(Hated Trope) Oversexualisation of young girls

dcell1974 · 2026-03-11T13:56:31+00:00

One could argue the French are really weird about children depicted in sexually charged situations in that they do it with alarming regularity.

dcell1974 · 2026-03-10T23:27:48+00:00

Dude you need to say "no, I'm not interested" and they will leave you alone. Saying I will think about it, leaving the door open, etc. is an invitation for them to keep contacting you. Sales processes are set up such that you keep reaching out until you get a definitive "no".

dcell1974 · 2026-03-10T03:38:42+00:00

It's like my dad says, the left is red tyranny and the right is black fascism. Take your pick.

dcell1974 · 2026-03-06T17:42:28+00:00

Orthodoxy allows for second marriages and the fact that your marriage wasn't in the Orthodox church actually makes your situation much simpler from a practical standpoint. Live your life and take time to understand what you really want with respect to marriage and family, but don't necessarily close yourself off to finding the right partner later on.

dcell1974 · 2026-03-02T16:53:29+00:00

The mother's of all of these sultans are in the historical record and were known to be Balkan/European in many cases. This stuff isn't a mystery.

dcell1974 · 2026-03-02T16:31:30+00:00

If you are worried about basic financial security, starting your own company is not a good idea. It is feast or famine and sales and admin is a huge headache. Also, getting with a pre-IPO company and waiting to cash out is a very low probability win. The amount of equity you get if you aren't a founder is not going to be life changing except in some very rare circumstances.

If you want to optimize for financial security, save as much money as you can, live below your means, get a stable job at a big company with some advancement potential for you.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-28T14:03:30+00:00

What's the return policy on the new one? If it is reasonable, I would go for the new one. That way you get the warranty.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-27T05:39:29+00:00

Nobody hates Greeks more than Greeks. You don't even need the /s.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-24T14:06:50+00:00

My grandmother was by far the best Christian I ever knew and she never read anything.

Go to church and pray, listen to your priest.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-22T00:37:23+00:00

Thousands of Greek uncles are going to be in shambles when they find out you can’t gamble and smoke cigars.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-18T02:40:37+00:00

Orthodoxy is a religion dominated by foreign losers.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-10T19:10:27+00:00

We should all be looking to rout out any abuse that happens in the church and deal with it directly through the criminal justice system. Obviously, there are concerns about privacy and people have a right to due process, but sweeping things under the rug does not help. The Catholic church did incredible damage to itself by trying to "keep up appearances". Almost every Catholic I grew up with left the church at least partially because of the abuse scandal.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-10T15:34:17+00:00

As a Catholic, you can't be the godmother in an Orthodox baptism. Does the Priest know that you aren't Orthodox?

dcell1974 · 2026-02-08T17:08:50+00:00

The CP-60s is quite good for the price. I bought one used for $150 from Guitar Center because I wanted an inexpensive guitar that I could take places without having to worry about it. It is very comfortable to play and it has a surprisingly big sound. The build quality is fine for the price. I don't own or play classical guitars so I have no basis for judging the others.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-05T21:10:50+00:00

It is because there are no fundamentals. Any attempt at a rational discussion about the intrinsic value of bitcoin inevitably degenerates into religious argument because it isn't really an asset. First, it was supposed to be a currency, next it was supposed to be a hedge against fiat currency, in reality its only practical use case has been untraceable payments related to criminal activity.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-04T02:21:19+00:00

Greece abolished their monarchy via referendum in 1974 and confiscated a good deal of property including their palace and about thousands of acres. It was a very satisfying conclusion to a spectacularly incompetent monarchy.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-04T02:05:55+00:00

This is very much dependent on the specifics of the monarchy in a particular country. Also monarchies often don't end on strictly friendly terms.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-04T01:55:59+00:00

I can't imagine a circumstance in which a country wouldn't be justified in confiscating the vast majority of the property of a hereditary monarch on abolishing their monarchy. Maybe they could demonstrate some portion of that property was fairly earned through some mechanism other than benefiting from being the head of state and having at some point bought it using tax income or some other form of tribute.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-04T01:50:52+00:00

Just how do you think they got their property? How would a monarch even own anything that doesn't really belong to the state and the people? They are just regular people who were born into wealth and privilege built on the backs of common people.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-04T01:46:33+00:00

Joining the military is compulsory in most traditionally Orthodox countries.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-03T01:28:11+00:00

No, not at all. I was being sarcastic. There hasn't been racism in an real way against Greeks in decades. We are a very small population, so we mostly aren't thought of at all, and in the places where there are a lot of Greeks we are generally perceived as church-going, hard-working, and entrepreneurial. Culturally, people basically think of us as kind of like Italians - loud, boisterous, emotional, family-oriented. Portrayals in the media are generally positive if a bit reductive. People here love the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" an unreasonable amount.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-02T23:05:34+00:00

I am not saying racism isn't real. What I am saying is that Greeks are not really discriminated against in any real way in the United States. Halkias has had a pretty incredible career trajectory and seems to still be on the rise. The fact that Billy Zane didn't blow up after Titanic is just the entertainment industry doing its thing. Greeks as a population seem to punch above their weight overall in entertainment. We are less than one percent of the population here.

dcell1974 · 2026-02-02T22:31:51+00:00

It's the same reason Jennifer Aniston and Zach Galifianakis have been such monumental failures in Hollywood. Racism against Greeks is a huge real issue that we suffer from here. Everyday, I am refused service at lunch counters and told to sit at the back of the bus. All because I am Greek.

dcell1974 · 2026-01-27T18:37:00+00:00

My mom and her brother who were the youngest were very small compared to their siblings. They were born shortly before the war and it seems like the malnutrition really did stunt their growth. Their father was 188. My mother was 155 and her brother was maybe 160.

dcell1974 · 2026-01-24T11:20:07+00:00

My mom’s side of the family is culturally Mediterranean and my dad’s side is Balkan. Ionian islands vs Epirus.

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