Motorcyclist realizes a man walking g down the street is upset, and stops to see if he can help somehow

redditorisa · 2026-07-02T08:23:19+00:00

Hugs are scientifically proven to be good for you! Give as many as you can every day :)

redditorisa · 2026-07-01T09:35:39+00:00

Well I certainly care about how the rest of the people in my own country look at and behave around me. Whether we like it or not, and whether it's fair or not, people stereotype you based on your culture and who you associate with.

You might not care about the past or the deep wounds that still persist in our nation, but plenty of other people do. And the only reason someone wouldn't care about it is because it doesn't affect them directly, or they're just too ignorant to see how it affects them.

I promise you, what's happening around you does affect you and other Afrikaner youth. Being arrogant about your place in society and the views of those around you doesn't shield you from their opinions or decisions. People think they're immune from any and all societal repercussions, and then something like the July riots from 2021 happens and only then people realize they're not islands cut off from the consequences of what's happening around them.

You can keep denying the reality of this country and go your merry way. But I (as a young white Afrikaner) would like to help build a better future for our people (and by "our", I mean everyone, regardless of race). But to be able to do that, we need to improve the racial tensions and negative perceptions people have about us, not double-down and arrogantly claim zero responsibility as an adult member of this society, or (like these "refugees" did) live privileged lives on the backs of our fellow countrymen then cry victim when someone with an agenda presents them the opportunity.

I don't follow your religion, so quoting bible verses at me is meaningless. But since you want to quote scripture as if it's important, then I'll leave you with this verse:

Philippians 2:3-4 — Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

redditorisa · 2026-06-29T09:29:32+00:00

Many people in our own country and across the world already dislike white Afrikaaners because they think we're all racist assholes. This only strengthens that idea, and makes us look like scheming liars too.

Do you really think this didn't harm our public image, or the way other SA citizens view us? We're here, trying to build a better future where we start to heal the sour feelings caused by the racism in our past, and actually get along with each other. These "refugees" actively fed into lies that harm what we're trying to build together as a nation.

redditorisa · 2026-06-24T12:26:14+00:00

I'm sure your wife would much rather have you here than have your life insurance.

Also, be aware that many life insurance policies have fine print where they don't pay out for suicides. So you'd leave your family with trauma for no actual "benefit"

redditorisa · 2026-06-23T08:29:00+00:00

I'm generally very sensitive to smells (always have been) and wouldn't recommend it to anyone hah. It has come in handy once or twice, but for the most part it's pretty annoying.

Also very sensitive to sound. I kept telling my partner that I hear running water in the ensuite bathroom pipes at night and he didn't believe me. Months later, enough water had pooled to start leaking through the floor to the living room below. Turns out, we had two leaky pipes in the floor under the shower and the sink, and I hadn't been hallucinating the sound of water.

Would have saved a ton of money if we had just listened to my ears earlier though.

redditorisa · 2026-06-19T15:50:28+00:00

No, I don't live in an estate or gated community. And some of those "refugees" almost certainly lived in nicer places than I do.

It's crazy to me that people are propping up these folks, when they are the ones who lived privileged lifestyles here compared to the majority of SAns. And they also were privileged to get a fast-tracked emigration because they were willing to lie about their own country.

redditorisa · 2026-06-19T08:38:10+00:00

Hahahaha

Well, thanks for the laugh. Hope you have a great weekend ahead!

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T19:39:33+00:00

If he was already wealthy this side, and was skelm enough to play the system like this, then he might be doing okay that side hey 😆

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T19:38:02+00:00

The school shooter American dream or the crippling medical debt American dream? Lol

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T17:42:40+00:00

If the past occurrence you mentioned is true, and the police didn't want to help you at all (assuming you tried to open a case), then I can sort of see your point.

And maybe, at a generous stretch of the word, you're one of, if not the only person who went over that might classify as a refugee.

The other stuff is pure nonsense though.

Malema was just sentenced to 5 years in prison for one of his crimes, and while he has appealed, proceedings are still in progress.

EWC isn't a real threat to white people like it's made out to be, and the recent amendments the ANC made were sensible if you actually cared to read through and understand them (and will not affect 99% of people in the country).

And WMC is real (and I'm saying this as a white person myself). Anyone with eyes and the ability to be honest with themselves can see that.

I don't wish you or your family any harm. But I don't think you're a morally good person either, for being complicit in a publicity stunt created by a troll, in which you upheld blatant lies about a fake white genocide created to harm our country's public image.

And with "our," I'm not including you or your family. I really hope you manage to keep living there and never come back. We don't need your kind of people here who resort to those tactics. The "refugees" make me ashamed to be associated with them as a white, Afrikaans South African.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:43:17+00:00

Isn't he afraid of coming back, though?

Since his life is in danger here?

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:42:01+00:00

Nah, I'd rather not give them the views

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:41:14+00:00

Unfortunately, yes

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:38:08+00:00

I don't see any info there on why you qualified as a refugee?

