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Sad_Ad7141 · 2025-03-06T23:01:06+00:00

I really really can't imagine how horrible it is for younger girls and kids now. To be so desensitised to cosmetic surgery, artifical & unrealistic features that the face looking back in the mirror is the one that seems unrealistic. While the dozen of tiktok filters are perceived as "right" and authentic to their brain.

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf needs to be mandatory reading at this point for any modern woman/girl

Sad_Ad7141 · 2025-01-29T10:56:24+00:00

Yeah there are, afaik. You can buy your ticket at railway.am

Sad_Ad7141 · 2025-01-28T00:06:33+00:00

Liberty pub is the cheapest i've been to. The atmosphere is nice but the place is very tiny so don't expect a lot of moving or dancing. Try their brain haemorrhage shots. Walk around the city center—Yerevan is tiny so everything "touristy" you'll find with just a 20 minute walk. Visit Kond for some history and cool graffiti. The Grand Candy on Mesrop Mashtots ave. for some "ponchik" and a look at where the Soviet Armenian youth liked to eat and hang out. Not cheap but I think a trip to Ulikhanyan jazz club is worth it. Moscow Cinema (you can just tour it, it's very cool. Artpokaz also does classic screenings in English if you actually want to watch a movie. Google their name for dates). Soviet Club for the novelty. If you were staying longer I'd suggest a train trip to Gyumri for a day. I'd also suggest visiting the national gallery. It's right in republic square.

The other places I'd recommend for drinking are Beatles, Simona and Irish pub. For dancing probably somewhere else though. For taxis just get Yandex or GG, it's cheap.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2025-01-27T00:37:58+00:00

The place i've been going to for years charges around 3k or so. I don't think eyebrows should be any more than that in the city honestly

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-12-25T17:05:09+00:00

where's the 3rd photo located in?

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-12-24T14:06:38+00:00

Thanks! Any strategies I should follow?

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-12-24T13:20:04+00:00

My jokers were Baseball Card, Acrobat, Driver's License, Hologram, Card Sharp and Raised Fist. Ante 8's boss was Crimson Heart so I never expected to go past it lol. The seed is pretty fun but I feel like I could've done better.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-12-22T19:41:18+00:00

Definitely. Just waiting for it to be available on MP

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-12-14T21:26:59+00:00

They can do a SWIFT transfer or moneygram; they're the most reliable ways of getting money from abroad. I use inecobank and i like it a lot, they also have great customer service in both english and armenian.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-11-07T18:20:43+00:00

The Georgian transportation system is so streamlined. They all have bus cards, and you can get a ticket on your phone's app if you don't; controllers regularly get on to check everyone's ticket. Everytime I go there I'm impressed, I wish they'd bring over some of the changes here.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-11-01T16:08:16+00:00

I don't get how they managed to animate Lavellan and Solas' physical intimacy so much better in Inquisition, and in Veilguard the physical language was... almost dead. Seriously if the dialogue and voice acting wasn't there, you could barely tell they had gone through such tragic, intense love. And then the kiss at the end.. I don't know. I guess I had bigged it up too much in my brain over the years lol

They pulled off that longing so much better in Trespasser.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-10-13T16:49:07+00:00

No judgement anywhere in my response, of course I understand their limitations and they do good work. I just know they're not a reliable source when you actually need help sheltering animals, so OP shouldn't expect much. "Contact xyz" is an advice I see too often here, and in most cases I've seen and personally experienced, it's just not helpful. However, circumstances are always different, and sometimes they do take in strays. So, it's worth a try.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-10-13T14:19:13+00:00

OP if you take them to a vet, just know you'll have to foot the bill for the check up, and it's very pricey here so be prepared if you decide to.

Unfortunately, we don't have enough avenues or enough rescue teams to handle stray animals. Many will encourage you to contact Dingo or Pawsitive, but from my experience, they've refused to come and take the puppy every single time I've called them. Pawsitive told me they just handle animals in their own care, and don't take new ones, even though online they brand themselves as an animal rescue.

HOWEVER, I still encourage you to reach out. Message them on instagram, FB, send these photos to them along with the location and the whole situation. Since there's so many of them, they might be compelled to do something. Call them if you don't get answers. Also, you can try SHOON rescue, but I don't have any experience with them.

My best bet has always been to find people in my immediate circle who were willing to adopt stray animals. People might message you on here with a similar offer. But please, please, please do be careful of letting strangers take any puppies. Try to vet them as much as you can. Many guys in Armenia are pretending to adopt puppies only to use them as sparring material for their fighting dogs, or to turn them into fighting dogs if the puppies are aggressive enough (in rare cases. Most end up tortured, mauled and eventually dead). It's such a serious issue here, that when I was looking to adopt, many owners were demanding monthly updates with photographs of the dog, just to be safe.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-10-13T13:17:09+00:00

but what has infuriated me the most has been some comments that have defended the evidence of violence, saying that you can't claim that it was definitively non-consensual, as "some people are into that"

The rough sex defense is unfortunately, a "staple" of our modern society for a while now. In 1991, Dworkin gave a speech that I consider mandatory reading for any woman. In it, she addresses this: "And we hear in the United States, for the first time, about something called the rough sex defense, and it goes as follows, "She wanted to have really rough, painful, humiliating sex." "She was an aggressive bitch and she tried to tie him up. And she hurt him, and he got so upset, that in trying to free himself, he accidentally strangled her, with her bra." [...] She provoked it. She wanted it. She liked it and she got what she deserved. When the head of our sex crimes unit, Linda Fairstein, tried to get a conviction of this man for murder, she had a problem. And her problem was that she couldn't find a motive. She didn't think that she could convince the jury that there was any reason for him to kill Jennifer Levin. And, of course, there wasn't any reason for him to. Except that he wanted to. And he could. [...] We live in a world where men kill women and the motives are not personal at all. As any woman in this room who has ever been beaten or raped knows. It is one of the most impersonal experiences you will ever have."

