u/theunsteadybridge

Travelling allows one to try new things like snorkelling, mountaineering and skiing, but it does not make one more wise because you could travel regularly for years and still turn out to be ignorant and culturally insensitive.

Judiciousness is not determined by how much and how many places you travel. It is determined by how culturally aware you are of different places you visit. Like slurping noodles in Japan is a sign of respect that the chef cooked well or dressing modestly in Saudi Arabia because it is a strict Muslim-majority country. There are some people who travel often but behave like idiots or do not respect cultural norms like how one Israeli tourist said that her money builds Thailand after she was told to remove her shoes due to cultural aspects.

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE to travel. Travelling is fun, offers new experiences, and is an amazing rest. I love gaining new experiences that are enjoyable and memorable like rice planting, snorkelling and analyse archaeological evidence of how people lived in the past. But people should not equate travelling more with becoming more wise. You gain more experiences in your travels but it does not make you wiser.

I can’t shed my skin to feel cold and I LOVE the AC. I usually feel warm so I want to lower down the temperature of the AC to about 18 degree celsius but some people feel cold so we had no choice but to increase the AC temperature to about 24 degree celsius. Should they not wear a jacket instead? You can put on a jacket but you cannot shed your skin. Please let me enjoy a low AC temperature.

I don’t care your stance on the conflict. But pro-Palestine protesters are seriously going overboard. This is not just in Muslim countries, but in the Western World too. Throughout Europe and USA, many college students and activists have been protesting against Zionism/Israel almost every day. Blocking roads, damaging Jewish businesses and synagogues, harassing Jewish students, demanding everyone to “speak out” against the “genocide” in Gaza and painting anti-Zionist graffiti on walls are just fucking ridiculous. This “Free Palestine” movement is trendy so those fucking protesters actually don’t care about Palestine at all. They protest to act like they care about humanity or because they hate Jews. So absurd that celebrities are pressured by the Palestine supporters to “speak out” against the so-called “Zionist occupation” although most of them have no knowledge on the conflict. And if the Pro-Palestine protesters really care about Palestinians why do they not care about other atrocities happening like in Ukraine and Syria? “Free Palestine” is cringe as fuck. Throughout Europe and the USA it is full of anti-Zionist graffiti on walls and the ground. In Muslim countries if you are Muslim and you don’t say anything about the situation in Palestine you will be accused of complicity in the “atrocities” allegedly done by Zionists and may be smeared with the use of terms like “Zionist agent”.

If they truly care about them they should donate to organisations/charities that help Palestinians and/or travel to Palestine to help them. Blocking roads and harassing Jews is not activism, it is provocation. The pro-Palestine movement is hypocritical and should end. It is nothing but an annoying, pointless and (sometimes) antisemitic movement. They should get a life instead of only knowing how to voice their hatred against Zionists (and in some cases, Jews). This whole anti-Zionist movement is gotta to be the worst movement in this world.

When I ask people what is their hobby, many reply, “Listening to music”. I don’t agree. Listening to music is not a hobby. It is very generic. Almost everyone listens to music. Saying that listening to music is your hobby is like saying that scrolling your phone is your hobby. But no one says that scrolling your phone counts as a hobby. Many listen to music while doing other things like cooking and exercising. That proves listening to music is not, and never, a hobby.

A bunch of you here are probably calling me weird for saying this. But I realise that the more songs I know, the more I do not want to listen to music.

I decided to not know many songs (including English ones). I probably know about 15 English songs and about 30 songs in other languages. I try to keep it at that. I don’t want to know more songs and singers.

Everyone around me knows way more songs than me. But I see it as an advantage for me. I will go crazy by knowing more songs. I am proud of knowing so few songs and singers.

I don’t hate muslims because most of them do not strictly follow islamic teachings that preach for violence, misogyny, antisemitism, slavery and genocide but i cannot say the same about islam because in the quran and hadith, there are many verses that call for violence and genocide against jews and christians and mistreatment of women.

Quran 4:34 explicitly gives men more privileges than women.

Quran 9:29 orders Muslims to fight against the Jews and Christians if they don’t believe in Allah or the last day, until they pay the jizya.

Quran 47:4 orders muslims to slit the throats of the disbelievers, until they have been thoroughly subdued.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2922 orders a muslim to find a jew and kill him.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 explicitly states, “Whoever changes his religion, execute him.”

Sunan al-Nasa’i 4053 says that if a slave runs away to the land of shirks (polytheism), it becomes permissible to shed his blood.

Islam permits slavery, spread by sword and blood, hates jews, forbids apostasy, encourages misogyny and supports genocide.

Ever wondered why islamist terrorist groups act in the name of islam? They know Islam better than anyone else, and they are repeating the history of Islam. Yet the overwhelming majority of people say that they don’t know islam. But they do!

I am not trying to attack muslims here. I judge people based on themselves, not their faith. But islam is the biggest disgrace to humanity.

I don’t hate muslims, but I cannot say the same about islam.

