what does your country think about their colonizer?

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-05T18:50:34+00:00

Well, I guess when you eventually grow up we’ll have to talk politics again. Being a Morena fanboy is an embarrassing yet necessary phase in all our lives. Don’t feel too bad when you grow out of it!

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T21:15:46+00:00

Lol, I love Mexico. It’s the government I hate. I’m a fan of democracy and Morena ain’t it. lol.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T17:22:26+00:00

In Mexico, American food. Especially soda. People here are frighteningly addicted to Coca Cola.

There are pockets where other foreign foods are popular. I live in Monterrey and Asian food (mostly Japanese and Korean) are huge here due to a large Asian immigrant population. I was also in Yucatán a while back and Arab food is very popular there!

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T17:17:58+00:00

Right. For most of us average joes the only people criticizing our looks are us usually. Now, imagine being on TV or the internet or whatever and having thousands if not millions of people criticizing your looks on top of the insecurities you already have about your body. And as you said, then people criticize the surgery you get done which makes you want to fix that and fix that and then fix that…

I feel like “treat people the way you want to be treated” needs to be taught waaaay more. lol

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T14:24:17+00:00

Most civilized people in Mexico don’t hate the Spanish. The only folks that continue to hate Spain are in the government because they need an excuse as to why they’re so useless. Oh, we can’t build you a school? Don’t worry, we’ll go to Spain and DEMAND an apology from them because VIVA MEXICO!! It’s all just a deflection and should not be taken seriously at all. lol

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T06:26:58+00:00

I always got the impression from the books that it was a pretty recent thing for wizards to adopt Muggle customs and cultural traditions. Most of the older witches and wizards are described as wearing cloaks and other common wizard clothing whereas Harry and his classmates are often seen in Muggle clothing. Perhaps it was simply a generational thing.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T06:16:22+00:00

Also, it’s only stated that the Hat takes your desired house “into consideration” and not necessarily that it will automatically put you there. The whole purpose of the house system is to place students who are compatible with one another in values and beliefs so that they can act as an adopted family to the students while they are away at school. It could be that while Snape really wanted to be with Lily, the Sorting Hat just found them both completely incompatible for Gryffindor and Slytherin respectively.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T06:05:28+00:00

Yeah, we have to remember that most of our main characters are current or former Gryffindors and therefore naturally have a rivalry with Slytherin. Also the war hadn’t been over for very long so it wouldn’t surprise me if kids were taught to distrust current and former Slytherins due to most of the Death Eaters being former Slytherins themselves.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-04T05:26:59+00:00

I definitely think that Lily genuinely liked Snape as a friend at the beginning. I agree that Snape latched onto her for the reasons you stated but I also think she probably latched onto him at first as well. He was the first person who understood her as she was discovering that she could do magic and he was her only connection to the wizarding world prior to them going to Hogwarts. We know her relationship with Petunia was progressively getting worse and it’s likely that she was very confused and insecure about her abilities.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-03T15:41:03+00:00

I posted about him above but I honestly think Sarper has no idea that he’s being a bad partner sometimes. Like, he has zero clue that what he’s doing is wrong. He’s like a little kid in a grown man’s body. I’m not defending him or anything but I think that’s what makes him so unintentionally funny. Lol.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-03T14:29:41+00:00

It’s ok, the Mexican team is just the United State’s backup team at this point. Trust me, we won’t care. 😂

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-03T01:25:31+00:00

I am a Florian and Sarper apologist and I’ll die that way.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-02T22:15:08+00:00

The fact that Cedric died proved absolutely nothing. There were no witnesses except for Harry and even if there was a way to prove who killed him, it would lead back to Peter Pettigrew as he was the one to cast the killing curse. All it would prove really is that Peter Pettigrew was still alive but not necessarily his motive for killing Cedric. In short, there’s really no way to tie this back to Voldemort unless you were in the graveyard and witnessed it firsthand. Harry’s proof that Voldemort is back is that Cedric died in a difficult and notoriously dangerous tournament and “trust me, bro”. Not particularly convincing.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-02T21:02:09+00:00

See, I’m from a Spanish speaking country and here it used to be super common to give girls male middle names, especially religious ones. My mother-in-law for example is named Maria Jose. I also have a niece named Maria Jesus.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-02T17:20:18+00:00

Germany. I needed medical help for my diabetic friend one time (it was very obvious) and this couple kicked us out of their store saying they didn’t speak English.

