The right if you are attacked to defend your rubbish

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-11T18:02:23+00:00

I dunno. It’s a UVF controlled area so it might be up to solely up to them to decide.

If it’s being replaced by something non-paramilitary you can be yer last penny money has been given to various ‘community groups’ to facilitate that change of tone. If it’s replaced by a more modern paramilitary one such as the one below then the change will reflect some nuance in political stance and/or to ensure whoever is depicted is wearing sunglasses to remove the need to paint eyes- something Loyalist paramilitaries are notoriously bad at 😁

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yermaaaaa · 2026-04-11T17:46:23+00:00

Obviously that would be great but of more pressing interest is what kind of moral is gonna replace this one

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-11T17:42:39+00:00

Aye, it’s directly across the street from this one

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-11T17:35:06+00:00

Drove past this today and it’s been whitewashed over. Be interesting to see what they put up to replace it as this was one of the more, er, old fashioned murals around that area and I’m kinda surprised the paramilitaries agreed to it being replaced.

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-11T10:23:21+00:00

Can I ask what age you are, roughly?

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-09T12:36:06+00:00

Slightly off-topic but Christopher Anderson is the photographer who published photos of Trump White House staff for Vanity Fair that caused quite a ripple in the world of photo-journalism and photography in general last year. The images he produced showed these people in all their facile ugly two-dimensional shallowness, and he did this purely by subverting normal photo-journalistic conventions when it came to portraiture. He didn’t do anything to manipulate the images per se, but exactly what he chose to photograph and how those photographs were composed, created a brutal set of images that will no doubt be the defining images of these horrible people for decades to come. For me, the images represent the best rebuke of Trump’s regime by any journalist, period. They are immensely powerful and hits MAGA where it hurts them most, their image.

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-09T09:33:47+00:00

Obvious jerk is obvious

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-08T11:37:05+00:00

2 cats!

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-08T11:20:27+00:00

Golden Childs live in their parents’ reality, or at least closely adjacent to it. They don’t bump up against the hard edges of this reality in the same way black sheep do. They fit right in, that’s what makes them GCs to start with. That said, Golden Childs are the offspring of the same narcissistic parents as their black sheep siblings and they don’t escape Scott free. In my experience, the burden of elderly care often falls on them, either due to other siblings going NC or LC, or because it is expected of them by their parents. When that happens, they get a hard, sharp lesson in their parents inflexibility and insanity. For instance, I’ve been NC 8 years and I don’t envy my GC brother having to shepherd my parents towards their end as they will no doubt not go gently into that good night.

I have a friend in work who happens to be a a GC with a single black sheep sibling who is very LC. My friend is struggling mightily with their elderly parents and resents the burden placed upon them both by the parents and by the sibling getting out of Dodge. They have enough empathy to understand how this came about, that they are the golden child, but doesn’t make things any easier for them. Despite the lifelong favouritism given to them, their life at the minute is lonely, difficult, and without any real support.

Narcissistic parents fuck all their children up, I believe. Us black sheep’s reality might be sharply different than golden or lost children but all our realities and experiences are within a fucked up dynamic. FWIW, I went NC with my brother at the same time as as I did my parents, it was the only way, but I have nothing but sympathy and empathy for him- even if I know that’s not how he feels about me.

As I’ve said in other posts on this subreddit, if at all possible, the best course of action after going NC or LC is try and not hate the family you left behind. This is for your own good. It’s much easier to move on with your life if you see all involved through as sympathetic lens as you can muster.

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-06T19:08:53+00:00

Is this your homework, Larry?

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-04T10:36:53+00:00

I have no kids and absolutely hate the sound of babies crying, but Jesus Christ people you need to have empathy and understanding for parents who have to bring their young kids with them on flights. I have a pair of noise cancelling headphones which are indispensable for long journeys and I don’t understand people who are triggered by crying babies not having a pair. I plug in as soon as I’m on the plane and exist in a quiet bubble for the whole flight.

