As in men will torture a woman who loves him. This will lead to the woman becoming heartless and killing her emotions. Then women attach no emotion to anything and only think practically. Then men complain that women only use them.

But they don’t want genuine love anyway so what is wrong with people?

I am 18M A virgin only had a makeout once. I wanna give a good head(ukw wht I mean here) to any girl soo fkimg bad at this point seeing videos on the hub keeps increasing my desire to eat any girl is increasing on a drastic level. I have seen in the hub that eating any girl makes her moon and satisfy her smm and I wanna give this satisfaction. Help me either control this urge or end this of mine 😭

Since we were little kids to growing up, I'm sure we all have dreams right? Like dreams of a marriage we want, how our life turn out to be like we envision. We all have envision of how we want our life, our marriage, but my marriage turn out like nothing I dream of.

I do have one dream, since I was a young girl to growing up, to even till now, I still have that dream.

That dream, I still dream of a Chines husband (a Chinese man born in China), a countryside in China, willow trees, a bike. My Chinese husband a farmer work in the rice field, everyday after work he ride me on his bike. We would have 1 child, I homeschool.

Very simple dream, but Fate NEVER give that dream. I ask Fate all the times, why just not give me that dream. I not ask for much.!!

My life is nothing like that though, lol. I got throw on the airplane at age 9 by my Shanghai businessman father, we went to U.S, I did not have a choice, not at age 9, I wish my father would had left me behind in China with my grandma (my grandma whom was the one that raised me, and raised me in the countryside).

My life in my adulthood in U.S, America, lolol.
........
Long term marriage married to a West African Black husband, he a Stanford graduated, a Chemical Engineer, an Executive at a big engineering corporate.
Our toddler died of Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia (PVNH). It is gene inherited (got it from me the mother the maternal side), congenital brain malformation.

My husband's mother whom 84, his mom 5 years ago became Quadriplegia paralyze since her spinal cord stroke. We have been financially care for his mother since, doing everything we can to prolong her life.

It does put a strain on our marriage, but it a mutual decision. 5 years and still ongoing.

So there you have it.

I asked Fate all the times, was that Chinese husband dream too much? Because I don't see it as in anywhere near too much at all. But Fate just not want to give me my dream.

why do skinny girls hate curvy girls so much?

I've been struggling with ed since i am 11,i grew up in a household that has ed, all of my friends have ed and I've been fatshamed even tho i was 45kgs. Those days i thought i was obese now i am 53 and i can't even say i have body dysmorphia because i don't think im seeing something that isn't real, i am just fat. But logically i have body dysmorphia since i thought i was obese even when i was 43kgs.

I don't know what i look like, and while struggling with ed i see girls post "they hate my body but this is how it looks like" And then they show very conventionally attractive body. Most of the time it's wide whips-long torso-narrow ribcage combo, but even if they don't have wide hips it's still more acceptable compared to naturally curvy women. They say curvy or thick is the norm while everyone calls naturally curvy women fat. They don't like us, they never did!!! They like the fake ones. They like Porn star type of curvy . They don't like the stuff that comes with being curvy.

And then they have this disgusting hatred towards girls with big chests. They call us fat cows. Goodness, I've cried for days for hours because of how much i hate my chest. Everytime i see those girls i just wish that i could be like them. I would give my everything to be flat. Everyone has something to say about my chest. I never look acceptable. My most causal outfit makes me seem like a whore. I never look cute like those girls. I look horrible in baggy, and whore in skin tight ones. What am i supposed to do?? It's crazy but they make me feel like a man. I feel like i would be more of a woman if i was flat. I genuinely feel like world hates women with curves. I know there are sisters that are way more curvy, i don't think I'm curvy but even with my size this is what i experience.

