Clearly there must be about twenty times as many Brazilians than Swiss people living in my neighbourhood. Switzerland played 0:0 against France, and there was some honking. Brazil started to lead 1:0 against Croatia and the street is going bonkers. People crowding the street, traffic slowing to a crawl, flag waving, Samba, cheering, chanting, honking, whistling...
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I like the party mood at first, but as it drags on, more and more drunks start shaking the passing cars, climbing on their roofs, trying to climb into car windows, and some have pressurized horns blowing them at people, some people dancing with joy but others throwing bottles at passing cars, the drivers in turn get angry sometimes and step onto the gas pedal, accelerating towards the crowd, and so on. Mass phenomena make the extremes more visible. If I watch it for too long I have the urge to pour cold water onto some of them. Or a potted plant. >{
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