Chuong: From my experience from interacting with Europeans, they do tend to be more judgmental than Americans.

Zax: It sounds like the Italians are very passionate in maintaining traditions. *He picks up a pack of spaghetti.* So don't hold them with both hands with intent in breaking them in half.

Silent Cat: Don't. As for my people judging, that's an Italian thing. It's why we judge silently. I'm an Italian G-52, I know a lot about the cultural differences between Italians and the world. Now as for pepperoni pizza, we have a similar pizza called pizza alla diavola, or the devil's pizza, because it is spicier, but instead of pepperoni, we use spicy salami. Pepperoni just happens to be the American variant of the spicy salami. I do have to warn you that in Italy, avoid comparing similarities between French culture to our culture because we have more than enough historical evidence to prove that the root of French culture as we know it today traces back to my country. Napoleon was also of Italian ethnicity, but don't tell that to the French.

Zax: Is there like a rivalry between Italy and France?

Silent Cat: Somewhat, but it can be tense. Politically, we are very close allies, but culturally, we are rivals. Similar between America and Canada to a degree.

Juno: We Americans are more reasonable than Canadians and we did not invent Hawaiian pizza. Canada invented that and the story was about an ethnic Greek in Canada who enjoyed a Chinese dish that was sweet and sour so he came up with Hawaiian pizza, which took off around the world. We're just borrowing that idea because our people like it. So, if you Italians want to scream about pineapple on pizza, blame Canada for that. Our Italian style dishes were originally made based on what was available in America at the time.

Kirk: We're not that weird. Also, can the Italians please not honk their car horns every second or worse, try to drive over sidewalks to cut traffic? If they can't drive right, use the trains and autonomous taxi vans instead.

Silent Cat: That's just a normal thing in Italy. It gets even more noisy during sporting and convention events. But yes I do think they need to stop driving over sidewalks.

Antonio: As for the gelato, now you know. The best ones are the ones served from cooled tins and not just made fresh.

Chuong: If French culture is based on Italian culture, that would mean French colonial influences in my country actually traces back to Italy and that theoretically, we should be speaking Italian instead of French as a colonial language?

Antonio: About so, but the French are still distinct from us in their ways. But yes, when it comes to cuisine, you may notice similarities between French and Italian dishes. Something to note that unlike with other countries, we Italians generally do not care about trendy food recipes from the internet. The baked feta pasta dish is not typically Italian but rather a Finnish interpretation of Italian cuisine. French architectural styles also draw their influences from Italian architectural styles.

Alpha: Do not get me started on heavy traffic in Italy. Their drivers suck for the most part! The honking, the impatience, and the ones in their Fiats trying to drive over bicycle lanes and sidewalks to cut traffic, drive me nuts! If they're driving on their day off, there's no need for all that honking and traffic cutting! This is a country that paved the way for modern roads around the world. Why can't they drive good?

Silent Cat: Yes Alpha we get that complaint a lot from outsiders and locals alike. Our government is promoting traffic safety programs to get our people to drive right.

Zax: I thought our drivers in Texas are nuts but it seems the Italians make them look very civilized in comparison. Oh, and I don't think Fiorenzo's comments about our pizza store chains are xenophobic or offensive to us Americans because we know they will be different from how pizza is actually made over in Italy. We're different, we know.

Leonardo: We are indeed.

Cripto: The pineapple on pizza concept is Canadian? I didn't know that.

Levi: We did. I know it was a controversy to some, but I agree with Leonardo. Cultures may vary, but there is no excuse for judging anybody from a Biblical viewpoint. "Judge not, lest you be judged." But maybe we're taking this to heart too much?

Super C: If you yourselves aren't judging, you'll be fine. This is the general public we are talking about.

Leonardo: And for the record, I wasn't calling Fiorenzo xenophobic. I was simply stating that in this day and age, thanks to social media, people can take everything out of context. Plus, I wish it was illegal to drive on the sidewalk like that. But it isn't.

Super Tom: I'm just sorry you had to deal with that mess. It's no wonder the supernatural killed the rioters and the tourist who admitted to liking pineapple on pizza.

Cripto: I wish the C.I.D.F. could find the source for this supernatural force so we could beat it.

Super C: We couldn't beat CNG in the end; it beat itself. I have a sad feeling this new force is the same way.

Leonardo: Still, I'm going to fight to get my people to stop it. No more anger over cultural differences, and no more grudges against the French.

Leonce: Likewise, I told my people to stop being xenophobic towards Americans and the British. But with the Brits, it's a different story.