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No. 1508089
For 'muricans to unite and discuss America.
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>>1508089I'm glad bald eagles got out of the endangered species list.
No. 1508156
>>1508152Thanks
nonny, it was hard to figure out a good one. First I tried to find something art deco like the "Things you hate" pics but I was stumped.
No. 1508218
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Kansas stays based
No. 1509363
>>1509357Uh oh guys, we got our own version of that one Canadian anon now. I didn't think I had to since it's a site rule, but maybe I should've put "no racesperging/infighting" in the OP
>>1509345>>1509353I doubt he knew that though so tbh I can't praise him for that. I honestly just see him as another violent male so the way he's being hailed (on social media) is weird to me.
No. 1509410
>>1509408Holy shit DDT was banned in
1972, more than 50 years ago. That we're only now seeing enough improvement for baldies to go off the endangered list is fucking scary
No. 1509657
>>1509419>one grocery store shooting targeting black peopleBlack people shoot tons of people every day, it's just never reported on the news. If the shooter isn't white they totally ignore it and as soon as they find out a suspect is brown/black/gay/trans they stop talking about it.
>>1509413How many more hundred years are you going to claim that black men don't work because of "historical disadvantages"? Because black women work more than white and latina women. They have female priviledge or something?
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I dislike Hershey's so much. It doesn't even taste like vomit to me, but it's just gross. I hope some better chocolate brand overtakes them so we won't have to see this shit anymore, shoulda never became as big as it is.
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I still can't get over the fact that the first asian person they choose for US currency was some actress from the 1930's, not some scientist or social activist just a famous actress who was fetishized
its the most American thing I can think off
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>>1509789God you're so right, and they couldn't even get a decent likeness of her besides. What the fuck is that giant hand? This country is an embarrassment.
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I’m tired of Americans making race and class everything. I share one complaint about being an immigrant and it’s literally dismissed with “you’re white and speak English”. I’m apparently not allowed to share my struggles of adapting to a new life. I’m OVER it.
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No. 1511064
>>1511036Imagine if this was the reality and Americans walked anywhere. We'd be so strong.
In real life you'd probably get hit by a car if you tried to walk to a walmart or your neighbors would pull over to ask, like, "you okay honey? you need help?" lol
No. 1511365
>>1511036It would take me like 30 min to walk to my nearest Walmart and it's not that far away, I just walk slow. And then it's coming back with the heavy groceries that's too much.
I just hate that flatness more then the similar houses though, I'm too used to the trees and hills.
No. 1511423
>>1511391You know that's a goddamn lie anon probably a 2 hours round-trip.
You're shit out of luck if you decide to live in the suburbs car free. Little to no side walks, if there are any near they are close 50mph cars zooming buy with no protection for the pedestrian.
No. 1511445
>>1511036>>1511042>>1511390It isn't real, it's a meme
>>1511423What kind of suburbs did you live in?! Do random mcmansion fields in the middle of Arkansas or whatever really exist? If there's a suburb there obviously has to be a town
No. 1511493
>>1511474Are there any safety nets if you get laid off when company is downizing or when it is employers' fault and not employee's?
E.g. In my case, if my employer fired me due to cost reduction/downsizing reasons, I would be entitled to unemployment benefits which would mean I recieve 70% of my last pay for the first three months and 35% after that. Also my employer can't employ someone new for the same job I was doing (using the same job title) for one year at least.
