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1. Basically, we were taught that we have families and friends in NK and its their government that needs to be taken down. Annually, we had to draw or write wishes of becoming united Korea again and was given award for making the best writing or drawing in school. We were also taught not to waste food because NK “kkotjaebi” (orphaned homeless kids who eat off spilled foods on the market grounds) does not have the luxury to eat what we eat. We were also taught that we have to alert the police of military of any suspicious individuals who may be the NK spies.
My grandparents are from Kaesong before Korean conflict happened and majority of their family are in NK. We don’t know if any of them is alive or well, but just hope that one day we get to see them.
2. What we are taught about North Korea is heavily affected by our governments, pro NK party or anti NK party, and political situations at that moment.
When i was young, I was taught just like you. Things like how North Koreans are same ethnicity as South Koreans. More sympathizing than hating them, especially about the nk people. That was because back then, our government was run by liberal party which is more pro-NK. What I mean by pro-NK is less hostile to NK compared to the other party, not super friendly to NK like China. And pro united NK.
Then as I became a teenager, our government was run by super anti-NK conservative party. There were no more sympathzing stories about NK, but strong anti communism. It is like they almost dont want Korea to be united. They dont want kids to be too familiar with NK and get sympathetic, attached to them.
Until Korean president PGH was impeched, Korea has been pretty much Trump level anti NK. I believe younger generations would be still learnng about united Korea thing and all. But less and less people want Korea to be united, especiallly the younger ones. Young people really just dont care about NK. Its an old thing.
Nk is more of a joke rather than a serious enemy for younger people. What I mean is yeah, kids are still learning about NK but its significantly less important and less serious than it was.
3. When I was in elementary school, the teachings were mostly on pity toward the North Korean general population, especially the children. Every now and then we would be given assignments to write letters to our North Korean peers. I remember writing one, and all I could write about was how I’d like to send them some of my favorite snacks, because I was taught in school that they were impoverished and shut off from the rest of the world.
When I was in highschool, we learned more about the exploits of the regime, and the importance of democracy. The teachings became more about appreciating what we have in South Korea and understanding the failed government in North Korea.
When I was a soldier in the Korean Army (ROK Army), we were grilled day and night on the belligerent nature of the North Korean government, and how the Kim Dynasty is slaving the NK people. Our shooting targets are still cut outs of NK soldiers.
If you can tell, the nuance for pity and sympathy toward the general North Korean public is constant throughout. South Korea’s institutional stance toward NK people still has a warm spot. Movies, TV shows, and other media portraying the sorrows of a divided people are still popular.
To sum up, we are taught to feel sympathy toward the NK people and hate the dictatorship.
4. It wasn’t exactly hidden from kids even when they’re young. I remember being aware of North Korea’s existence as long as I can remember because of the whole reunification movement that is visible in everyday life, even before I started going to school.
The general vibe was that they were taken away from us, living in harsh conditions and that we should try to reunite as a favour to them.
I left before being taught any proper Korean history, so maybe somebody else will have more to say in that sense.
5. In school, it never got too political. If anything, it never got too negative, it was more sympathetic. But I imagine what the kids hear now is different than what we heard. (I’m in late 20s). What I remember is it being painted as a political problem and we were a country that was torn that should unite again someday. I remember we did see footage of what dire conditions North Koreans live through in class.
In middle school we had a student that was from North Korea that defected through China I don’t remember having many specific conversations with her but the overall attitude was fascination for than anything. (“Wow you’re really from there??”)
I think it’s also important to note there were still many people whose grandparents were from the North. My grandpa, for example, was from the North and had a whole family there. He was down south on business when it all happened and never quite made his way back I suppose. He is no longer with us and he never found out what happened to his previous family. I’d imagine there’s relatively few people left who are from the North and grew up there long enough to remember a lot or have family they remember back there now.
6. Essentially, in SK in the 90’s, there were two lenses through which one could view NK:
Civic nationalist doctrine: fuck NK and their evil government, they want nukes, starve their people, and want to kill us all if they could. SK is definitely the good guys, look how rich we are now compared to them, they lost the Cold War and it’s only a matter of time until they collapse.
Ethno-nationalist doctrine: North Koreans are our own blood, and they are starving (see: arduous march), we gotta help them. New liberal president of SK, Kim Dae Joong initiates the Sunshine Policy to be kinder and friendlier to the North, and the future is bright for all Koreans.
Compare that to today, where most everyone is either apathetic or hateful towards NK, or nostalgic of the old days (see: Moon Jae-In platform). Mostly apathetic, but them North Koreans are getting p close to getting ICBMs soooo..
7. The following is an account from around 1984-1987.
I remember propaganda cartoons on TV – from the 70s – that showed communists as animals. There was a series called 똘이장군 where there was a young boy who fought communists, who were shown as animals. I found some videos on YouTube, for example: https://youtu.be/PNxySc3L7-I?t=53m20s
On one hand we were taught that reunification should be the goal, and we sang a song titled “Our Wish is Unification,” but on the other hand, we were taught that communists were evil and they did horrible things, axe-murdering American soldiers at the Panmunjeom (a neutral meeting place), slicing tearing open the mouth of a young boy who shouted “I don’t like communists/the communist party” (the kid is said to have died and there was a monument at his home town or something).
The north were said to be digging tunnels to surprise-attack the south, and if you went to the borders you could visit the tunnels yourself – that had luckily been discovered beforehand.
