Kamil Galeev
@kamilkazani
How people form their views 1. They feel hurt or humiliated, personally 2. They conclude they could not have been possibly hurt or humiliated by anything less than the eternal force of absolute evil 3. To balance it all out, they imagine an opposing force of absolute good 4. The…
That was an interesting period of time when people have already learnt how to build at scale BUT still cared to build it beautiful Didn’t last long
The overwhelming majority of San Francisco’s celebrated Victorian homes were built with facade elements that were mass produced with power tools in off-site factories and ordered from catalogs. Basically none of them were “hand carved.”
Total NIMBY victory
Is a Deliveroo driver now operating from a tent under the Westway overpass?
German facing How POWs of different nationalities tried to pretend being someone else, to maximise their chances for survival. Looks like: Spanish > German > French/Dutch > Polish Basically, Spaniards & Portuguese got preferential treatment, Poles got the worst of the worst
For the American census bureau, it is probably the other way around Juan gonna be Hispanic -> non-white, but there's no any special non-white category reserved for Ahmed, so white you are And yes, this is one of many ways in which the whole race categorisation is nonsensical
"How can these people be eating our lunch, if they are so fundamentally less risk averse than us, on every level?"
If you leave major cities of China and visit ‘smaller towns’ (still well over 1m people) - you can see haphazard traffic and women driving around on scooters with a 3 yr old clinging on in the back - no helmets. These are the people eating our lunch? Only because we let them.
Mamdani is shockingly good Actually, I don't think I have seen another politician, so good in terms of how he is talking & campaigning At the same time, he fits well into the cultural expectations of the American audience specifically. The American public LOVES underdogs
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
No, Europe is actually very wealthy The US, however, is so insanely and extraordinarily wealthy (without realising it, even a bit), then yes, Europe looks poor in comparison Now another thing to understand is that the current level of ultra-wealth may be a temporary phenomenon
Hot take: Europe is a bunch of third-world countries with better branding. No A/C. No dryers. Ice is a luxury. You’ll sweat through dinner while the waiter ignores you for 2 hours. Say what you want about America, but at least eating out doesn’t feel like hot yoga with bread.
Lots of guys with names like "Park" and "Edward" and "Alfred" and "Winston" logging on to explain to American Protestants what Christianity is and isn't over the last couple days...
Lots of guys with names like "Khalil" and "Firas" and "Zaid" and "Shadi" logging on to explain to American Protestants what Christianity is and isn't over the last couple days...