I think a lot of people here don’t realize that he dressed like that as part of a skit.
Back in my 20’s I was backpacking through Europe and had heard that Parisians were generally friendly to American tourists, but the one thing I was told was to start every conversation at least attempting to speak French. I did so, and everyone I spoke to either started speaking English or politely referred me to someone who did. There was only one incident I had there. I was ordering dinner in a restaurant and I asked the waiter what wine he recommended with the meal I’d ordered. This is a fairly common thing to do in America, but this poor waiter looked at me like I had just transformed into a 4th-dimensional kaleidoscopic entity before his very eyes. I mean, he totally froze, eyes wide, jaw slack. I immediately felt so bad that I just ordered the first red wine I saw on the list and the relief on his face was palpable, but he still looked shaken.
I think French people are just so familiar with wine that they can’t comprehend people who aren’t. If you ever visit France, do some basic research just so you don’t freak them out.
Not French, but grew up in a tourist-y area in Europe. I actually didn’t mind the American tourists - they often didn’t know much about things outside of America, but they were generally really nice about it and eager to learn.
The worst tourists were always the ones from my own country who were over for the summer. Almost always an absolute menace lol.
I also live in a very tourist-y area, but in the States, and without question the worst tourists are other Americans. I think when you’re visiting another country, there’s a certain amount of humility and respect that kicks in, because you know you’re not on your own turf. When you’re just visiting another part of your own country, that pressure doesn’t kick in and it can leave you behaving like a bit of an entitled ass.
Hoodies with shorts is the weirdest dress code to me.
Like a bikini top with ski pants.
I guess some people have different regions of their bodies that run temperatures or maybe they want easy access……ive been watching Kaos again…
But that is America!
European wage + American tip… What’s the problem?
Obnoxious assholes, that’s the problem.
No we have them in Europe as well
If you count Brits as yurop, sure!
Why though? They might get an unusually high tip.
Doesn’t mean the encounter will necessarily be particularly pleasant.
Are we weaponizing discomfort again…already?
I wonder what you are referring to as well. Also ‘weaponizing discomfort’ sounds like something inappropriate while actually discomfort is a real thing and no one has to stand for it (in a certain degree). Not caring at all if you are causing others discomfort is the definition of selfishness. Recompensating somebody with a big tip, because you are a dick doesn’t make you less of a prick.
Sorry, I don’t know what you’re referring to.
It would be better phrased without ending the sentence with a preposition, such as, “Sorry, I do not know to what you are referring.”
Okay, cool, you did understand me though, yeah? Gonna explain what you meant earlier? The feeling of being scolded for something I said and not knowing what is one up with which it’s hard to put.
And just to reiterate a little more clearly, my whole point is your feelings are on you. I am responsible for my actions and words.
If shame was that valuable, fox news would have had us doing their dirty work long ago.
All I’m hearing is “If my shitty behaviour as a tourist in your country towards people in the service industry makes a person in the service industry feel bad, that’s their own fault (also here are some truisms about connection that seem neither here nor there)” and I SERIOUSLY hope that’s not what you’re saying.
First of all, Adan Sandler is an American saint so shut up.
Secondly, he looks comfortable as hell so what’s the problem.
I get not dressing fancy all the time but this guy dresses for an award show like my toddler going to the park. I’m surprised they let him in lol
Wait this is not photoshopped?
Probably not, there’s been a lot of discussion about him never dressing up.
Personally, I think this is one of his more admirable traits. Most of his movies are mediocre, but dude’s just keeping comfy and keeping his friends around for his movies. Seems to be enjoying life and I think that’s more important than the imdb ratings.
If your famous enough, they’ll let you slap people on stage these days.
you’re*
Come on, it’s not hard.
Will Smith is officially banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years. He’s also lost the ability to produce new projects, with his IMDB credits drying up almost entirely after 2022.
One of the only people in Hollywood who you might seriously claim faced consequences for deplorable behavior. We can only speculate as to why.
Ty for that context and counterpoint.
But ill add that he then paid us back w/the insufferable “i like pretty girls” Song.
He wears what’s comfortable, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Adam Sandler is famous for shooting movies in exotic/fun locations so that it doubles as a vacation for him and the actors/crew. He’s beloved in the industry, and widely regarded as a good, friendly, loyal, down to earth person. Why on earth should someone like that be excluded from an awards show?
