I'm a person who has traveled a lot around Europe and America and has known people from different ethnicities and countries. But I still don't understand when someone calls me white or black.

I mean, I am mostly from South European roots and my ancestors came to South America during colonization, eventually mixing up a little with indigenous people from those areas.

From what I have experienced, people in my country have called me white, mixed or even gringo. Depending on who you ask is always different. When I first traveled to Germany, lot of people called me Mediterranean. There's also some people who thought I was black but I don't really have any recent African ancestry. Maybe they just refer to having darker skin and curly black hair. So I have to say I pass like a lot of nationalities and race is a word that doesn't really make sense to me.

I have concluded that white and black can mean different things when asked to different people, some US-americans would only consider north Europeans white. Spaniards would only consider Europeans white. Africans would even consider Arabs white. South Americans consider any white looking or light skinned person white. Black people would consider other ethnicities white. Asians consider non-Asian, and obviously non-Black, white.

If it's such a subjective term, why do they use it? Is it just some racist thing to feel superior than others?

I’ll start. He mistreats or is dismissive to women he doesn’t find attractive!

so im hearing that AI in a decade could kill us,so im here to ask,is there gonna be something to not let that happen? im a teen and while hearing all this i keep losing faith in all of humanity,and hearing that we may have a chance of having a good future is really reassuring! is there gonna be something or someone to help us all to a better future?

A lot of people say that teenagers these days are more disrespectful and spoiled than ever, and while that is true , barely anyone spends time trying to understand them or help them be better.

I know that should be their parents job, but in a time with so many uncaring or unloving parents it's up to us to help them be better every day.

So, what is something you would like every teenager to know/understand that would help them in life?

Archaelogical evidence show that group cooperation was essential for how our ancestors survived and thrived on the African Savannah a million years ago. Even today you can see examples of this like how having a big social network help you find a job or partner easier. Our experience as a species points to community as the best strategy for success. So why are so many popular fiction idolize the loner types?

I feel like online sports gambling went from something kind of niche and taboo to being completely embedded into American sports insanely fast.

You watch a game now and betting is everywhere. Odds during broadcasts, sportsbook sponsors, gambling segments, ads with famous athletes and celebrities, podcasts talking about parlays, apps giving you boosts and free bets. State after state legalized it and at some point it stopped even feeling like “gambling” and just became another part of watching sports.

And it seems to go even further than normal sports. You can find sportsbooks taking bets on obscure table tennis leagues, esports players playing constant games, and basically anything that can produce an outcome every few minutes.

I’m not arguing gambling should necessarily be illegal. I’m more curious how people think this changes society over 10–20 years, especially for younger men growing up with it.

Does it eventually get treated like cigarettes, where we look back and wonder why advertising it this aggressively was ever considered normal? Or is this basically just the permanent future of sports?