You could be bullied by women with bigger chests, I've been bullied by many people. I don't generalise them tho. I don't call them whores, fat cows. I would rather get called a boy then get called a fat cow or a whore. Mind u i already hear ppl call me a boy😭☠️

I’m a 23-year-old male and a fourth-year nursing student, and honestly, I’m tired of living here. One of the main reasons I chose nursing was because my stepfather’s relatives, including my aunt, who’s a nursing director in America, told me they could help me find a job there. Getting a visa could still take a few years, but nursing offers job security and the potential to earn an upper-middle-class income in the US. I also have somewhere to stay temporarily.
I got delayed by two years, but it is what it is.
Growing up, I was ridiculed for being brown, which contributed to my OCD, social anxiety, and other struggles. Things improved, but my experiences still left me frustrated with the culture and quality of life here. If you don’t come from a financially comfortable family, it can feel incredibly difficult to get ahead.

I’m tired of the crab mentality, obsession with social status, and the way people sometimes treat each other and animals. Political dynasties, corruption, inflation, and weak accountability make me even more pessimistic about the country’s future. I know millions of good, intelligent Filipinos exist, and some of the best people I’ve met are Filipino, but I still don’t feel at home here.

Financially, I don’t see the future I want for myself in this country. Building a business is difficult without connections, and even careers requiring years of education and hard work can leave people underpaid and overworked. Nursing itself is demanding, and many healthcare workers go abroad because they can earn significantly more elsewhere. It also frustrates me that online gambling has become such a prominent part of the economy.

I don’t want my potential children to grow up dealing with the same problems. I’m also concerned that things could get worse if the country fails to address corruption and the economic challenges ahead, especially as AI threatens some of the jobs our economy relies on.

As much as I dislike Trump, at least he has a law degree and business experience. Meanwhile, our politicians often seem more interested in preserving their families’ power and wealth than improving the country. I find that incredibly frustrating.

I’m not pretending America is perfect, but I believe I’d have better opportunities there. My best friend already lives in California, and I have relatives who could help me get started. I could earn a decent income as a nurse, potentially become a nurse anesthetist, or eventually transition into sales. Financial security matters a lot to me, and I believe America offers a much better chance of achieving it.

I know other countries have problems, too, but that doesn’t make my frustrations with the Philippines any less valid. I’m not claiming everyone here is bad or that moving abroad will magically solve all my problems. I just want better opportunities, a more comfortable life, and the freedom to decide my future without feeling trapped by the circumstances I was born into.

I’m planning to leave once I can, and I’ll probably come back for vacations, but I don’t want to spend the rest of my life here. I just want to finish nursing school, build a career, move to America, and finally have a chance at the life I’ve always wanted.

Everyone around me is in a relationship.. all my friends, family, co-workers.. I try to put myself out there but I feel like theres something horribly wrong with me. I some get matches but they lead to no where, I feel so alone and hopeless. I guess im just needing to get this out of my system but its just really been eating at me. Im tired of feeling this lonely all the time. I just wish I could find love like everyone around me has.. I try so hard to act like its not bothering me so I dont bother the people im with, but it just keeps digging at me and makes me feel so lonely.. I just miss having a 1-to-1 unique connection that I have with someone special.. i miss having those loving moments cuddled up and enjoying movies.. i miss love....

(Click, if you're reading this, PLEASE prepare your finest fedora. You're going to need it.)

HELLO, WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF REDDIT.

Today we have Ava (16F), my friend, who deserves approximately 700 years of peace and quiet, and Dick (16M), her now-ex-boyfriend. This is not his real name, but I think the replacement suits him beautifully.

So, Ava and Dick met at a community centre where our friend group hangs out. At the time, Dick had run away from home because of an abusive situation with his family. Ava, who was homeless herself, helped him find somewhere safe to stay with friends.

Eventually, they went to the police, his parents got contacted, a bunch of conversations happened, and somehow they ended up arranging for Ava to stay in the granny flat on his family's property. The idea was that she could keep an eye on things and hopefully stop any more abuse from happening.