I think it was also part of a skit.
Hes rich, that’s the only reason. I like to dress comfy too but if you show up to a black tie event in shorts, it’s not being comfy, it’s being a disrespectful jerk.
Please explain how wearing a hoodie to a “black tie event” is disrespectful, and who it’s disrespectful to.
It’s disrespectful to the people who set it up and to everyone else who is there to have a nice evening. Im not big on wrestling formal attire but I got invited to see the nutcracker at the symphony so I put on a nice sweater. Imagine you invite someone to a wedding and they show up like that, you’re gonna say that’s not disrespect I mean if you don’t find dressing like that to a black tie event disrespectful that’s just a reflection on you
How exactly does “seeing a man wearing shorts and hoodie” affect your “nice evening?” Seems weird to let something so small that is completely unrelated to you affect you so much that you feel disrespected. Honestly I’d argue your projection is more a reflection on you here.
Ok boomer
It’s disrespectful to the people who set it up and to everyone else who is there to have a nice evening.
How
I mean if you don’t find dressing like that to a black tie event disrespectful that’s just a reflection on you
How
I’m begging you, explain how it’s disrespectful. I don’t think you can, because I think you agree with me that it isn’t actually disrespectful.
It’s not my job to educate you or teach you manners or how to live in a society. How can I explain all that in a chat reply when you’re clearly ignorant and weren’t raised right. I can’t fix you dude
If you understood how it’s disrespectful, it wouldn’t be hard to explain. Here’s an example:
Sexual assault is disrespectful because it violates a person’s bodily autonomy, which is a fundamental human right.
See? Easy. Now, try that for “people who dress wrong”.
The community is selectively bred Redditors, fam. We’re just lucky they ban the obvious racism here.
Just pop your head into the threads about how showers are a scam or whatever and keep it in mind whenever you’re talking to them
People need to find things to be mad over apparently. No one was disrespected. They clearly let him in dressed like that. And aside from the chat here no one is talking about this…
No one was disrespected
I say it’s disrespectful to the attendees who put in the effort and money into looking nice for an evening where everybody agreed this would be the norm. I can’t speak for these celebrities, but if it were my party and it was explicitly formal, I’d be annoyed about someone not following decorum.
Dress codes. We just went over this.
Did we?
Yes
I just read the whole conversation, and I don’t believe you did.
There are two kinds of people, people that understand context
And those to make shit up in their head got you and I know which one you are.
As some living in very touristic place, it’s really hard to distinguish Americans from wealthier Brits. You pretty much have to hear them speak. Poorer Brits definitely stand out and I’m guessing so would poorer Americans but we don’t get a lot of poor Americans (for obvious reasons). It’s easy to spot Scandinavians and as I’m from eastern Europe I can easily pick up Poles and tell them apart from Russians and Ukrainians. Spanish and Italians are also easy to recognize and distinguish. I’m not a waiter so I don’t know which ones are the worst customers.
It’s funny being an American in Scandinavia wearing Haglofs, Fjallraven, and Mascot. Everyone is confused as shit when I greet them in their language but then immediately pivot to English.
Honestly; I hate when tourists do that, because it gives me linguistic whiplash and then i can’t parse the first English sentence following the greeting.
I know the French seem to be more friendly and cooperative if you start out with whatever little French you might know, but Scandinavians generally prefer if you just start out in English.
After working with poles for years, I can recognize them on the street without them saying a word.
I would hope so? Are you a lineman?
Or a stripper.
Yeah, for the county
This guy picks up poles. Tsk tsk.
Fuckin’ Bruges
This guy is perpetually a 20 year old man living in 1997
He was already pulling that in 97 when he was around 30 heh. He has become an IRL Billy Madison and I am proud of him.
At least he has that woman that never remembers anything when she wakes up.
some people know how to live
Don’t worry, you will hear them long before you see them.
Like t-rex?
Kind of… At least for the pick pocketers who make the mistake of thinking they are easy targets.
mom of eight
Oof. Basically a veteran.
He’s dressed like what I imagine Florida man dresses.
Florida Man doesn’t have that kind of money!
😂 😭
No law against wearing a wedding dress to an opera and sitting almost completely out of frame
Also, Chinese tourists everywhere.