No. 1511843
>>1511402>A lot of parents follow the whole "you're on your own on your 18th birthday" thing so unless you know someone who can help you, you're shit outta luck>Awful income/price of living ratio>Housing shortage and the process of getting an apartment is a pain in the ass and can be lengthy>As other anons said, no job security and safety nets can take monthsI was homeless 3 times. First time because my parents kicked me out and I had nowhere, even being on the streets for months and trying to get any job possible was a pain in the ass
Second time was because I quit a job due to sexual harassment they did nothing about, had nowhere to go and despite being homeless for months every last penny I had went to apartment application fees that was just basically "wellll our wait-list is 2 yrs so tough luck"
3rd time was when I was supposed to live with my fiance's parents during a college break a couple of weeks before we moved into an apartment and they reneged at last minute because my fiance didn't get the COVID vaccine fast enough and I was homeless for 3 weeks while pregnant because the official move in date was going to be much later than when we started our jobs in the city
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I'm not from Iowa, but I just found out that some politicians there are pushing for a bill that will prevent people on food stamps from buying stuff like fresh meat, butter, bread, rice, spices, canned vegetables, beans, etc… Basically trying to limit them to processed food, veggies, and fruit. Trying to prevent access to fresh, healthy food is actually evil to me.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iowa-food-stamp-bill-fresh-meat-butter-flour-snap-benefits/https://www.fox9.com/news/proposed-iowa-snap-bill-would-restrict-recipients-from-buying-meat-white-bread-and-american-cheese No. 1514993
>>1514886This is evil and nasty. How can someone look at this and think it's ok.
Also the shittier someone's diet is and the more processed, the more inflammed and unhealthy they'll be, it'll be a great burden on the healthcare system in a few years while these people rot away with miserable diets
EAT THE BUGS!!!
No. 1515031
>>1514893Politicians maybe say they want to be trad, but they are all in the pockets of corporations, who want us all to be wall-e people. So we're getting the wall-e people ending.
>>1514886This is evil
No. 1515205
>>1513465I thought this was something ominous until I googled it
speaking of newer chains I tried jollibee a few months back and I swear I need to try more menu items because I wasn't that impressed with it. it seems like all the mildly interesting concept chains get phased out around here and don't last though
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>>1515205What is a jollibees? Filipino chicken and spaghetti fast food? Is the spaghetti filipino spaghetti with banana ketchup?
No. 1515702
>>1514993I’m torn between thinking this is an
eat the bigs thing and thinking this is a retarded spreadsheet budget thing (meat is the highest expenditure so they ban meat purchases, but that’s stupid because the same amount of money will be spent on some other food)
No. 1515707
>>1515222originally pinoy fastfood chain, has the aforementioned spaghetti, burgers, steak, and chicken
thus far I have tried the spaghetti and tenders and wasn't greatly impressed, spaghetti was interesting at least
still have yet to try the burgers and burger steaks. will try and report back on those
No. 1516120
>>1515845Yeah. The intense focus on ensuring mothers can only buy specific brands of specific products is pure evil and clearly not done with the needs of mothers or babies in mind.
>And half of all the formula sold in the U.S. gets to families through the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).>“But the way [the] WIC lays out the actual contracting, the USDA gives the money to each state, and then each state chooses one of these manufacturers, and gives them the contract for the whole state,"That half of all formula sold goes to mothers on a food assistance program is already pretty insane since it shows there's a ton of impoverished mothers. Then they added state-sponsored monopolies on top of it.
No. 1517621
>>1514886 god this is so beyond fucked up
>>1515845 I remember when I used to work at a grocery store and did cashiering for a few months I felt so bad for the ladies on WIC, so many of them tried to make sure they got the right things that WIC would allow them to get and half the time it couldnt be covered anyway so they either needed to run back and pick something else or just not get something entirely. Then the amount of entitled fucks who would come into line screaming about how long WIC transactions took cause we used a dinosaur ass system. Disgrace of a country
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is this a common sight in America ?
No. 1518106
>>1508089it gets even worse lol. lots of places will use company money to PAY for their higher ups to take off to go get drunk in Florida
it's class warfare.
No. 1518147
>>1518090Don't forget it's not a crime to just not pay your employees. You can sign a contract agreeing to pay someone, make them work, and just never pay. The very worst
possible punishment is having to pay the wages later, but the most likely consequence is getting to keep the money because if the employee you robbed can't afford a lawyer they can't sue you.