Sounds reasonable, right? Hahahaha. Oh, you sweet summer child. Almost immediately after moving in, Ava and Dick started dating. And how did I find out? Ava called me. While I was camping. With my emotional support human bestie. To announce that they had done the horizontal tango. Ma'am. I am asexual. I did not order this information. Ew.

ANYWAYS. Throughout their relationship, Ava would tell me about how Dick kept pressuring her to have sex. She'd say no, he'd keep asking, and eventually she'd give in just to get him to stop. She also told me she was frequently in pain from having sex every single day. The thing is, she'd sometimes joke about it, so I didn't fully realise how bad it was until later. But, dear redditerererers, Wearing someone down untill they say yes is not consent!!!

About a month into their relationship, Ava thought she might be pregnant. Understandably, she was TERRIFIED. She told Dick, probably hoping for at least a little bit of support. His response was "I'm not ready to be a father." Okay. Fair enough. That's a pretty understandable reaction for a 16-year-old. Except. Ava had asked him to use condoms, and he didn’t want to. If you’re not ready to be a father you’re not ready to stop using condoms

For about two weeks, Ava was terrified she might be pregnant. She couldn't afford a pregnancy test, she was having symptoms that were worrying her, and she had basically no money or family support to fall back on. And what was Dick doing during all this?

According to Ava, and from what I have seen, this absolute gentleman was: Leaving her to carry heavy things despite her worries. Expecting her to buy him Monster Energy drinks EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Despite having his own money, while she had no job and no financial support from her family. Getting upset when she didn't want sex. Complaining when she told him he'd have to stop vaping around her if she was pregnant. Making inappropriate jokes about her. Telling people she was overreacting about her pain. And calling her lazy.

LAZY. SHE WAS SCARED SHE MIGHT BE PREGNANT, HAD BASICALLY NO MONEY, AND WAS STILL BUYING YOU MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS. BUT YES. SHE'S THE LAZY ONE.

Eventually, Ava had enough, and with help from me and some of our other friends, she broke up with him. Yippee! Freedom! The! HAHAHAHAHA… No. After they broke up, Dick kept trying to contact her. He'd spam-call her until she answered, and when she blocked him, he started calling from other phones and hidden numbers.

And then he decided to try something that genuinely left me wondering what goes on inside this man's head. He told Ava that she needed to get back together with him because his friend had died. Exept. I know the friend. The friend is alive and well.

Anyway, after the breakup, Ava started looking back on their relationship and realising just how much he'd pressured her. A lot of the times she'd said yes weren't because she actually wanted to, but because he wouldn't accept no. She's since gone to the police about what happened and is trying to get a protection order because he STILL won't leave her alone. And now that the police are involved? DICK IS PANICKING. Apparently, he has an "aunt" who's a lawyer. An aunt he supposedly doesn't even talk to. But somehow this mysterious aunt has been giving him VERY specific legal information about what's going to happen. Now, I'm not a lawyer. I have absolutely no idea how all of this is going to play out, and I'm not going to pretend I do. But apparently Dick does. Because according to him, he's innocent. He tries to prove that by telling everyone he’s a nice guy… He keeps saying shit like "I never did anything to her!" "We only did it once, and I was drunk!" And my personal favourite… "I'm such a nice guy!"

...

I'M SUCH A NICE GUY. THERE IT IS. THE SACRED PHRASE. THE ANCIENT INCANTATION. THE SUMMONING CHANT OF THE FEDORA-WEARING NICE GUY.

Tips fedora.

"M'lady, surely you cannot report me to the authorities. Have you considered that I'm actually a very nice gentleman?"

(I watch too much Click. I am currently watching him right now I’M IN YOUR WALLS CLICKY.)

KJBFIHRBJNFJAIPJEMJOBERUOSEHRNPJ

I AM GOING TO TURN INTO A HOUSEPLANT.

And apparently, he also thinks that if he gets enough people on his side, the police will just stop investigating??? That is not how the police work.

