Man in 30s married to a half-Filipina woman here. When we went to visit for our honeymoon it was really gross. LOTS of very, very old men with teenage girls.
I had women falling out of their chairs to look at me.
I had a woman literally fall over while trying to ogle me while walking down the street.
For our goodbye dinner, her Ate toasted us by saying “You have fulfilled all our dreams: you’ve married a white man.”
I had several people say how ugly they were because they were Filipino.
EVERY convenience store and super market had skin whitening creams.
It was my first experience of the Philippines and the first experience I had of racial fetishism. My wife got preferential treatment for being Mestizos.
The Spanish did a real number over there with their racial hierarchy bullshit.
The big thing I will say from my experience there: the people are AMAZING. I didn’t get ripped off, everyone was so friendly, got to play basketball with a group of kids and had a blast. And the nature is incredible.
It also had some of the most downtrodden areas I’ve ever seen, some of the biggest displays of wealth disparity, and after a few weeks on different islands, Manilla felt more like a theme park for the rich than any kind of city.
Overall, really recommend it, but try going off the beaten path!
Image reads: “we’re flying electric helicopters on Mars yet you can’t turn on your clothes dryer in Texas. That’s because scientists are in charge of Mars, and Republicans are in charge of Texas”
Considering how much of the web is AI-generated now (with it predicted to rise to 90% by the end of 2026) we’ve managed to turn a tool for connecting people to a tool for chatbots to talk to one another.
Recently I feel like I’m working, sleeping, or waiting for work to start. I hate it, I can’t figure out how to break this waiting mode. Does anyone have any advise?...
I mean…I’m about half a foot taller than anyone else around and hope my physique does my Saxon ancestor’s proud. It’s not hard to tell I don’t come from Spain! I speak Castilian, but my accent is not great and very limited Catalonian so if I open my mouth it’s worse.
Unfortunately here in Barcelona the police are very, very anti-immigrant. The less attention I get from the police the better! A good example is there’s been a recent “trend” of spiking foreigner’s drinks in Barcelona bars. Women (and men, but mostly women) collapsing and throwing up and when police are asked for help they have the bright idea to suggest they take an Uber to the hospital or go home.
I’m seriously considering moving to Madrid at this stage.
EDIT: The reason I haven’t so far is a) I have a genuine sympathy for the Catalonian movement (even if a large minority make it tough at times) b) it is the most beautiful city I’ve ever lived in and c) it’s where my job is 😅
People who earn more contribute more? They still take home more because it’s tax banded. No one goes “up a tax bracket” and earns less. It’s a nonsense statement.
When did written pornography become the norm for indie authors? I remember when Amazon was first taking off for indie authors and, yes, there was a lot of smut, a lot of Christian romance, but also a ton of cyberpunk, crime, and even some literary fiction. Now, every time I see an indie author on Threads or X, they exclusively...
The entire discourse is like this. Seriously, there was a great threads where someone asked to spend money on anything that was literary and indie. Crickets, despite indie authors attacking her a few days earlier for not reading indie.
I’m not searching this out, I’m searching out indie authors. On instagram yesterday, I checked out the indie author hashtags and every single one was porn.
Sometimes monthly, sometimes quarterly, sometimes bi-annually. Depends on the magazine.
People that have never felt at home anywhere tend to write from a very different perspective (the BoJack episode where Diane goes to Vietnam comes to mind) so I really recommend it (even though my family seem to have stuck completely to about a 50 square mile radius in south England for 600 years until I came along and moved overseas).
Can you share some sources of small shops getting looted? During the London riots it was Barclays Bank, PC World, Argos, and Tesco that were looted, not the boutique coffee shop or hand-made jewelry stores. Even the pictures on Wikipedia of the riots are just of these stores.
Fun fact: this actually happened during the 2011 London Riots. BBM was used to organise the rioting and looting (and then used as evidence against the organisers)
Trump sought and actively tried to subvert constitutional government and overturn the results of the presidential election. And what he could not do through the arcane rules and procedures of the Electoral College, he tried to do through the threat of brute force, carried out by an actual mob.
They're just big fans of the cuisine or something. (lemmy.world)
Yes, but do they have AR-15s on Mars? (lemmy.world)
Image reads: “we’re flying electric helicopters on Mars yet you can’t turn on your clothes dryer in Texas. That’s because scientists are in charge of Mars, and Republicans are in charge of Texas”
Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’ (www.theguardian.com)
Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
Hard to fathom (lemmy.world)
Waiting mode for work
Recently I feel like I’m working, sleeping, or waiting for work to start. I hate it, I can’t figure out how to break this waiting mode. Does anyone have any advise?...
What are the legal implications of this? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
In contrast to other EU countries, in Spain the support for the far-right party Vox has declined over the last 3 years, and has halved from its peak of 20% in March 2022 to just 11% currently (preview.redd.it)
Source: www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/spain/
I got a sizeable raise and am now officially making low six figures and have no one to share my good news with
Hi all. Apologies if this is not allowed here. I know people out there are struggling, but I just want to share my good news with someone....
18+ Can we have a conversation about indie authors and "smut"?
When did written pornography become the norm for indie authors? I remember when Amazon was first taking off for indie authors and, yes, there was a lot of smut, a lot of Christian romance, but also a ton of cyberpunk, crime, and even some literary fiction. Now, every time I see an indie author on Threads or X, they exclusively...
Any magazine suggestions?
I’ve been diving headfirst into the world of short story magazines and found some absolute gems!!...
The rich loot labor value every day. (lemmy.ml)
Title (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He? (www.nytimes.com)
Trump sought and actively tried to subvert constitutional government and overturn the results of the presidential election. And what he could not do through the arcane rules and procedures of the Electoral College, he tried to do through the threat of brute force, carried out by an actual mob.