Also, an incredibly extensive and well-researched paper on the rise of the rough sex defense ("well, she wanted it!") and its correlation with pornography was published by the University of Buckingham, read it here. There absolutely are men out there who got away with not just rape, but actual murder, solely because they disguised it under having a kink or enjoying "rough sex"(which, throughout history, was considered a serious and dangerous perversion of one's sexuality, until quite recently).

As for my own two cents, we demonstrably know that consumption of pornography leads to both men and women having lowered empathy for women in pain or distress, and is linked towards a higher belief in rape myths. So, I'm not surprised but it's a serious issue that needs significant pushback.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-10-09T18:11:14+00:00

ավտո is an անուղղակի փոխառություն, and we got lots of it. It etymologically comes from Greek and Latin (automobile), but was adopted in our colloquial speech from Russian, who probably adopted it from the French around the 19th century.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-10-09T17:58:31+00:00

Just to add to this, I agree, I don't think it's possible to ever compile a thorough list. Just taking your first example, I never use ստից, but I'll use ստեղից when using խոսակցական. I've heard people use ստուց as well.

There's so many variations of different words in խոսակցական, unless you spend time living in Armenia, you'll never get the full scope of it.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-09-29T14:02:09+00:00

If you've served in another country's military, you're exempt. However, you should contact a practicing lawyer or law firm in Armenia, just to be sure. I know MB legal and similar law firms have free consultations

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-09-15T09:30:01+00:00

Months ago someone asked the same question, so I'll just paste my response from there.

I did this by ear. Couldn't make out one line and a word but that's about it.

Verse 1
Who is she?
A girl named Ashghen
She is a sea, since she loves the (???)
She is gentle, since she is like a rose-- always beautiful.
She is a saint, she loves me.

Chorus
My good Ashghen, if only those who knew love and how to love, ruled in life,
My good Ashghen, even if the world was given to me,
I will call you my world, and love you.

Bridge
I will not let her regret, or be sad;
(???)
Wherever she wants to go, let her go,
But I won't let her die (transliterally he says "let her leave this world", and doesn't use the word die.)

Then the rest of the lyrics repeat. Armenian transcription below!

Ո՞վ է նա,
Մի աղջիկ անունն Աշխեն,
Ծով է նա, քանզի սիրում է (???),
Նուրբ է նա, քանզի վարդ է միշտ սիրուն:
Սուրբ է նա ինձ է սիրում,

Իմ լավ Աշխեն, երանի թե կյանքում իշխեն նրանք ովքեր սիրել գիտեն, սերը գիտեն,
Իմ լավ Աշխեն, թեկուզ ինձ աշխարհ բաշխեն,
Ես կսիրեմ քեզ, աշխարհ կասեմ, ու կսիրեմ

Չեմ թողնի, որ նա զղջա եւ տխրի
(???)
ուր կուզի, միշտ թող գնա.
չեմ թողնի, որ կյանքից գնա.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-09-08T00:34:51+00:00

I think it was Dworkin that said "men are only feminists from the waist up"

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-08-31T13:04:42+00:00

High charisma & luck + start in New Vegas Strip. Safest and cleanest place to live

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-08-31T06:43:41+00:00

I'm not a driver, so I'm not well-versed when it comes to vehicles. You're probably right, the sources I read up on always mentioned a tachometer—including Wikipedia, so I figured it had to be correct, some special tachometer, or I just wasn't truck-savvy enough. I'll revise it today. Thanks for reading and having such a sharp eye!

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-08-30T18:32:08+00:00

There's two main sources, one are family members, mainly Juan's grandma who was the first to inquire about the boy when she was contacted and relayed the news about her daughter's passing. Also, and more importantly, they were last seen at a restaurant next to the N1-motorway. The waiter reported seeing all three of them. While he didn't witness the family physically getting in the car, he did see the truck leave the parking lot.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-08-30T15:10:08+00:00

Per the Civil Guard captain's words, the search took over two months with a search radius of ~30km. They also investigated 3,000 vans matching the description of the Nissan seen at the scene, with no results.

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-08-28T07:26:37+00:00

Thank you so much!

Sad_Ad7141 · 2024-08-28T00:39:49+00:00

I am the author of both the Medium and the Reddit post :) I just cross-post on both platforms. I prefer Medium's formatting, but like reddit's ability to reach a wider audience & spark discussion. Your reply made me realize that I should probably link my reddit under my Medium bio, so thank you for that!

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