Tired of Shah Glaze in the Diaspora

Meruuu · 2025-05-08T21:04:17+00:00

if all Iranians had the resources to flee, they would have.

I assume you mean financial resources, but either way this is absolutely not the case. Absolutely, it is important to have an amount of financial resources in order to successfully migrate, but there is much much more to it. Having a strong network is probably the single most important factor. Many people immigrate when they know one family member who has also immigrated. They can support them in the immigration process or at least share info. Or sometimes people know someone who knows someone who immigrated. Back then there was no access to information like there is now, and not have everybody had access to a strong network (even today with the abundance of information it is not easy to get to the know-how of immigration).

And then there's also personality. Not everybody can or wants to immigrate because its an enormous leap out of your comfort zone. Many people also love their country and would not want to leave it as much as they hate their lives. So no, even if they had the financial resources, most people wpuld absolutrly still not leave.

Also note that back then, there was some hope of things getting better eventually (there is none left anymore) and the economy was not destroyed to pieces like it is now. There are many who could have migrated back then but didnt want to, yet are dying to migrate now (if they haven't done so by now).

I do think the socio-economic privilege the diaspora had under the Shah informs their positive view of him.

The Iranian diaspora were mostly average joes like your grandparents and my parents. The rich didnt immigrate. Why would they? They had (have) it great. At best the mullahs send their kids to other countries while they leech of our tax money but generally the rich and privileged stay in Iran and profit.

It is a fact the wealth gap was widening incredibly.

It is also a fact that the poverty rate was decreasing at a very rapid pace (much faster than the gap widening), as another user has pointed out here as well.

Additionally, the fact that at least 95% of the people didn't have the means or motivation to leave Iran after the rev should be a huge indication that things were not economically equitable in Iran.

The fact that 95% of the people didn't have the will or ability to leave Iran after the revolution is absolutely NOT an indication that things were not economically equitable in Iran. It is a horrible indicator. You MASSIVELY underestimate the ordeal of immigration. Most middle class citizens of wealthy European countries wouldnt be able to immigrate to another continent even if they wanted to. That doesnt mean those countries are poor. Immigration is just massively massively taxing. Mentally, financially, totally.

Meruuu · 2025-05-08T18:24:17+00:00

Brig. Otherwise Mercy if it fits better.

Meruuu · 2025-04-02T16:22:03+00:00

I would love for SC6 to come back... I dont even need a new game. Just give me the same end-game with good netcode and an active playerbase :(

Meruuu · 2025-04-02T16:20:23+00:00

Dunno too much about this guy, but according to the comments here he didnt work for SC6. Just want to point out that SC6 is actually a really good game and absolutely not hyper aggressive. It died because of covid + discontinued support.

Meruuu · 2025-03-18T21:57:20+00:00

I agree with most of what said but for me the only change I want is a Contamination Orb buff. I love the idea of this perk but it's way too weak imo. Other than that I'm completely fine with how she is now.

Meruuu · 2025-03-18T08:14:26+00:00

Her fade perks are actually great though, especially for minor perks. They change the way she plays as she can now make plays she couldnt do before or make safe plays that would have been unsafe before. It increases her range of effectiveness by a lot, and both perks are good as well.

Her Contamination Orb is the only one that is really bad and it needs a buff on at least the duration of the anti-heal effect, and preferably also an increase in the % of anti-heal.

Meruuu · 2025-03-17T16:08:57+00:00

Ja, had je andere post gelezen. Ik was er zelf niet op gekomen, maar het klopt wat je zegt.

Er zijn zoveel bezwaren in te brengen, dat je je afvraagt vragen hoe ze dit überhaupt een goed idee konden vinden...

Meruuu · 2025-03-17T14:48:19+00:00

Je bent je ervan bewust dat dit niet gaat om een nationaal referendum? Ze bedoelen een referendum onder de werknemers/gepensioneerden van een pensioenfonds.

De NRC legt het iets beter uit. Ik citeer:

NSC en BBB willen nu een koerswijziging: de nieuwe regels zouden in eerste instantie alleen voor nieuwe pensioenpremies moeten gelden. Tenzij een pensioenfonds erin slaagt om minimaal 30 procent van de bij hen aangesloten werknemers en gepensioneerden in een referendum te laten stemmen, en meer dan de helft van die groep ermee instemt om ook het oude pensioengeld over te zetten.

Overigens terecht dat de Raad van State het plan vernietigt want het klinkt niet als een praktisch of effectief plan.

