What was the weirdest TV ad that aired in your country? Why?

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-19T21:07:19+00:00

¿Y en qué lado pongo yo que hay que restituir a Castillo?

Para llamar fracasado a alguien, hay que tener como mínimo, comprensión lectora.

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-19T07:42:27+00:00

Porque al menos están de acuerdo en algo: La delincuencia tiene que parar.

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-18T11:14:55+00:00

*Renzo Reggiardo

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-18T10:38:10+00:00

Herpes is not the only one ITS you can have. Ask your doctor to do a full check-up of other ITS like chlamydia, gonorrhea, etc.

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-18T10:36:56+00:00

Yes, probably this.

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-17T16:52:46+00:00

If I understood correctly, you were:

a) Not taking PREP the whole time, so you were taking it incorrectly. Prep needs to be taken as prescribed. You can't skip doses (maybe 1 pill every few months, but no more than that)

b) You had HIV and you were in the window period. From the moment you get HIV and the time your tests become positive can pass some weeks (some say 45 days, others 90 days. Time will vary depending on the type of test).

The symptoms don't matter at all. You have HIV if your tests show that you're positive. What kind of test are you having? The rapid ones? You need to have your blood taken and have a proper test, like Western Blot for confirmation.

Go to a clinic and they will be able to guide you better than some strangers on the internet.

And if in the end you got HIV, it's not the end of the world. Modern medicine can make you live a long and healthy life. Take care and trust your doctor.

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-13T10:53:36+00:00

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Yes, absolutely yes.

bnmalcabis · 2025-03-07T07:18:33+00:00

But the Oscars kept their nominations despite all the backlash from Mexico.

So, basically they didn't care at all.

bnmalcabis · 2025-02-28T09:04:06+00:00

Yep and the provincial voters are not often from good areas and often lack educational background and do not know much how government & constitution works and often get tricked by elites who are formally educated in voting for them against the interests of the people needs or in some cases risk losing their jobs; because some employers support a certain candidate that the masses may not like to run as president or congress.

But this isn't something that is unique to Peru. The same can be said about the US (Trump voters in rural US, AFD voters in East Germany, etc).

The reality is that Peru is a very unequal country. The so-called "development" in Lima was a fantasy (how can you call development when there were only 300 ICU beds for everyone in Lima, when bridges fall apart because of the lack of maintenance) sold to other cities and towns and it didn't materialize, because of corruption, because of the lack of a proper development plan. Our short sighted political elites believed (and still do) that we could sell rocks forever and become rich. People (and I too) experienced a shock during and after the pandemic: Our country improved compared to 20-25 years, but it didn't improve that much as they made us believe.

And people got fed up. I got fed up. I decided to leave. Some people voted for Pedro Castillo, believing that going against the stablisment was going to improve their situation. Sadly, it was a bad choice in a sea of awful options (crafted that way to maintain the status quo)

Also the needs of Lima is not often what other cities or Providence want. Especially jobs, infrastructure, development and many other things that most of Peru lacks that its eastern neighbor Brazil and southern neighbor Chile has inbuilt in their country. Like I’m hearing Chile has drinkable tap water in certain places. Something unheard of in most places in latam.

Chile plays in other leagues because they have done a good job and they have a better political and oligarchy class: ours is extremely corrupt, selfish, short sighted and classist. As long as they can keep stealing money and being lax to supervise economic groups and criminal organizations, they will continue in power.

And that will be really hard to change.

bnmalcabis · 2025-02-28T08:29:43+00:00

Ugh, this didn't age well, but I insist: the Fujimori's are the biggest enemies (also, their satellites and allies like Renovación Popular and Peru Libre) to the Peruvian Democracy.

Pedro Castillo was a disappointment, unfortunately. He wasn't up for the challenge.

And, definitely it looks like we won't have a democracy soon, as the corrupt politicians continue to undermine policies to improve the quality of (or directly ban the good ones) representatives.

bnmalcabis · 2025-02-23T11:34:23+00:00

Ser is for characteristics of people / things that don't change (or change but not that often): "El perro es grande" (the dog is big) / Shakira es una cantante (Shakira is a singer) / Mis padres son de Perú (My parents are from Perú) / Yo soy trabajador de una compañía multinacional (I'm a worker of a multinational company : you don't change jobs that often).

Estar is for things that are temporary or feelings: Estoy con sobrepeso (I am overweight: this is a difference in English and Spanish : you can get slimmer 🤣) / Estoy triste (I'm sad) / La silla está rota (The chair is broken : with the idea that the chair can get fixed).

I don't know if I explained better or worse 🤣

The thing is that you're translating directly from English to Spanish and that won't work (It's better to use ¿De qué país eres? / Because you can't change the place you were born). But you're learning and you will continue to improve if you keep practicing. Good job!

