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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of the Romani/Gypsy people? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 11:55 pm
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| First thought was of the Romani faction in the game Rome Total War, but either way... IDK. For a specific person who talks about that heritage of hers occasionally, Chloe Roma is an interesting Men's Rights Advocate with her Roma Army ordeal. Not really a fan of tattoos or weed, but it's neat what ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of the Romani/Gypsy people? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 11:47 pm
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| at a desperate time in my life, i resorted to seeing a gypsy fortune teller [just outside the army base in northern virginia i was stationed at in the 80s] who only made me poorer and no wiser. when i was a kid there was a local gypsy family who went from door to door selling hand-hewn picnic table... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 9:06 pm
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^^^
That's not how it came across but maybe in future say "in this post you are mansplaining" |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
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| seems to be mainsplaining is being weaponised and deployed strategically Jamesy asked a question - he is looking for "reasons why women do not date us" He showed a video of some dude who tried to simplify it down to 5 reasons Most of us (quite reasonably) said this is an oversimplification... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:33 pm
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| Not wanting to be blunt, but if you are an attractive younger female and you choose to apply the mantra - be non-judgemental and give every male I meet a chance and get to know them then she would would end up barricading herself in her home. That’s not necessarily true and that’s not really what I... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:30 pm
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| Not wanting to be blunt, but if you are an attractive younger female and you choose to apply the mantra - be non-judgemental and give every male I meet a chance and get to know them then she would would end up barricading herself in her home. That’s not necessarily true and that’s not really what I... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick and tired of identity politics |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:26 pm
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| We will achieve communism only if we put differences aside and realize that identity is just an identity and has no greater or lesser value than communism itself. I have my identity which is being a Yugoslav and a tankie, but what I want is Brotherhood and Unity for all. My identity is not superior... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of the Romani/Gypsy people? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:21 pm
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| They were victims of the same holocaust as the Jews during World War II. And in the 19th Century in Bulgaria you could actually own a Gypsy as a slave...like the Blacks in the American South. And it wasnt outlawed until about the same time as our Civil War. Bulgarians didn't want to miss out on all... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:20 pm
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| Not wanting to be blunt, but if you are an attractive younger female and you choose to apply the mantra - be non-judgemental and give every male I meet a chance and get to know them then she would would end up barricading herself in her home. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:13 pm
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TwilightPrincess wrote: Context is key.  I think that, perhaps, most of us could strive to avoid judging people as swiftly as we do. It leads to a lot of confusion and misunderstandings.
More of an aspirational goal than a real thing eh? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Leon's "Kill Jews" cocktail tradition hate or innocuous? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 8:11 pm
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MaxE wrote: cyberdad wrote: or kill the truffles if you are Spanish vegan Spanish people eat meat.
Spain is the world's biggest producer of Tuber melanosporum (black winter truffles). Known as black gold or black diamonds, Tuber melanosporum are sought-after by chefs worldwide. For rich people its on par with Russian caviar. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reasons women do not date us! |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 7:52 pm
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| Absolutely. He should also pick someone who isn’t swift to judge people based on limited information/background knowledge. Oh for goodness sake, all human beings (including the women Jamesy meets in the pub) use cognitive shortcuts to make decisions about other people. In all the years I dated, wom... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of the Romani/Gypsy people? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 7:47 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Leon's "Kill Jews" cocktail tradition hate or innocuous? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 7:46 pm
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| or kill the truffles if you are Spanish vegan |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of the Romani/Gypsy people? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 7:44 pm
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| ^^^ You might be interested how much astrology is used in India even today. In India farmers use star constellations to determine when to plant crops Marriages and business decisions can't be made without an astrologer Indian star charts look very much like what was being used in medieval Europe (ag... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do you think of the Romani/Gypsy people? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2024, 7:22 pm
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| The Roma were singled out for persecution in Nazi Germany and many thousands were killed by the Nazis and all were considered "inferior" and undesirable (possibly as many as 500,000 were killed). The Nazis were primarily focussed on what they perceived as the biological > cultural inferio... |
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