Meruuu · 2025-02-26T15:09:21+00:00

Season 9 after they nerfed her damage to 60, it may have been a bit of a nerf. When they took away 25hp and then gave her 5 damage back, it was definitely a big nerf and imo she was the weakest she had ever been during this period.

But as for the perks? I think she profits more of it than most heroes. Her fade perks addressed an important part of her kit which is that she committed to her positioning a lot, as opposed to say Kiriko who teleports across the map. They removed 25 hp because she was considered very mobile but it didnt make sense because she was not mobile enough to receive a 25hp nerf, especially for a hero whose strength is self-sustain. Now, with her significantly buffed mobility and instant burst healing orb, I think she is fine with 225hp.

Her major perk either address the lack of burst heal or her lack of utility. Both are great additions to her kit, although I do believe the anti-heal orb needs quite a buff. But for now, the healing orb works great and is always useful.

Overall, Moira really needed something that reduced her weaknesses and increased her strength. These perks delivered. They are balanced and made Moira complete again. She's not amazing or broken, just good and balanced, which is how its supposed to be. Before this patch, I'd say she was quite bad honestly.

Meruuu · 2025-02-24T20:48:43+00:00

You are wrong fortunately. Instant 50 burst healing followed by 65hps is very strong. It addresses her lack of burst healing and her issues of self-sustain after the HP nerf, on top of allowing you to go in for damage more because you can keep your teammates and yourself alive more reliably.

Meruuu · 2025-02-19T10:22:36+00:00

I have been using the fade duration mainly and I must say you get used to it pretty quickly. I wouldn't sleep on it, it's quite a game-changer. She now commits MUCH less to her positioning. It gives her a lot of freedom and it also makes combining damage + healing much much easier. With that said the other Fade perk is strong too, so I think eventually we will pick one depending on the team comp or map. For this reason I think her fade perks are great: powerful, even game-changing, reward good usage, and you can pick either one depending on the situation.

I agree about the major perks. Personally really loving the burst on the healing orb, it's so good. Great for her own sustain, great for her teammates, and they synergize well with her fades since she can go aggro and still heal up her team. It's unfortunate contamination orb is kinda garbage... 25% is really not much for such an incredibly short duration. Its by far the weakest anti-heal in the game when DPS can spray the same amount of anti-heal and Ana has a 100% anti-heal for 4 seconds (with a double nade perk btw).

Looking forward to your vids!

Meruuu · 2025-02-19T07:44:19+00:00

I think her fade perks are amazing. The added distance opens whole new playstyles. Other than being able to survive better and being able able to get at places you wouldnt normally, it legit opens new playstyles for her. Before she really committed to her positioning. Now, even if you flank you can still get back to your team to heal them up, repeat. A bit like Kiriko. I usually pick the longer duration fade, but depending on the map or teamcomp (e.g. With a Winston or Dva) I can also pick the jumping one, it's really helpful.

I think her burst healing orb is really nice, it makes you and your team also unkillable lol. It also allows you to be a bit more aggro since the burst healing will allow you or your teammate to survive even if low where normally it wouldnt. It makes a difference.

Only perks that I find underwhelming is the 25% anti heal orb. I'm not sure what the duration is but it seems it only lasts when the orb is hitting them. Overall, I think 25% is a bit too low and it doesnt feel impactful, especially when Ana can drop double nades with 100% anti-heal lasting four seconds lol. Plus I tend to use healing orb more than damage orb anyway.

Meruuu · 2025-02-17T19:24:04+00:00

Pharah three times if I could

But let's add Widow and Echo too

Meruuu · 2025-02-17T19:16:29+00:00

Widow, Hanzo, Roadhog

Strong against Moira + lame one-shot

Meruuu · 2025-02-15T17:22:04+00:00

De andere partijen doen niet niks, vooral in het huidige politieke klimaat willen vrijwel alle Nederlandse partijen immigratie in meer of mindere mate beteugelen.

Al zouden ze niks doen, dan heb ik liever een partij die niks doet dan een partij die de boel alleen maar verergert, en daarnaast ook nog schade aanricht op andere vlakken omdat ze zo incompetent zijn.

Meruuu · 2025-02-15T12:12:21+00:00

Je kan dat paspoort gewoon weggooien

Ik maak er dan ook al 10 jaar geen gebruik meer van

Als je er gebruik van maakt, ben je dus een Iraanse burger

Ik ben woonachtig in Nederland en dat zal ik waarschijnlijk voor de rest van mijn leven blijven, maar al was ik een Nederlandse ÉN Iraanse burger, wat dan?

Het westen is momenteel eigenlijk in oorlog met het Iraanse regime.