Propaganda materials from the north could be found in the countryside (dropped from balloons? scattered by spies?) and if you found them and turned them in to your teacher, you could get pencils as a reward.
There were said to be undercover agents living among us, northern spies pretending to be from the south. If somebody didn’t know the latest fads you’d ask them “are you a spy?” as a joke. We were taught to be suspicious of people who weren’t aware of current events.
8. I am 34 and was raised in Korea until 12. At my age, it really is not too different from what you would get at other democratic nations I guess. North Korea was a starving communist country that always threatened and was wiling to attack South Korea at any given opportunty. NK caused the Korean War that cost the peninsula dearly, but global alliance headed by America saved SK. Despite the war, South Koreans who are naturally smart with superior work ethics (not what i think but was jist of what they taught) drove the economy to grow at a tremendous speed (miracle of Han river as Koreans call it), surprising the entire world while NK was still starving and forever looking for ways to attack SK.
Meanwhile, we were also taugh NK and SK is one country, and that reunification is the dream of all Koreans, and that we should strive for reunification without really talking about the methods….
But my parents era is completely different. I remeber my mom telling me (shes nearly 60) how she once thought North Koreans had crimson face like Dokebi (sort of korean ogre) with horns on their heads when she was little. So there must be a change in tone somewhere in between.
9. I was born in South Korea, left when I was 5 for California, and came back to Seoul almost every summer (last time I went back was two years ago, and I’m 24 for reference). I wasn’t taught about North Korea in school, but my family (both sides were farmers) fled to the south when war broke out, and my grandpa fought for the south. He reunited with his little brother in a market place when they were both adult men–his little brother had escaped the north as some point amidst the chaos of war.
My family has always talked about the north with empathy; my mother and my uncles would not have been born had both my grandparents’ families fled (both of my great-grandmothers died in the war). I’ve always seen it as a tragedy that the countries are separated, and my family has always hoped for reunification. Generally, as a South Korean, I feel like we hope for reunification under a democracy, but with each passing year that hope dwindles as the reality of how shockingly different our two cultures/mindsets/ways of life are now sets in.
10. I grew up in SK (Seoul, born and raised!), stayed in the country til I was 15, before moving out of the country.
When I was in grade school, (this was almost throughout the 2000s), we were taught that our brothers up north were, indeed, brothers. It was Kim Jong Il that we were supposed to hate. This was, restrospectively, a reflection of our regime at the time; President Kim Dae Joong and President Roh Mu Hyeon (both are considered very liberal. Only liberal presidents we’ve ever had, in fact. Both of whom I respect and admire greatly).
We were taught songs on Reunion. It went like: Our wish is Reunion, even in our dreams: reunion. Proper propaganda sounding material. We were educated EXTENSIVELY throughout grade school and middle school about the Korean War (or, as Koreeens call it, 6.25 war. Cause it started on June 25th, 1950). We were taught on how after we were FREEDOM’D by the States after 4 decades of getting fucked by Japan in every possible oriface, the Cold War settled into our tiny peninsula and how the war started. Throughout these history lessons, neither the material nor the teachers had negative views towards the North. We weren’t told of the gory details when we were just overgrown babies (in Grade school). About the public executions, reality of the famine, constant fear of the leader, etc.
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The famous quote by David Halberstam, American journalist who was present at the scene, adds a lot of detail to the visual experience we have with the picture:
I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think.
Later we learned that the man was a priest named Thich Quang Duc who had come to the square as part of a Buddhist procession, had been doused with gasoline by two other priests, had then assumed the cross-legged “lotus” position and had set a match to himself. As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.
Isn’t it bewildering that the monk himself was demonstrating such self-control while his body painfully burned to death, and bystanders were wailing, utterly shocked by the sight, despite suffering no physical pain themselves?
The photographer who took the picture, Malcolm Browne, also provided his description 50 years after the event:
A car drove up. Two young monks got out of it. An older monk, leaning a little bit on one of the younger ones, also got out. He headed right for the center of the intersection. The two young monks brought up a plastic jerry can, which proved to be gasoline. As soon as he seated himself, they poured the liquid all over him. He got out a matchbook, lighted it, and dropped it in his lap and was immediately engulfed in flames. Everybody that witnessed this was horrified. It was every bit as bad as I could have expected.
I don’t know exactly when he died because you couldn’t tell from his features or voice or anything. He never yelled out in pain. His face seemed to remain fairly calm until it was so blackened by the flames that you couldn’t make it out anymore. Finally the monks decided he was dead and they brought up a coffin, an improvised wooden coffin.
This act is obviously not beyond the range of human endurance as he, a human being, could do it. How was he able to accomplish this feat? Three words: motivation, dettachment and dhyana
His motivation against the oppression from the Catholic Vietnamese president Diem is clearly documented in a letter he left before this act of self-immolation:
Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally. I call the venerables, reverends, members of the sangha and the lay Buddhists to organize in solidarity to make sacrifices to protect Buddhism.
As for the dettachment, Quang Duc was a senior monk and an accomplished practitioner. The last words of the Buddha were “all compounded things are subject to vanish, strive with earnestness”, and Quang Duc clearly understood what they mean. He understood the six types of consciousness and saw how the mind that stops craving pleasure and fearing pain becomes free. The bystanders did not understand this, so with their minds blurred by avidyā, their minds contorted although their bodies were completely pain-free. Contrarily to common sense, few people are able to clearly see the body and the mind.
