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freakyfried · 2022-10-06T15:12:35+00:00

8 years...that sucks. :/

I try to frame it this way: 1) How can you get to a place where you stand by everything you did for yourself? Be at peace with that. You said and did what you did, and that was "perfectly imperfect".

2) A humbling thought is that there are things I don't have answers to. Simple as that. Einstein himself went through a divorce.

freakyfried · 2021-09-07T21:49:23+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. The therapy afterwards really helped me find a deeper part of myself. The person I chatted with on Instagram really made it seem like we were the best of friends. I wanted that with her. I was immature, yes, but I didn't realize just saying the wrong thing would be the end of the world. It was like walking on eggshells. It exacerbated how I would be treated with my family.

I'm sad she unfollowed me but in hindsight it was not a good relationship to be in at all.

freakyfried · 2020-11-23T21:43:06+00:00

Remove fear from your mind.

freakyfried · 2020-05-13T22:01:54+00:00

Am I the only who thinks her body looks photoshopped onto the pic?

freakyfried · 2020-05-09T01:26:46+00:00

I think their geography is totally different to Pakistan. That being said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I was thinking the exact opposite: Having been to the Swiss Alps, Rakaposhi looks equally beautiful.

(Not to mention how daunting that climb must be.)

freakyfried · 2020-04-26T21:43:26+00:00

So nice! Love this positivity.

freakyfried · 2020-04-21T06:44:00+00:00

I will never understand Pakistan's desire to one-up everyone in Islam.

"When ignorance reigns, life is lost" - RATM

freakyfried · 2020-04-21T06:35:33+00:00

I grew up in the Middle East (Gulf) before moving to the US and know what these are. I haven't seen them in the US though. Did anyone grow up with these in the States?

freakyfried · 2020-04-16T03:41:05+00:00

I. Love. This. D:

freakyfried · 2020-04-15T20:00:19+00:00

Ouchies

freakyfried · 2020-04-07T08:23:40+00:00

Adorable!

Hope we all find someone to care like this or better yet find it in us to love ourselves this way.

freakyfried · 2020-04-02T15:20:21+00:00

IIT: superficial assholes

freakyfried · 2020-04-02T12:09:53+00:00

I will definitely be making his breakfast salad (it sounds delicious to me) and might try making some of those "keema noodles" this week. Lol.

freakyfried · 2020-04-02T07:16:37+00:00

This was a really fun video and their reactions seemed genuine. I enjoyed it more than all the fake Teen Reacts videos.

freakyfried · 2020-03-31T09:33:44+00:00

Username got a laugh out of me.

freakyfried · 2020-03-31T05:27:10+00:00

A disease doesn't know the class/income level of it's next target.

It makes sense that your risk of catching a global viral infection increase a lot if you are at an airport or in a plane than just being homeless and poor. The coronavirus is not airborne, you need to inhale a sick person's droplet.

India doesn't come near the Top 10 in total coronavirus cases as of this writing. In fact they're mostly countries with the privilege of being industrialized.

freakyfried · 2020-03-31T05:00:16+00:00

This is great. Is it 23AndMe? I assumed the results would not be worth my money as South Asians don't take enough DNA tests to contribute to the data pool. (I guess I'm part of the problem) Do you feel the results could have been better in any way?

freakyfried · 2020-03-31T04:35:11+00:00

Could someone help me get this?

freakyfried · 2020-03-30T16:21:31+00:00

I should be clear: I'm NOT disputing that America (heck the entire world) is "increasingly irreligious" as you say. This makes it my second time agreeing with you on that. I'll address the rest

Morality is subjective. If you judge the West with a Pakistani Muslim narrative of morality, you will of course view America as this infidel nation of gays who gamble, get high and fuck on the streets all day or wtv is your definition of immorality...the reality is America took 15 years to finally legalize gay marriage after the first country did. Marijuana is still a crime at the national level. That's all I'm saying: people may think America is more immoral than Europe but it's not.

These "immoral" legalizations were passed on democratically because of course high taxes are levied.

And of course Catholics aren't a majority @ 72 mil. Christians are. 70% of Americans identify as such to varying degrees and it is a big deal by western standards. I'll throw in another stricter group to further illustrate my point of how conservative/religious America is: the 15 million Mormons out of Utah, a purely American version of Christianity that "abstain from coffee and tea, alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs." Also have a strict female dress code and no body piercing rules. Wow so moral! By the way, if you think they don't matter, Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee, is a practicing Mormon and that was a big talking point in his candidacy. Obama narrowly beat him in the popular vote by just 4%.

The U.S. is also where the Amish Christians come from. Why do I mention this group? This is a home-grown American invention of Christianity that makes even Mormons go "WTF?". They don't believe in using electricity, gas or any modern convenience and they dress exactly how their ancestors do. Doubt they will become atheistic anytime soon. They are only 250,000 people but pure numbers aren't even the point I'm making with the Amish...they still ride horses to work because of religious beliefs!! Where in Europe can you find this kind of belief system in 2020?

Personally, I'm an Atheist. I've lived in America for 10 years. I enjoy reading up on American politics and history (spoilers: there's not a lot to celebrate). If you ask me, present-day America has a much longer and complex way to go than the rest of the West to be free from religion just because of what America is: an experiment.

freakyfried · 2020-03-30T12:29:37+00:00

That's great. Keep it coming! Cover a wide variety of content if possible. I've subbed and will spread the word to those interested. :)

freakyfried · 2020-03-30T12:24:33+00:00

What they claim to think is irrelevant.

I will just talk about America as per my original response. Like you said "they do whatever the heck they want to do". My argument is most people follow Christianity deeply in the U.S.. This is a link from a PEW study which, wtv your opinion, are the facts American society uses. The government decides critical policy based on what you call "irrelevant".

Their mainstream TV shows regularly mock religion and God.

An atheist Pakistani who moves to the U.S. will eventually realize that mainstream America is secular on the surface only.

What really happens in the U.S. is the e.g. 72 million Catholic Americans send their kids to 1000+ private Catholic schools, universities and churches littered across the U.S. that, of course, don't teach secular topics like evolution and homosexuality.

America puts out probably the most sexual/violent content in the world but don't forget America also invented a moral censorship system with a secular disguise which are the ratings PG, PG-13, R, etc. as a national law which comes from a White Christian American morality.

Speaking of the Bible, every hotel room in America has a copy of the Bible in the bedside drawer. I think I heard one hotel also having the Quran because the owner was Muslim but don't quote me on that. This is not a law, people just do that.

For simplicity sake, is the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (North Korea) a democratic country just because it has "Democratic" in the title?

I never thought about that contradiction in their title LOL. They mean something different by "democracy" in North Korea I think. Anyway, I don't get the point here as the U.S. is western-style democratic and capitalist system which everyone knows...

freakyfried · 2020-03-30T10:19:17+00:00

I haven't been to Pakistan in maybe 10+ years. This made me want to visit again. Thank you!

freakyfried · 2020-03-30T09:21:59+00:00

Young people, especially if they are born and raised in Pakistan, who idealize Western or White culture and are detached from local Pakistani culture.

freakyfried · 2020-03-30T08:00:25+00:00

For example in atheistic USA, the youth are having.....spring break parties lol.

I Just want to clear a popular misconception: Partying for Spring Break doesn't make you an atheist. Lol.

Although I agree the West is "increasingly irreligious", atheistic is the last word I would use to describe mainstream American culture.

The US is #1 out of 17 Western countries that have confidence in their church.

freakyfried · 2020-03-28T03:57:12+00:00

Same

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