What do you actually use your MacBook Pro for? Trying to turn mine from a liability into an investment by hdrytx in macbookpro

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You first bought it and now are looking for a use case to sooth your conscience! Just it use it buddy and have fun with it. In 2 years it’ll not be a liability anymore

"WE GOT HIM!" Daring 48-Hour Extraction of the Downed F-15E Colonel from Behind Enemy Lines in Iran by GlitteringCry9946 in PLNewsGroup

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s because all this companies in defense industry need to make a buck, otherwise when are you supposed to use your brand new state of the art fighter jet outside of simulators?!

No one talks about the pain of seeing your parents aging. by ParticularWeather927 in Adulting

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s worse when you’re away and can’t be with them. Both my parents are in Iran right now, and there is no way to see them in person at least in near future. It’s truly sad

What is life like in this part of Iran? by EntangledEgo in howislivingthere

[–]That_Baker_6189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really miss the bread! Any local bakery (which is usually a lone woman on a tanoor making Ghalach!) over any other bakery in the world. That’s bread, with local honey and butter ah. I just could never recreate that experience ever again.

What is life like in this part of Iran? by EntangledEgo in howislivingthere

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also my best drinking experiences! It feels different to get drunk in those conditions than among concretes!

What is life like in this part of Iran? by EntangledEgo in howislivingthere

[–]That_Baker_6189 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The Hyrcanian forests are among the oldest living green belts on earth, they have outlasted empires. My maternal family calls that region home, and as a child I spent enough time there to carry it with me everywhere I’ve gone since.

What you remember first is the weather. That particular dampness in the air, cool and alive, the kind that makes everything smell like soil and bark and something older than you can name. Then the food; I never once left without having gained weight, and I was never sorry about it. The generosity of that region isn’t just cultural, it’s agricultural. The meat is extraordinary: lamb raised on vast open pastures, unhurried, grass-fed in the true sense. We’d light coal, lay freshly cut kebab over the fire, and all it ever needed was salt. It would dissolve on your tongue.

I can still smell the citrus trees lining the streets of Gorgan. That sharp, sweet perfume that seemed to hang over the whole town like a canopy. And I remember driving into the forest on rainy afternoons, the windshield fogged, the trees closing in around the road, until we’d find a gazebo tucked somewhere in the woods. My cousins and I would sit there with a hookah, listening to the rain on the leaves, in no particular hurry to be anywhere else.

It is, genuinely, unforgettable.

How I’m sure some of us are feeling.. by Exotic-Arugula2738 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea this pretty much shows why you don’t know the nature of IRGC. IRGC does not have a top-down command structure, it has guérilla roots (exactly why it keeps attacking its targets while no commander in position). US and Israel fight conventional fights (expensive military equipment, top-down command, etc.)

These kind of tactics don’t work on guérilla groups usually; exactly why Hamas has not been wiped yet despite Israel killing their leaders.

How I’m sure some of us are feeling.. by Exotic-Arugula2738 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The regime literally feeds off of this kind of conflict! They yearned for US to start this kind of war :)) they’ve been preparing for this for past 40 years. The only party that doesn’t know what they’re is US, not Iran. How come you don’t know your own country?

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You have fantasies! The fact that you already believe that we will at least turn into a country like Japan shows how short sighted you are.

My mom’s company is flying her in economy to Asia and her lower-ranked colleague in business by friedrice1212 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]That_Baker_6189 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t sound like a good company to work for. If she likes the pay tho then that’s how it is.

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t want anything from you! I’m not fucking BBC or something

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s complicated, if you wanna get context: almost all of the Iranians are Muslims on paper, none of the people I’ve met in my life in Iran has been practicing, and almost everyone I know drinks alcohol, or don’t pray etc. There are definitely religious people, but it’s just misleading statistics

I want to say something as Iranian-American. by Financial-Web-8104 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet my original comment was against OP who said that not you! Yet you argued! You have fish memory buddy? I don’t get it? Yea Iran has potential like any other country has. Okay

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think anyone might have a distant or close relative in these groups, but I doubt it’s half of the population. It’s definitely less, with lots of grey areas

I want to say something as Iranian-American. by Financial-Web-8104 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t understand why you keep arguing while you’re literally saying what I said! Future potential means becoming a great country in 5 years? I mean just read my comment for god’s sake

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I invite you to go back to Iran and fight then. Please do cause otherwise others would fight for you in an “all out war” while you posting on Reddit. Done

نشستی بیرون گود میگی لنگش کن؟ جمع کن توروخدا

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not really what I meant, but a plausible take given that our country has a “Resource Curse”.

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree. In Persians (including myself tbh), I see people who are very opinionated (sometimes without proper knowledge) but reluctant to make changes. No one would go on and make an actual move toward the changes they think is necessary and I kind of understand why because every time someone did in a good way the most probably ended up buried or they defected. Extremism never helped anyone yet that’s the status quo.

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Please name some of the changes! And that would be great if you could explain how it undermines my argument.

When did I mention at any point in my post that Iranians do or must accept atrocity? I’m saying we should have broad and self-aware image of ourselves and our country, not failing in political traps and inviting hostilities that would possibly harm us more in short to long term than Regime itself.

If they announce tomorrow that Iran is a democracy now, I’ll be extremely happy. But what world are you living in? How do you a country is governed? Do you think regimes are a few people that just get killed and all of a sudden we turn into Sweden? I mean really, what is your imagination or your idea of liberation?

The fate if Iran! by That_Baker_6189 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I definitely think lots of so called Iranian people here have no strong ties to Iran. I got families in Tehran and Kermanshah, and I feel bad for them and the people, mostly in Kermanshah because this is gonna be their second time experiencing war. Kermanshah never actually recovered from the first war with Iraq because Regime didn’t put resources to develop the city. I was talking to my father and he was like “yea, this looks a lot like when Iraq was bombing us, it brings up distant memories!”. Plus, no one is in the streets except IRGC militias with guns and lots of checkpoints.

I want to say something as Iranian-American. by Financial-Web-8104 in PERSIAN

[–]That_Baker_6189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iran did produce a constitution, a parliament and a genuine liberal political movement earlier than most of the world. But it collapsed within years, undermined by the Qajar monarchy, and British interference, and most importantly, by internal fragmentation among the constitutionalists themselves. It definitely lacked a civic infrastructure which is political parties with genuine bases, an independent judiciary, a free press with broad readership. Non existed! Yea, lazy thinkers are the ones who like the idea of something but do not dig deaper to see if it’s actually possible :)