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I smacked my elbow against my desk (on accident) a few weeks ago and it hurt so bad. A few weeks later and the bone still hurts if I put pressure on it or try to lift weights (that's how I work out). Well, I stopped lifting weights so as to not agitate it. But it still hurts if I push on it with my other hand. I still have full range of motion and no pain just lifting normal shit (like my phone/plates/etc…), so I was avoiding going to a doctor for it. I know I would be irritated if I had to wear a cast, plus, I don't have ANY money right now, but I still wish I could get it checked out. Fuck I wish doctors didn't cost so much in this hell hole.
Anyone else who can relate?
No. 1518956
>>1518945it depends on the loan, there are several types and within each type there can be multiple repayment methods, but that loan stays with your life. if you file for bankruptcy you still will owe this debt, it doesn't go away. there are some rare exceptions, like if the school closed down. there is $2 trillion in student loan debt in the usa.
it all has interest rates except some specific federal loans which don't, and private loans are usually higher interest rates than federal.
yes, people don't go to school because they cannot afford it. they either go to a trade school instead or pursue no further education, or at least no further degree than high school diploma or GED.
No. 1518961
>>1518945Yep, it doesn't matter how bad the education/employment is, you have to pay back your loans. Even bankruptcy does not get rid of them, and it gets rid of every other type of debt.
There is a clause that if you pay the minimum payment, which is based on your income, for twenty years, the government considers your loans paid. But it considers the unpaid portion to be a gift from the government, and you have to pay taxes on the amount unpaid. So if you had $500,000 forgiven, then you have to pay taxes on $500,000 like you'd earned it.
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>>1518956People should forget about university and go into trades instead. When I lived in Alberta they push trade school as a good opportunity. My sister was able to get an apprenticeship at 16 through a program for students. If you move to a state where there’s oil you can make more than people with college degrees. I used to make $30 an hour and then $40+ overtime just working on paperwork.
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lmao someone on lolcow just told me turn-around shifts are illegal where they live and the stars and stripes really fell from eyes for a second. I had to take a deep breath, it was a wizard of oz moment. I guess I spend a lot of time NOT thinking about how nonexistent labor laws are here.
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Good news.
No. 1519513
>>1519364whenever i bring this up vegans get mad at me and say that leather is treated with chemicals so that it never breaks down when plastic
is chemicals that never break down. its all so stupid.
>>1519365okay? you can buy pasture raised eggs, and i do. maybe the reason people buy food raised like shit is because of the giant wealth disparity in this country, i dont really like to apply morality to food because basically every food is exploiting something/someone. most vegan staples are harvested by people being paid pennies a day and are grown in monocultures on land that has to be deforested, and most meat in this country is raised on factory farms. i guess im just sick of people being shamed for individual choices like it actually changes anything, and as if everything you could buy at the store isnt "unethical" in some way even if its just the people working at the store being treated like cattle themselves. not trying to sperg at you i just have a lot of thoughts on this i guess.
No. 1519567
>>1519513>okay?Why are you acting like you don't get why I said that?
>i dont even get why someone would be against egg consumptionThis is what I was replying to. In case you still can't understand, someone would be against egg consumption because most eggs are from chickens that are being abused and raised in god awful conditions. Most people are not buying pasture raised eggs. Same with dairy. I won't egg on
no pun intended vegan discussion anymore cause this isn't the thread, but why do some anons pretend like they don't know how to comprehend words kek.
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I knew a woman who was an Amtrak driver on furlough during covid and she told me that there was an Amtrak line along the gulf coast that was never restored after Hurricane Katrina. I was really surprised to hear that since that was in 2005! For some reason I was thinking about it randomly today and googled it, apparently there's news; they're talking about reopening it again and arguing with the freight lines they share rail space with
https://rollcall.com/2022/02/24/amtrak-wants-to-restore-gulf-line-freight-rail-not-on-board/ No. 1519857
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>>1513465ummm.. I want to be friends with other TXnons…
No. 1520813
>>1519587I wish Amtrak was used lots more, I use it myself personally, too many people are too caught up with showing off their plane rides they don't care
Benefits of trains
>Cheaper>No extra luggage fees>Calmer, train ambiance>LEG ROOM>They have bedroom trains as well for super long trips>Cafe>Multiple bathrooms No. 1521215
>>1508106I live in that Mississippi flyway section and I just saw an eagle in my city recently
It was really cool!