Finnaly, he is said to have prepared himself through several weeks of meditation. There is some research pointing how meditation can be used to attenuate pain, and the degree of Quang Duc’s accomplishment on this is definitely impressive. While we cannot actually probe his mental state during those moments, but the dhyānaattainments involve a high degree of concentration which might play an important role in controlling reactions to extreme sense stimuli.
In any case, it’s indeed a remarkable feat, one that gets even more vivid through recent digital work that added colors to this originally black-and-white shot:
– Flavio Costa
Most people think it’s nice to be rich because you can buy whatever you want and eat whatever you want. Want to eat a thawed mammoth? It can be arranged. Want to fly around in a working jet pack or jetski in Shaq’s backyard? That’s possible, too. Want the city to shut down an entire interstate for you and your friends to drive 200 mph on public roads? [Done.](https://youtu.be/154ooWAyYsM)
But that isn’t really what’s so great about being rich. I could eat a $2 meal in Bangkok, and it would be delicious. There’s no need to eat those $400 meals at Michelin-starred restaurants. All the other activities I mentioned are fun, but I can have a lot of fun just playing video games with my friends all night long while eating NYC pizza. There’s really no need to spend a lot of money to have a good time.
Fly first class? No need. When I fly alone, I just book an economy class ticket in the center of a row of three seats. Usually this means that in a not so full flight, nobody will want to sit next to you when they can sit somewhere else. If it’s a couple, they wouldn’t want to be separated. When checking in, you can try to change your seat and can tell from there where the empty seats are. Now that you have the whole row to yourself, you can lift up the armrests and basically have a giant couch that is wider than what first class and business class gets.
As for driving around in a Lamborghini every day? It gets old after a while. Can’t even pick your nose in the car because people keep staring at you. There’s also that myth that you get girls with the car. I find the opposite to be true. First of all, it’s mostly men who come up to you and talk to you because of the car. Secondly, I’ve been told by girls that the car made them not want to talk to me at first because they just immediately assume that anyone who drives a Lamborghini is a douche. Thirdly, you attract a lot of attention from gold diggers. If you’re into those girls, then yeah, it’s a great car to have. But not me.
So what’s so great about being rich? Three things. One is freedom. No more alarm clocks. No more having to be somewhere at some time. Every day feels like a day off. I get to travel the world whenever I feel like it. Last month, I booked a last minute flight to go to another state across the country for a weekend, because a long time friend there needed someone to hang out with after being dumped by her girlfriend.
The second thing is having the ability to help others in a significant way. It sucks to feel like your hands are tied and you can’t help others. That’s how I used to feel when I saw people struggling financially and I didn’t have the money yet to do something about it. Nowadays I have funded other people’s kids’ college funds, tipped people much more than what I was paying for, custom built an Iron Man suit to cheer up kids at hospitals, helped get clean water to villages that before didn’t have access to it, and etc. It feels great to be able to help, especially when I can do it anonymously and just walk away. I learned that the anonymous part is important, because once people find out that you’re generous, all sorts of people will come to you asking you for your money, time, and blood.
The third thing is the ability to save time without feeling guilty about it… Well, slightly less guilty. Since money is abundant for me, time has become my most valued resource, because time is one of the only things in my life that can’t be replaced. So if there’s a chance for me to save time by spending money, I will. For example, I have Global Entry and a APEC business travel card. This lets me have much shorter TSA and immigration/visa lines. It’s not even that expensive to get these things. But back when I was poorer, I would be willing to wait to save money. I would even go out of my way to take the free bridges in NYC because I didn’t want to pay the $8 tolls for the Midtown Tunnel. That’s because I was raised by my parents to save money. So I felt guilty when I was spending money on myself. To this day, I still do sometimes and only buy things when they’re on sale. But nowadays, I wouldn’t mind spending some money if it saves me time.
Also when it comes to spending money on others, I just splurge. Spending money on myself doesn’t always make me that much happier. But I noticed that when I spend the money on others, they feel very very happy. And seeing them smile makes me smile, too. So I’m way more willing to open my wallets when it comes to buying things for others.
So to sum up my experience being rich, it’s more about not having to spend time doing things you don’t want to do rather than about being able to buy things that most other people can’t.
I have trouble writing things like these in public because it can be interpreted as a rich dude being ungrateful for the luxurious lifestyle he has. But it’s more about how I became more grateful for the less luxurious lifestyle that I had all along. I wouldn’t feel so bad if I lived a middle class lifestyle again, and it’s exactly what I do half the year anyway. I move back into my modest house in the block where I grew up in every summer, and my happiness level remains unchanged compared to if I were to go back to my much much bigger house down in Florida. After all, even in my bigger house, I spend most of my time in only three rooms of that house anyway. There’s really not much need to own a big house.
– regoapps
Their conventional forces are weak, but they have nuclear weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction(chemical and biological weapons) and still some good asymmetric warfare capabilities.
Longer version:
During the 1980s, North Korea had very good conventional forces. Their equipment was top of the line, but it was their soldiers that were also excellent. North Koreans were conscripted and served for 7-10 years during which they had much time to practice and train – almost as long as professional soldiers in the first world. Their officers were also very good – most served as enlisted men for a while and the best were chosen to get trained at their military academies. Their Special Forces were manned by the children of elites – like the Spartans, the North Korean rulers took it upon themselves to learn to fight to defend their power. For example, Kim Hyun-Hui (see wikipedia Kim Hyon-hui ) the North Korean agent that blew up a South Korean airliner in the middle east in 1987 was the daughter of a high-ranking diplomat.
