Originally Posted by radek7633 (Post 864300)

While vacationing in South Carolina, my mom and I were talking (in Czech) by the pool and a local asked me if I spoke "American"

Is there something I missed?

Originally Posted by radek7633 (Post 863829)

I never said it was mutually exclusive... and certainly true... I think a big part of acting like an adult is admitting fault for your mistakes. Those of higher order cognition will see through lies and respect a person who has made a mistake and admitted fault moreso than one who has made a mistake and not taken responsibility... IMO ... but you certainly make a valid point.

Please direct your attention to the following... I think many people can agree on the dichotomy you are refering to

I used to get the same comments and dirty looks from people when I was 20 and bought a 2 year old Saab 9-3... I saw it as a compliment that they figured a 20 year old was not capable of achieving something like that... I assumed (and this may not be true, but my assumption at the time) that they made such judgements because they couldnt achieve such lengths when they were 20... IMO

Originally Posted by christian370z (Post 864400)

Very true, it certainly takes much more integrity to admit fault and to completely accept responsibility. I didn't mean to come off as attacking and disecting your post by the way, I was only venting a bit in general so my apologies to a fellow Saab guy!

I guess the way people look at you is relative; I first started driving in Greenwich CT and I couldn't count how many kids at my high school trash talked my '96 Saab. I enjoyed having a car that I could say I completely owned, built, and maintained on my own coin and felt that people gave me more respect because of that. Driving the Z on the other hand, I feel like I am seen as a spoiled rich kid (even though I paid for a large percentage of it) but oh well!

Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 864308)

I still remember the joke about some man standing in line at the bank and a hispanic said something in spanish. He blew up on the guy, telling him about how when he was in another country (America), he needed to speak their language instead of expecting them to speak his and how he and his kind had taken his country over, etc.

About that time, the man behind him said something in a foreign language to his wife about the man in front of them blowing up on the new immigrant. The man whirled around and said "WTF language is THAT!?". To which, the man calmly replied "Cherokee."