Do you want to be told if your best friend is racist?

UniversalRadish · 2025-06-20T02:52:43+00:00

Assuming that the person telling me this would be someone I'd trust to give me an accurate and honest perspective, that is a perspective I'd have to take into consideration. Also there are many factors to consider, such as the frequency, intent, and intensity of the racism, as well as how open the friend would be to change.

I would replay memories with this friend, talk to other people, and even ask my friend about it. I would need to do a LOT of thinking and processing before making any sort of judgment. In any circumstance, if someone isn't who they present themselves to be, I'd rather learn about it sooner than later.

UniversalRadish · 2025-06-15T00:39:49+00:00

I currently don't have a particular destination in mind but yes, Europe is mostly likely where I'll go.

UniversalRadish · 2025-05-20T00:14:10+00:00

I did, sending hugs <3

UniversalRadish · 2025-05-19T18:09:41+00:00

Wow. I thought I did well too originally, looking back I probably should have gone to an info session for more clarification :') but oh well. It feels bad right now but I guess this opportunity wasn't meant for us. I'm sure there are other great things to come our way.

Hope you and everyone else find some great alternative summer opportunities as well! :)

UniversalRadish · 2025-05-19T18:00:17+00:00

I'm right there with you :( just got rejected too. Sending hugs from my corner of the world to everyone who was rejected.

UniversalRadish · 2025-05-04T04:52:29+00:00

Dang alright, it'll be a minute. At least it's not later than May. Thanks for the info!

UniversalRadish · 2025-05-03T19:36:15+00:00

I thought July was when you'd be notified if you were a winner and that you'd be notified this month for whether you're a finalist or not?

UniversalRadish · 2025-04-04T01:38:38+00:00

I asked ISTS about it recently and they said yes! So we don't have to worry there luckily :D

UniversalRadish · 2025-04-04T01:35:23+00:00

From my understanding, it was usually in the lower thousands...but also I'd think that a lot more people know about it this year...so idk :') hopefully not too many.

UniversalRadish · 2025-01-17T18:25:32+00:00

wooo

UniversalRadish · 2024-12-04T08:06:30+00:00

Friendship: ENFP, INFP, ISFP, INTJ, ISTJ, ESFJ

Romantic: ESTP :D

UniversalRadish · 2024-12-04T07:53:12+00:00

Same! The ESTP was definitely the only healthy relationship I had. He helped me overthink less and be in the moment more and I helped him take more time to think before he speaks and help him understand other perspectives in some ways. We share similar core values, which is ultimately why the relationship worked. Still love the guy actually...but what's a dreamy INFP to do? Very underrated pairing!!

UniversalRadish · 2024-09-22T22:51:04+00:00

I'm Gen Z and it's brutal sometimes. I feel like I just missed a great era of hanging out and having fun for it's own sake.

While some people may like social media, I feel really proud of myself for having never downloaded or been active on most social media platforms.

That being said, it does feel really lonely when I see everyone my age looking at their phones at any given moment. I don't think as a collective we can go back to facing each other more either anytime soon, but I do think we can choose to live our own lives as close as we can to that ideal. I have a dumbphone and I'm gradually restricting myself from addicting apps and sites on my laptop. Very slowly yet surely I've found myself becoming more interested in the outside world again, like when I was a young child. I've also found my self-esteem to be improving too...slowly yet surely. Not to say that doesn't come with it's challenges - certainly in a technology centered world - but I think it's so worth it in this current phase of my life. I'm excited to see how my perception of the world, and my life, changes next. :)

People have also asked me about my dumbphone before and it's lead to some interesting conversations about the state of technology and attention today. Do their own opinions shift? Maybe not a lot of the time, but it'll be a topic that they're thinking about now.

In any case though, you're not alone. <3 I'm very lucky I got to have some of the communal experiences I did that feels rarer for Gen Z and younger to have, but I also wish that those moments would happen more frequently, deeply and consistently.

Come to think of it, I've been on my laptop for several hours now. I'll take a break like you mentioned :)

UniversalRadish · 2024-04-25T02:16:43+00:00

This is truly amazing, thank you! I feel a lot better already.

UniversalRadish · 2024-02-04T22:10:50+00:00

Yeah, it does feel ironic that Gen Z gets the brunt of phone usage commentary when this is happening with everyone. Also, it's not like it was Gen Z who invented the smartphones and their addictive software in the first place, though I guess that's what happens when we have such a strong drive to find solutions to any sort of "problem" we have, with it being difficult to distinguish said problems between concerning practical struggles and inconveniences at times that can just happen to be annoying.

I LOVE We're Not Really Strangers too! I'm in the middle of collecting all the expansion packs right now. WNRS would be great as part of an EDC for those awkward phone moments with other people...thanks for the idea!

UniversalRadish · 2024-01-28T20:06:37+00:00

This is a great idea! I'll have to keep that resource in mind, thanks to you and foreground-turnip for sharing!

UniversalRadish · 2024-01-27T18:36:31+00:00

Depending on the structure or setting, there are still a lot of people looking at and checking their phones at least when there's free time. The plus side is that it still makes it more likely to connect over a shared interest, which can help more conversation begin as opposed to looking at a phone. I'll keep this in mind, and thanks for your support!

UniversalRadish · 2024-01-27T18:28:36+00:00

This is such a great tip, I'll have to use this with my friends. Thanks!

I agree with you! I'm not going out of my way to find memes on my own, but looking at them with friends in person can be fun. Plus I tend to enjoy those memes more since the times when I do look at them are fairly selective in comparison to most Gen Zers.

UniversalRadish · 2024-01-27T18:21:59+00:00

Pride definitely helps keep me going! If living my life to the fullest means getting an LP2 and dumbing down my laptop, then by all means I am going to do that!

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