North Korean soldiers also gained much experience fighting in Africa. A handful of their pilots flew Mig-21s in Vietnam against the Americans and against the Israelis for the Egyptians and Syrians during the 1970s.
Of course, when the best and brightest are competing to learn how to blow things up rather than doing business and creating wealth, and so much of society is focused on miltary things, the economy suffers. During the 1990s North Korea suffered a devastating famine when their economy completely collapsed. Since then they have not been able to afford expensive conventional forces. In particular they have also been chronically short of fuel oil (in the past, the Soviets and Chinese competitively supplied cheap fuel). This means they can not afford to train their mechanized forces and pilots.
South Korea on the other hand became a wealthy nation. From the 1990s we began upgrading our forces tremendously. When it became clear that South Korea’s conventional forces would soon outclass theirs, the North Korean leadership began focusing upon nuclear weapons and missiles and other asymmetric capabilities. They knew South Korea could not afford to fight a war because we have too much to lose and structured their military around asymmetrical warfare to keep us out and also focus upon preventing uprisings within North Korea.
Their nuclear weapons deters South Korean and the US from any serious first-strike. It is not clear if they can make their nuclear warheads small enough to fit into missiles, but we are not in any hurry to find out. They also have chemical and biological weapons
Their Supreme Guards Command still has very capable soldiers and include children of the elites like their Special Forces prior to the famine. They are like the Praetorian Guards – defending the elite leadership in Pyongyang. They have full combined arms formations and are a military within the military with their own mechanized units and artillery. Their numbers are around 100,000-200,000.
North Korea also keeps some special forces units and it submariners are still pretty good at asymmetric warfare (the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan is an example). They also train hackers for cyber warfare.
North Korea has been producing its own ammunition since the 1960s and have ample supplies, so the Supreme Guards Command units and special forces probably get much live fire training. They probably also get all the fuel North Korean can muster to reasonably train with their tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
Interestingly, one of the few new aircraft the North Korean air force (whose pilots are members of the elite classes) purchased after the 1980s was the Su-25 Frogfoot – a specialized ground-attack aircarft similar to the American A-10. South Korea’s F-16s and F-15s, which are excellent in air-to-air combat, would sweep the slow and heavy Frogfoots easily from the skies. But the Frogfoots would be extremely useful putting down a coup by other North Korean forces. This could be an indication of where North Korean military priorties are.
The vast majority of regular Korean People’s Army soldiers (other than the Supreme Guards Command) spend more time as conscript construction labor and get far more practice with shovels than Kalashnikov assault rifles. They are also usually caste Wavering individuals (see Wikipedia’s Songbun regarding North Korea’s caste system) who are not party members and the leadership considers them expendable. In the past, North Korea excluded Hostile caste members (such as the children of South Korean POWs who North Korea kept as slave labor after the end of the war) from serving in the military just as the Spartans did not allow helots to learn to fight. But such rules have become lax as their regular military has become just conscripted labor rather than a real fighting force.
Their equipment is mostly the same equipment they had in the 1980s – it was good then but now completely outclassed by South Korean equipment. Even if they somehow managed to maintain the tanks and artillery in working order and periodically run them, the North Koreans gets very little practice with the logistics that such mechanized forces need due to the fuel shortages. So their regular military (other than the Supreme Guards Command) are probably hollow.
– Hanhwe Kim
Ohhhh boy do I have a story for you!
Back before I was medicated for bi-polar, my manic states were incredibly… varied.
To name a few:
-I spent $600 on plastic dinosaurs and cut off each and every one of their heads, convinced that at the end of the world, their heads would be the new currency.
-I thought I was a princess being held by evil kidnappers (the nursing staff at a psych ward) who were trying to steal my throne and overturn my country.
-I bought an entire Maccas store a soft serve ice-cream because at the end of the world, people would know me as a friend and ally and I would survive.
-I would only walk next to someone or in a group because the government were watching which foot we used primarily and would seperate us into camps based on the foot. I didn’t want to be sent to the wrong one.
-I got multiple piercings, bought an Ipad and a laptop and hair dye and clothes and…
Now unless the government is hiding all these secrets from us and I had figured them out through my manic state, I wouldn’t say it was brilliant. But it sure led to some good stories.
– Maddy Barnett
When all the new wears off, you don’t have butterflies every time they call or text or you know you’re going to see them, you’re not getting all giddy about “firsts” in your relationship, you’re no longer both on your best behavior, you can see their faults and let them see yours, you’ve survived a few disagreements, you’re not boning every time you catch some alone time, the sex isn’t mind blowing every single time. And after all that, they’re still your favorite person. They still think the sun shines out your ass. you still do things for each other, for the simple joy of making them happy. The absence of the rose colored glasses of new lust hasn’t been replaced with resentment, it has evolved into comfort, stability, and security with that person.
– the_taco_knight
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Hunter becomes the hunted; Scott Van Zyl made his living taking wealthy clients on “safaris” for the sole purpose of bringing home trophies like leopards, zebras, wildebeests and even lions. Now, investigators in Zimbabwe believe that Van Zyl ended up on the wrong end of the predator-prey relationship, and DNA tests have confirmed that he was attacked, killed, and eaten by crocodiles while on a hunting trip.
