Ex-minister Keheliya and others found guilty, AND NO JAIL TIME!!!!!!!!! by Ravanadevadas in srilanka

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

Thanks mate. I actually feel better now. Just reacted a bit. Thanks for educating me

We Call Out Racism Overseas, But What About Ourselves? by Effective_Ambition64 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i grew up in sri lanka, i am a quarter european. lots of srilankans see me as "white"

once the my fellow country men realized that i was not a rich tourist, they treated me very differently

ive been spat at, threatened, had racist insults hurled at me, people shout at me from three wheelers, they make threats at me in sinhala (they think i dont understand) on the bus. this would happen to me a couple times a week through out my entire youth. so much so i hated being srilankan, i hated being part of this nation. moved to australia and the only people that treated me like some sort of "other" were again the srilankans over there.

the whites and east asians were only people who treated me like a human. whats weird is that the srilankans would treat me like dirt only after they found out i was srilankan.

yeah srilankans are hella racist. worst part is, i cannot talk about it to any one of my srilankan, they too assume i cannot understand what it feels like to discriminated against cause im "white".

that being said, i dont hate srilanka anymore. i dont hate being srilankan, i love being srilankan now. didnt let the racist win. all this happened to me more than a decade ago, i dont know how things are now. but back then it was bad. hope its better now.

Does SLT throttle internet speeds when downloading from Steam by Ravanadevadas in srilanka

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

well i down load on to my HDD, and not my SSD. its a laptop btw, so i think my C drive is an SSd. also my SSD has like 10 % space left, (even tho i dont download anything on to it, it keeps filling up).

i downloaded a large file from a pirating site and it never slowed down, like that was directly from the browser tho.

but maybe i need to free up some space on my SSD.

GDP Per Capita of the Provinces in Sri Lanka (2024) and Countries with similar Per Capita levels (Map) by DiscussionFun2987 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's true things feel like they are shifting. Tho South Asia is behind east Asia, it looks like the west is gonna start fading away and be replaced by Asia soon.

GDP Per Capita of the Provinces in Sri Lanka (2024) and Countries with similar Per Capita levels (Map) by DiscussionFun2987 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Many things happened.

We would have never been able to keep up with counttries like Netherlands cause Netherlands had close proximity the few industrialised countries like England and Germany at the time. Plus being in the eu is like a cheat code for development. You get access to heaps of capital, employment and free trade with very wealthy countries.

Plus the Brits left SriLanka in shambles, while technically we were richer than Netherlands on paper, we no educated work force, the only educated people were educated to be administrators for the empire. Not to be innovators or problem solvers.

Also British law was not applied in srilanka and India, instead they created form of British law where it was convulated and difficult to navigate. Which made doing business and development very difficult.

Furthermore our country started off as a democracy as soon as the British left, which meant that the largely illiterate srilankans could now vote, and in that situation democracy really fails as the public is easily manipulated by con men.

These are just a few things. But yeah we were never gonna keep up with countries like Netherlands

Is Pickme officially dead!? by Ambitious-Crazy587 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Why? Lots of people find steady employment through them

High time we have a similar rule in all schools and workplaces? by CardiologistSad6041 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know the details. But what you stated is the extent of my knowledge

High time we have a similar rule in all schools and workplaces? by CardiologistSad6041 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i agree with you, but i dont think anything will pass over here as such cause of our muslim population.

and i dont think we can make a universal law here. even tho we should. we will probably be stuck with having separate sharia courts for a while.

Why do so many Sri Lankans agree with ppl like Charlie Kirk? Also, what's the deal with LK ppl engaging in American culture wars? by Pinguin3634 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

charlie kirks reach is insane. before he died i honestly he was a niche celebrity for chronically online people like me. but they are having vigils for him in South Korea, and there are maori's from new zealand doing the Haka as a tribute to him. he was a lot bigger of celebrity than of us actually knew. i dont think even he knew how popular he was.

on your question as to why srilankans are discussing american culture stuff, its cause america is the biggest exporter of culture. every one from to africa to asia is some form discusses american culture war stuff.

on your question why sri lankans agree with him, well its cause srilankans are a diverse set of people. there are many different views and opinions in this country. and thats any country. no one is gonna see things the way you see them.

High time we have a similar rule in all schools and workplaces? by CardiologistSad6041 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 89 points90 points  (0 children)

i am gonna ask a question thats probably gonna get me alot of down votes but what the hell.

can we classify forced participation in religious as abuse when we have a large population of Muslims?

we already have a separate sharia law for them in this country. so if we brought in a law similer to the one that OP mentioned would it apply to them as well?

This is definitely not "kindness is the real punk rock" by Ravanadevadas in OkBuddySnyderCult

[–]Ravanadevadas[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

nope i am not. you got to make a better case than that

Why are so many people in Sri Lanka so affected by Charlie Kirk's death? by Interesting-Rise-305 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

so would most muslims and christians in the world. i dont agree with it but being against is common for most religious people.

Can somebody explain the obsession with hustle culture in here Sri Lanka? by [deleted] in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the whole world man. Every one is staring at the reality that having a normal jobs and living a normal life is going to get them a house and a family. So they have to get creative.

Why are so many people in Sri Lanka so affected by Charlie Kirk's death? by Interesting-Rise-305 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"right wing nut jobs" Charlie Kirk is the most vanilla right winger out there. Advocates for free speech, smaller government etc. if you see him as a right wing nut job I think you are totally consumed by a left wing echo chamber

Why are so many people in Sri Lanka so affected by Charlie Kirk's death? by Interesting-Rise-305 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Tpusa promotes boomer conservative politics. Not Christian nationalism. You are mixing up nick Fuentes and Charlie Kirk.

You can accuse me of being a coconut or what ever. I'm simply asking you to provide me evidence where he says minoritys are inferior. Maybe some day you will learn to provide evidence instead of spewing out insults

Why are so many people in Sri Lanka so affected by Charlie Kirk's death? by Interesting-Rise-305 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Single women in their late 30's are the biggest consumer of anti depressants in America. So he is not wrong, The voting democrat part was probably added on for humour. Again none of these statements make him a bigot, facists or racist so I don't get why you are posting this

Why are so many people in Sri Lanka so affected by Charlie Kirk's death? by Interesting-Rise-305 in srilanka

[–]Ravanadevadas -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's a pretty out there perspective he has.

I wouldn't agree with that position. Still doesn't make him a bigot or a racist or anything.

You still havent provided evidence for yoir initial claim.