Anyways, that's pretty much where we're at right now. Ava's getting support, the police are involved, and we're all doing what we can to help her. I know I've been making jokes throughout this whole thing, but genuinely, watching someone I care about go through all of this has been horrible. Especially knowing how much she's already dealt with before even meeting him.

I'm just really proud of her for finally speaking up about what happened, because I know it wasn't easy. And I really, really hope he leaves her alone. Because she deserves to be happy, and she deserves to feel safe.

Anyways. Moral of the story: No means no. Being a "nice guy" does not make you immune to consequences. And for the love of everything holy, please learn what consent is.

Click, if you somehow read this, please give the Emotional Support Demons some head pats from me.

TL;DR: My friend's ex repeatedly pressured her into sex, acted like an absolute idiot during a pregnancy scare, wouldn't leave her alone after they broke up, and is now trying to convince everyone he's innocent because he's SUCH A NICE GUY. Police are involved, and apparently he thinks getting enough people to like him will make the investigation disappear.

i have had the worst luck possible and i just feel at such a loss.

had a good job got my leg crushed at work now i am on wcb. cant work so we lost the house we had and ended up moving to the country in the middle of no where just because of how cheap it was. now are only car has extremely bald tires and no money for no tires and because i am on wcb i don't qualify for any form of loans or help, my wife uses the car to go to work everyday so i am stuck at home, with winter coming and snow i just feel at such a loss on what to do i already don't eat some days to make sure our kids eat now i need to worry about how to get tires so my wife can get to and from work. i have been trying to find work online or things i can do to make a few bucks. i just need something to work out.

It's probably just a me thing, and idk why it bugs me (maybe grammar?) but I absolutely cannot STAND when pregnant people refer to the baby as just "baby". Like I get the whole placeholder of a name thing, and I also get like wanting to recognize it as a human and not just "a baby" but it fills me with SO much rage when people just say "oh baby isn't expected till summer" or "oh wow, baby is kicking a lot" like JUST SAY THE BABY. Same as when couples will say "we are pregnant" like WE ain't anything, that man is not pregnant 😭😭

I have a pregnant friend and this has been bugging me for the last couple weeks. Just needed to get it off of my chest

Edit: never have I once said anything to my friend about this or brought it up, because I KNOW it's a stupid small thing. I'm not trying to be the police, I'm simply stating it's a dumb thing that frustrates me

Unfortunately I live in Florida so I mostly see right wing political ads, damn near every day. These mfers are just straight up lying 90% of the time in these ads and it's utterly sickening. They make strawman arguments, put words in people's mouths that they NEVER said and never ever actually talk about what they'll actually do for people, nope it's always an ad hominem attack on someone else's character.

I know the GOP doesn't give a damn about telling the damn truth at the best of times but you'd think the TV stations or websites would have the right to refuse to air ads with straight up lies. They're just as complicit, and it's not even solely "right-wing" sites/stations either.

It's so goddamn frustrating as someone who values truth and fairness.

Everyday i wonder how much better my life would’ve been, had not been born into my family. I hate every aspect of living, because i’ll never be true to it. My family is muslim, and half assed on religion, i’ve never followed it. But everyday i shuffle myself around in a hijab and am fully covered. My hairline is receding at only 18 years old since i’ve been wearing this for almost 10 years. But i also know that if i stop practicing, my family will cut me off fully,and i don’t know if I’m ready for that.
I have no goals in life since i cant persue art or music, my friends are moving on with life and i just feel disconnected. No matter what i support or believe everyone will see my identity as muslim and have their own bias.
I’m scared of continuing living like a coward but i’m scared of losing all support from my close friends and family.Everyday i just stare and curate my pinterest feed, looking at the “what-ifs” in my imagination.
My parents aren’t evill or anything, but i know they’d draw the line or call me a slut or something. It doesn’t help that for the longest i’ve been the “normal one”, due to my other two siblings have their own mental issues and whatnot, so sometimes i can tell they expect me to be normal, and get married and practice islam eventually.

