Author: opoudjis

How did Richard Nixon’s parents react to him becoming President?

By: | Post date: November 12, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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As others point out, they were dead by 1968. However Hannah Nixon lived until 1967, and Frank Nixon until 1956. So they saw him Vice-President, and she fretted over how he looked in the Kennedy–Nixon debates. How they reacted to him making Vice-President would be evidence enough of how they would have reacted to him […]

Are Turks appropriating European culture?

By: | Post date: November 12, 2016 | Comments: 2 Comments
Posted in categories: Countries, Culture

https://www.quora.com/How-many-Turkish-consider-themselves-as-European/answer/Sinan-Ozeren Greek neighbour here. And hello to my neighbours! “Cultural appropriation.” I don’t think that word means what you think it means. I also happen to think that as a cultural critique, the notion of “cultural appropriation” is so vague, so clumsily wielded, so thoughtlessly conscripted in identity battles, that it deserves to be subverted […]

Is it normal for an educated, single, 50 year-old male to view every 18+ female he interacts with as a potential sex partner or mate?

By: | Post date: November 11, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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Ah. How do I answer this without getting myself into massive trouble. The Annika Schauer is wise. But let me elaborate on the scenario a bit, and let me answer about whether it is appropriate, and whether it is desirable for Anon to date any. What are the rules for a heterosexual date-seeking male of […]

What does Trump’s presidency mean for Australia?

By: | Post date: November 10, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
Posted in categories: Australia

Originally Answered: What would a Trump presidency mean for Australia? Already posted this in https://www.quora.com/What-will-… Bob Carr was NSW State premier for a very long time, but always wanted to be Foreign Minister. He even managed to be one for a few months. He’s obsessed with American politics, as any Foreign Minister has to be, […]

Be funny: What do white people like?

By: | Post date: November 10, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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A2A by Habib. This question is going to be answered by two Nicks: the Greek, and the Australian: The Greek: Ya Habibi, Habibim! Τι γίναμε ρε θηρίο! (“What’s news, you monster!”) White? Who you calling white? What is with these questions I’m seeing in the Quora sidebar? Are Greeks white, are Albanians white, are Arabs […]

On this Electoralgeddon evening…

By: | Post date: November 9, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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On this Electoralgeddon evening, I think, to my own surprise, of an exchange I had here during the Brexit referendum. I was transfixed here by the arguments during Brexit, the distress of the Remain camp, the snapping back by the Europeans. When the results came out, there was despondency on Quora, and a lot of […]

What is your favorite city in the world and why?

By: | Post date: November 9, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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Vienna. Monumental architecture, cosy atmosphere, livable scale, awash with the history and the ghosts of some of the best culture Europe ever produced. Love love love Vienna. My wife and I both loving Vienna was one of the first things we bonded over when we started going out. (The second was Richard Nixon, God help […]

What are the best restaurants to try when visiting Melbourne, Victoria, Australia? What should you try while you’re there?

By: | Post date: November 9, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
Posted in categories: Australia

We are fricking foodies in this town, and this is a very hard question. At least, if you’re visiting Melbourne, it’s reasonable to constrain this question to the CBD, and to fine dining. That’s still not really constrained though. Of the options mentioned by other answerers, there’s the nouveau everything of Vue de Monde, the […]

What are some good ethnic restaurants and eateries in Melbourne?

By: | Post date: November 9, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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It’s Melbourne, it’s fricking awash with ethnic fooderies. Can I just nominate two? Greek: Oakleigh, which is now Greektown, is full of Greek fooderies. All of them bad, and primarily about people hanging out pretending they’re in an Athens patisserie. The best place in Oakleigh is the one hidden away. Mezedakia. Opposite the train station, […]

Quorans describe your reaction to the 2016 US elections with an emoji and why?

By: | Post date: November 9, 2016 | Comments: No Comments
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As noted here: Nick Nicholas’ answer to Why do some questions, answers, and messages on Quora contain figures like this: U0001f60f? Only Plane 0 Unicode emoji will render in the Quora text editor: ⏱ ☃☹☺☻♨⛄⛱✊✋✌ I wish to convey a negative yet hopeful reaction. So: ☹ It’s sad, and ♨⛄Lots of stuff will melt down, […]

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