Sounds like something a fat stupid American would say.

My wife is half Jamaican and half Iranian, she went to a school in a very working class part of a very ethnically diverse city in the UK, with most of the school having a familial origin in the middle east or India.

She was routinely bullied for being black and called the N word on a daily basis. She was made to feel like a troublemaker for reporting it to teachers and eventually snapped, her kickboxing lessons helped her break a boy's nose with a kick to the face after years of abuse, and she got suspended for it while nobody ever faced any consequences for their racism.

People don't want to punish wrongdoing, they want to keep things "simple" and not have to deal with anything they feel awkward about, so they ignore the repeated "small" incidents and only acted to punish the retaliation because it's deemed disproportionate. Years of racism to the point of having no friends because people were scared of being seen to sympathise apparently isn't as damaging as an afternoon in A+E and some minor discomfort for a week or so. Fuck that school and fuck this mentality.

This story seems like a worse version and we're 20 years on. I'm sure it happens way more than we see in stories like these, they're just swept under the rug and hope nobody calls them on it. Fuck this backwards ass world.

The Internet is a depressing place today :(

Is this because OP doesn't like people talking about their happiness which they've been unable to find? Or is it they think true love doesn't exist?

Either way, sorry.

Thinking you need more money does not mean you're greedy though.

I'd just like to point out that OP is either lying or has been scammed.

Starbucks have consistent pricing and the most expensive sandwich in the UK is £5.10, technically 5.25 for a plant based breakfast item, see here for full menu prices.

But people like getting angry at cost of living issues right now (understandably) so this will get hundreds of upvotes despite being a lie.

Let me just feed my tamagotchi quickly and then I'm in.

Nor would any competent force give an ultimatum of "stop or die" over a trivial crime. Most countries would get in their car and try to follow safely, if that wasn't possible you run the plates and send a summons. A hand should never be near a gun in this situation.

There's no defending this.

My dad is an atheist and whilst he would never openly tell you he's against homosexuality. He is a homophobe in almost every sense of the word, he's had conversations with friends at the pub about how worried he was that I was gay (I'm not, I'm just not a rugby player drinking 10 pints every evening). He's not against abortion as far as I'm aware, though I would imagine he's in favour if only because it protects men against unwanted children.

My brother "came out" to him to see what his reaction would be and he essentially disowned him there and then. Neither me or my brother talk to him much anymore, he's very right wing and refuses to admit it. Failed upwards for most of his life and is quite bitter about anything existing which he isn't 100% on board with. I think his parents were somewhat religious but not aggressively so, he went to boarding school which could have something to do with it but I don't know any details about why he feels the way he does. If I asked him he'd just deny it despite all the evidence anyway, I think in his mind that as long as you SAY you're OK with it you can't be homophobic by definition

I remember him advocating strongly for every drug dealer in existence being executed, no exceptions. I then pointed out that I would be executed in that scenario because I was suspended from school for giving someone some hash and he didn't really know what to do with himself. Everything is jet black or bright white to him, there is very little room for any shades of grey.

Probably the thing I miss most about reddit is being able to easily find and laugh at these kinds of exchanges.

Too much sanity on lemmy... I miss the conspiracy subs.

Most people aren't doing terribly here really. It's not ideal but it's not horrific, until you get to the light blue/turquoise SUV 3 or 4 cars down. That fucker has clearly mounted the kerb and without the car there this picture looks pretty normal.

Also I don't think these pictures are of the same line of cars, should be able to see the roof box on both pictures but you can't.

Yeah that British person was trying to wind up OP.

Bourbons shit all over oreos too, oreos are perhaps the most overrated biscuit out there.

If you're gonna leave then leave. Don't claim to be leaving if you continue posting your content there to try and get views.

Stick to your principle or don't, the video (the first half at least) just seems hypocritical tbh.