Everyday i’ve just been anxious about it all, just dreaming about a life where i don’t worry if im showing too much of my ankles, or if this cloth drapes me in a way that’s sinful.I want to let my hair breath and not be seen as my religion first , but me as a person.

I can't even fathom anymore what the problem with me is. I despise being in this place. I hate having to wake up and do the same routine every single day. I hate people, myself, the world – everything that happens and goes on like there's some kind of meaning behind anything of it all. I'm so fed up of being conscious. Fed up of thinking, feeling and acting like a normal person, when really all I am is filled with such anger and revulsion. There's nothing that helps. There's nothing that works. I'm just sitting here deteriorating, watching the days pass by me wondering what the fuck I'm even here for.

I feel like my constant rumination keeps me living in the past and it has severely stunted me as far as getting my life together and working on myself and my career path.
I can’t help or control it and it is crippling.

I can’t help but ruminate and compare myself to everyone I know or used to know when I do it. I feel like all of my peers have far exceeded me in every way and the worst part is, I feel like I have given everything I have to trying to better my life and make the most of every opportunity that I can find.

I feel like my entire life is a fucking joke. Born a girl in a family of 6 older brothers, where a girl is literally the WORST thing to be and my mom didnt like girls so that gave me a great start and great self esteem and sense of belonging. Was told I was infertile by doctors my whole life because my hormones were jacked up and they refused to give me birth control. didnt want kids until I got pregnant by the biggest fucking clown I've ever met in my life. Got a very emotionally heavy customer service job as an audhd. I hate the job. They somehow will not fire me. I cannot quit. We are trying for a second kid and now I cannot get pregnant and will literally start my fucking period three days after a positive ovulation test.

We make a decent combined income but are still living paycheck to paycheck

Fuck. My. Life.

Mannnn… I feel so alone. I asked one of my friends if she wanted to go out tonight and she didn’t reply. So I just deleted the message then the “seen last week” message popped up. I feel unwanted. By my mom. By my dad. By my siblings. By my family, by my friends. I don’t know what to do. I’m not good at being alone. I think I pushed everyone away and now no one wants to hang out with me. I try to be happy everyday but I’m not. I’m not happy.

Bc it’s shallow and mean and unnecessary and it detracts from actual criticism I haver for her but my step mom is fucking ugly. And you can see the racism, the hatred, the child abuse, the jealousy it ate at her. She looks older than my dad and she’s 13 years younger than him. Just yeesh. I hope she’s always stubbing her toe

Before you start reading, let this be known that this is a very bitter and long piece of writing intended to enforce accountability. From a Greek no less! Preposterous! I will tackle Greek mythology and history (both modern and ancient) as well as politics and prominent artists when it comes to so called "Greek media"

now with that out of the way, let me get to the point

The way Greeks have been treated for the last several years has been nothing but abhorrent.

Foreigners, particularly westerners, have always had a soft spot for Greece - Even the great Rome was essentially larping as Greeks, and after them, The holy Roman Empire, Russia and now, the USA. You could make an argument about the HRE not pursing Greece-dom but as it pursued Rome, it, in extent, Pursued Greece too, at the two heavily intertwined with one another. So much so that Ovid's versions of some myths plague this sub to this very day.

And yet, all those nations and peoples commit the same sin.

They steal the essence of being Greek without the will to properly enact it - or at times, even utilise it.

In other words: Hellenic culture has been repeatedly stolen, bastardised and regurgitated.

think of Universities with the Greek letters that do nothing but commit debauchery, or even basic words like Psychology, democracy or, something more common for reddit, hermaphrodite. Greece has contributed immensely towards the enrichment of the English language, as long as the language of several other nations.

