u/just_me141

I have resided in this "city" for 3 years. These are points that I have been told about when I first moved here. I wish I had listened. Here is an honest take on what life is like here:

1. Renting - Tiger Properties, a property management company, dominates the area. It is hard to find a rental that isn't managed by them. The agents are incompetent college students or recent grads. You will be lucky to receive an update on your application; heck, you will be lucky if you can get them to answer the phone. Those who have rented through Tiger Properties have reported having to deal with hidden fees and lack of maintenance.
2. Work - Certain jobs can be discriminatory. Those within Clemson prefer to hire college kids that they can pay less. In Seneca racial discrimination is an issue. If you are not white I do not recommend Seneca's waste management company. If you find work with the university make sure to get hired by them directly. Third-party companies like HHS, a cleaning business, will try to mess with your pay; this same company may give you further issues if they *suspect you of being a homosexual. Budd Group and other *temp agencies seem to be better options. Jobs can also be limited for non-students, meaning that one may have to commute to Anderson or Greenville. Bar jobs are iffy.
3. Safety - Unfortunately Clemson has some issues when it comes to this topic. Getting drugged at the bars is overly common. Watch your drinks regardless of your sex. There are also professors and other university associates who sexually assault female students, or having a past of abusing children. The instances of S.A. and child abuse were reported on the news in the past. You won't hear much about it locally since the university seems to have a good P.R. team. Both Clemson P.D. and campus cops are fairly useless. The only times you will see a L.E.O. do his job is when there is a monthly quota for traffic ticket distribution. If you are not white get ready to be treated like a criminal. Cops *will harass, no questions about that. I have seen a Hispanic kid encounter the police for simply sitting on the curb at Waffle House at midnight. I personally have also been harassed by police blaring their sirens at me and my coworkers during my third-shift job with Clemson University.
4. Traffic - The students speed and do not get pulled over until around the end of the month from what I have seen. Despite hoe bad the alumni are the locals are much worse, especially older drivers. Also, the parents are the worst of them all when they visit or help move their kids in/out. It is common to even see the parents drive on the wrong lanes going the opposite direction. Again, the college kids are bad but definitely not the worst. The CAT buses also are prone to bad road habits almost causing accidents on Old Central Rd. On Lindsey Rd I have witnessed a bus drive on the wrong lane as well; that was a fun experience.
5. Culture - Everything revolves around the university and its football team, so much so that one has to plan around game days. The last time we had a major game someone had her car stolen and fights were breaking out *EVERYWHERE. If you want to get to work on time, if you manage to find one, you better leave at least an hour earlier. Now you might be asking where are the cops; they stand around on their phones or flirt with drunk college girls. If it's not the game days causing massive traffic then it's the bar hops. Getting wasted is something that our alumni are proud of. The parents even join in.

YES, THIS WILL BE ANECDOTAL like most of the posts here are. This is a bit of a rant and forgive me for my lack of eloquence but I just want to express this and let it go. Malcolm X was right and my experience has turned me off to politics. This is symbolically similar to the idea of writing a note and burning it. Hopefully recounting my experience will allow me to let go of some of the anger I have towards myself for not taking more action. Anyways, let's get to it.

I'll try to make this short. I at one point was financially struggle while living in a large city. I was working three jobs at one point and still unable to pay for rent and other needs. It got to the point where I had to move back home. An old man in his 60's, who I met on a dating app, offered to help me move to NC. Let's call. this guy "Frogger", since he was so overweight that he had a "frog neck" as I call it; think of when a frog croaks and that is what he looks like. My plan before even chatting with him was to move to Charlotte, NC since a company I worked for previously has a branch in that location. Frogger lived in Asheville and he told me that he would assist with whatever I needed.

Long-story-short, he offered to be my sugar daddy when I got there. I wasn't comfortable with that but the company in Charlotte was no longer hiring due to them losing contracts. With no other option I stayed. with Frogger and accepted his offer to be my sugar daddy. I had no friends or family so I truly was limited on both funds and options. He also didn't want me to get a job, which I thought was weird; looking back I realized that was just his way of keeping me controlled. I still put job applications out; but, with no college degree and with how racially discriminatory the job market in Asheville is my options were limited.

Fast-forward two months and things got weird. Frogger and I were discussing our families; I mentioned how I had to cut ties with mine. After mentioning that I had two younger siblings with one being a 16 year-old brother the red flags started to really hit. Frogger kept asking me daily for a week if I would ask my brother if he would want to stay with us. I told him blatantly that would not. After that week Frogger asked two to three times a week for a month. I had to swallow my pride and contact my sister to see if she could let me stay at her home until I could get things sorted. I begged and was refused. My homosexuality was a cause for contention with my relatives.

