r/malta

EDIT: Fair enough, AI music isn’t for everyone. I was just making something light-hearted about Malta because it made me smile. No harm meant.

I generated a feel-good 80s-style summer song about Malta 🇲🇹☀️

It’s inspired by all the things that make Malta such a special place - blue seas, Kinnie, colourful luzzu boats, harbour views, cliff diving, Valletta, Gozo ferries, yachts, sunshine, and that proper Mediterranean holiday feeling.

I wanted it to sound fun, nostalgic, and catchy - the kind of song you’d stick on while thinking about a summer trip.

Would love to know what people think, especially anyone from Malta or anyone who’s been there before.

Hope it gives you a bit of that holiday feeling 🌊

The infatuation we have as a country with AI is concerning.

I feel like everywhere I look or scroll, a poster pops up with the generic AI poster art style we all have gotten used to. Well known shops are starting to promote their content through fully AI generated posters, music and posts. People are getting more comfortable fully automating their marketing with AI. Digital Marketing courses are dedicating more time teaching how to automate stuff via AI than teaching the fundamentals. Everyone and their grandmothers have an AI subscription running somewhere. People are paying €100/month to claude for their Max bundle just because they think paying more means better experience. Everyone wants to make the next big thing whilst vibe-coding slop. I've seen people submit dissertations fully AI-generated down to the data collection side of things. The same students that shit their pants the second an exam required anything closed book without AI.

Meanwhile, freshly graduated students looking to find jobs are struggling more than ever to do so. We have so many people who would willingly work for companies for the sake of experience and yet companies would rather let an LLM do everything out of convenience.

What does our country do despite all this?

Give everyone free ChatGPT/Copilot premium.

They're not great by any means, but they get more people hooked to LLMs. I'm sure many people will renew their subscription when the government coupon ends.

Of course, this is not only a Malta thing, but we as a population are a lot more accepting of AI usage. Other countries would fully boycott companies for using AI yet your local Marijja tal Haxix drops a like because the AI generated dog is dancing.

EDIT: Didn't think I needed to clarify but seems like it. I'm commenting on people who tend to purchase the most expensive insert LLM here subscription just because they think Expensive = Better quality. If you can justify using whatever sub you use, good for you.

https://preview.redd.it/9yod2s7c4gbh1.png?width=660&format=png&auto=webp&s=fb1a6248bddf97a0d637cfb550ba4123b917d8b0

First off i hope all is well, and i hope that everyone reading or commenting on this thread will be as much as friendly as possible.

(This is coming from a 24 M) and is something visually and internally have been noticing quite a bit in regarding to the dating scene in Malta.

Through the years it feels like it has become much more difficult everyday that goes by to really not only meet new people but also to even find someone that would like to at least try to take that romantic step.

Some points in regards to this kinda problem kind comes from the fact that as a country every year we build more and more pressure on an individual. (No matter the sex) from 16 years to 21 (maybe more) one finds themselves studying non stop or trying to grind as much as possible to find a comfortable job that they like. From 22 upwards most people kinda lean towards career and economic development.

Thus lessening the time and energy to get yourself out there. Now i know not everyone is in the same pool, some people are already settled or they just dont care, however i do feel like the points i mentioned have an incredible effect on social like ingeneral especially in romance.

Right now i find myself in tether personally once career development and school are no issue. I do find myself not finding opportunities where people are down for having a vision for family life.

I'm someone who usually pushes back against stereotypes, which is why I've struggled with whether to post this. But after seeing the same thing repeatedly, I genuinely want to understand if others have noticed it too.

I have a two-year-old, so I'm at playgrounds almost every day. I'm always within a couple of metres of him and keep a close eye on what he's doing. From what I've seen, most parents do the same.

However, I've repeatedly noticed that some large family groups, many of whom I assume are Muslim based on their clothing, seem to parent very differently. The adults often sit together while several young children roam around the park unsupervised. On multiple occasions I've ended up stepping in myself because a child was doing something dangerous, or because there didn't seem to be an adult paying attention. I've even seen toddlers eating food they had dropped on the ground while no parent appeared to notice.

I'm aware these are my personal observations, and I'm not claiming this describes every Muslim family. But it's happened often enough that I've started wondering whether there are genuine cultural differences in attitudes towards child supervision, or whether I'm just seeing a very unrepresentative sample.

I'm asking this as a genuine question, not to attack anyone. Has anyone else noticed this, or is my experience unusual?

