GaveUp [she/her]

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Cake day: December 26th, 2022

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  • Controversial take:

    I don’t think Hinkle is grifting or anything like that. There are A LOT of Americans I’ve met that are angry at both ruling parties, want better and fairer economic conditions, anti-war, but can’t agree with “the left” because they hate how they’re constantly “censoring what people can say” and are “too politically correct”

    It’s like some weird tangential thing to libertarianism or anarchism where they don’t want any sort of authority over them




  • So like, what do I even do if I want to socialize in America but don’t want to talk to bigoted people?

    Was hanging out at some bars/clubs with my friend a few nights ago and I mentioned how I actually knew one of the performers at a previous bar because they showed up on my Tiktok one day. The freak stranger we were talking to then proceeded to go on a tirade about we need to ban it because the Chinese communists control it

    Something like this (or with Russia, or DPRK, or homeless people) literally happens to 99.99% of Americans I’ve talked to. Whether it takes a few hours like this guy or a few months of knowing of them. Happens with people I talk to of all races, all genders, all ages, all socioeconomic status





  • When I used to go to speed dating events I was most comfortable going together with a friend or two so I’d have someone to sort of rest “with” and regain energy between strangers

    I mean this is the big issue right there. At least in my experience and a lot of my other friends, making close friends after school is mostly from meeting your friends’ friends through repeated group functions. It’s wayyyy easier going from 1 -> 10+ friends than it is from going to 0 -> 1 friend after school

    And I feel like people approach duos/small groups at parties or events with strangers like that one way more often than a single person too


  • Ime it is genuinely significantly less racist. Now, it’s still very racist though just because the bar is so low in America

    It’s mostly polite racism in the urban centers. Rarely aggressive in the more rural areas. Much less anti-semitism

    Most racism here is against immigrants (particularly Indians), indigenous people, and foreigners (particularly Chinese people)

    There’s very few black and Hispanic people compared to the US but it’s still a lot better for them, according to friends/ex’s. Way less unhappy stares and avoiding them in public

    In general though the specific forms racism takes place is literally the exact same in America. Black and Arab people are aggressive and scary, East + South Asians are meek, deceiving, and an invading horde, indigenous and SEAsians are dirty and criminals, etc.

    The worst thing about Canada is that racism against Indian immigrants and Chinese people used to be way better, but only because there were way less of the former and the latter weren’t perceived as an existential threat yet