Think of world war 2 - where Hitler's reign was running rampant and his desire to swallow the whole world, who stood against him? The French, who failed in tremendous fashion, the brits who were being given a hard time, and the Americans, who by the time they had joined, Musollini would be having a coffee at the Akropolis - had it not been for the Greeks.
The Greeks are the reason half the world isn't under the red, white and black. Adolf Hitler hismelf stated:
"For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. " (From speech he delivered to Reichstag on 4 May 1941)

And then, Winston Churchill
"The word heroism I am afraid does not render the least of those acts of self-sacrifice of the Greeks, which were the defining factor in the victorious outcome of the common struggle of the nations, during WWII, for the human freedom and dignity. If it were not for the bravery of the Greeks and their courage, the outcome of WWII would be undetermined." (Paraphrased from one of his speeches to the British Parliament on 24 April 1941)

"Greeks do not fight like Heroes, Heroes fight like Greeks!"

"You fought unarmed and won, small against big. We owe you gratitude, because you gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as people we thank you." (When Hitler attacked the U.S.S.R.)

1. DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days): Greece 219 Norway 61 France 43 (The superpower at the time) Poland 30 Belgium 18 Holland 4 Yugoslavia 3 Denmark 0 (The Danes surrendered to Hitler's motorcyclist who was conveying Hitler's request to the Danish king for the crossing of the Nazi armies. The Danish king indicating submission surrendered his crown to the motorcyclist) Czechoslovakia 0 Luxenburg 0 TOTAL GREEK CASUALTIES IN WWII BY COUNTRY: Albanians killed 1,165 Greeks Italians killed 8,000 Greeks Bulgarians killed 25,000 Greeks Germans killed 50,000 Greeks TOTAL LOSES IN POPULATION PERCENTAGES: Greece 10% Soviet Union 2.8% Holland 2.2% France 2% (The superpower at the time) Poland 1.8% Yugoslavia 1.7% Belgium 1.5%

And of course, think of how Greece has been treated,

With Respect?
With Dignity?
No, no, of course not.

Rome torched Greece, and Alaric who came to usurp it had Athens delivered to him like some common harlot to be passed around. Then, Byzantium was ravaged by the Venicians, who were falsely labeled as "crusaders",and then finished by the Ottomans and Seljuks.
The Germans began to strip Greeks of our value and our heritage, calling us fake, imposters, while proclaiming the ancient Greeks as a true Aryan race, and that Germans were the proper Greeks - giving them the A-okay to Kill Greeks at their whim and leisure. Then, after that, after the heroic display, Greece had effectively been taken over by the USA under a junta, thanks to the cold war.

And Greeks could do nothing, other than offer a pittance of resistance behind the walls of university.

And we still won.

Why do I bring all this up?

Because westerns Keep. Doing. The same. Fucking. Thing.

In 2015, a German newspaper named: Die Welt released a paper stating that Greeks are not true Greeks.

in 2020, a Medusa statue hoisting the head of Perseus was displayed in New York city with the intention of lifting the spirits of poor female victims of abuse - All the while, of course, in common western fashion, beating down the poor Greeks and bastardising the idea of the story.

Then, we have lighter subjects, the most dangerous ones. Because they are the ones you consume.

Hades, Song of Achilles, Epic, God of war, the general discussion around Greece as a whole has excluded Greeks themselves from their own Heritage. Not to mention several big creators, like The Angel incarnate or Neal Illustrator. And of course, Nolan's Fraudyssey!

Hades has every kind of person - Blacks, Whites, Asians, even Obsidian, and yet, not a single one looks like a Greek. The whites are too Norwegian, of course with posh british accents and non-Greek actors, the Blacks are too African with also, Non Greek actors. Not to mention the CEO himself saying that "The Greek gods do not belong to the Greeks, therefore, we can do whatever we want."

Song of Achilles, which, through no fault of it's own, became a prime drive for angsty teens and gay adults to project their own needs of love through Ancient heroes that they have no right to tamper with. Achilles was turned from a maniacal, genocidal, rapist, womanising piece of a shit, albeit godlike warrior and Patroclus was turned into a small bean uwu with a foot fetish.