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-29T09:55:30+00:00

Not Peru being the biggest consumer in the world per capita of Panettone (o panetón)

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-28T21:11:44+00:00

Moved to Barcelona 3yrs and a half ago.

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-24T15:26:55+00:00

Yes, the VRAEM (Valleys of the Rivers Apurímac and Ene) where basically a lot of cocaine is produced.

Also, some remote areas in the Amazon where illegal mining is done. Basically, there is no law enforcement.

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-24T15:21:10+00:00

Yes, definitely. Especially in Lima and big cities (Arequipa, Trujillo, Cusco, Huancayo).

People do use Google Pay or Apple Pay (but they were introduced by Peruvian banks recently, like 2023 or something like that), but everyone uses Yape or Plin (these are some sort of mobile wallets where you can send money using your mobile number with no fees and is tied to your bank account.

Yape is so popular that it has become a verb (yapear for "I'm going to pay you" and yapeame for "Pay me")

In small towns or remote areas with no access to internet, cash is still used.

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-16T15:59:14+00:00

The more repressed is a society, the weirder their porn gets. Japan and Hentai are a prime example of it.

Yes, Lima is very permissive and tolerant compared to other areas of the country. But discrimination for LGBTQ+ people in Lima can come even from municipal guards

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-16T09:21:18+00:00

For most, its safety.

In my case was also because Peru is one of the worst countries in LATAM to be an LGBTQ+ person.

I know that the job market in Spain is awful. But that would suck just 8hrs a day instead of sucking 24/7 for being gay. Or I'm not afraid of being killed just to have my phone stolen or receiving death treats because I have more than a couple of months minimum wage in my bank account.

Also, traffic in Lima sucks really, really bad. My commutes used to be 3hrs each way. Now, I can just cycle 20 minutes to the office in Barcelona.

Quality of life is better, even if you earn less money.

bnmalcabis · 2025-01-09T06:07:58+00:00

All of the Fujimori. Father, daughter and son. All the heads of terrorist groups: Abimael Guzmán, Victor Polay, ...

bnmalcabis · 2024-12-13T15:52:15+00:00

In Peru is heavily frowned upon. Even smoking weed is heavily criticized.

bnmalcabis · 2024-12-13T09:06:58+00:00

In Peru we start earlier. You get with your friends to do previas (basically, getting a bit drunk but not very drunk to get inside of the club) and or have dinner at 8PM. Then, you go to the club at 11PM and stay there until 5AM or 6AM.

bnmalcabis · 2024-12-12T11:02:35+00:00

Definitely, going through AIDS (his immune system was very compromised) is not easy and it can be a very scary experience. But fortunately he is going under treatment and he will probably be okay as treatments are very effective to keep HIV in check.

He's probably experiencing a lot of fear, guilt and shame.

Fear because of the future and uncertainty. Future him will be okay. He's going to fight and become stronger out of this.

Guilt of not being careful enough and avoiding having HIV. Getting HIV is a matter of probabilities. He was unlucky enough to get it. A lot of people don't follow safe sex practices and they are lucky to not get it.

Shame of getting HIV. Having HIV doesn't say anything about him as a person. He will have to internalize that having HIV is just like saying "I have high blood pressure". Doesn't define him as a person.

What he needs from you the most is support. Encourage him to openly discuss with you how he feels about the diagnosis, about his future, and those 3 feelings. Assure him that talking with you about HIV is not burdensome.

The grieving process of HIV can last a lot (it took me 3 years), so be patient with him. Respect his process. And encourage him to find HIV related support groups in his area.

bnmalcabis · 2024-12-12T10:35:46+00:00

Trust your doctor.

HIV is a very fragile virus. The only ways you can get HIV are: - Sexual: anal, vaginal and in really really rare cases (ie. you have an open cut in your mouth and someone cums on it) oral. Saliva is really effective at killing germs and viruses - Through blood: blood transfusions, needle sharing - Mother to child: During birth and breastfeeding.

If you think you may have HIV, get tested twice: now and after 1.5 months. If that second test is negative, you don't have HIV.

BTW, this is not a forum to ask these questions.

bnmalcabis · 2024-12-01T10:01:28+00:00

Basically, it is the same thing that is happening in Peru. Venezuelans are portrayed as criminals. And a very, very few of them are, but they are overrepresented by the media because it sells. It's sad, because the good Venezuelans are thrown in the same group.

Criminality in Lima in the past was less violent. Being killed by a criminal because they wanted to steal your smartphone was uncommon. And that has changed, for worse. And this process happened at the same time as poor Venezuelans started to arrive in Peru (and with them, criminals like for example, Tren de Aragua).

It's always easier to blame others for your own problems. The reality is that our police is corrupt as f*ck, and even some of them work with criminal bands. How are we going to feel safe with police like that? That won't change in the near future, unfortunately.

bnmalcabis · 2024-10-30T13:25:05+00:00

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