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I went into Season 5 not shipping Byler, and then I was like you know what? I could see it. Then I saw how many people are butthurt about the idea of Mike being gay online and I am proud to announce I am extremely pro-Byler now solely to piss off the homophobes
I love Stellan Skarsgard so much man it hurts. I feel like I am having a cardiac episode every time I see something with him in it.
Oh my GOODNESS K-Pop Demons Hunters was SO good, the animation, the choreography, the music, the vocals, the story, THE CINEMATOGRAPHY I just can’t get over it this was a film made with so much heart and soul and joy omfg if you haven’t seen it GO WATCH IT aaaaaAAAAAAAAA
There is something uniquely depressing about missing home. You miss the weather, the tastes, the smells, the people but more importantly I think we miss who we are at home. The version of ourselves we are in a happy and healthy home is a luxury and a blessing that I wish upon everyone.
I love the conservative beliefs of "i don't want my taxes used to help anyone but myself" and "why should the rich pay more taxes? It's their money!" Because these people are so optimistic due to privilege (or genuine lack of compassion or even because they themselves had to struggle.) that they are trying to protect a hypothetical possible future rich self from having to pay more taxes.
It just baffles me how these people can unironically think "ah yes I will absolutely become a billionaire within my lifetime" despite the fact that the actual chances of becoming a billionaire are so extremely low that they are almost non-existent and it disgusts me that these people have already decided that if they were to accumulate an ungodly amount of wealth, they would never share even a tiny cut of it to help out those who are less fortunate.
Alright exams are over and I am here to rant about random shit again. Reminder that this is not meant to offend but to rather educate. Please don't come for me.
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Foreigners coming to India, living on a dollar a day, eating street food three times a day for 5 days a week and claiming that they saw the "real" india is my only real pet peeve ever.
Fuck that shit. If I go to New York and live off of eating 2 dollar hot dogs and 1 dollar pizza for weeks on end I'll get sick too. If you don't take care of yourself in any country you will get sick. And especially as a foreigner.
No your stomachs cannot handle our extremely spicy food if you haven't eaten stuff at that spice level consistently before. So quit eating them.
No one here expects you to do that. You are not expected to just somehow mimic our culture entirely just cause you are here.
The fact that other countries expect this of tourists and especially migrants is and will always be insane. You can be American or British or French or German or japanese or south african or Algerian or Moroccan or whatever nationality you belong to. And you can still experience or ,if you are enamored enough by it, adopt parts of our culture into your life.
Being respectful however is not optional. This doesn't mean you have to take misogyny or sexist comments or homophobia from anyone. But be aware that there are conservatives here. And no not everyone is like that. The queer community in india is often overlooked but we are here. Liberals are here.
But treat people with respect. Wherever you go. That is not optional.
But to see people on YouTube talk about how cheaply they travelled in india is...kinda off. I get what they are trying to show. Yes india is a cheap country to live in. But quit glorifying it. The fact that over 20 percentage of our population lives under the poverty line is not something we are proud of. And the fact that so many people come here assuming that all indians are poor simply shows how little they actually know about the country. I am not saying that you should all book into 5 star resorts and avoid all meaningful interactions with indians. You absolutely should not do that. Instead talk to the people here like...you know...people. This might surprise some of you but a vast majority of us are infact middle class families who are fairly happy and even in many of the poorest households pretty educated (the recent generations I mean. We can't overturn history.).
Don't come here to pity us. Treat us as equals. And if you find yourselves thinking "how dare this bitch not talk about the poor. They are ones that need to have a platform to talk." You are absolutely right the poor need a good platform to discuss their issues. But these youtubers are not doing that though. They live on as little as they can to "experience true india". That's not "true india" or whatever other bullshit they spew. All of India needs to be seen. From the poorest to the richest. The poorest need more real representation. Ones where their problems get light shed on. Ones where they get to talk about their issues. Not have some random ass person say "omg look how poor they are." Like bitch you are not helping and you damn well know that.
And a personal issue I have is that...I never see the india I see in most videos. I didn't grow up eating roti and sabzee. I didn't grow up in a giant metropolitan city or a small village. Hindi is not my native language. I grew up loving the smell of rain on the soil and seeing coconut trees everywhere. I grew in a well developed but not cramped city. I grew up eating does and rice. I grew up with fish as a staple in our cuisine. Our food is even spicier. Our language is in an entirely different script. But I don't see any of that in many videos (I said many. Not all.).
And when I do see the india I see in the few videos that are out there I feel happy. It's nice Knowing that you are not invisible.
So to anyone that made it this far, india is not a monolith. We are an incredibly diverse country full of all kinds of people. No not all of us are scammers. And no not all us are software engineers (but you can probably find a fair few.). We are not all Hindu and don't all speak Hindi. We don't all look alike either. Quit going to northeastern states and posting videos with titles like "is this really india !!!". Yes. Yes it is. And we are really fucking proud of the fact that we are that diverse.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
Alright I am done. I am so fucking done. I am putting my foot down and making my parents take me to a psychiatrist.
I can't live like this.
From A03. If you are working in Google Docs, then we can back and forth beta'ing that if you want. My email: [email protected]
Heyya I’ll send you an email in a bit.