Epic, through also no fault of it's own, has amassed a fandom of fans who will treat true Greeks who wish to feel represented, or at least heard, as outsiders, unworthy of the fruit of the labour their heritage and culture brings them by birthright. If you point out flaws in any of the animatics, you are branded a racist, a homophobe, a gatekeeper, and of course, a fake Greek. Titles I have been called several times, most of which being from the Epic fandom.

The designer of Kratos from God of war had openly stated in his interviews from the original game that, Kratos was designed after the main character from American History X - a movie warning against the dangers of Nazism and extreme ideologies. Therefore, Kratos was designed after a Nazi while his normal skin tone is more in line with a person of Roma heritage. Un greek in both body and mind.

Now, not to slander, but these are my personal experiences with Angel incarnate and Neal illustrator - I do not have any pictures to back these up as they both blocked me instead of having an actual discussion, like the privileged, white, American women they are.

Angel Incarnate posted a short comic about Alexander the great becoming a Pharaoh.
I commented "Bonus points for not Raceswapping Alexander"
She commented "Do not make this weird"
I commented "I do not make this weird, raceswapping of any kind is a serious issue when it comes to Greeks, thank you for representing us properly".

I do not have the exact response she gave, but she went on a mini rant that went along these broad lines: "I Have been fighting white supremacists in my comments for a while now and i'm sorry if i've come off as aggressive, but it's best you stop with this comment."

I did manage to copy paste my final reply before she blocked me:
the.angel.incarnate nazis used the Ancient Greeks as a role model while genociding and stripping modern Greeks of their heritage, national pride and history and mythology - like they did with the Celts, Vikings and in my opinion most grievously, Germans as well. I am not a white supremacist and people who whitewash greeks are, also, Race swapping us for something we are not. We are not, and never were, the Aryan supermodel they wished existed. However, Greeks were also not black or brown or a super white. Especially not Alexander, who was from Macedonia, a more northern and therefore, mote fair skinned region. I would know, I'm from Corfu, an island shared between Greece and Italy, most people here have a slightly darker complexion but still white. I don't care how you take it, ANY race swapping of the Greek people is bad. The one done by Hades, the one done by the nazis, the one done by people like Neal illustrator and the rewriting of history of Song of Achilles. You did good not making Alexander neither too black nor too white. Learn to take a compliment and please learn more about Greek history as Greeks are 50% the reason your country is not under the Reich.

I believe you understand where I am going with this.

Then, to Neal. This happened when Neal posted the first coloured sketch of the Olympus family. I do not quite remember which characters were involved other than Hestia, and i cannot double check thanks to... well, her blocking me, but what I do recall is calling her out on why all of them were black, getting blocked and subsequently, being posted on her twitter - "Why did you draw all of them black? These are not Greeks, i'd certainly tell because I actually am". And of course, I was the bad guy for questioning the Epic fandom's Jesus.

In short, both of these people are, to some extent either 1. Racist, or 2. Ignorant to a dangerous degree.

The Fraudyssey has cast noone as Greeks except for one Extra - the one actually speaking Greek with an indian and black actor telling him "We are Greeks from Ithaca", painting the true greek as a barbarian and the brave Greeks of New Athens of the US as the true Greeks, just slightly less Aryan.

Where am I going with this?

Where I am going is that you fucking people cannot be trusted with something actually Great and treat it with respect.

Greeks still exist. Hear us. We're the reason you're not under the Swastika.

You cast one guy, Jason Manztoukas, purely because of DEI so you can shut us up and then act like all is fine. You make media, basically ethnically genociding us and removing us from our own culture so that some white from Dublin or some black from LA can larp as Zeus or Ares
(Side tangent - Most Ares designs i've seen depict Ares as black. Projection? Why is the god of senseless destruction and anger almost always depicted as black from small artists?)
You take our myths and bastardise them, make them your own and remove everything Greek from it. It's not even Greek anymore, it's just a husk outfitted with straw.