Islam scares me. The Quran and Hadith are terrifying.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2:922 commands a muslim to find a jew and kill him.

Quran 4:34 gives more privileges to men than to women.

Quran 9:29 commands muslims to fight against christians and jews if they don’t believe in allah or the last day.

Quran 47:4 commands muslims to strike the necks of the disbelievers until they have thoroughly subdued them, then bind them firmly.

Islam is not a religion of peace. Not a religion of tolerance. But a religion of violence, spread by sword and blood.

I don’t hate muslims because they don’t follow their islamic teachings. I hate isis, taliban and al qaeda because they practise islamic teachings accurately. For people who say that these terrorist groups don’t know islam, they do. They know islam better than anyone else.

Muhammad was an evil person and not a prophet. He never made any prophecy.

He had 11 wives and owned concubines (sex slaves).

He bought, sold and tortured slaves.

He married Aisha when she was 6 while he was 53 and consummated the marriage when she was 9. If he was truly a prophet, he should have been ahead of his time by not marrying children while he was in his 50s.

He spread Islam through sword and blood. Millions were murdered due to the spread of Islam.

He married Safiyya bint Huyayy, a Jewish girl of Banu Nadir, while she was 17 and he was 58, after her father was executed by the Muslim invaders.

Talk to a Muslim about this in a respectful tone, and he /she would get extremely offended and probably even kill you.

Muhammad was an evil person. As evil as Stalin.

I don’t know how unpopular this is. But many people say that the Gulf is boring, with nothing much to do. I don’t agree, actually, unless you are there in summer.

Souks (Arabian markets) are present in many cities. Want to buy local handmade arts and crafts or try Arabic spices? The souks have them.

Want to smoke shisha? They have shisha. You can choose your flavour, apple, orange and the list goes on.

Love the deserts? The Gulf is almost completely covered in sandy deserts. Wadi Dawan in Yemen resembles Grand Canyon in the USA. You can walk along the coastline on sand dunes that seemingly go forever.

Want to learn about the local culture and religion? They preserve their culture despite the large number of expats. Islam started in Arabia in the 7th Century. Jewish tribes were also there before the founding of Islam.

USA is better than Canada.

Here’s why:

1. Americans are friendlier than Canadians. Americans may be more rude and grudgy, but they are not reserved and instead are more open-minded, friendly and willing to get to know you even if you are from the other side of the world. Canadians are reserved, cold and do not want to interact with strangers.

2. American food is much better than Canadian food. American food includes burgers, bagels, BBQ, ribeye, steak, fresh seafood etc. It is hard to get bored of the food in USA. Canadian food is boring, like poutine. Not much variety in Canadian cuisine.

3. USA has a more pleasant climate than Canada. Even if you want to escape the hot summers, you can still go to the northern states like Alaska and Wisconsin and experience mild summers. If you want to escape the cold, go to the southern parts like Florida and Hawaii. Sunshine is there.

4. USA has way more diverse natural landscapes than Canada. Beaches, deserts, volcanoes, marshlands, fjords, mountains, lakes, plains. In Canada, it is pretty much plains, lakes and mountains.

I prefer not having reserved seatings in cinemas. More fun. You get the thrill of finding the seats you want to use when you enter the cinema.

Nowadays, with reserved seatings, the thrill is gone. Eliminate reserved seatings. There will be one more thing to love about being in the cinema.

Edit: I accidentally typed “Bring back reserved seatings”. I changed “Bring Back” to “Eliminate”. Sorry for the confusion lol.

We aim to make everything more convenient for everyone. Technology, infrastructure, finding information. You name it. But it seems that by making things more convenient, we make it less pleasant, rewarding and enjoyable.

I prefer the times where before smartphones, people can experience the eager of quickly going to the nearest CD shop to purchase a CD of new songs from a new album by a singer they love when it is released. It is not as convenient, but it was more exciting and rewarding because you get the thrill of ‘first come, first serve’. Now with Spotify and YouTube, you can just search it on your phone and listen to it, but it’s boring.

When the internet was not as widely used as today, people had more excitement and discipline to find information from books in the libraries and book shops that are relevant to what they want/need to know. Now with Google, you can find information easily, but it reduces the discipline of finding it.

I wish the world now is what it was in the 90s. Less convenient, but more fun. Things were better in the 90s.

I know everyone here is going to say that I should not equate opposition to the State of Israel with anti-Semitism. Sure hating Israel does not mean hating Jews. But many Western pro-pals ARE anti-Semites.

Look at what they do and say about Jews. A few days ago some people protested outside a NYC synagogue, against the synagogue. If it was not anti-Semitic, why did they not protest against the NYC consulate? Why protest against a synagogue that does not have any ties to Bibi and his government?

I have seen some Western pro-pals showing an Israeli flag with a Nazi swastika on the Star of David in protests. That is anti-Jewish bigotry. Equating Jews with Nazis is anti-Semitic.

Many pro-pals there refused to allow Jewish students to enter their schools for lessons. They were harassing them. They are blaming Jews for whatever Israel does. That is undeniably anti-Semitic.