Van Zyl, who ran SS Pro Safaris, offered specials for hunters to spend a week or more on his hunting lands which border nature preserves, with the promise of killing up to seven different species for $9,000. He also offered other hunting expeditions with targets like elephants and giraffes, though specifics for those, including prices, aren’t listed on the company’s site. Photos of clients holding the bodies of several rare species are posted on Van Zyl’s site, along with the motto “Stop whining, go hunting.”
The circumstances surrounding his death are spotty, but reports suggest that Van Zyl and a second hunter and a pack of dogs. The two men split up, choosing to travel on foot alone, but when the dogs returned to the base camp without Van Zyl, his companion knew something was wrong.
His footprints were tracked to a riverbank where searchers found his backpack as well as several large Nile crocodiles. Authorities killed the crocs after getting clearance to do so and subsequently discovered human remains inside the stomach of one of them. Tests of the remains matched Van Zyl. The incident is just one of a handful of fatal crocodile attacks tallied so far in 2017 alone.
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14 Holocaust Survivors Tell Haunting Stories of Life In Concentration Camps – Ranker
Watch These Geeky Porn Stars Reveal Their Absolute Favorite Video Games – Maxim
Demi Rose Went The Hand Bra Route Because Why The Hell Not? – Mandatory
Hot Instagram Pictures Of Katerina Schload – Lurk And Perv
The Secret to Looking Younger Forever – Goop
12 rookie mistakes people make when eating at high-end restaurants – Insider
A Rare Journey Into The Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything – Wired
Beware: A Massive Google Docs Phishing Scam Is Probably In Your Inbox – Digg
10 sneaker brands that failed to maintain cultural relevance – Rare
Thugs pick the wrong place and person to mess with. The innocent bystander ended up having his own gun (video) – Trending Views
If you like round rumps and humps, this post is for you! – Radass
A damn fine collection of bewbs, awesomeness and everything inbetween – Leenks
Ten Questions You Always Wanted to Ask Someone Wrongfully Put on Death Row – VICE
Playboy Model’s Photo Has the Maori Fuming – Newser
Josephine Skriver Is Perfection – Hollywood Tuna
White House Still Can’t Get The Kid Rock Smell Out – Runt Of The Web
How About Some Random Emily Ratajkowski Hotness? – G-Celeb
I’m Facebook’s Head Of People—Here’s What We’re Hiring For Right Now (And Why) – Fast Company
Inside the E-4B ‘Doomsday’ 747 plane that follows the US President around the world in case of nuclear war – Daily Mail
‘Rollercoaster Tycoon’ Sadist Creates 210 Day-Long Hell Coaster – YouTube
This Is So Wrong What This Father and Son Did – The Blemish
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We live in a generation of angry young men. Men who harbor massive resentment towards women and blame them for their romantic shortcomings. But is that even fair?
You claim that women use and lead you on. That your time is disrespected. You always get friend zoned for no reason. You go online and make grand statements such as, “Women only date assholes”. Then you tell yourself, “This is why I don’t even try in the first place.”
I get it. You’re frustrated by a lack of success, and it hurts.
But maybe you should be pointing the finger at yourself. You let it happen. If you continually allow yourself to be disrespected, then you are to blame. It’s your job to prevent that from occurring or stop it when it does.
Let’s get proactive and break down why you feel used by women:
You expect them to sleep with you by just being there
“I was so nice to her. I listened to all her problems. I treated her with respect! And what do I get out of it? Her telling me that I’m an amazing friend while she sleeps with some other guy. What a biatch.”
Are you even listening to yourself? Do you know how manipulative you sound? You’re admitting that you expected her to have sex with you simply because you spent time with her. You were doing all these “friendly” gestures with strings attached.
Think of a girl in your lifetime that you had zero romantic feelings for. Maybe a co-worker or school friend you weren’t attracted to. If she hung around you and then automatically expected you to hook up with her, how would you feel? Would you sleep with her just because she was nice to you? I don’t think so.
Accept that attraction is an emotion which requires more than just standing around. The only time a girl is supposed to sleep with you is when she’s ready. And she’ll never be ready until she sees you in a sexual light.
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Although the custom of “scalping” was once practiced in Europe and Asia, it is generally associated with North American native groups. In scalping, the skin around the crown of the head was cut and removed from the enemy’s skull, usually causing death. In addition to its value as a war trophy, a scalp was often believed to bestow the possessor with the powers of the scalped enemy. In their early wars with Native Americans, European colonists of North America retaliated against hostile native groups by adopting their practice of scalp taking. Bounties were offered for them by colonial authorities, which in turn led to an escalation of intertribal warfare and scalping in North America.
In the evening of 14 March 1939, Hitler invited President Hácha to the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Hitler deliberately kept him waiting for hours, while Hitler watched a film. Finally, at 1:30 a.m., on 15 March 1939, Hitler saw the President. He told Hácha that as they were speaking, the German army was about to invade Czechoslovakia. All of Czechoslovakia’s defences were now under German control following the Munich Agreement in September of the previous year. The country was virtually surrounded by Germany on three fronts.
Hitler now gave the President two options: cooperate with Germany, in which case the “entry of German troops would take place in a tolerable manner” and “permit Czechoslovakia a generous life of her own, autonomy and a degree of national freedom…” or face a scenario in which “resistance would be broken by force of arms, using all means.” By four o’clock, after suffering a heart attack induced by Göring’s threat to bomb the capital, Hácha contacted Prague, effectively “signing Czechoslovakia away” to Germany. French Ambassador Robert Coulondre reported that by half past four, Hácha was “in a state of total collapse, and kept going only by means of injections.”