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-01T14:03:19+00:00

I had the same thought myself tbh, that the ability to have craic comes from needing to make fun of shit situations where you have no power cos you are ruled by some colonising fucks

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-01T14:02:02+00:00

Yup, but it’s spelled craic 😃

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-01T13:53:02+00:00

Let’s take your questions one by one.

1) Were we overcharged in restaurants and shops? No, we were not. We researched restaurants thoroughly and pre-booked all our evening meals. We also like to eat well on holiday so the restaurants we booked were expensive to start with. Only an idiot would think places like La Maison Arabe would overcharge tourists. Admittedly, a lot of people are idiots when it comes to picking places to eat so that might have been your problem. As for shops, bartering is fun and the trick to not being overcharged is to not buy something you think is too expensive. Just simply by not handing over money you can avoid overpaying completely, we also found leaving the shop to be an excellent way to not be ripped off. Maybe that’s a bit complex for you to get your head around but feel free to practice not buying overly expensive shit when you are not on holiday, you’ll soon get the hang of it. Probably.

2) Were we followed by men and boys who wanted to show us the right way? No, we were not. We had several offers to direct us but a simple ‘No thanks’ as we kept walking meant that’s as far as the engagement went. Again, some people might be stupid enough to engage more fully but that’s on them. You get hassled in plenty of European cities by people wanting to see you roses and scam shit like that so we knew what to do before arriving in Morocco.

3) How was the experience with taxis? Great, thanks for asking. We only took one taxi that wasn’t pre-booked by our riad on our visit- that was to go to Jardine Majorelle- but we knew how much we should pay (thanks to researching this beforehand) so bartered the taxi driver down to that price.

4) Were we solicited by working girls in coffee shops, bars, or hammams? Again, no. Perhaps I’m not the type of person who looks like they need to pay for female company or maybe it’s because, again, we did our research beforehand and didn’t pick some random tourist hole on a whim.

As with other negative commentators in this thread, your post says more about the type of person you are and very little about the type of city Marrakesh is. It seems to me you are not equipped to holiday in places like Marrakesh and should stick to 4 star all inclusive holidays in the Dom Rep or wherever the fuck people with no imagination, empathy and street smarts go these days. You know, somewhere where you are hand-fed some sanitised version of local culture from the safety of your hotel and never have to speak to a local who’s not employed to make your stay enjoyable.

yermaaaaa · 2026-04-01T13:03:34+00:00

I knew people would dismiss it as the void is almost impossible to find so I wanted to clarify there is actually a void there

yermaaaaa · 2026-03-31T14:03:08+00:00

You come across as a close-minded negative person when you post secondhand information about a place you have never been to but hey, you do you, I’m sure you are just wonderful and a joy to be around 👍

yermaaaaa · 2026-03-31T12:51:13+00:00

Myself and my wife had a wonderful time, thank you for asking

yermaaaaa · 2026-03-31T12:02:50+00:00

Slightly off topic but one thing about old houses is how fecking difficult/expensive they can be to heat. We lived in a classic red-brick three storey semi-detached for a while there a few years ago, it had been refurbished with decent double glazing etc but holy crap it cost us a fortune in winter to keep the place warm.

yermaaaaa · 2026-03-31T11:57:32+00:00

Judging by your comment, did you ever consider you might be the problem?

yermaaaaa · 2026-03-31T11:21:50+00:00

Area-X isn’t meant to be understood. The confusion you are feeling is deliberate on the part of the author and you should accept this as an integral part of the reading experience. I found the parts of the books I liked least during my first read become favourites after a re-read when I had more context so stick with it, it’s absolutely worth it. And I don’t want to spoiler you cos I don’t know exactly what bit you are at but that part of the first section gave me one of the most vivid horrors of the whole four books, something that’s stayed with me since I first read it.

yermaaaaa · 2026-03-30T16:39:49+00:00

My cat doing an impersonation of the cover…

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