>>1509661Hershey bars are the ideal chocolate for s’mores and nothing else
>>1511402>in 2009 federal minimum wage is set at $7.25. Hasn’t been raised at a federal level since then>current national average for a livable wage in the us is $24.16. More than triple minimum wage>lack of affordable housing (rent constantly being raised, real estate being bought up by landlords/corporations and turned into overpriced rentals or airbnbs)>no free healthcare >no free university and absolutely insane interest rates for student loans>employers treat employees like shit. Don’t offer enough money or benefits and let you know you’re replaceable. If a company feels their profits aren’t high enough, they can fire their entire staff and hire new people at lower wages. In most places, they can do this without giving employees any warning whatsoever No. 1521257
>>1520813I’ve taken the Amtrak before between two major cities that are relatively close together when I didn’t feel like driving in traffic. But that’s about all it’s good for.
Last summer I was taking a trip to the other side of the country and I compared cost and time for driving, flying, and Amtrak. Amtrak was by far the worst option. Ticket costs were comparable to how much I would’ve paid in gas, but driving would’ve taken 18-20 hours whereas Amtrak would’ve taken 30+. Ultimately I dropped a little extra cash for the convenience of a flight
Also want to point out that Amtrak doesn’t cover as much of the country as you think it does. The two nearest stations to where I currently live are both an hour and a half drive away. On top of that one of those stations is underserved and basically useless most of the time. Meanwhile, within that same range, there are 3 major airports. I’d love to have better railway here in the US but right now it just can’t compete
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Y'all excited for the banking system collapse or nah?
No. 1522392
>>1522367I'm literally not worried at all, I don't care. If everything collapsed today there would still be people living in America and we would figure it out. Life goes on. I hate catastrophizing, it makes people act insane.
I'm kind of interested in the theories that this is a fake bank run scare as an excuse to get the government to use our tax dollars to bail out rich people (again), which is getting pretty old. Let them fail.
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I follow an american immigration law substack that's really interesting. I don't mean to shill but I will link (they used to be 100% free and only recently paywalled some of their reporting which has been annoying)
https://borderlines.substack.com/Usually reporting on immigration issues in the US is very sensationalized so it's oddly refreshing to read news about the more nitty gritty technical aspects. I've become a little obsessed with the saga of Title 42 which might actually be ending soon but they've been saying that for a while so I'll believe it when I see it.
I think it's interesting but almost hesitate to share. please don't jump on this to start an immigration infight that's not why I'm posting, I just enjoy it and thought it's relevant to the thread. it's honestly too dry of a newsletter to get very upset at, I hope they don't get all weird during election and I have to think about posting this and cringe at myself
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>>1522535Samefag but the headlines about this make it sound like Floridians are being terrorized by seaweed.
No. 1522738
>>1522367At this point I'm so fucking tired of everything, I genuinely hope we get another Great Depression or an even worse pandemic or just whatever horrible global shit, I want everything to collapse and to just die or whatever.
I did everything right my whole life and I'm still a broke ass bitch with no stake in the game, I'm tired, I want everything to burn.
No. 1522746
>>1522727I'm leaving for the promised land where you might not want to tough it out…
new york city but if you're interested and need a roommate I will manifest you
>>1522738I want to succeed but I also want the world to fail and for it to one day randomly fall into totally anarchy. I've had dreams about total anarchy. Then I can finally go to LA and loot rich peoples houses for fun without feeling guilty or like there will be consequence. If I do not devour the rich by succeeding them, they must suffer.
