well, i watched some mormon missionaries speak about their missionary experience in the totally exotic culture of uh... new zealand. and they were just absolutely in love with the idea of a small grocery store on the corner, in walking distance. just in awe at this eldritch cultural practice. they'd never encountered anything like it (i guess they came from utah?)

so... uh... y'know.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Character idea: Mormon who travels abroad to a normal country as a missionary but has his own heart changed, becoming a convert to urbanism.

[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago

Finally a good anime

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Utah is a foreign country even within the context of the United Stated

[–] MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Utah is a social experiment

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they also think they came up with the word bodega

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bodega is a newyorkese word that stands for "grocery store"

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Does bodega mean all grocery stores or is it just the corner store where you can buy cigarettes, way overpriced salty snacks, and old vegetables (when they have them)?

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

it's from a native language once spoken on manhattan