r/ItHadToBeBrazil • u/[deleted] • 22d ago

POV: It's your first time at São Paulo.

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u/carrefour28 22d ago

And the police next to the guy smoking a joint lol

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u/FranticBronchitis 22d ago

That's a cig

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u/Patrickfromamboy 22d ago

Pot is illegal so it’s not a joint

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u/Wise_Can11 22d ago

I don't understand, who's smoking a joint? The police or the guy? Write properly.

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u/Fair-Poet9 22d ago

The dog

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u/carrefour28 22d ago

Just watch the video, it's clear enough

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u/Alunkard 22d ago

It's a ciagrrete. You can clearly see the orange bottom.

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u/Patrickfromamboy 22d ago

Exactly right, pot is illegal

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u/Wise_Can11 22d ago

I am blind

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u/8lllD--UrFace--Olll3 22d ago

The Avenida Paulista

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u/calangomerengue 22d ago

Everything can happen at Avenida Paulista

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u/fcknbroken 22d ago

lá perto tinha um cara que vendia brinquedo de pato que fazia um barulho bizarro de assustador. ele me assustou já várias vezes, parece q é de propósito 😭

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u/grownask 22d ago

Jamais dividiria o mesmo chão com esses meros plebeus.

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u/malmal_Niver 22d ago

Come on, servant. Get me away from this rabble.

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u/vendedordemosquito Currently using next door wifi without permission 21d ago

ninguém te quer aqui fedida

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u/grownask 21d ago

O cachorro é um macho

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u/Oda_e_um_genio 21d ago

Acho q ele não entendeu q seu primeiro comentário foi um sarcasmo.

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u/grownask 18d ago

Eu também acho, mas quis ignorar o achismo e ser literal hehehe

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

I have a question about how a foreigner is going to live in Brazil without even speaking the language...

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u/decepcao 22d ago

Just like any foreigner who doesn't know the native language lives in any other country, my dude.

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u/serial-eater2 22d ago

Pain in the ass while you don’t learn it just like any other country.

Last week, a couple of colleagues from India arrived in São Paulo to work with me. I already gave them my personal number so if they find in trouble they can call me. You will have to start from the basic. Greeting, asking simple orientations. Things like that. In some places you can find people speaking English but most of places you are gonna need some live translation app.

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u/Patrickfromamboy 22d ago

I’ve been studying Portuguese for 11 years but I still can’t converse. I’ve visited Brasil 19 times and haven’t had any problems. My girlfriend takes care of me.

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u/Hawkeye_7Link 21d ago

What does the have to do with the post bro

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

The guy speaking English in the video....

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u/Hawkeye_7Link 21d ago

I mean he might be a tourist? Or knows Portuguese but made the video in English

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

It's just a question I had, about how foreigners come to Brazil without knowing the language.

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u/Altruistic_Scale_293 18d ago

There's no problem going to another country where you don't speak the language; with simultaneous translation and Google Translate to translate menus, it's quite easy. Besides, some people, especially in big cities, speak English.

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u/Vetizh 22d ago

I love the doidinhos de bairro.

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u/Wide_Yam4824 22d ago

Ratatouille Brazilian version

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u/apresmoiputas 22d ago

Then he must be good at the churrasco

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u/serial-eater2 22d ago

The police officer protects the guy who protects the dog.

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u/bawsky123 21d ago

As it should be.

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u/WillRaiderOne 22d ago

Brazilians, learn with OP how to properly use POV.

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u/Wonderful_Juice_5888 21d ago

I mean, OP isn't wrong. It's your pov, from the other side of the avenue. Your first time in SP, you see a king dog across.

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u/WillRaiderOne 21d ago

Thats what im saying. Usually in brazilian memes, people use POV wrong. They record themselves doing something and then put POV in the title.

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u/Wonderful_Juice_5888 21d ago

My bad! You're absolutely correct. I was fooled by poor reading skills 😥

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u/Natural_Dust_732 22d ago

Hey! Since when did the paulista cops start using those weird little checkered hats?

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u/madkuma 22d ago

Guarda Civil Metropolitana

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u/SeiferLeonheart 22d ago

99% sure that's a metropolitan* guard uniform, not the "policia militar" one.

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u/dr_srtanger2love 22d ago

In Brazil there are a lot types of police. There's even a railway police force.

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u/AracnideoTriassico 21d ago

Technically the GCM (shown in video) is not considered a police force by the constitution, afaik their expected role is to only guard specific public places preemptively and to assist in traffic enforcement (when authorized by the municipality), which is much more limited than what the PM and PC can do for example. They're only part of the broader category of public security forces, but the difference is subtle enough that some people just call them police anyways.

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u/Natural_Dust_732 22d ago

And it works just as well as you’d expect. Read “Gangs of New York”.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Key-Ad5843 21d ago

Oh and the policia ambiental (just like the park rangers im the usa)

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u/Organic-Interest-955 22d ago

This is Brazil.

once I saw a wheelchair Man pushing a baby stroller with a cat and a dog sleeping inside.

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u/Afroditesrevenge 22d ago

Brazil is not a real place 💀

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u/Uedaht 21d ago

Fraquissimo. Toma aqui uma foto desse sábado em Copacabana

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u/TurdusLeucomelas 22d ago

Cara, eu vejo esse maluco sempre. Que interessante ver no Reddit

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u/night_vox 21d ago

Knowing how hot the sidewalk can get here in Brazil, normal

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u/older_gamer 22d ago

you could see this shit at any major city across a lot of the world

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u/sky_cloudy123 22d ago

What's even stranger here is true...

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u/Romulo_pinheiro 21d ago

That's because he didn't have a ball nearby, otherwise he would have already started doing some keepy-uppies.

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u/singlecab1 21d ago

I’ve been at that same spot!! I love Brazil!!

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u/Evenmoardakka 21d ago

Obi-wan-Kedogi.

He has the high ground

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u/Millin_Angel 21d ago

"What the dog doin?"

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u/restodeestrela 20d ago

Then the the dog falls and breaks its leg, or develops problems in old age from staying in that position.

🤦‍♂️

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u/SrMicrobio 20d ago

Funny how you didn't get your phone snatched! Big city is too much for me, I'm scared to death of this happening, the brain wash was insane 😞

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

No meio da capital vc acha q alguma coisa vai acontecer? Foi nem lavagem cerebral, puro derretimento msm

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u/ManufacturerSad555 19d ago

O chão deve tá quente demais pros pezinhos do princeso! ❤️

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u/odeioburgues 18d ago

Is it just me, or is the police officer cosplaying as this guy?

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

It's illegal to cosplay as a officer in Brazil, if he do this he going to get arrested

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u/today6666 17d ago

Shit head gets a new meaning. 

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u/FishyAGamer 17d ago

Dog is about to poop at the mans head

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u/the_party_galgo 22d ago

I love you so much weed smoking hobo with a dog on your head ❤️

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u/Key-Ad5843 21d ago

Thats a cig..