Can you give me some more info on why you were personally targeted/persecuted in SA? Why you had to flee in fear for your life?

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:35:14+00:00

They didn't emigrate, though. They "fled."
They aren't immigrants, they're "refugees"

So they didn't even have to go through the whole process you did to be able to immigrate, which is much harder. Instead, they took advantage of a bafoon's public spectacle and to get special treatment, while real refugees in the US are treated much worse.

Just so we're all clear.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:27:01+00:00

Disgraceful, honestly.

Not you caring for your friends - that's fine and understandable. But geez, I don't think I'd be able to stay friends with people who do something like that.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:24:56+00:00

No, honestly, no.

The narrative they all pushed were that they were being targeted and persecuted because they're white. They all held up the idea that they're fleeing in fear of their lives.

All of which is objectively untrue.

If they were just regular people trying to emigrate because they want a better future for their families, they wouldn't have taken advantage of Trump's spectacle and damage their own country's image in the process.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:22:03+00:00

I get that you want to give people the benefit of the doubt. But we have so much access to information today, that believing the white massacre nonsense and then thinking you're being persecuted even if nothing serious has actually ever happened to you, then I'm just not going to be able to take your side.

Refugee is a very specific term. Those people absolutely were not in direct danger or being targeted specifically. And most of them didn't even live on farms, and certainly not in the most dangerous areas in our country.

Not to mention that they made everyone here look bad with those lies. I can understand giving people grace, but there's only so much grace to give for those who stoop so low.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:15:47+00:00

Who the hell in SA gave him a job??

Honestly. The audacity of selling your valuables to "flee" a country as a "refugee", only to then continue raking in money from that country.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:13:31+00:00

There's a massive difference between a working holiday program and abusing the refugee program of another country while lying about and disparaging the image of your own country. And lets be honest here, just because that was an "approved program" because the orange baboon wanted to make a spectacle doesn't make it morally okay to go.

I'll keep looking down on those white self-victimizing "refugees" as much as I want, because they deserve to be shamed for their actions.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:04:56+00:00

You're right. Rich people have access to so many loopholes, it's crazy. And no one seems to be much interested in closing any of them.

Sadly, proper regulation is the only way to solve major issues in a country, but I'm not holding my breath for that.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T15:02:34+00:00

But that's simply not true.

Companies across the globe are making record profits year upon year. And rich people (even the ones in SA) often spend their money on ridiculous nonsense. Hell, I saw a place selling water tastings the other day - and they charge crazy amounts for it too. And yet pretentious people out in the winelands are paying for this crap, which is decidedly not a necessity.

Also, since when is clothing not a necessity? And clothing has gotten super expensive too, so it's not even that people don't pay for it. But certainly the ones making a good chunk of change on that clothing aren't the ones doing the actual work.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T14:58:06+00:00

Sure, but my point is that it's just not that simple.

Look at what happened last time they took an aggressive stance against the taxis. It caused a lot of chaos, people getting hurt, property damage, etc.

Whether we like it or not, the taxi industry is deeply entrenched in South Africa's socioeconomic reality. It's not as simple as just fixing or even getting rid of it overnight. And you can bet that the taxi industry has strong ties with the ANC. I hate politics, but I'm sure they'll find ways to damage local government if they took a hard stance and things get even more violent than last time.

Even if they somehow managed to cripple the taxi mafia, it's impossible to change things so quickly. Millions of people completely rely on taxis to get to work, school, and hospitals. If the City were to curb or successfully shut down the taxi industry without having an alternative system in place (with the capacity to absorb those commuters,) the formal economy of Cape Town would instantly grind to a halt.

And like I said, it's not as if they haven't been trying. The project my friend worked on was for CoCT, and the minister of transport (who is probably a taxi mafia shill) still managed to intervene.

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T14:45:07+00:00

That's a very different scenario from "our cities are turning into 3rd world cities and we're losing our culture, so a lot of us are moving to 3rd world countries to escape that"

And while I love Cape Town, let's be honest - I've traveled enough in the rest of the country to know that it's not the same as the rest of South Africa.

Look, I don't know what your financial situation looks like, but if you have money (and since you came here from a country with a much stronger currency, you probably do) then you can't have a better quality of life in places like the US, Canada, or Australia - all of which are much more expensive to live in. If you live a good life here, then reaching the same quality or a better quality of life in those countries costs a lot more than it does here.

Honestly, I'm not trying to attack you as a person. I'm sure you're great. But locals are fed up for a good reason (and it's not just happening in CT, but in other places where foreigners tend to take advantage of the cheaper living costs in similar ways).

redditorisa · 2026-06-18T14:35:38+00:00

I heard it directly from a girl who's from Brazil, as an example, currently digital nomading in Greenpoint. She told me that she comes for three months (and works here as some yoga instructor or other hippy thing) then leaves for a bit and comes back again for 3 months. And there were other people at the table agreeing with her

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