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this is why people are fucked in the head. i only hope to see the day in my lifetime where pharma is heavily regulated
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Why are Korean feminists like this? From what I've heard on lolcow Korean men are actually really nice and way better when it comes to comparisons with white American men.
No. 1523179
>>1523168I really doubt they're nice. Strong feminists movements exist as a reaction to misogyny. If they really were that nice, you wouldn't see women avoiding marriage and dating. I also don't think you would have ridiculous beauty standards like the one Korea has.
It's just a grass is greener on the other side thing. I personally thought only moids from my country were shit and that American men were decent human beings.
No. 1523267
>>1523168You're probably hearing it from kboos and Asian fetishists, Asia has an even higher domestic violence rate than us, and there's quite literally an incel counterculture in South Korea
If you read into things like the Nth Room and Burning Sun or even watch enough of their media it's pretty obvious how much worse their patriarchy is than ours. Don't listen to the words of some dumbass koreaboos
No. 1523324
>>1523293yes well a sugardaddy could do the same thing without the housewife obligation
scrotes are scrotes
twining yourself to a man in a foreign, patriarchal country where you'll be viewed as a fetish object can arguably end worse than anything down here if you're not careful
No. 1523415
>>1523391as someone who's hooked up with a korean exchange student, yes
he was far from interested in marriage though
No. 1523425
>>1523420I went through a partying phase. Dont clutch your pearls nona, I came out of it fine
Acknowledging I was stupid back then, moids of every culture and every background really aren't worth anyone's salt. Ever since the pandemic when I stopped partying I've effectively felt both worse and better but I don't regret abstaining from sex or dating for the last few years because men are very much not worth it
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steel memes
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Look y'all, kek. He said he would decriminalize marijuana.
I know he won't win, but imagine how much everyone else would make fun of us if he did lmao. First a reality TV star now Joe Exotic.
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I love America just because I can get stupid shite like this.
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>>1525299yea i am legally required to bring over monster java whenever i go visit family. pic related the most depressing day was when they stopped making this. Canadians might still have it though because it's still on their website
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>>1525378it's true i saw it once in Brooklyn
No. 1525423
>>1525265sour patch watermelon is one of my favorite candies! swedish fish are pretty good
I’m a california anon so I might be biased, but other staters what’s your opinion of in n out if you’ve had it? I love it
No. 1526669
>>1525375Have you ever visited NYC? I visited a bunch of European big cities (Amsterdam, Paris, London) before visiting NYC. I had super high hopes and was absolutely hyped. I loved the big city vibe in all the other big cities I’d visited and I loved taking public transport all over.
FUCK NYC. I fucking hate NYC. I will never go back to NYC. Central Park was the only nice part. The subway is scary and disgusting and ratchet as fuck. The whole city smells like garbage and piss. The people are ruder than Parisians. All the streets are hideous. The buildings/skyscrapers cast a shadow over everything making it seem depressing and dystopian. The sidewalks are narrow and for a place with so much public transportation it is very hostile to pedestrians when compared to European cities. Paid a premium to basically visit a total shithole. Never again. Fuck NYC.
No. 1526695
>>1526669You know what? I've never been but always did figure this. There's too much humblebragging from native new yorkers about how desensitised they are to homeless or mentally ill shenanigans and rats and laughing at tourists being naturally shocked. Imagine someone from cape town or wherever else in South Africa bragging, it'd be ridiculous!
Anyway, asking americans, is there anywhere I could go in the USA that's more like the imagined ideal of New York?
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>>1526695it is funny you should mention cape town, because just this morning i was suggested a video on instagram which was exactly that.
and no. New York, New York is one of a kind in the us. the other big cities don't compare to the grandeur that NYC is associated with, regardless of whether it holds up to itself or not.
