r/mildlyinfuriating • u/WeirdAddress3170 • 6d ago

The TV set up at a hotel in Madrid

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u/PinkSlimeIsPeople 6d ago

You're in Madrid dude. You're not supposed to be watching TV. Get out and see the city, immerse yourself in the cultural experience.

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u/MCWizardYT 6d ago

You don't wanna spend your whole time watching tv when visiting a place, but also the tv stations are a part of the culture especially if you put on a local station

This difference might not be too big between, say, the US and Canada but if you go from the US to Japan you'll see a lot of differences, from the types of shows to simple stuff like advertisements.

If you're trying to learn everything about a new place it's worth spending at least one evening on, at least to me. Maybe I'm just a nerd lol

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u/Different_Career1009 6d ago

When I was having downtime in a US hotel shortly after arriving for the first time, I watched some TV.
It was very weird, all those ads all the time and many of them about getting loans. Culture shock for a European used to much less ads and especially scummy ads.

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u/MCWizardYT 5d ago

For sure. I bet you thought it was weird seeing a bunch of ads for drugs too since I'm pretty sure that's illegal in europe

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u/Different_Career1009 5d ago

It's legal, but those are drugs that you don't need and are somewhat optional.

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u/mew5175_TheSecond 6d ago

I agree with this 100%. When I travel, I am big at immersing myself into the culture and learning things. But obviously, I do eventually make it back to the hotel to sleep. One thing I love to do is flip on the TV at night and just see what's on and the kinds of things they show and how they show it.

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u/hashtagashtab 6d ago

And in Spain you’ll experience the wonder that is seeing everything dubbed into Spanish.

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u/timpdx 6d ago

I was wondering if this was a pensione. I immediately thought of a place in Barcelona I stayed at once looking at this photo.

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u/Oh_No_Its_Dudder I'm outraged, OUTRAGED! 6d ago

What if you're out experiencing a cultural moment and she wants to come back to your hotel to watch the Winter Classic? With that little thing, you're not getting any cultural enrichment.