u/HonestLemon25

I just got back from a 2 week long trip from a bunch of cities around southern Italy. I visited Rome, Naples, Florence, and a few other small coastal cities. To say I am disappointed would be an understatement.

This country is an absolute fucking dump. Filthy streets, garbage everywhere, rude and incredibly self absorbed and pessimistic locals that seem to hate everything, poverty everywhere, scams and pickpockets targeting tourists are rampant, infrastructure is on par with many third world countries I have actually visited previously (especially cell phone service which is piss poor, but that is a topic for another day). I cannot understand how anyone thinks this region can be considered a part of western Europe.

I went in with an open mind wanting to experience the local culture and see the architecture and natural landscapes and left totally disappointed, and was only met with disrespect from locals who seem to have a fundamental lack of understanding that their country wouldn’t even exist the way it does if it weren’t for tourism. Italy north of the Appennine Mountains is beautiful and is on par with the rest of western Europe, but everything south of that line is a total shithole.

Truly an incredible place. If any southern Italians are reading this, I thank your time and for letting me into your country, but I do not wish to return.

I’m 20 years old for reference and make roughly $45k a year. Still live with parents. Not old enough to rent a car for trips, unfortunately. I have a newer Chevy Colorado I use for road trips. I usually go on 1-2 ~7k mile trips every year and drive 14k miles a year on top of that. Since it already has 145k miles, I’m a little concerned about how fast I’m racking up mileage on it because I want this truck to last me until after I move out (3-5 more years)

It seems the market is much more reasonable than it once was and you can get a reliable car for cheap again. I was considering setting aside $5k or so for an older but capable/reliable SUV/pickup in the 150k-180k mile range. I’ve asked a few people for advice and received mixed feedback. What do you guys think?

Edit: Thanks for changing my mind guys. I’ll save my money and not worry about it. Maybe will change something about my truck to make me happier with it instead

There are a lot of songs from the 80s I’ve noticed that tell stories about homelessness of at least mention it as an issue (such as Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins)

It seems these types of messages became more widespread after the 80s. What events occurred during this decade that caused the issue to become far worse?

Here in Austin we have Scott Elder. He used to he way worse but he’s toned it down a bit. Still very annoying.

I’ve been with my girlfriend for 4.5 years now. We have a great relationship. I’m not normally ever the jealous type, I have absolutely no issue with her having male friends as long as it’s not comically excessive, but this seems unlike her.

I know the guy she works with and am acquaintances with him. We will call him Johnny for simplicity. Johnny has a girlfriend but he’s the type to jump from one woman to the next and has admitted he has a “roster”. Admittedly I don’t really love the dude but we’ve hung out before. I’ve seen them interact before and he makes her laugh a lot more than I do. When I see it, it’s not really a “dude, get away from my girl” feeling, it’s a “damn, am I that lame?” kind of feeling. She’s suggested a few times that we go on a double date with him and his girlfriend which was pretty weird to me considering she usually doesn’t want anything to do with other men, and it’s obviously not a situation I’d feel comfortable in.

When I’m with her, she talks about him at least a few times a week. It’s always something like “oh, Johnny did this and it was so funny” or “Johnny told me about this thing, did you hear about it?”

I don’t know. I’m in a bit of a depressive state right now so it may just be insecurity, but this seems weird and I’ve never experienced this with her. She doesn’t have a lot of friends, so maybe this is just her trying to make a new friend. I’m not sure. Hope someone can set me straight if I’m just being overly jealous here.

TL;DR girlfriend talks about and laughs with male coworker a lot. He’s a playboy. Makes me a bit uncomfortable and am unsure if this is just from insecurity or not.

Just curious what it’s like for other men. I love my girlfriend to death and have been with her for 3 years but can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve received a genuine apology for something. I’m guessing this is something most men deal with, I’ve observed the same phenomenon with my parents as well.

Already appealed it and it was denied assumedly by a bot within an hour.

In 2020 one of my friends went on Omegle and I screen recorded it and uploaded it to YouTube so we could both see it and set it as private. Apparently, somebody called him the n word in the video and I totally forgot about it. YouTube removed the video (no strike given) about a month ago and I just brushed it off since it was old and I didn’t care much. I don’t post on YouTube anymore, but it’s an archive for all the videos I made as a kid and it still means something to me.

Two days ago they deleted my entire channel for “repeated harassment policy violations”. I never comment on anything, and only received the single email about my video being removed. I was never given a strike. Obviously this is the direct result of laying off moderation staff and replacing them with generative AI, but is there any way to get around this? I already appealed once explaining the situation and they denied it basically instantly. It doesn’t seem like there’s a way to do it again. I’m fairly upset because all of the videos I made when I was a kid are just gone now. Hope someone can help

I have a new psychiatrist that doesn’t really listen to my concerns. I was originally on lexapro for depression & anxiety and got off of it due to sexual side effects so have been trying various medications to see what works. I was just prescribed bupropion but am nervous because everything I read says appetite suppression is a common side effect.

I told my psychiatrist I don’t want anything that suppresses appetite because I struggle with gaining weight and have worked hard to get my weight where it is now and don’t want to lose all that work. Is this medication likely to do this, and should I ask for something else? Hope someone can help out because am really concerned about this :(

I wish to move to LA, or somewhere in SoCal in the future. I have been tons of times and love the weather, but am worried it may get old after a while. For reference I am from Central Texas. It doesn’t freeze here super often, but our winters are usually in the 40s-50s

Christmas not being cold would be an interesting experience. What’s it like not getting to experience cold very often?