The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth President of South Korea, orchestrated by North Korea. Two of the bombers were captured, one of whom confessed to being a North Korean military officer.
Apollo 8 took three days to travel to the Moon. It orbited ten times over the course of 20 hours, during which the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast where they read the first 10 verses from the Book of Genesis. At the time, the broadcast was the most watched TV program ever.
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
The photo shows General J V Campbell on Riqueval Bridge, addressing men of the 46th North Midland Division following their successful assault of the St Quentin Canal on 29th September 1918.
At this point, the canal flowed through a 50 feet deep cutting, the east bank of which, the Germans had fortified with emplaced machine guns, barbed wire and bunkers. It was a strongpoint of the German Hindenburg Line which they considered impregnable. The British decision to attack it was made at the last minute and was intended to divert German attention from another assault taking place further north which involved greener Allied troops.
The morning of the assault was very misty which provided cover to the attacking troops but made it difficult descending to the canal. The Germans, aware of the impending assault, swept the western bank with pre-sighted fire.
Despite this, the assaulting troops used ropes to lower themselves down the bank where they had to cut through barbed wire to reach the canal. Here they used collapsible boats and life preservers to swarm to the other bank before having to attack up a near vertical face in the face of furious German resistances.
At the same time, a company strength, forlorn hope rushed the bridge in the photo. They had to clamber through coils of barbed wire with little cover beyond the bridge parapet. They managed to drive off the German engineers before they were able to fire the explosives already placed along the roadway.
The bridge and bank were both carried and the impregnable Hindenburg Line was breached at this point.
“It included, among other things, 3,682 bags and cartons of Germany currency, 80 bags of foreign currency, 4,173 bags containing 8,307 gold bars, 55 boxes of gold bullion, 3,326 bags of gold coins, 63 bags of silver, 1 bag of platinum bars, 8 bags of gold rings, and 207 bags and containers of SS loot”.
Wyatt Earp is the best known of all the frontier lawman of the American West. Soft-spoken with nerves of steel, he survived countless gunfights due to his extraordinary patience and resolute manner. But, Earp wasn’t just the famous lawman of Dodge City and Tombstone fame; he was also a buffalo hunter, a miner, card dealer, stagecoach driver, saloon owner.
The K-9 Corps initially accepted over 30 breeds of dogs, but the list was soon narrowed to seven: German Shepherds, Belgian sheep dogs, Doberman Pinschers, collies, Siberian Huskies, Malumutes and Eskimo dogs. Members of the K-9 Corps were trained for a total of 8 to 12 weeks. After basic obedience training, they were sent through one of four specialized programs to prepare them for work as sentry dogs, scout or patrol dogs, messenger dogs or mine-detection dogs. In active combat duty, scout dogs proved especially essential by alerting patrols to the approach of the enemy and preventing surprise attacks. – The top canine hero of World War II was Chips, a German Shepherd who served with the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. Trained as a sentry dog, Chips broke away from his handlers and attacked an enemy machine gun nest in Italy, forcing the entire crew to surrender. The wounded Chips was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star and the Purple Heart–all of which were later revoked due to an Army policy preventing official commendation of animals.
In 1918 a British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler in World War 1 – Private Henry Tandey, a British soldier serving near the French village of Marcoing, reportedly encounters a wounded German soldier and declines to shoot him, sparing the life of 29-year-old Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler. –
As Tandey later told sources, during the final moments of that battle, as the German troops were in retreat, a wounded German soldier entered Tandey’s line of fire. “I took aim but couldn’t shoot a wounded man,” Tandey remembered, “so I let him go.” The German soldier nodded in thanks, and disappeared. –
Though sources do not exist to prove the exact whereabouts of Adolf Hitler on that day in 1918, an intriguing link emerged to suggest that he was in fact the soldier Tandey spared. A photograph that appeared in London newspapers of Tandey carrying a wounded soldier at Ypres in 1914 was later portrayed on canvas in a painting by the Italian artist Fortunino Matania glorifying the Allied war effort. As the story goes, when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Germany in 1938 to engage Hitler in a last-ditch effort to avoid another war in Europe, he was taken by the führer to his new country retreat in Bavaria. There, Hitler showed Chamberlain his copy of the Matania painting, commenting, “That’s the man who nearly shot me.”
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Where to Eat It: Jamaica
Jerk chicken is easily Jamaica’s best-known culinary export, but if you’ve never eaten it on the island, you’ve never experienced the real thing. That’s because anyone can make a jerk sauce (allspice berries, thyme, Scotch bonnet peppers, scallions, fresh ginger, and oil or soy sauce) and marinate chicken in it before grilling, but only in Jamaica is the meat cooked properly. All jerk chicken is cooked over charcoal, which imparts a smoky flavor while producing crispy, blackened bits of meat; in Jamaica, logs of fresh green wood are placed on grates over the charcoal, and the meat is cooked directly on top of the wood, absorbing oils and fragrance that significantly affect the flavor of the finished product.