>>1526669>The sidewalks are narrowit's been several years since I've been to NYC but in no way are they more narrow than anywhere in Spain. less cobblestone and deathrocks too
>and for a place with so much public transportation it is very hostile to pedestrians when compared to European cities.that's the united states in whole. it is a country built for and after cars. European cities were largely established as cities hundreds of years ago and longer, and don't have the luxury of space to build how the us did in terms of vehicle infrastructure. i mean they're still evacuating cities and towns in Germany every time they find a bomb when they're fixing a street kek
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Yo what the fuck why did we change the rules to bail this bullshit out they’re literally picking our pockets
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I didn't know where else to post this, but I needed to share it on lolcow. This NYU student wrote an article about how she studied abroad in Florence, hated everyone there and everything about it, missed New York the whole time, and imagined that the Italians hated her so she "protested" by…wearing hoodies and sneakers? kek
https://www.insider.com/nyu-student-hated-study-abroad-semester-florence-italy-2023-3 No. 1527992
>>1527969Did you not see that someone already responded with the same exact retarded thing you are saying and I already replied to that
>>1508421>"Guns don't kill people! Guns are just objects!"Please shut the fuck up, god.
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>>1526695Washington DC is really nice. Philadelphia is dangerous, but cute. Parts of it are really beautiful, like near the art museum. The subways are still gross though, but not so scary in my opinion. The sidewalks aren't too narrow here and I think they are beautiful as sometimes you walk on old cobble roads.
No. 1528130
>>1528103most women don’t own guns, therefore most female
victims of violent crime will not be able to properly defend themselves. but yes, guns have saved lives. you sound extremely ignorant to suggest otherwise.
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>>1527835>>1525423Animal style fries are my FAVORITE! Im veg so I will get a veggie burger, and if in being extra gluttonous I'll get a Neapolitan milkshake
No. 1528235
>>1528065It's literally just a post I made to express that I was upset because of all the shootings happening (especially having been in a position where I could have also been a
victim of gun violence) and now I have anons sperging at me 23 days later about how I hate women and I'm "ableist"
newfag. Are you okay? Is it really so slow on here that you need to dredge up posts from 20+ days ago to fight about?
I'm sorry for even continuing this but the way some anons act makes it so irritating to use this site sometimes. You literally cannot say anything lest someone try to make an infight out of it.
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wat is every nonny gonna do in the real recession coming later this year
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>>1528485Maybe they didn't want to stoke the flame or whatever (idk I didn't see it). A lot of the time if I have something to say about a Trump thing I change my mind like 5 seconds later because I realize it's fake or stupid and the whole point is to get worked up about it and share it lol
Did you see his video from a couple days ago? The "peace without delay" one where he says a bunch of anti-war stuff you would expect from a progressive candidate before he goes into classic popular republican talking points at the tail end and also hits on some of his destroy-the-deep-state rhetoric (which has mass appeal I think, but he makes sure not to say "drain the swamp" or anything he said before and failed to do lol). He's 100% gonna win 2024, he's too good at campaigning. Just making an observational statement, I'm not really happy about it but it's a real both-sides-are-trash situation here all the time, I'm getting jaded.