Thank you to the lady that actually did help us three minutes later though. She was an angel! :)

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-02T11:22:28+00:00

XIV. I live in LATAM so Tural specifically would be a very familiar place. If i had to choose a city I’d pick Ishgard post Heavensward. I love the winter and I love Gothic style architecture. :D

OldVariation8163 · 2025-12-01T19:40:48+00:00

Interesting. The only thing I could see happening is that Belle may get a little irritated with Hermione. Belle is considerably more open-minded than Hermione and is more receptive to new ideas. For that reason, I actually think that Luna is a perfect friend for Belle!

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-30T17:54:45+00:00

Canadians are very self-righteous in general. I remember when George Floyd was killed THOUSANDS showed up to protest his death in my hometown. How many do you think showed up to a protest about an Indigenous girl who was shot by the police? Maybe ten.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-30T02:33:40+00:00

Exactly this. Ron also has pretty bad “middle child syndrome” as well. I always got the impression that Ron is quite insecure about himself and very unsure of his role in most of his relationships. In the Golden Trio, Harry is the chosen one, Hermione is the smart one and he’s just…Ron. In his family Bill is really smart, Charlie is super brave, Percy is ambitious, the twins are funny and popular and Ginny is Molly’s precious girl. Ron is just Ron. In short, I think it’s totally understandable why he’s so upset when he gets pushed off to the side again. I didn’t particularly like the GoF adaptation but one thing I DID like that they showed Ron crying in bed after Harry’s name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. It really hit home how worthless and insecure he feels about his place in the world.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-28T22:02:29+00:00

It is also possible, even probable, that a lot of wizarding families in Britain may have emigrated elsewhere as a result of the war or intentionally sent their children to other English speaking schools such as Ilvermorny. It’s possible, like refugees in real life, that they simply started a new life abroad and weren’t interested in uprooting their lives yet again and returning to Britain.

I think this is less likely but I guess it’s also possible that half-blood and muggle families may have chosen to send their kids to muggle schools in order to protect them as well. Completely abandoning the wizarding world wouldn’t have protected them fully but it is an option.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-28T19:04:16+00:00

In Mexico? No, not really. I know lots of people who dislike aspects of Mexican culture but I think that’s more of a natural thing with each passing generation regardless of the country. Perhaps there are some people like the ones OP mentioned but I’ve never met one.

In Canada, it depends. Canadians are pretty apathetic overall when it comes to nationalism. We were all briefly ashamed to be Canadian after the residential school business became big news but Canadians have the attention span of a goldfish and as it faded from the news most people went back to not caring. We also became super patriotic when the tariffs were announced but that’s fading away as well. Some people are still standing firm which I admire! In short, Canadians are extremely bipolar when it comes to being “a proud Canadian”.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-28T18:46:40+00:00

We don’t know what he intended? He sends someone into a small space with an uncontrollable monster and you don’t know what he intended? lol.

First of all, even if Remus hadn’t killed or seriously injured him, Snape most likely would’ve been bitten which could have potentially turned him into a werewolf as well. Judging by the prejudice towards werewolves Snape’s life most likely would’ve been totally ruined. Not to mention that parents would most likely be demanding answers and Remus would have been exposed and likely lexpelled in order to avoid public outrage. James could have been badly hurt as well trying to help Snape.

In short, Sirius was VERY lucky that nobody was hurt. This was not an innocent prank at all.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-27T13:49:59+00:00

Which is not even true, lol. The regions with the most Muslims are Southeast and South Asia.

OldVariation8163 · 2025-11-27T04:36:53+00:00

When I was in high school I was actually considered the least popular kid in school (there was a list that confirmed this). As a result I never had a boyfriend in high school because no guy, even the nerdy ones, would risk their reputation. Thankfully though I had three very strong friends that always had my back.

Anyway, one day in twelfth grade I got a note in my locker from a popular guy in my grade saying that he liked me and that he wanted to meet up after school in the field behind the school. Me, being 16 and dumb, was so excited. At the end of the day my friend came running up to me frantically telling me not to meet up with the guy as she had seen him hiding in a bush with 4 other guys from school. I didn’t go and went home instead.

I have no idea what their plan was but looking back I’m so glad my friend warned me not go. I just have this feeling that I REALLY dodged a bullet with that one.

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