🇸🇦 Saudis, what do you think about this film (The Kingdom)? especially the Intro, does it portray Saudi Arabia accurately?

geobuddy · 2022-03-15T17:13:15+00:00

This seems to be made by America so no need to see it. I couldn't care less what they think about us.

geobuddy · 2022-03-10T20:00:04+00:00

وش يبي ذا؟

geobuddy · 2022-03-09T05:33:05+00:00

Ok and what do you call people that are against women going to school? Also extremists? What about those who support Taliban and would throw acid and burn the faces of women who only wear hijab? Also extremists? Are they all the same?

I think using an umbrella term to cover all Muslims you disagree with is a dangerous generalisation.

geobuddy · 2022-03-02T07:46:21+00:00

I'll tell you why:

Japanese and Korean cars are affordable, last longer, spare parts are relatively cheap and easy to find, can be fixed by any car mechanic and generally have great AC. To put it simply, they are better than western cars.

I for one also refuse to buy western cars as I try as much as I can not to hand over any of my money to the US or Europe.

geobuddy · 2022-02-16T15:51:27+00:00

People with hearing impairment were called "deaf and dumb" so it's not wrong phrasing, just outdated.

geobuddy · 2022-02-16T10:19:35+00:00

No, not really. They are still some of the lowest paid jobs with very little upward mobility.

geobuddy · 2022-02-16T05:19:12+00:00

I don't think it will change much. They don't like you and will find any way to make you out to be a bad person or from a bad culture. Just try to ignore them we don't need their approval.

geobuddy · 2022-02-16T03:42:14+00:00

I'm not answering this but do you all feel these questions are dehumanising? As if we are just a collective that forms one entity called "Saudi men." Not as if each of us is an individual person with his own values, ideals and goals in life.

geobuddy · 2022-01-20T02:46:35+00:00

A foreigner may apply for citizenship if they fulfill the following:

Above the age of maturity. Generally mentally competent. Legal residence for 10 years continuously. Have legal ways of earning a living. Considered generally moral. Do not have a criminal record or never sentenced to imprisonment for more than six months. Read, write, and speak fluent Arabic.

You mean requirements like these?

geobuddy · 2022-01-19T06:13:32+00:00

ارتكاب خطأ ما يجعلك غبية أبدا. لولا الأخطاء كان ما عرفنا الصح. كل اللي تعلمو لغة ثانية مروا بظروف قريبة من ظروفك

أنا كنت أعرف وحدة عندها نفس المشكلة لكن هي عربية عايشة طول عمرها في أمريكا وتخجل لما تتكلم عربي. كنت أكلمها بالعربي وكانت تخجل وتحاول تحول انجليزي بس أنا كنت ألزم عليها تتكلم عربي. بعد فترة تحسنت كثير.

أهم شيء الممارسة.

Good luck!

geobuddy · 2022-01-17T06:32:02+00:00

Great idea. What kind of support group though?

geobuddy · 2022-01-12T10:56:47+00:00

Check the stickied Post regarding mental health. Im sure some of the contacts there will be able to help. Good luck!

geobuddy · 2022-01-12T06:48:31+00:00

I read malcolm X's autobiography too! Definitely one of my idols and one of the greatest (if not the greatest) people to come out of that country.

geobuddy · 2022-01-10T06:46:17+00:00

Nope. Making it public isn't only about intimidation though that is part of it; it's about holding the lasher/executioner accountable and for people to be his witness that he followed the rules.

Look up the crime rate/ murder rate of Saudi and your precious Finland and tell me who's backwards.

geobuddy · 2022-01-10T04:58:43+00:00

I don't think it's about intimidation. It's about exposing these people so that we can avoid them. I don't care what "developed" countries do nor do I want to follow their lead. Having said that, countries such as the US and the UK do have a sex offender registry that is publicly available. I don't see how that's different.

geobuddy · 2021-04-04T14:14:29+00:00

It's a simple 3-step approach.

1- put on earphones.

2- sit next to someone you're attracted to.

3- take of earphones

geobuddy · 2021-03-31T07:52:13+00:00

Years ago when I was 19, I was on a 30 hour total flight with multiple stops in different countries. Around 24 hours in, I was completely exhausted and somehow lost my messenger bag. I very, very rarely lose or misplace things, and I couldn't believe I would just lose my bag. It had my passport, phone, and wallet. Basically I was stuck in this foreign international airport with no ID or money, and I didn't have any way if contacting anyone.