Many of them mask their anti-Semitism by claiming that they are “anti-Zionists but not anti-Semites”. That is anti-Semitism, not just anti-Zionism/anti-Israel.

Eating alone is seriously underrated in the modern world. Everyone pushes the notion that eating alone means a state of loneliness and they will feel sorry for you (especially in the US) if you eat at a restaurant alone, but I don’t agree with that. Eating solo offers many perks.

The biggest pro of eating alone is silence. You get to devour on your food slowly, quietly and comfortingly, not having to talk to others while you are eating. Everywhere you go is filled with noise from people talking to one another while eating. If everyone ate alone regularly, the world would be more peaceful and beautiful. Those who eat with others frequently can only dream about having peace and solitude while eating.

Eating alone also means that you have the absolute freedom to decide where to eat. Want to eat burgers and fries at In&Out or fried chicken at Bucees without thinking about whether others want to eat that? No negotiations and arguments about where or when to eat.

Everytime I have the chance to eat alone I will do it because it offers a level of peace and freedom that tight-down people can only dream about.

Lime > Lemon.

Lime can be used for many food. Grilled fish, fried rice, noodles, meat. Squeezing some lime on these foods makes the flavour taste slightly different in a positive way.

Lemon is good but inferior. Other than squeezing it on tea and cocktail, there is not much you can squeeze lemon on. Both are great but lime tastes more flavourful and can be used to squeeze on way more foods.

I genuinely think movies made in the 90s and 2000s were more enjoyable to be watched. They had authentic, real storyline and plot that is not some marketing manufactured bullshit that exists today.

If you watch movies made in those times, you might wish that current movies will return to where they were at that time. No forced emotions, no “advertising-sponsored” lines, and more natural human reactions.

I wish movies will return to their state in the 90s and 2000s.

If Muhammad was a real prophet, why did he not make a single prophecy? Yet 2 billion Muslims say that he is revered in Islam. Muhammad was never sent by God. He claimed he was and people bought it.

He hated Jews. He was responsible for the genocide against 700 Jews (overwhelmingly men) of Banu Qurayza. He made the children and women as slaves. Sahih al-Bukhari 2:922 orders a Muslim to find a Jew and kill him/her. That is outright anti-Semitic.

He and his forces stormed into Khaybar and forced the Jewish community there to give half of their assets to the Muslims. Jews were in Medina before Muslims. Muhammad himself said that, “Whoever changes his religion, execute him”. Unsurprisingly apostasy is a sin in Islam.

He married a 6 year old girl named Aisha and consummated his marriage when she was 9 and he was 54. He murdered the Jewish leader of Khaybar and married the leader’s daughter, Safiyya bint Huyayy. Safiyya was only 17 and Muhammad was about 58.

Obviously Muhammad was anti-Jewish, a warlord and predator. Yet 2 billion people love him more than they love themselves and their relatives. And we somehow are expected to respect Muhammad just because he is some “prophet”. If it was Stalin who did this, everyone would hate on him.

I am fine with Seoul. Sure the metro is amazing like in Taipei and Tokyo. Sure there are a wide array of food places to eat at and indulge in. But Seoul is not fantastic. In some districts there are a lot of trash (contrary to popular belief that it’s clean) and some Koreans are drunk and act like hooligans on the streets. Seoul is way too crowded. Wanting to see a place and squeezing into the crowd is like sentencing yourself to prison. Seoul is also not that interesting.

I don’t hate Seoul. Seoul is not too bad and I do think it’s better than many other cities globally. But it is not appealing to me (aside from the metro and food lol!). Maybe it’s partly due to my dislike for Kpop. You have the right to enjoy Kpop but I personally don’t enjoy it.

You have seen it. I don’t like Rome. Rome is among the worst European cities you could ever go to. Yet it is extremely touristy.

There are so many homeless people on the streets of the city. Trash everywhere. Cardboard, plastic bags, bottles, you name it. They are found everywhere on the city’s streets. So much graffiti on the historical architecture and infrastructure. Vandalism is rampant. Way too many tourists.

I don’t get the hype for Rome. Rome is a horrible city. Don’t be shocked if you witness all these there.

Why is conversion to Islam treated as some form of life-changing journey? I see Muslims (born and converts) talking about how great it is to see someone becoming a Muslim. It should be something that you develop a fear of.

What if you leave Islam? Is that not apostasy? Apostasy is punishable by death in some Islamic countries. Even in those Islamic countries that you can legally leave Islam, ex-Muslims face social ostracism, loss of loved ones, intense social pressure, and even death threats from Muslims/Islamists. That is not a religion of peace, tolerance and acceptance. That is a cult. If a Muslim wants to leave Islam, just do it.

Now in Europe and US, with conversions to Islam soaring esp. due to the war in Gaza, they are soon losing their cultural and distinct identity as they are invaded by Muslims and infested by Islamist rats and cockroaches. Europe and US must not fall to Islam.