And before anyone suggests it's simply due to poverty, that doesn't seem to fit what I've observed. Some of these families arrive in expensive cars, so I don't think socioeconomic status explains it.

Do Maltese people actually prefer dating and marrying Europeans over everyone else?

I'm talking about Europeans vs. Arabs, Americans, and Latin Americans. Be honest.

I've noticed that especially in touristy areas people tend to walk on the right side of the footpath instead of the left like on the road. Does this bother you? Do you adapt and join the tourists on the right side of the footpath? Give me your opinions on walking sides!

Ban the fucking Airbnbs and all short let places

Anyone know of a bar that will be showing the whole match? I know the Oracle is 24/7 but would prefer somewhere with some atmosphere.

Hello everyone, I just moved to Marsaskala this past April. I now live in an apartment between Marsaskala Bay and St. Thomas Bay. I think the community here is great and the neighbors are very friendly, so I’m wondering if there’s a way for me to get involved and help make this place even better.

I’m an Asian immigrant, so I am not able to speak any Maltese yet. My English is at about the B1–B2 level
(I can handle most of normal conversations but can’t do professional translations or business negotiations)

Before coming to Malta, I used to go to the gym regularly. Now I normally run along the coastline and exercise in the park at St. Thomas Bay.

So I might not be able to join in some activities that involve a lot of conversation or are very technical. However, I’d be more than happy to help with physical labor like cleaning streets or the coastline.

Also I love dogs, so if there’s a shelter for stray pets, I’d be happy to volunteer there for free. (But no birds, I have a fear of birds.)

Is it only me, but is lawlessness becoming the norm for everyone, and everyone does whatever the fuck they want?

Let me give you an example. Yesterday I was at a beach in the south of the island. There was a middle-aged guy sitting on a bench taking photos with his phone of the women and girls on the beach. When confronted he just stood up and left calmly.

At the same beach, which is a beach where its not allowed to take dogs, there was a couple with two large molosser dogs, which were roaming unleashed amongst the children and sunbathers. Suddenly another guy came walking on the beach with a pitbull on a leash. The two unleashed dogs approached the pitbull in a friendly manner, but the pitbull lunged at them and wanted to attack them. The owner of the pitbull had great difficulty in controlling his dog and the owners of the two dogs came running jumping over the sunbathers and tried to get ahold of their digs which were turning aggressive by then. So you had three large digs snarling and trying to bite each other on a crowded beach surrounded by children, teens and sunbathers. All this because these dogs were in a place were they are not allowed to be.

Likewise, there is a garden near my home, which clearly states that 'No dogs are allowed'. However, dog-walkers could not give a shit. They walk their dogs there unperturbed, and quite a few of them unleashed.

People have become so inured to lawlessness that they just disregard the rules and regulations that make life safer for everyone else.

Is it just me, or does living in Malta slowly train you to accept that life is basically one long queue?

Need to renew your ID? Wait months.
Need a driving test? Wait months.
Need a reply to a simple email enquiry? Also months.
Need a clear timeline? Good luck, that feature has not been introduced yet.

Everything feels like:

“Kindly wait.”
“For now we cannot confirm.”
“We will get back to you.”
“No update yet.”
“Please send an email.”
Email disappears into the Mediterranean Sea.

You don’t even get rejected quickly. At least rejection would be information. Here, you just enter the national waiting ecosystem and hope one day someone replies before your documents expire again.

And the funniest part is how normal it becomes. After some time, you stop asking, “Why is this taking so long?” and start asking, “Only three months? Not bad.”

Malta doesn’t need more meditation apps. Living here already teaches patience, breathing exercises, emotional control, and how to refresh your inbox 47 times a day while pretending you are fine.

How long does it actually take to reply to an email asking for basic information? Are they checking the answer with NASA?

Anyone else feel like living in Malta means getting used to waiting for everything, with no clear timeline, no proper updates, and just vibes?

I know this will probably be downvoted to hell but I'll give it a shot.

I'm looking for a high energy Maltese guy/person who is not afraid to approach bunch of bar owners to try to sell them a specific app that enhances their world cup/any sports/any activity.

I mean really a business minded youth that it on summer break.

I'll pay you min wage for giving it a go (unless you are totally dicking around) and obv if we have success you're the guy as there is nobody else.

I think approaching like 10-15 bar owners is enough for stage 1 to decide if we go ahead.
Thanks!

I would like to delay my period so I don’t have it during my holiday coming up. Is there any good gynecologists that would give you the pill needed without giving you a hard time about it?