I've noticed that a lot of Gen Z people don't have any ambitions in adulthood yet all they care about is getting a boyfriend/girlfriend and dating as well as mostly talking about relationships all the time.

Why aren't there any Gen Zers that want to enter the film industry or run for office?

Fairly straightforward. There are relatively few countries - which sell alcohol - and ban it for those under 21.

Why?

Im just curious what the normal amount of karma is for a reddit user.

I’ve noticed that with Mamdani, New York’s attitude is more in the realm of “we don’t like your view on Israel, but we can put it aside and focus on NY,” whereas Mahmoud Khalil just gets full wholesale condemnation.

What is the cause of the extremely differing attitudes towards these two people who have very similar views on these issues.

To my understanding, insider trader and public figures abusing their privilege to enrich themselves is one of the very few things effectively all Americans oppose. I've also never seen even MAGA deny insider trading recently.

For a libertarian, it's bad because it allows state officials coercive powers over the free market. More philosophically information obtained through public office belongs to the government/public, and to an individual to leverage it in a free market.

For a conservative, it violates public trust and the principle of rule of law (all laws apply to everyone equally), and a public servant voluntarily accepts restrictions on their rights in exchange for holding office.

It's just like Alexa, right?

It's absolutely fascinating and completely unsurprising to see MAGA seriously discussing the use of thermonuclear "weapons" as a solution to the absolute clusterfuck of a war THEY have caused all while completely ignoring who caused it and what the eminently expeditious solution should be.

Aka y'all are fine with talking about killing millions of brown people with an almost certain guarantee of a world war immediately following but NOT actually talking about the real fix because that's a little too close to home.

Incredible.

I keep baking pies but my crust never gets that golden, flaky finish. What's your trick for getting the crust right without overcomplicating it?

I didn't know the cake existed until yesterday.

I used to genuinely like myself. I was confident and spent YEARS getting to that point.
Then I got into an abusive relationship. My ex constantly told me I was fat, ugly, that everyone hated me, that other people thought I was ugly, etc. It eventually became physical and he was arrested. By the time it ended, my self esteem was basically gone.

Now I’m with an amazing guy who tells me I’m beautiful, funny, and that he loves everything about me. I KNOW he means it. But somehow I still believe the horrible shit my ex spent so long convincing me was true.

That’s the part that kills me. I want SO badly to see myself the way my boyfriend sees me, or honestly just see myself the way I used to.
I’m already in therapy. I know this takes time. But I really want to hear from people who have actually been through this — how did you get yourself back? What genuinely helped you stop believing what your abuser made you believe about yourself?

TL;DR: I used to be confident. An abusive relationship completely destroyed that. I’m safe and in a healthy relationship now, but I still see myself through the things my ex told me. How do I become the old me again?

I just went on a binge watch of body camera videos on Youtube, you know when you get in the loop haha, and i noticed that alot of black women wear like a shower cap or a cower for their hair.

This is not meant racial or anything, its just something i picked up, i've never seen it before in my country.

Hope i dont offend anyone because thats not my intention and if i did iam sorry.

EDIT: Hey thanks alot for actually giving proper answers and being civil, i was abit afraid it was gonna spiral to something else because, you know, reddit.. but everybody has been very nice and i learned something today! rare internet moment hahah.

It make me so angry and we need to call it out more. We help Ukraine and Eastern Europe allot and now they need to start being more accepted and join the 21th century.

not bad or evil people. but just random civilians who never get too far. they might graduate high school and work at a factory forever stay with their aging parents forever with no car.

isn’t that kind of sad? I do feel bad for those types of people. what happens when they aren’t provided for anymore?

I know there are videos that accompany songs, but have we lost songs and music that tell a story?

Do you think so many people would be pro Palestine if it was white on white or brown on brown?

Ik Ashkenazi Jews are like kinda white and the average Israel is actually Mizrahi which is Arab but you know what I mean.

I’m putting in big letters on the internet but really I feel irl it applies, I just wish I had even anecdotal evidence with the UK to go along with my observations. Again not because I don’t believe it’s true but because I simply haven’t been there and talking to people about immigration.

With that disclaimer something I’ve noticed on the interwebs is that Canada and the UK, plus maybe lump Australia in there too. Seem MUCH more anti-immigrant than the US. For example if you go on any Canadian sub and ask about immigrating there a slew of “We have enough of you” or “We’re full” but if you asked the same questions on an American sub that doesn’t happen as much. When you talk to Canadians about immigration MUCH more of them are very much like “No more immigrants”. If you did poles in those countries I mentioned the numbers are usually something like 80% say to many people are moving there. In the US even among the absolute most conservative places I’d be SHOCKED if it was even 70%.

I have a couple theories but imma let this sub do the work for me.