As time passed I noticed worse behaviors. Frogger would check out underage boys in public. At the house this old man would watch family travel videos and pause when the underage boys showed up in their swimsuits, commenting on "how much they have grown". One of his favorite was a YouTube channel called 'Sailing Zatara'; at the time the boys were in their mid to late teens. I confronted Frogger on his pedophilia and he decided to tell all of his friends that I was a "Trump supporter" so he could have people willing to lie for him if I ever spoke against him. The bastard was, and I think still is, a property manager for...well...a property management company in Asheville. Frogger's career is relevant because he knew enough people to go after my reputation and lie for him if need be.

In regards to demographics, Asheville has had a lot of people move in from up north or Florida. Meaning that the politics in that town was becoming blue to the point where parts of the area were similar to Portland, OR. There is an extreme animosity for anyone with "unpopular political beliefs". There is also the racial discrimination, which left me at a disadvantage. There was also physical and verbal abuse that I had to endure, including an instance where Frogger tossed a grill rack at me, which landed on my foot and messed up my toe. There was a trail of blood from the outside to the interior of the house from where I walked. Frogger refused to call me an ambulance and I also could not afford the medical bill. I was in pain for literally days. Frogger took proactive measures to cover for himself by calling his friends and telling them that I had an "accident". The company he kept was more than happy to go against me with them even referring to me as the "dark-skin dishwasher". Mind you that these people are as "woke" as they come.

Frogger at the end kicked me out of the house because I refused to have sex with him. He lied to his friends telling them that I was threatening his life. The friends escalated the situation further by mentioning how I have a gun and how they are scared for his safety. As someone who has lived in a dangerous city I have always carried a firearm; that was known about me since the beginning. Not only did Frogger *not see me as a threat but he would wave his 9mm glock around carelessly and had it pointed at my face while I was unarmed. As someone whose father was a cop (a non-white cop from U.S. territory), and whose other family members own firearms I know how to handle them. My gun was always kept stored whereas Frogger had his guns (plural) laying anywhere and everywhere. The other was a bolt-action rifle. Ironically, Frogger threatened to call the cops on me for being, and I quote, "verbally abusive" because I called him a pedophile. I even had to leave my stuff behind because unfortunately Asheville PD is racist as hell; they would arrest me despite being the one who had a gun pointed at him. I may have no criminal record but I still fear the police. Speaking of fear, I had to leave almost everything I owned for fear of my safety.

I somehow managed to find a job with Planet Fitness before I was forced out to the streets. I had some money saved up and was planning on going with my manager to Frogger's house to retrieve the property I was forced to leave behind. Unfortunately said manager had to go to the hospital the day prior due to a back injury. Currently I managed to leave the state, find my own place, and now am engaged to a wonderful man. While I am happy where I am in life I still feel anger towards myself. I wish that I had recorded Frogger being a sick fuck so kids are safe from him. I also wish that I had fought harder to get my stuff back. I lost many things that had sentimental value like my Nintendo 64, a console that reminded of the good times I had as a kid. I lost my PS4, the first console that I had bought with my own money, amongst other things. I know that the later is more selfish and stupid but to this day I miss my consoles and my Yugioh card collection.

Thank you for letting me rant for a bit; I needed it.

I missed the season when Marvel Rivals had the summer beach skin available for Punisher. Is there a mod that replicates the skin and replaces the default ? Yes, there are skimpy skins where this character wears the skull speedo but I was hoping for an almost exact copy.

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I downloaded the mod the gender-bends Angela but I want a male voice to go with it. Any voice mods out there ?

I missed the season when Marvel Rivals had the summer beach skin available for Punisher. Is there a mod that replicates the skin and replaces the default ? Yes, there are skimpy skins where this character wears the skull speedo but I was hoping for an almost exact copy.

Thanks

In almost every protest the ones we see at the frontline are white women. BLM ? White women at the front defending black criminals, including the founders who scammed their supporters. LGBTQ+ ? White *straight women defending child mutilation while taking their kids to Pride events. Anti-I.C.E. protests ? Majority white women with their kids...or dogs as seen with Renee Good, who attempted to run over a federal agent with her dog on the backseat.

These cultural protests are for women who want to garner attention for themselves to compensate for what their fathers have never given them.