Where to Eat It: Xi’an
Essentially a Chinese version of döner kebab,rou jia mo is one of the world’s oldest sandwiches, dating back at least 2000 years. The traditional version combines pork that has been stewed in a heavily spiced (think lots of cumin) soup for several hours, which is then minced and stuffed in a flatbread with cilantro and mild peppers (beef is a common substitute in Muslim areas, and lamb is also popular in some regions). Rou jia mo originated in Shaanxi Province, whose capital is Xi’an (home to the famous Terracotta Army), but is now widely consumed in other parts of China. It’s easiest to find in the northern part of the country, so look for it in Beijing if Xi’an isn’t on your itinerary. And should you ever find yourself in Beijing, be sure to try jian bing, habit-forming crepes stuffed with eggs, cilantro, and crispy wonton crackers, made at street carts around the city.
Where to Eat It: Ho Chi Minh City
Bánh mì is a term for all types of bread in Vietnamese, but it’s become synonymous with a mouthwatering sandwich that might best be described as a Vietnamese hoagie. A product of French colonialism in Southeast Asia, the bánh mì seamlessly combines Western and Eastern ingredients. Fillings vary, but a standard bánh mì consists of a baguette stuffed with meat (perhaps grilled pork, meatballs, or cold cuts), cucumber slices, sprigs of cilantro, pickled carrots and daikon, liver pâté, and a swipe of mayonnaise. They’re increasingly popular and easy to find in the West (in somewhat less-authentic forms), but the best place to eat one is still on the streets of Saigon.
Where to Eat It: Istanbul
Translated as “roll”, dürüm is a wrap made with flatbreads like Armenian lavash or Turkishyufka. Inside the wrap, you’ll find typical typical döner kebab ingredients: spiced meat—usually lamb, though chicken or a beef-veal combination are sometimes options—cooked on a vertical spit then sliced off and topped with tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and lettuce, along with herb-laden yogurt and hot sauce. If you’ve ever spent a late night out in a European city, you’ve likely had one of these to soak up some alcohol—döner (also known as shawarma) is arguably Germany’s most popular street food—but the Turkish version, in which the rolled wrap is grilled to maximize crispiness, is as good as it gets.
Where to Eat It: Rome
A smaller version of Sicilian arancini, these fried rice balls are named for the word “surprise” (albeit the French pronunciation), a reference to the oozing bit of mozzarella found inside. Though the recipe once included chicken gizzards, the ingredients have more or less stayed the same for the past century: rice, ragù made with ground beef and tomatoes, and mozzarella. Supplì were once sold by street vendors, but these days you can find the addictive croquettes at any Roman pizza spot or grocery store. The traditional recipe is still ubiquitous, but in recent years Romans have taken a liking to innovative versions that feature a wide—and, appropriately, surprising—range of ingredients.
Where to Eat It: Bangkok
You’ll find satay throughout Southeast Asia, where beef and chicken are sometimes used, but pork is most popular in Thailand. Thin slices of meat are marinated in coconut milk, turmeric, and other spices before being skewered and grilled over charcoal. That’s just one part of the dish, though, as satay is also traditionally served with tangy achat (a pickled cucumber salad) and sweet-and-spicy peanut sauce. Satay originated in Indonesia, but its popularity in Thailand—you’ll see it being made on outdoor grills everywhere—is such that the rest of the world thinks it’s a Thai dish.
Where to Eat It: Mexico City
Like many great street foods around the world, tacos al pastor is the result of one culture colliding with another. In this case, Lebanese people who emigrated to Mexico brought with them the tradition of spit-roasting meats, typically lamb. In local adoption, the meat was replaced by pork, which is marinated in dried chiles, spices, and pineapple before being cooked. Sliced off the spit like shawarma, the tender meat is then served on small tortillas with onions, cilantro, and, in some cases, a tiny bit of pineapple; lime juice and hot salsa are popular toppings.
Where to Eat It: Marrakesh
Named for the earthenware pot in which it is cooked, tajine is a Berber stew from North Africa that is slowly cooked for hours over hot coals. Beyond that, there can be a lot of variation between one tajine and another, but the basic components are meat (lamb, chicken, or beef), vegetables, and lots of herbs and spices; fruit and nuts are also common ingredients. Typically served with couscous or bread, these irresistible stews are served everywhere in Morocco, from street stalls to the finest restaurants—but a humble dish like this is best eaten in non-gussied-up form in a simple setting.
Where to Eat It: Buenos Aires
Sausage sandwiches are a staple of South American street food, popular in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela. The Argentine choripán is a model of simplicity: a grilled beef-and-pork sausage, split down the middle and placed on crusty bread, then topped with garlicky chimichurrisauce. It’s a popular food item at sports venues, and it’s also commonly served as an appetizer during the preparation of an asado, but you can find them at street stalls any day of the week.
Where to Eat It: Mumbai
India’s street snacks, collectively known aschaat, vary greatly from region to region, butbhel puri can be found in most parts of the country. Still, Mumbai is the best place to find the real deal: a combination of puffed rice, fried vermicelli-like noodles called sev, vegetables, spices, and chutneys. The result is an exciting balance of textures and sweet, salty, tangy, and spicy flavors. The dish is often associated with Mumbai’s beaches, but it can found at street stalls throughout the city.
Where to Eat It: Bogotá
Typically eaten for breakfast or as an afternoon snack, arepas are filling flatbreads made from maize or flour that can be grilled, baked, or fried to pillowy perfection. Though arepas are often used to make sandwiches in Venezuela, that’s not the case in Colombia, where they’re commonly topped with butter, cheese, eggs, condensed milk, chorizo, or an onion-based sauce called hogao. If you want to feel like a true Bogotá local, go for the traditional breakfast of a plain arepa with a cup of hot chocolate.