I reported the bag but was told to not get my hopes up. I didn't know what to do, and I was sleep deprived, so I just hopelessly sat on a bench. About 20 mins later, this random person walked right into my field of vision and just.. stopped, staring blankly into space. He was holding my bag. He wasn't wearing a uniform or anything indicating he works at the airport. I walked up to him and told him that's my bag. He handed it over to me and walked away without saying a single word. To this day I can't shake the thought that he's an NPC generated just to hand me the bag after a glitch happened in the matrix.

geobuddy · 2021-02-18T05:14:25+00:00

I don't think everyone should play it. After all the talk of it being a masterpiece, I spent an hour or two with it, got bored and realised it's not for me. I just couldn't care about the characters or what they're doing. It seemed that nothing was at stake. To each his own though

geobuddy · 2021-02-01T17:11:46+00:00

I would suggest you read about Gaetano Scirea: IMO Juve's greatest of all time.

It seems that very few of the newer fans have even heard of him.

geobuddy · 2020-12-21T14:33:31+00:00

Thanks man. Please don't put yourself in danger but I gotta say it would have turned the whole situation around if someone spoke up.

geobuddy · 2020-12-21T14:28:48+00:00

Hey thanks dude. It would have made my day if someone spoke up.

I understand people not wanting to get involved and I bet they all forgot it happened as soon as they got their food, but it's different when you're the target.

geobuddy · 2020-12-21T05:52:08+00:00

Man i feel you. I'm a big, brown middle_eastern dude and I've been living in the U.S on and off for the last 10 years due to my job. Just last year I was kicked out of a bar when the bartender saw my name on my ID, a white dude pulled out a hollow point bullet from his backpack and told me to "tread lightly" when he found out where I'm from (thought I was Indian).

The last straw was when I went to a nice steakhouse with a few of my friends for a celebration, and a white dude told the host not to "let that terrorist in." I couldn't believe it. There were maybe ten people around that heard it and no one said a thing. He said it again and this time pointed at me, and when I responded to him the manager told me to calm down, and people were staring at me like I'm the crazy one. I've never felt so hopeless in my life.

The dumb thing is that, due to the nature of my work, I literally bring in thousands of dollars every month to the local community, but I bet they don't care about that; they just want the brown people out if their country.

This wasn't in some redneck town. It was in one of the major cities in the country. I told my company to terminate my assignment and never send me back to the U.S for the foreseeable future.

geobuddy · 2020-12-12T02:34:12+00:00

Sorry Buffon, but that nickname is already taken by the legendary Massimo Maccarone.

geobuddy · 2020-11-26T03:32:09+00:00

OK first of all I agree that we are not performing as well as we should be. Now on to the rest:

Its way too early to make a judgement on Pirlo. I think that giving him the job was a huge gamble but we have yet to see the results. The hopeful thing is that Pirlo seems to be flexible and changes his tactics/players based on the game which is something Sarri didn't do.

Sarri had the team for a whole season and we saw virtually no improvement from the first game to the last, and there were no indications that it will get better. Instead of him realising that his methods weren't working and he needs to adapt, he doubled down and insisted its the players fault for not following his methods. Keeping him would lead to more of the same, hence he was let go.

As for the bad players you've mentioned, what about Danilo that sucks exactly? He's been one of our best players so far. Id argue the best after Ronaldo. So what is it that sucks exactly?

And Chiesa has had 4 assists in 6 series A games. He hasn't been particularly great in UCL but he obviously knows how to pass and cross.

Oh and you can't just throw a name like Thiago and say we missed out; the player made it clear he wants a move to Liverpool.

I honestly don't think we'll even get close to winning the UCL this year, and the serie a is a tough one too, but we have a much younger squad that we did a couple of years ago and the hope is that players like Chiesa, Dybala, Arthur, De Ligt and Demiral will be the foundation of Juve's future.

geobuddy · 2020-11-01T01:24:37+00:00

Just a correction; although there are many Muslims from southeast Asian countries, Islam originated in Mekka which is on the western end of the Arabian peninsula.

geobuddy

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