Quote from Sky123987:
I've been to Brazil, truthfully I've never met a group of less uneducated people in my life. I have been all throughout s. american and can say that Brazil stands out as being the absolutely most uneducated and lazy people. In every country it seems like people know a bit of english. In brazil no one knows any english, and for that matter they don't even know an ounce of spanish, which is practically identical to portuguese.
However fwiw, I also can say that I thought they were very friendly and pleasant people. I had a great time.
Also what is a myth is that the women in Brazil are hot, completely false. This couldn't be further from the truth, Brazilians are the most overweight in all of south america. Of course not a large as americans, but what's weird is the men love to show off their huge bellys. You'll see guys all day long in speedos carrying 300 pounds of lard walking shamelessly on public beaches. It's incredible
If you want to know where the best women are in s. america, it's Argentina. It's also the best place in the world.
As a brazilian, who lived in Brazil for 20+ years, let me comment on that:
1 - People there are lazy and not very knowledgeable, that's true. There is always people trying to: rob you, scam you, etc.
As for english, I speak it a bit and I can assure you most of my friends do as well, but you probably went to the Amazon forest, to Rio (which is a big slum), or to the Northeast (poor and sad place). Nobody speaks english (and barely portuguese) on those places for sure.
I also speak spanish and I can assure you that despite being from the same root (Latin), and despite having similar words for describing many things, these are 2 different languages and you won't be able to speak it unless you study it.
2 - They are usually very kind people. I once remember trying to get a shortcut on a road, ended up in a dirty road that had some muddy spots, got stuck, and people walking by stopped to help, and they got all dirty because of it. But I also got similar kindness when I was in US and Canada (different situations: US I was in a car accident and some people stopped to help, Canada got stuck in the snow and some ppl helped to push the car).
3 - Depends on the beach. Some you will see amazing women, some you won't. Its a matter of luck. There are beautiful people everywhere.
4 - Argentina sucks. Arrogant bastards
You also forgot to mention how violent Brazil is. Homicide in Sao Paulo is 3x Atlanta, so I felt very safe when I was in ATL. That didn't help to the fact that I was attacked by some random guy with a ratchet in the middle of a traffic jam just because I changed lanes and happened to be in front of him before the traffic light turned red.
Or In Vancouver, where the crime rate is 5x lower than ATL (15x lower than Sao Paulo!), and I had my car window broken and a cheap PDA stolen (the window was $300 to fix).
Coming from an ultraviolent place, this kind of thing never happened to me. I guess it's mainly because I assume these places are safe, and lowered my precautions (as in Brazil you are always alert of your environment).
Another thing that sucks is the corruption in the government, and the stupid people that still votes on these same guys. Still can't say anything better about US, as you guys got Bush (2 times!!).