Where to Eat It: Paris
Available any time of day, the crêpe is a beloved feature of any Parisian street scene. Savory crêpes, usually made with buckwheat flour and served for lunch or dinner, are commonly filled with ham and cheese, though you can find versions containing vegetables, eggs, and other meats. Sweet crêpes, typically made with wheat flour and served for breakfast or dessert, contain sugar, fruit preserves, custards, or Nutella. For the widest selection in the city, head to the boulevard Montparnasse, where you’ll find stand after stand of budget crêperie options.
Where to Eat It: Hong Kong
Egg waffles (gai daan jai in Cantonese) first appeared on the streets of Hong Kong in the 1950s, and they’ve been a popular snack ever since. Their unique look is produced by cooking an eggy batter between two metal plates of semi-spherical cells over an open flame or electrical heater. Egg waffles are best eaten hot off the griddle, and usually enjoyed plain, though you can find spots that will add fruit or chocolate. Some vendors even have different flavors of batter, such as chocolate, green tea, or ginger.
Where to Eat It: Rio de Janeiro
In Portuguese, espetinho means “little skewer,” and you’ll find them sold from small charcoal grills all over Rio and the streets of other Brazilian cities as well. The most common varieties are spiced beef or chicken, but anything that can be stuck on a skewer can be found: sausages, hot dogs, shrimp, cubes of fish, and even a non-melting cheese called queijo coalho. Vendors often have some sort of hot sauce on hand to spice up the skewers, as well as farinha, the crunchy, gritty flour that Brazilians enjoy sprinkling on their meat.
Where to Eat It: Berlin
Currywurst has only been around since 1949, but it’s become an icon of popular German culture in the decades since. This hearty street food combines a steamed-then-fried pork sausage with ketchup and curry powder, all of which is typically served with French fries or bread. Currywurst is served across Germany—an estimated 800 million currywursts are consumed in the country every year—but it’s particular popular in Hamburg and Berlin. Typically, the sausage is served whole, but some places serve it pre-sliced.
Where to Eat It: Tel Aviv
The origins of falafel are unknown and controversial: Egypt, Palestine, Israel, and other nations have all laid claim to it. Regardless, it plays a large role in Israeli cuisine and is widely considered to be the national dish. The word falafel refers to deep-fried balls made from chickpeas, though it can also mean a sandwich containing the fritters. Served in a pita, falafel can be topped with salad, pickled vegetables, hot sauce, spices, and tahini sauce. Though it’s widely available around the world, you’re likely to find that the falafel you get on the streets of Tel Aviv edges out any other you’ve had before.
Where to Eat It: Singapore
Singapore has one of the world’s most vibrant street-food cultures, and Hokkien mee is a classic dish to try while you’re there. Invented in the years following World War II by Chinese sailors from Fujian Province, this stir-fried noodle dish contains rice noodles and egg noodles, pork, egg, shrimp, squid, garlic, bean sprouts, and soy sauce. The dish is often garnished with lime and a chili sauce called sambal; traditionally, pieces of lard would have been added as a finishing touch, but that has largely fallen out of favor for health reasons.
Where to Eat It: Lima
Served throughout Peru, ceviche is widely considered the county’s national dish—there’s even has a holiday in its honor—and it’s increasingly popular overseas. The recipe is simple: fresh chunks of raw fish are marinated in citrus juices and mixed with sliced onions, chili peppers, salt, and pepper. Because freshness is key, ceviche is usually served within minutes of being prepared. Sea bass is considered the traditional fish of choice in ceviche, but in Lima, sole is the preferred option. It’s also not uncommon for ceviche to be served with some sweet potato, lettuce, corn, or avocado.
Where to Eat It: Philippines
Directly translated as “mix-mix,” halo-halo is one of the world’s craziest sundaes, a perfect foil for sticky days in the Philippines. The main components are shaved ice and evaporated milk; beyond that, a whole host of ingredients can go into halo-halo. Here’s an incomplete list of what you might find inside: boiled kidney beans, garbanzo beans, sugar palm fruit, coconut, caramelized plantains, jackfruit, tapioca, sweet potato, crushed rice, flan, and ice cream. Though the dish may seem completely wacky, there are similar desserts served all over East and Southeast Asia
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It’s becoming more and more apparent that each man has the same amount of control over his life; be it his present or his destiny. This control comes in the form of a decision: how we react to the events, good and bad, that occur in our lives. Strong men choose to see hardship not as a curse, but as a worthy challenge. They choose to control what they can, and understand that what they can’t control is simply fortune working as she does in the lives of all men.
The weak man chooses to see the hardships that come into his life as a curse, as things that happen to him out of some form of celestial spite, and rather than working hard and acting with self-reliance, he pouts and cries and curses the world that has cursed him.
It’s important to understand the power you hold over your life, which is the power to react to whatever happens however you like. I urge you to react as the warrior does, not as the coward tends to.
If only” is the phrase of the coward.
“If only I were taller, smarter, better-looking, richer, tougher, happier, more talented.” “If only” is the phrase of the coward.
If only is dependent on things being not as they are, and things being as they are is a matter of perspective. We each have something to offer, and if we lack talent or natural ability, pure hard work can make up for anything.
Never say the words “if only”. Things are the way they are and only the coward “wishes” them to be different.
Man up and do something about your circumstances. YOU hold the power over your life, don’t give up that power by uttering those two useless words.
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