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>>1526695I’d recommend Chicago. I know people joke about Chicago being dangerous, but honestly that’s just the southern part. I’ve always felt safe in the main/popular areas of the city. I wouldn’t go south of Chinatown, but Chinatown itself is fine. And the trains there don’t smell like piss
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>>1528571Nta i agree
nonny. People will take last year and go straight for trump or whatever conservative is running. It’s unfortunate, working class being tossed around like a hot potato by people who couldn’t care less about the individual person
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>>1527892>wah wah Italian men didn’t find me hot and call me “Bella”
>I can’t believe my apartment with 7 roommates isn’t quietLike girl go work on campus or go to fucking library
>”$20 Ryanair flights to places like Croatia and Munich for Oktoberfest. To me, this seemed like an exhausting form of escapism. I was convinced my peers were doing it only to freshen up their social-media profiles and make their friends back home jealous.” Okay this was the most insane take I’ve ever read. She’s an international relations major and she thinks people only travel as a form of escapism and to make others jealous?? This bitch sounds so deranged
>”I started to protest by presenting myself to the public in a way I knew they'd hate. I started wearing American-brand athleisure, Nike Air Max 97s, and oversize hoodies. The Italians rolled their eyes as I passed them on the street”This is starting to sound like an Italian parody of the opening paragraphs of My Immortal
This whole article was so poorly written that it’s hard to believe she’s a journalism/international relations major. She just complains about anything that’s different and doesn’t expand upon things in a way that has any substance. She also clearly doesn’t enjoy new things and the whole point of traveling is to experience new cultures. It doesn’t sound like she made any attempt whatsoever to immerse herself in local culture
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>>1527892This article is dumb as shit and I don't want to give the author any credit but the one
valid point she makes is that Europeans have gotten extremely hostile to Americans and it's gotten much worse in the past 10 years ago. When I traveled in the early 2000s and would mention I was American people would generally respond with "oh, that's cool, whatever," and my dad had a good experience studying abroad in college but nowadays you basically just make yourself a target for mockery if you're obviously America, particularly by young people in Western Europe. It kind of makes me sad because I used to enjoy myself a lot more traveling to see my relatives in France and it just feels like more and more of a chore to interact with friends of my cousins because they're going to make the super hilarious jokes of asking why I'm not fat and how pursuing a Master's degree here is just a high school education in Europe. I understand why America has such a negative reputation but it legitimately makes me less interested in traveling to a lot of foreign countries or at least makes me want to avoid actually interacting with locals.
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>>1529332>>1528779Yep, it's mostly just the French. In most other European countries people really won't judge you differently just for being American. Even if there's some extent of 'Americans are fat/dumb' stereotype going on, the vast majority of people won't let that affect their judgment of any individual Americans.
The French in general are just notoriously xenophobic on top of being chauvinists. They will negatively judge basically anyone who isn't French, be they American or just from a different European county.
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>>1527892This seems pretty retarded? What was her goal? It sounds like she went because she was trying to chase some kind of fantasy and doesn't even like travelling. Personally i don't understand why anybody travels abroad for studying at all, studying is already stressful and why add more stress being in an environment you are unfamiliar with? Seems fucking retarded. Also, this reeks of disgusting amounts of privilege. Most normal people can't relate with her bullshit.
>>1528779What this anon said. The french are pretty hostile to non-french speakers in general and hate everyone lmao. Imo think the best place for Americans to visit is the Uk, especially London. It might not be special if you come from New york, but it's a good place to start with if you want to travel to the rest of Europe on a budget for the rest of the non-nepo babies here. Plenty of Americans already crawling around too so you won't feel too out of place.
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not specific to any part of this conversation, but i have travelled a fair amount and one place i noticed the most americans was cinque terre in italy. you're on the train, americans, youre at a station, americans, youre walking around, americans, you're on a trail, americans, pass by a restaurant, americans, go in a shop, americans. it was bizarre having gone a couple weeks hearing little else but italian then going there and nearly all i heard was american english
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Time is a flat circle
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You guys really live in their minds rent free lol mind you this is reddit but wow are Europeans sticking to their stereotype of being patronizing passive aggressive little fuckers.
Half of the posts are seething over Americans, what's with the weird one-sided obsession? It's getting weird..
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>>1530177ooh okay anon. I looked it up and it doesn't seem very
problematic imo, it's owned by a black person so the branding isn't racist against black people, and instant ramen has been a staple "poor food" in the united states for decades now, so imo it's not racist against Asians, either. But then again, it's true you would never see that kind of thing in the north LOL.
No. 1530181
>>1530177What? No one sees Rap Snacks as
problematic.
No. 1530182
>>1530177ooh okay anon. I looked it up and it doesn't seem very
problematic imo, it's owned by a black person so the branding isn't racist against black people, and instant ramen has been a staple "poor food" in the united states for decades now, so imo it's not racist against Asians, either. But then again, it's true you would never see that kind of thing in the north LOL.
