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I’m from Europe and not very familiar with the show. I only remember it from years ago when they aired 30 rock and 3rd rock from the sun in the evenings on Comedy Central and I always confused the two. Never was interested in it.

Recently they added to Netflix and I decided to give it a try. I really didn’t like it the first few episodes, the chaotic energy, a sense of humor I didn’t really get, references that went over my head.

But now I genuinely find this shit hilarious (I’m only on season 1 episode 12). There’s so many layers and it makes me laugh out loud. I have huge windows that are open most of the time and I’m always worried someone hears me cackle like a maniac. It’s so genius.

I absolutely didn’t think I would love it so much. Glad I pushed through. Did anyone else (non Americans maybe) feel it had to grow on them because they lacked cultural understanding etc? I also don’t think I would’ve appreciated when I was younger.

Edit; it’s still not my type of humor but a lot of scenes are either really funny or well done

Recently I was talking to a friend of my mother, I’ve known her for a long time. She spoke about her son who is about 14/15. His behavior, interests and habits that seem kind of odd for a boy his age. At some point it clicked for me that it lines up with giftedness. We all knew he was smart but the things she shared added another layer for me. Obviously cannot be sure but it did occur to me.

Giftedness has an image that isn’t accurate, it’s not always the prodigy kid who skips grades or wins high level competitions (it can present that way but it’s not a given + there’s a lot of variety within this group as with everything), and it entails way more than being much smarter than average (for example emotions and intensity)

Usually it’s noticed by teachers, but it is something that is on average more often overlooked in children from disadvantaged backgrounds or certain ethnicities, especially girls.

Gifted children are assumed to be fine but they do have different (emotional) needs and it’s good to be aware for parents, to have a good understanding of it. There’s a lot of awareness on autism etc. but not this as far as I’m aware in my own community where I grew up. It actually can overlap with autism, it’s called twice exceptional.

So how known is this within the Somali community? What perspectives have you heard?

Btw it’s called “hiba sare” in Somali, I didn’t know that.

This is my first solo travel experience. I’m 29. I’m from a Western country. I have a different ethnicity + hijabi so I stand out and sometimes experience racism and sometimes harassment from men or stares but it’s so……mild compared to the shit I encountered here.

I went to an Asian country where I thought I’d blend in more and not stand out too much (Malaysia)

I got gawked at soooo much? And it made me anxious. I find it hard to turn the awareness off (and I guess you shouldn’t?) but I was constantly stared at, leered at. I felt I couldn’t escape it. My first hotel was nicer and they were very friendly and service oriented. Still I experienced things. My second hotel was more basic & simple, and whenever I walked to the city center or whatever I had the same experience.

Not a simple glance just xray vision stare where they look through you or trying to catch your gaze, smiling or saying things. Stores. On the street. Wherever. Would this happen if I was with a man, probs not 😅 And that sucks.

I feel like being alone made me more aware of my vulnerability. One time my Grab driver started saying really weird shit and I kept my calm but it’s like.. hated being alone in those moments. I think I have to be more firmer in a way. Or learn to ignore whatever looks they’re casting me, I don’t need to interpret everything but it’s just an awful and icky feeling that really dampened my experience. I would love to say it’s all been amazing and lovely but this is something I really didn’t anticipate, not to this extent.

I don’t fly regularly so I don’t know these things.

I have a flight from somewhere in Asia to Amsterdam via Istanbul (Turkish airlines) on June 6th. I don’t want to change the date necessarily, I want to change the end destination from AMS to UAE

Should I
- change destination
- not show up for my second leg of the journey (300eu fine) and book seperate tickets from IST to UAE
- third option…

I don’t have flexible tickets or whatever it’s called, this is sort of a last minute change of plans.

I will have to make it to AMS eventually as that’s my home but I can be flexible and wait for the cheapest tickets and then go (staying w family in UAE)

Please advise!

I’ve been seeing comments saying “it’s not that bad” and they thought it would be much worse (serial killer) based on the trailer or something. Essentially stating they feel “underwhelmed”. There are also many comments stating they wouldn’t leave their partner over something like this (in their view “minor” or forgivable) or comments about betrayal of trust (????)

Let’s see: These guys (from the top of my head)
- hit someone with their car drunk driving
- don’t call for help
- leave him there in pain and in the cold, suffering
- drive home
- change their clothes
- take out the SIM cards out of their phones
- drive back
- bury him like he’s an animal carcasses
- pour “a shit ton” of bleach over him
- get their car repaired hours away, tell the mechanic they hit a deer & don’t want insurance involved. They pay him in cash
- erase as much evidence as they can
- tell not a soul for 3 years (the fiancée)
- ask this person to help getting rid of the body and enquire her about human bodies and the disposability (burning it) because she happens to be knowledgeable about this
- never do anything to take accountability at all
- say “it was my life or his” to justify the crime
- call him (an innocent man who died) “a f*cking c*nt who shouldn’t have been there”
- are so devoid of empathy the fiancée points it out that it will be the most worrying thing in police interrogations etc. She has to ask if they even feel bad (doesn’t seem that way)

This was very deliberate and thought out. This wasn’t an oopsie. A man lost his life and wasn’t granted a dignified ending. He was never given a chance to survive it. His family lived in the dark for 3 years as to what happened. And yet some people’s take away is they don’t think it’s that bad? That it was just a mistake? The guy in the suit, prosecutor, said it well: it was callous and cruel. To an inconceivable level

How on earth can your conclusion be it’s not *so* appalling and is something you perhaps might even overlook for someone you love (“””””love”””). I’m shocked at people’s broken moral compass. Disgusting.