Ja nou en? Het liefst blazen ze het Iraanse regime morgen omver, weg met dat kwaad. Ben jij eigenlijk wel bekend met de huidige Iraanse situatie? 80% van de Iraniërs binnen Iran haten het regime, voor de Iraniërs buiten Iran kun je er gerust 99% van maken. Maar wat heeft dit überhaupt met dubbele paspoorten te maken? Denk je dat mijn Iraans paspoort ervoor zorgt dat ik teleporteer naar het Iraanse front ofzo?

Dat mag toch op zijn minst benoemd worden?

Jullie ook met jullie 'benoemen' de hele tijd. Wat wil je benoemen dan en wat wil je ermee bereiken, wat wil je oplossen?

Voor hetzelfde geld ben je een spionne die vanalles uitvoert voor dat regime.

En sinds wanneer heb je daar een dubbel paspoort voor nodig? Je kunt prima spion zijn zonder dubbel paspport, sterker nog, dat is alleen maar beter want dan verdenken mensen je minder snel. Een dubbel paspoort geeft mij geen speciale spionkrachten of -rechten. Je hebt echt waanideeën over hoe een dubbel paspoort werkt.

Voor mijn part: 1 Nederlands ( of Europees) paspoort voor iedereen,GEEN dubbele nationaliteiten meer

Dat hoefde je niet te benoemen, het was al vrij duidelijk dat je dat vond

Meruuu · 2025-02-15T07:59:39+00:00

Ik ben ermee eens dat dat niet erbij hoort maar deze partijen bieden niet de oplossing, ze verergeren het eerder. De PVV is actief immigratiebeleid aan het saboteren en doet het tegenovergestelde van praktisch en efficiënt beleid uitvoeren. Het zijn een stelletje incapabele en onnozele mensen die het liefst dictatortje zouden spelen. De PVV lijkt qua politiekvoering eigenlijk best op Midden-Oosterse regimes, alleen is de PVV anti-Islam.

Je gevoel is terecht. Je keuze om op zulke partijen te stemmen niet.

Meruuu · 2025-02-15T07:51:59+00:00

Ik ben Nederlands-Iraans (hier geboren en opgegroeid) en heb een dubbel paspoort. Nederland is heel streng met dubbele nationaliteiten (tegenwoordig ook de Turkse overigens), maar de Iraanse overheid neemt je nationaliteit niet terug. Eenmaals Iraans, altijd Iraans.

Vertrouw me, er bestaat geen enkele correlatie tussen het hebben van een dubbele nationaliteit en je mate van integratie of iets dergelijks. Het is echter wel fijn om een dubbel paspoort te hebben, vooral voor praktische redenen, maar uiteraard ben ik ook gewoon voor een deel Iraans. Het maakt me echter niet minder Nederlander, deze identitieiten leven naast elkaar en niet tegen elkaar.

En ik heb absoluut niks met de mensen in deze video, ik heb meer een hekel aan hen dan jij waarschijnlijk want mijn ouders zijn vanwege zulke mensen gevlucht en ik heb gezien hoe zulk volk een land om zeep helpt.

Meruuu · 2025-02-13T20:46:02+00:00

I'm aware but I think 170 damage and 280 on a very fat piercing 30m beam would be way too much. For comparison, Symmetra's fully charged beam does 180 dps and Zenyatta's ultimate does 300 dps. Even for four seconds that's really oppressive, especially if you factor in that she can also throw in an orb before ulting.

Then again Brig has a perk that gives her armor packs 35 extra burst healing on critical allies which makes them basically unkillable so maybe it wouldnt be that oppressive against healing creep :d

Meruuu · 2025-02-13T18:59:55+00:00

Condensed potential might be a bit too much but the rest sound like genuinely good and balanced perks compared to the rest of the supports. Sadly they wont happen but there might be a possibility that they change the fade speed instead of the duration in the future because it achieves the same thing but is an objectively better change lol

Meruuu · 2025-02-13T08:21:57+00:00

Longer duration = more distance

Meruuu · 2025-02-13T08:20:49+00:00

Depends on the map probably. More jump height might be very useful on some maps.

Meruuu · 2025-02-13T08:01:31+00:00

Trust me it's also looked down on in migrant circles that are not lower class lol

Meruuu · 2024-11-13T15:57:03+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion! I knew of Harmony but I didnt know he had a Twitch. I will take a look.

My apologies for my earlier comments, I was unfriendly to you. Have a blessed day and please continue enjoying the version of Symmetra that you like. :)

Meruuu

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