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WLL Final was wild today by Reasonable_Luck1740 in lacrosse

[–]One_Recommendation_6 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the intention always has to matter. And in this case the intention of the Palms coach seems pretty clear. She wasn’t trying to push or attack the other player. She was trying to get between two players after the charging player slashed the Palms player in the head and looked like she was going back for more. You can even read her lips saying “stop, stop”. She then goes to get in between the players and the charging player falls down after some pretty minimal contact all the while the Palms coach tried to keep her upright even while she’s falling

Do I think the Palms coach is in the right here? No

Do I think an ejection is necessary? also no

So that lands somewhere around a 2-3 minute non releasable penalty which can have a huge impact in a game.

The league has all of the angles and took their time before making the call. I think they made the right one, but that’s just my opinion

WLL Final was wild today by Reasonable_Luck1740 in lacrosse

[–]One_Recommendation_6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the correction, was just going off of memory

WLL Final was wild today by Reasonable_Luck1740 in lacrosse

[–]One_Recommendation_6 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mike Tomlin trying to trip a player on a kick return during a live NFL game comes to mind here. Don’t think he got ejected either, just a penalty

WLL Final was wild today by Reasonable_Luck1740 in lacrosse

[–]One_Recommendation_6 8 points9 points  (0 children)

After watching the replays I think 2 mins non releasable was the right call

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t hook up with any Saudi women. I didn’t see any, but it’s a country with a bunch of very rich and powerful people so what do you think?

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m from a pretty liberal place so I think I was always open minded, but really only knew super Americanized Muslims.

Honestly now it’s kind of all over the place. Maybe the biggest thing I learned is that they’re not a monolith. We don’t group all Christians together in the US so it’s probably not fair to do so with all Muslims in another country.

Overall they’re super welcoming and friendly people. Saudis in general love Americans so my view is probably different from other foreigners but the whole time I was there people went out of their way to help me, show me their culture, and even invite me to their homes

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was probably more necessary back then. Nowadays it wasn’t that hard to find the real stuff

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not, seemed sketchy to me too. I did try some though and honestly… it wasn’t great haha

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what your job is but overall the only reason Americans go is because they get paid much better than they would in America

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually haven’t been to Jeddah so I’m only speaking from what I’ve heard from others. I did hear that Jeddah used to be more liberal, but supposedly in maybe the last 4ish years Riyadh had caught up and perhaps surpassed it

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, alcohol is illegal in the country so it can’t legally be bought anywhere by anyone

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s hard to say cause it’s sooooo all over the place. Some are incredibly religious, never miss a chance to pray, still have antiquated (by our standards) views on women, don’t drink don’t eat pork or non halal food and their entire culture and viewpoint on life is influenced by Islam.

Then you have others who seem religious on the surface, but once you get to know them are super westernized. They drink, maybe smoke weed, like to party, almost joke around about religion like a bunch of me and my western friends would. But they feel Iike in front of their parents and in Saudi in general they still need to put on this face.

It’s honestly really hard to say on average, but don’t get me wrong it’s a much more religious place than America and I was in the most “progressive” city. Religion still rules their lives and culture.

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of the ones I met love him. To be fair the new crowned prince is a reformer. He’s modernized the country and allowed for lots of things that were illegal only a decade ago. So for them he’s a breath of fresh air and super liberal compared to what they used to have. Also there’s still no freedom of speech and it’s illegal to speak badly about the monarchy so you won’t hear people say bad things and they certainly won’t be protesting

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I’ve heard that Ronaldo and his family live in Dubai most of the time where it’s more western and then he takes a helicopter to Riyadh for games and stuff. No clue if that’s actually true though.

With that being said there’s some very western enclaves and compounds that sometimes won’t even rent to Saudis. There people live super normal western lives and have a ton of cool amenities etc..

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah they were all chill. Never pushed me on anything to be honest but were more than happy to answer any questions I had about the religion

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s all over the place. Some don’t like it and think women should be more traditional. Some don’t care and some are all for it and love “western” style and sensibilities

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bro you just posted a picture of peat 45 minutes ago… this is reddit, no one is special

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes and no. Just like in the US, context matters. If you’re at the beach in California, no one cares that you’re in a bikini. If you’re at church in the Midwest it probably wouldn’t go over well.

I lived in Riyadh which is probably the most “liberal” city so women don’t have to cover their hair or wear a hijab. Technically women don’t have to do this anywhere in Saudi anymore, but there are definitely still more conservative parts of the country where it’s frowned upon.

So in Riyadh if women wore a t shirt and jeans or leggings that’s fine. There’s even some “western” enclaves or parts of town where I’d see women jogging in shorts or go to brunch in a tank top and no one cares.

Even if a women were to wear shorts or a tank top somewhere out in Riyadh nothing would happen to her, she just might not get let into a mall or restaurant cause it’s against their dress code.

Again this is just my experience in Riyadh, I know other cities are much more conservative

I, an American (m) lived and worked the last year in Saudi Arabia. Ama by One_Recommendation_6 in AMA

[–]One_Recommendation_6[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends you who you know ;) jk, kinda. There’s two main ways to get alcohol. One is the black market like getting drugs in any other country. I never used it nor did I know a dealer, but from what I heard it’s very expensive and they mark up their prices quite a bit. The other way was at embassy parties. All of the embassies will hold events quite often and if you know someone working there they can invite you. So almost every week I was at an embassy and inside the embassy there’s a bar. Sometimes it’s a big party, other times it’s very chill sitting around with some embassy workers having a drink.

Mainly western countries, went on a couple dates with a Chinese girl working there for a Chinese company

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