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This is off topic but I found this phrase coming from a European hilarious. "This is all 'wild west' to me as a European, but somehow I wonder if there is any
by freitzkriesler2 3y ago
This is off topic but I found this phrase coming from a European hilarious.
"This is all 'wild west' to me as a European, but somehow I wonder if there is any guns that work to protect yourself by means of self-justice."
- MandieD 3y ago"Wild West" is a common way to refer to American-style business decisions in Germany. I vaguely remember a Stern magazine cover from around 2004, depicting a giant cowboy boot with "GM" decorated with red, white and blue coming down on a crowd of people standing in the shape of the Opel logo and titled something like "Der Wild-West-Method." It was clearly not a compliment. (Correction: GM had owned Opel for decades at that point, but was getting more aggressive with how it was run)
- vidarh 3y agoIn Norway, while we use "vill vest" (wild west) as well, we also use "Texas" as a synonym for "crazy". It's not necessarily negative ("that party was completely Texas" could imply it was crazy in a fun way depending on context) but it often is implying chaos and lawlessness.