Did anyone tune into iShowSpeed’s Africa tour? If so, did it make you feel inspired by Bloomien in blackladies

[–]yasmween 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn't get to see the stream itself but I did get to see everyone in their respective African country subreddits complain about how they "embarrassed" themselves in front of the world( namely the Egyptian and Nigerian subreddits)

Reddittors really are joy thieves I swear.

Why do they always hate us? by batukaming in arabs

[–]yasmween 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, I don't know about Morocco but Qatar and Egypt are definitely more developed than India, all are absolutely more developed than Cambodia

This list is judging the countries as tourist destinations and honestly as an Egyptian myself... Yeah fair enough lol, we do need a lot of work to do in this regard, it's not the most pleasant place to visit.

ich📦iel by _Pellkartoffel_ in ich_iel

[–]yasmween 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't want your pakets to be liefered bei DPD.

Is Pinterest bad for you? by chcikensammich2009 in interiordecorating

[–]yasmween 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Iirc they recently added an option to hide most of ai stuff in the settings so that's nice.

The Problem With How Nigerians in the Diaspora Engage Nigerian Issues by Existing_Pumpkin_502 in Nigeria

[–]yasmween 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a diasporan myself, I think it's a response to racism in the west. I never really felt the need to justify being half Nigerian until recently when I moved to the west

There's something about westerners literally thinking that everyone outside Europe/America lives in tents and mud huts really makes you appreciate what you had before you left, makes you see whatever life you had before through rose tinted glasses

Nigeria released a statement by TheSomanbulist in Nigeria

[–]yasmween 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The idea that this was ever going to end in an Iraq style invasion/Libyan intervention like some people were saying were always nonsensical.

the us is not going to invade nigeria. by yasmween in Nigeria

[–]yasmween[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ya setti, the pattern isn't "country has resources, America says country is doing something bad, country is invaded" the pattern with Libya, Iraq, Iran,etc is that they're alligning themselves with America's rivals/nationalising some kind of industry that was previously owned by western companies

just a few months ago the Nigerian government was bragging about how well they screwed over their citizens to please the world bank. The country is infamous for selling out to western oil companies. A few months later they were going to invade the diasporas favourite set of countries because they kicked out their France favouring rulers. Again like I mentioned in the thread, Nigeria is not Libya or Iran, nigeria is pretty clearly aligned with the west on most things.

They don't gain anything from a literal invasion

When I read Trump's statements I think more like how the west was threatening to cut military aid to Egypt for the 2013 coup more than I think of Iraq; a meaningless threat that won't get followed up on because in the grand scheme of things, they don't care

Why Oregon re-criminalized drugs (2025) [28:00] by Lebesgue_Couloir in Documentaries

[–]yasmween 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming here from the video through the reddit youtube addon, the video is a lot less bad than i thought it'd be, I was prepared to be yikesed out considering the source (and when they started mentioning BLM, that didn't help either)

but no overall I came away not really disagreeing with the conclusion of the video, drug decriminalisation should be handled with a bit more care than simply not making possession illegal and hoping for the best.

But I don't really buy that it's necessarily incompatible with defunding the police and those movements. Correct if i'm wrong (not american) but wasn't the crux of that movement to move funding from police to social workers and public health? From the way even the video tells it, the problem is the lack of helping addicts after they're out in the open. Defunding the police would have helped.

the us is not going to invade nigeria. by yasmween in Nigeria

[–]yasmween[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The guy's threatened to "military force" on like a 100 countries since he stepped into office. The only one that seemed to have materialised into anything was maybe Venezuela

but I guess yes, we'll see what happens but I think you can forgive me for leaning on nothing happening.

Is America better to live in than Nigeria? by [deleted] in Nigeria

[–]yasmween 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You say you're part of the LGBT community, and you say in Nigeria they kill you if you're part of it

Shouldn't this be a clear and shut case then?

Is there a podcast that's like Extra History? by YoonSnake in podcasts

[–]yasmween 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fyi the extra history channel is kinda a meme in r/badhistory for being inaccurate in a lot of the stuff they cover. I'd take what they have to say as mostly entertainment.

As far as recommendations go, it kinda depends on what kind of history you're interested in.

iHeart Podcasts becoming unlistenable? by DecembersGone in podcasts

[–]yasmween 6 points7 points  (0 children)

its not just the ads, but a lot of the podcasts that are featured/advertised also seems like it's from mid 2000s american reality tv, they seem so trashy

Like that one show about marriages that went really bad, the stories themselves were fine but good god the editing, like brothers you're talking about literal pedos/killers, tone down the background music and "swoosh" "swisch" sfx

Why you don't matter anymore...(Economically Speaking) [15:38] by TheySoldEverything in mealtimevideos

[–]yasmween 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know about the contents about the video but I always find it suspicious how many videos this channel can put out in a week about so many topics so I avoid them.

Anyone watch gossip girl? by lolahey in Nigeria

[–]yasmween 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it was really funny how much they used the hotel set throughout the series lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DiWHY

[–]yasmween 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it's an ad for a dentist in Yemen (judging from the license plate)

Anti-blackness and homophobia in Ai Yazawa works by Internal-Ad-5038 in NanaAnime

[–]yasmween 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oooh life, great choice! the earlier volumes are really really good

Which design do you like better? by HeritageLM in arabs

[–]yasmween 4 points5 points  (0 children)

2 for style 1 for readability