that are walkable.

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 8 months ago

Alright so you can't walk and talk at the same time for some reason. Can't you just tell your date that the date you want is the one where you sit at a café? Like if I couldn't walk, I'd let you know before the date.

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[-] SnowySkyes@hexbear.net 32 points 8 months ago

My first date with my girlfriend turned into a walking date and I loved it. It’s just nice to stroll around and shoot the shit.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 32 points 8 months ago

Germans should really learn to at least adopt segways for any walks farther than what it takes to reach their Ford F150's.

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[-] D3FNC@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago

Every time I try to deny my German heritage I'll read some shit like this and have a terrifying realization that some behavioral traits must actually be heritable somehow??! Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go drown some sausages in mustard.

[-] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 25 points 8 months ago

Walking is human heritage not German

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[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's hard to focus on talking and walking because I like looking at the person I'm talking too

Well... Germans don't. Their guilt for being German makes them unwilling to look someone in the eye.

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[-] Cowboy@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

I'm german and my autism diagnosis is coming up soon. For my whole life I thought my german genes were just very strong.

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