The concept of "hate speech" is one created by the social underdeveloped who promote radical ideologies that collapse when challenged.

I'm gay, 5'3", 30 years-old, and am trying to get back to my old weight of 120 lbs, ideally 115 lbs. My style involves outfits that are fitted, polished or adventurous with some feminine aspect. No, I don't wear skirts or anything "camp"; rather I like floral prints and girly colors. My color pallet would include lighter pinks, rose-gold, true blacks, burgundy, and blood red on average. My skin-tone is a warm medium brown with yellow/gold and red undertones. I also have brown eyes and black hair. My personality is either calm and reserved or dorky and fun.

Now here is what I'm asking; I'm trying to rebrand my image into something that:

1. ...works in the corporate world. (Work outfit)
2. ...can be worn to attract a masculine man. I'm dating and want a serious relationship. (Date Outfits)
3. I also need outfits that can be worn daily with little effort. (Daily Outfit)

Obviously I'll need different outfits for each situation. My style is not hard set. I'm flexible.

Here's a Pinterest board to give an idea of my aesthetic: https://www.pinterest.com/homebody_decor/personal-aesthetic/

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Something that I see are bored white girls gatekeeping the label 'introvert' as if it's some exclusive identity reserved for the unique. Introverts are people who have a limited tolerance for external stimuli but not to an autistic extreme. One can be socially intelligent and build relationships while still having that biological limitation.

Social anxiety is routed in trauma from childhood, abuse, or self-created trauma due to a lack of emotional intelligence. There's also the performative introvert, as mentioned prior, who wants to seem aloof, or wants to appear as a quirky bookworm. These performs may also fake anxiety, weaponizing it in order to redirect attention or pity to themselves. The fake introvert is as bad as the false empath, manipulative and self-centered.

Nobody wants to deal with mass migration, legal or illegal. Almost everyone can agree that people should come into the country legally. The issue is that bored white women want to garner attention and even take their children. These women literally talk about how I.C.E. deportations affect *them. As long as you don't act stupid you won't get shot. The only one who has unjustifiably killed was Pretty, a man. The people getting deported either are overstaying their visas or are hardcore criminals; the latter is who these women defend.

People are talking about Maine's Senate race. Why ? A literal Nazi is running for senator for the Democrat party (Graham Platner). This is of no surprise to me. Even Malcolm X was talking about the racism of both political parties back in the 50's and 60's. The difference is that Republicans are racist to your face and own it; Democrats will call one a slur or worse and use 'woke' ideology to deflect criticism.

North-East blue states have racially divided enclaves. White liberals/leftists make B.L.M. and the I.C.E. deportations about themselves, mind you they will leave their neighborhoods once minorities are introduced.

Same issue with gay white men. It's "we fight racism" one minute but then post "no rice, no spice, no monkeys" are their Grindr profiles. "It was closeted Republicans"; are you referring to the same ones that posted #BLM and Pride flags on their social media ?

The straight guys don't believe in anti-racism either. These men either just want to use politics as a way to get laid or support the Democrat party just to get weed legalized nationally.

The hypocrisy is ridiculous and this is just scratching the surface.

I have seen a janitor in a couple of Clemson owned buildings wipe down surfaces with dirty mop water. The female janitor would dip her rags in the mop bucket after mopping up urine in the restrooms. I have reported this to HHS, the company that provides janitorial services to university owned buildings; it fell on deaf's ear. This issue probably explains why so many people were getting sick last month.

*Note: HHS has contracts with the rec. center, Cooper library, Red Fern clinic, Brooks, and the buildings around Cooper just to name a few. Aramark focuses on providing cashiers, retail representatives, cooks, and the like, not environmental services like HHS (Health and Hospitality Services).

I had an interview with Seneca's waste management company (close to a police station and commercial truck area) and it was weird. During the interview I was asked if I was married and had kids. When asked why one of the two guys conducting said interview stated that they are a "family-oriented company that wants to support family-men".

I was also told that the pay-rate was fixed at $13 an hour. If I wanted a way to get paid more that I was "out of luck" because they "refuse to pay any more than what they have to". I was also told that there are no opportunities to grow with the company if I decided to become a supervisor. They hit me with all of this before I could say anything. I was asked about my last name and where does it originate. The whole experience was a waste of time, illegal, and quite stupid to say the least. My biggest regret was not recording the interaction so I could take it to the B.B.B.

*Note: Yes, I meant the Department of Labor.