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>>1530177ooh okay anon. I looked it up and it doesn't seem very
problematic imo, it's owned by a black person so the branding isn't racist against black people, and instant ramen has been a staple "poor food" in the united states for decades now, so imo it's not racist against Asians, either. But then again, it's true you would never see that kind of thing in the north LOL.
No. 1530184
>>1530177What? No one sees Rap Snacks as
problematic.
No. 1530196
>>1530193the irony in
>>1530193 calling someone new when
>>1530194 newfag is calling their double-posting a glitch kek. Also you can delete your posts before the 30min mark..just letting you know.
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>>1530196Anon are you fucking retarded? It is a bug with the site that has been going on for probably a week at this point. The site freezes posting and then everyone's posts go through multiple times all at once. You can literally go to /meta/ and some of the threads here on /ot/ and see that multiple anons have complained about it.
Don't go around calling anons newfags if you need to be spoonfed this information, dickhead. You literally just look like one of those overcompensating newfags yourself.
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RFD-TV is amazing. How have I never heard of this? The anchor has a cow print suit on and he’s talking about corn futures
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>>1532009New laws:
-Elected officials may not have a net worth of over 1 million dollars, nor can their spouse or siblings or children or anyone within two generations of them on either side. That's plenty of money to be comfortable in any state, we don't need more nancy pelosis.
-If you haven't worked a minimum wage job for 5 years or more you are not eligible for higher offices like mayor, governor, senator, supreme court judge, president.
reeeeeeeeeee No. 1532573
>>1532015my dad is very neoliberal and has cnn on all day, and he freaked out and started insulting me when i said i dont trust anyone in our government and that the only way i'll even start trusting is when there are tight age caps put in place for every position
>>1532027i called nancy pelosi a corrupt ghoul and he told me i sound like i love trump. his defense for her was that she is "tough and i should be respectful"
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>>1532573If your dad was a true American he'd know that placing full trust in the government is a bad idea. The government exists to serve the people, not the other way around. Checks and balances is a huge part of our government, and what greater balance is there than the people versus the government? This is why we vote in representatives instead of just letting the government do its own thing. The people we vote in are supposed to serve
us the people, not each other or whatever lines their pockets. I wonder how your dad became a neolib kek.
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>>1532625i have no idea. i truly think it's cnn 24/7. if you go against what anyone on cnn says, you're uninformed, stupid, or you're secretly maga. he constantly complains that no one in my/my siblings generation is making any change, and we need to vote properly or more. that it isn't the fault of our worthless politicians who only care for themselves. voting is worthless currently, age caps need to be implemented because it's offensive how incapable they are at understanding basic technology, let alone protecting data as a human right, and i don't believe in anyone in our current system. i don't feel that they work for me, i feel like they actively work against me. covid was eye opening.
i think he gets offended at the age stuff specifically. it truly blows my mind that they are actively making lives worse while they make money, while still using orange man as a talking point instead of discussing worthwhile policy.
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>>1533038Nonburger lurker here
sorry, have you ever been abroad before and felt the same? I don't know anything about Canada but Americans who came to my country complained about the same thing and it's even a stereotype here that Americans are extremely friendly and open in contrast with everyone else. Sorry you had a bad experience anon.
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>>1533132I’ve been to Iceland as well and felt extremely welcome- was nervous because of Canada but everyone was kind, warm and went out of their way to be helpful too.
>>1533075I don’t really know how to explain it, everyone just seemed like they were pissed that other people were in their eyesight, like a library where they were just waiting to glare at someone who made a chair squeak.
>>1533147I actually told a friend from Boston about this and he said “well yeah, why would you smile at a stranger?” so that tracks, maybe I’m more southern than I thought
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>>1533300I really think it’s a southern versus northern social norm thing. In a southern U.S. city you can smile and nod and say hi to total strangers without being a creep but in a northern city the attitude is just like your Boston friend says —
why would you? I’m not even sure which one I prefer. And then the rules are totally different outside big cities so it’s not very useful information everywhere.