And god forbid you ever have to be near any of the Saudi royal family.
I worked with a doctor whose in-laws were Saudi royalty. He didn’t need to work at all he was so wealthy.
I heard about him doing an incredibly greedy thing that blew my mind one day; he showed up at a dinner that a drug company was hosting for another adjacent program he had nothing to do with and did not practice in at all. He didn’t even tell them he was coming, they had to find him a seat, and then he sat down, ordered not one but TWO whole lobsters, and when they came he asked for them to be wrapped to go, and he left. Even acknowledging drug companies have large budgets for these kinds of things, to come to an event that has nothing to do with you and do that is insanely rude when you don’t want for a thing in the world.
I know someone else who is very wealthy, and he’s pretty generous and passionate about creating things, he’s far from perfect, but truly wants to make good things and runs a business that gives him zero profit, so the contrast was pretty stark. The doctor also stiffed his professional college for a very large membership bill.
A drug company throwing a fancy dinner in order to influence doctors to ignore the needs of their patients is so unbelievably evil that fucking with them and stealing from them is always based and worthy of praise. Being rude to them is morally correct, since the act they were committing was already more rude to begin with.
Oh, this drug company is absolutely not like that at all. They are super ethical and invest every dollar of their profits into research. The dinner was to present a new treatment which has become super standard for the clinic, which involved one of our doctors presenting, I promise it was not like that at all. They are truly generous to us. There are not many treatments for this disease and this is one of the best. It was purely educational.
Yea that guy sucks then lol
grew up in a major European city with lots of tourism. Asian tourists are almost invisible on how unobnoxious they are. while Americans are loud and entitled. Germans and English tourists were annoying but only came to get drunk on the beach. Israeli tourists also tend to be entitled and annoying.
other groups were rare so not much to talk about them
Israelis not respecting other people’s property? I’m shocked.
I live in Prague and work every day in the center.
By far the worst are the Brits who get fall down drunk and try to start fights. Americans are only annoying in that they talk loudly and are often kind of dumb. But they are generally polite. They don’t hold a candle to the Brits. The rest are generally mild enough as to not be noticeable unless they are in a big group blocking the sidewalk which can be any nationality.
Visiting Prague right now and mostly noticing the Brits xD
Hard to miss unfortunately.
That’s on you though because you got the worlds best beer.
Yes. It is at once both a blessing and a curse.
Asian tourists are almost invisible on how unobnoxious they are.
Depends. Those big tourist groups are definitely an issue when the streets are already cramped without tourists and you have places to be.
From Barcelona. they only shop up on line a handful of corners, seems like they get off the bus on the Sagrada Familia or other simpler spots, take their picture and go back to the bus. I didn’t specify which eat Asians, because never gotten too close and no one complains about them.
I’ve been to Barcelona, didn’t seem like a particularly cramped city. When I lived in a cramped, touristy city, my university was one of the attractions and right in the middle of the city center.
they do have a lot of policies to not overdo tourism and become a theme park. like banning airbnb or adding a tax on hotels for tourists…
it does help
It also helps that they have really wide streets compared to some other popular tourist destinations. Some of those old european towns have really narrow streets.
Eating people is generally frowned upon.
*EAST ASIANS!!! EAST ASIANS!!!
oh fuck, I’m on a list now, aren’t I?
“Asian tourists” pretty much says all I need to know about this lil anecdote…
it’s because they usually stuck to their buses. no idea if they were Japanese or Chinese, never saw them anywhere beyond talking pictures in some spots.
Sorry bud, you weren’t able to determine what country they were from by visual cues alone? It’s over for you. He knows who you are, deep down.
do they want me to try to remember and guess the nationality of people I saw from a distance 20 years ago?
not going by “they all look the same” but come on. you try to guess the nationality of a tourist you saw across the street 20 or so years ago
Tsk tsk, not having perfect recall about some random people you literally never interacted with? For shame.
Probably just a regional thing.
In the US it means East Asian, in the UK it means Southeast Asians.
I guess most places default to the US definition unless they have a big population like the UK due to the US exporting their language through media.
Doesn’t it mean Indians in the UK?
SEA is like Cambodia etc.
Yeah my bad meant south asian.