You forge this idea of Greece being a gay paradise when in reality innocent children where taken away from families to serve as harlots and women were pushed out as worth less than nothing, at times not even capable of leaving their own home and what do you? You glorify it!

You take and you take and you take and nothing is no longer Greek anymore. And when Greeks speak out about it, what do you do?

You call us racists, you call us white supremacists, you call us homophobes, you call us gatekeepers, you call us whatever you need to so you can just keep taking and taking, until you've taken everything.

Piece of advice.

Be decent.

I actually cried when I felt truly represented when I was 12. From what media? Ducktales. The evil big disney company made a better job of making me feel represented through both Hercules and Ducktales than the indie companies supposedly made by loving people full of compassion and acceptance.

Hell, A lot of Greeks love both Hades and GoW as well, most grew up with Gow.I can't relate but it sure must be fun being able to enjoy something without the feeling of being excluded from what you own.

To wrap this up, I leave you with this.

We gave you the world
You took it
then you kept taking
and you WILL keep taking.

It's how it goes. Greek mythology survived by being Shared. Look at Halfdan, the Varangian from constantinople. Look at Ovid, who made such great versions of the myths he adopted, some are considered canon or mainstream (like my fav, Midas).

But if you're going to do it
Do it respectfully. Include us. Mention us. At least NOD at us instead of including people not meant to be included at the expense of the actual minority.

Long post. Remember when ifunny added potatoes here?

My coworker was in her 20s and fucking died because of cancer. She was such a sweet person. Literal ray of sunshine. Why did it have to happen to her??? Its not fucking fair. I wouldn't even give a shit if I lived or died and yet my health is fine. But she had so much ahead of her. She was in college. She had so many people that loved her and wanted to see her thrive. SHE WANTED TO THRIVE!!! But cancer fucking took it from her. Its not fair. I wish I could've taken it instead. We weren't even close. But I still miss her. I still wish it would've been me instead. Its just always the sweetest and happiest people that have the worst things happen to them. She was in her TWENTIES!!!! She had so much life left to live but she doesn't get to. Why can't people with depression get cancer instead. Let me take the burden so the happy people like her can keep living. Its fucked its so fucked. She didnt deserve it.

I genuinely don't understand why people get so weird when someone takes their privacy seriously.

I recently mentioned that I use different phone numbers and emails for online shopping, car dealerships, and random websites, and someone immediately started questioning why I'd need so many numbers. Seriously since when did not wanting strangers to have my personal information become suspicious?

I use masked cloaked numbers and emails for some worthless online bull, but apparently that's enough to make people think I'm hiding some secret double life. I'm just tired of giving my actual number to businesses that have absolutely no reason to contact me outside of one transaction. And I'm even more tired of having to explain myself for it.

The whole "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about" mentality is exhausting. I close my curtains at night too, doesn't mean I'm running a criminal empire in my kitchen. I just want some control over who can contact me without being treated like a suspicious person.

Didn't realize that was such a controversial thing to want.

I can't get a job, I got no friends, I am disabeled, my pc does not work so I can't even distract myself with videogames or shit. I genunenly have nothing to live for, even if I kill myself nobody would mourn me so why even do it? I am white noise of a human and barely any of these things are my fault. If they were I could at least try to fix em but nah, most bad things in my life I had no say in. My life is both boring and shit. Fuck it someone assult me physicaly or sexually so at least I will have smth to think about

I've been with my girlfriend for almost 3 years. We're happy and like each other a lot.

For about 2 weeks now I've been having dreams of having sex with another woman, and I always wake up with a strange feeling.

Out of nowhere, 2 days ago an old school classmate started talking to me. I always had a very strong crush on her, and she on me, but we never confessed our feelings.

Yesterday we went for a coffee and while talking about our school days we ended up saying that back then we liked each other and that the feelings still haven't completely disappeared.

I don't know if the dreams and her showing up were just a coincidence or if it's something from "destiny." I didn't sleep at all, just thinking about her. I don't know if I should say something to her or to my girlfriend.