Dealing with Study Abroad Braggers

[Evan]

Almost all of my friends have studied abroad (I haven't) and very very few are like this. Is it very common at your school?

[waxie]

Not so much at my school, but I just moved into a house for the summer and two of the four act this way. We're all interns in DC and we found eachother on craigs list. I have a lot of friends who have studied abroad and aren't doucebags.

[poker-penguin]

Perhaps it's not that they studied abroad but just that they are douchebags.

I studied abroad, it was fun, whatever, thankfully the rest of my life has been pretty interesting too so I don't feel the need to go on about it.

One liners:

"This one time, at band camp..."
"Yeah, we get it, you went overseas, big [censored] deal"

That or pwn them hard and publicly on some history / culture thing about their destination.

Or

"So in Czech [or whatever] you drank fifteen pints for three bucks? Wow. When Sup Bro was all county defensive line, Sup Bro had fifteen tackles for loss!"

[NT!]

poker-penguin,

I do not suggest that anyone follow your advice in this thread.

NT

[poker-penguin]

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poker-penguin,

I do not suggest that anyone follow your advice in this thread.

NT

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Nor do I.

Although I would love to see OP explaining Sup Bro and how it applies to their situation to the study abroad bragger.

"You see, you're just like Sup Bro, because you're bragging about something not particularly special that happened a while ago. Except you're not funny."

nah, NT is right, please ignore my advice.

[waxie]

Right, I guess what bugs me is the attitude that people are pretty much worthless if they haven't been abroad. They are so cultured and I'm some unwashed orge. Clearly I'm a little pissy.

Interesting things that have happened to me while in this country:

-I've been inside a prison (not as an inmate)
-Stood in a union hall when 1000+ workers voted to strike
-Spent time at a mosque in inner-city Philadelphia
-etc

The attitude that the United States is really boring and everywhere else is just amazing pisses me off. And I'm a liberal.

[Guyon]

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I studied abroad, it was fun, whatever, thankfully the rest of my life has been pretty interesting too so I don't feel the need to go on about it.

Pwn them hard and publicly on some history / culture thing about their destination.



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It's like playing whiffleball against fat kids or playing any game of skill against someone who swears by "doubling on hard 12's."

[NT!]

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Almost all of my friends have studied abroad (I haven't) and very very few are like this. Is it very common at your school?

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In school I found that a LOT of people kind of suck for about two weeks when they get back but only the real douche helmets stay this way long enough that you can't just wait it out

NT

[Evan]

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Almost all of my friends have studied abroad (I haven't) and very very few are like this. Is it very common at your school?

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In school I found that a LOT of people kind of suck for about two weeks when they get back but only the real douche helmets stay this way long enough that you can't just wait it out

NT

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You could be right. I usually don't see them for the two weeks after they get back since it tends to be at the end of a semester.

[waxie]

I'm really just looking for snappy oneliners. Right now, whenever they tell me some stupid story for the eighth time, I say "Wait, wait, you studied abroad? Where?".