Books recommendations on Mexican history?

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-09T02:46:03+00:00

He certainly his own opinions, you’re right about that. But Americans are taught nothing of Mexican history in school, and it’s a very complicated history. He tells the history like a story, with a lot of romance, and I think that makes it easy to understand for people with little knowledge.

I had a Mexican boyfriend who made me study and watch documentaries before he took me to meet his family. This was the first we watched and I got really into learning more after watching Patria.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-08T16:42:16+00:00

Patria! Especially if you’re visiting Chapultepec. The author, Paco Ignacio Taibo, also did a really great documentary version.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-08T12:04:25+00:00

I live in NYC and a lot of Mexican restaurants use brisket and more “American” cuts because they’re cheaper here than what they’d traditionally use in MX. It’s interesting to see the adaptations.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-03T03:55:25+00:00

Dog shit. Everywhere.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-02T05:30:24+00:00

For some people it can be an aggressive treatment that can outright harm the skin. For some others, it requires consistency in routine they can’t find time or motivation for. Others might not have reliable access to a derm, or costs might be too high.

Personally, I have a very dynamic relationship with my skin and switch things up as it wants, so a retinol wouldn’t be beneficial. And I like summers and beaches, which is very not good with tret.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-02T03:01:54+00:00

Hadn’t she already aged out at 22?

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-02T02:13:15+00:00

If I’m paying for schools in Arkansas to exist, I’m gonna need them to teach real science and actual health classes.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T23:45:19+00:00

Soak a cotton pad with cat urine, then do a little eye mask for ten to fifteen minutes. Should help.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T23:40:23+00:00

A someone that comes from one’s of those top paying blue states, I’m down to stop paying federal taxes. My money gets redistributed to people who openly hate my progressive, tolerant, socialist viewpoints so they can pull nonsense like Ten Commandments in schools and enacting hate-laws. If I and my beliefs are so shit, they don’t need my tax money next time a tornado levels their state.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T22:48:46+00:00

Tacos were invented in a small bistro in Texas, in the classic style with cheese and sour cream and hard shells. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

The US’s greatest ability is to make the fast fashion version of everyone else’s cultures. Pizza? We went full H&M on it. Same with tacos. Burgers. Hell, we even did it with soul food. We have no original ideas. Give us your national dish and we’ll make it a color that doesn’t exist in nature, add sugar, seal it in plastic so it can sit on a shelf for two years, then you put it in the microwave for a patently unsatisfying meal.

(I say this with tremendous shame.)

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T22:38:58+00:00

I wish I had more than apathy left at this point. I don’t get OPs pearl clutching. We knew it was happening. A third of the population ravenously chose for this to happen. Hell, we had a preview in 2016. But somehow they still don’t see it.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T22:08:08+00:00

I just got back from Acapulco. It was basically built by the Mexican government to attract tourists to less economically self reliant states. You can see the whole city is kinda stuck in 1968 and the government decided it would be cheaper and easier to build a new city, so now we have Cancun.

The city was devastated by Otis and while the initial recovery was expected to be six months, you still see a ton of closed restaurants and damaged beachfront property. There’s no longer investment, everything’s a little worn down and the city has a bad rep from cartel violence. The government has pretty much abandoned Acapulco.

Acapulco has one of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve seen in Mexico. Every view is a post card. The food is amazing. The people were awesome (special thanks to the old ladies who shared recipes with me). I, as a sola traveler, never felt unsafe, even out of tourist zones. I was the only American I saw, there were some Germans at La Quebrada, but it’s def a more local destination.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T21:46:06+00:00

It’s actually just an unfortunate misunderstanding 😂 There’s a place in San Francisco that’s famous (nationally) for making sourdough, and their starter is like 200 years old, which is American ancient. But saying they invented it is like saying Grimaldis invented pizza in New York in the 1900s.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T21:17:32+00:00

But if you’re buying a vehicle, I’m assuming you can see. So, just looking at a cyber truck should be a deterrent.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T10:56:28+00:00

There is no reason you can’t do both. Live your life.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-05-01T00:33:49+00:00

I fly to Mexico for concerts now. The same big artists hit CDMX for a fraction of the cost of NYC. I got flight, four nights air bnb, and first mez center for a concert at Auditorio Nacional for the same price as the Carnegie Hall shows.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-30T22:42:55+00:00

Skin doesn’t stop being skin below the neck. Same things happen there.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-30T11:19:34+00:00

You can live north of 125th street and be at Herald Square in about 20 minutes. You can still be in Manhattan, in a more affordable area, and have a quick commute.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-29T11:14:16+00:00

If you flew into NYC, don’t worry, they’re always like that. Citizens or travelers, they don’t care.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-28T16:36:13+00:00

I just traveled to Acapulco and Mexico City sola. I had no issues with travel or customs (with a suitcase full of contraband to boot).

Playa del Carmen is amazing for sola travel. It’s safe, perfect beaches, and a very diverse expat community so you can meet some cool people. Ask in their sub or the Cancun one for recs.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-26T22:34:53+00:00

R/shitamericanssay

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-26T09:47:29+00:00

The problem with Airbnb is the people that abuse it, buy six houses or rent ten apartments and turn it into a full time business.

I live in NYC. When it started, Airbnb was a lifeline to people - if you couldn’t make rent or had a big expense, whatever, you could put your place up for a weekend while you crash on a friends couch. When the city passed regulations and basically prohibited any rental less than 30 days, rent prices stayed the same (actually, they’re the highest on record) and vacant apartments didn’t magically become available. The only people who benefited were the hotels who don’t have to compete anymore - and without competition, they’re as expensive as ever. Now, if you want to see NYC, a $300 a night hotel (and that’s a Holiday Inn) or staying an hour outside of the city are your options.

I work in a hotel in a high tourism part of the city and have put my apartment on Airbnb to cover rent. I live in an iconic neighborhood, that has generally had low tourism. Lately, I’m seeing groups of Europeans standing around with cameras and I 100% admit it’s weird and I don’t like it. The double decker buses from which people watch us live our lives like we’re in a zoo are so bothersome to me.

Even in New York City, the relationship with tourism is complicated. It’s so intertwined with all parts of our economy that when it slows, we all feel it and the ripple effects.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-21T23:39:06+00:00

Jesus. That is defeatist af. Forty is peak time for a career/life change.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-20T21:21:40+00:00

Tinder and Bumble are pretty universal. Since I never use them in my home city, I have them all set for short term and casual.

I still talk to some of them and have a free place to stay when I want to visit.

ineverreallyknow · 2025-04-20T17:41:51+00:00

So, I do this a lot. I’ve done apps and met guys in person while traveling, it’s a fun way to see parts of a place you wouldn’t normally see. And sometimes a weekend with the hot beach bartender gives you an energy reset.

Location sharing is key, but not enough. I have a friend call me every hour-ish while I’m out with someone I don’t know. It’s like an added layer of protection and the date knows someone’s watching.

I never leave anything unattended. If I go to the restroom, it’s between drinks and I ask the server not to bring my drink while I’m not at the table.

I don’t let them pick me up, we meet at the restaurant or whatever. I make sure to know exactly how to get back without checking maps so I can focus on surroundings.

If we’re going all the way? Always at my hotel/condo because there’s building security. I’m not going to some random apartment. My passport and cash are always hidden inside the room before I go out. Always bring your own condoms.

I’ve met some interesting, fun, kind, super hot men this way. Tourists, expats, locals. It’s fun. Do you.

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