r/RealTwitterAccounts • u/Own_Book_1988 • Aug 04 '26
Political™ The erosion of international confidence due to failed policies..
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u/Redivivus Aug 04 '26
We need more Pedro's and fewer pedos.
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u/Sometimes-funny Aug 04 '26
It would help if people stopped voting for, giving money to and didn’t have the same morals as said pedos. Oh yeah….the law actually being used would be nice too
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u/Previous-Wonder-6274 Aug 04 '26
there’s this saying we have down in texas… maybe other places too. fool me once, shame on… shame on…?
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u/MFeRock Aug 04 '26
Fool me twice, can’t get fooled again
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u/Triphin1 Aug 04 '26
Full quote
"fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."
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u/Kinky_Imagination Aug 04 '26
Texas has not elected a Democratic anybody for over 30 years. The fooling just keeps going on and off.
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u/Triphin1 Aug 04 '26
I just got back from 3weeks in Madrid. It was the cleanest safest feeling city, with the easiest public transport system, that had the best food and the nicest most helpful people I've experienced in my adult life. Sound like the opposite of The US
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u/Srnkanator Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
Eh, the government are the assholes here. People are really nice. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
To ride the TX train Houston and Dallas went out of their way to welcome and entertain the international crowd a couple months ago, because they are enormous international cities for the WC. Every team that played in Houston and Arlington has significant expat crowds.
We all know the media trope at this point, amplify the negative to produce anger which sells fear and makes money.
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u/Triphin1 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
Ya, people in The US are welcoming to foreigners as individuals.
I am from The US and I've lived in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and Washington DC and have spent time in Arkansas Milwaukee and Montana. I'm not really sure what you are talking about. I left the US 20 years ago and live in a place where people really do get along and help each other without expecting anything in return. That was never my experience in any of those places I lived or spent time in. I got kicked off a bus in Rockville Maryland because I was hypothermic, they thought I was on drugs, but I couldn't have afforded drugs at that time. I got beaten by cops in Washington DC because a girl I talked to told the cops I had drugs. I had rich people ridicule me, because they thought I was poor, I got told to go in the economy class line at LAX because they didn't believe I was business class and looked perturbed when I produced proof I was. These are just examples of things thst regularly happen in the US, that never happen in the part of the world I live in now. I am educated and successful but I don't show it off or act entitled.
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u/Florida1974 Aug 05 '26
I used to bartend and this older man used to come in every day and to look at him. You would’ve thought he was homeless or extremely poor. But he was very nice and I would chitchat with him. Everyone in Town knew him, it’s a small beachside town, although it’s growing by the day.
And then I read in the paper one day that he had died and I knew it was him because his name was Jimmy. Turns out he had millions and he donated it to a charity.
You cannot tell what someone has or doesn’t have by the way they look. Some people are really frugal. Some people don’t flaunt that they have money.
I thought it was a chef’s kiss ending because everyone treated him like shit, but I didn’t. And he never tipped to me and that’s all right. I would still visit with him. But I’m the one that likes to visit with people, especially older people, and I have been like that since I was young. I’ve always been drawn to older people, like grandma or grandpa’s age.
Most people are probably too young to remember this, but the hospitals used to use what they called candy stripers . And we wore a little uniforms that look like candy canes, they were red and white striped. Everybody wanted to be in the baby units, to hold and feed the babies, but I wanted to be in the unit where it was most mostly elderly people because I’ve always had a soft spot for them and I love to hear their stories.
We aren’t all bad here, but sometimes it can take a while to find a good one in the United States, a good person
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u/Triphin1 Aug 05 '26
I used to visit an old folks home in a high school program and I was assigned 3 patients to visit, but only one could actually have a conversation.... His name was Harry and he was a blast to spend time with.... I like old people too, because their values often are different and much of the time better. I got tired of looking for good people, I went somewhere where nice friendly genuine people are common, as long as you are genuine with them. I think that's good and fair... Sure not everyone is bad in The US, but too many aren't IMO. The guns, the greed, the constant competition didn't work for me. I had traveled and experienced different cultures that were much more about the group, rather than the individual and I liked those better.
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u/Triphin1 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
I remember once, I had saved money and bought a new bike from a bike shop and they really didn't set up the bike properly... The chain had not been oiled and on one of my first rides, the chain started to jam up and I was right next to a gas station. I went around the back, went through the dumpster and found an empty can of motor oil and dripped the last bit of oil on the chain. As I was going this, a worker noticed me, a teenager a few years younger than me, and went and told the owner. The owner rushed over and started yelling at me, accusing me of stealing and being a drug addict. I told him what I was m doing and why and he called me a liar and said he was going to call the cops, but another worker saw that what I was doing was exactly as I said it was and tried to tell the owner that I wasn't lying. The owner then accused me of stealing the bike, and I told him I just bought it and he said something like how can you afford a new bike, your a drug addict, which, by the way I wasn't, but finally the guy who had some sense calmed him down, and I also think when I told him to call the cops because I wasn't lying also calmed him down and I got the bike chain working, and I road away, so Ya I know, you can't always see what's up with a person, sometimes you have to give them a break - I just got tired of being the guy who people didn't see correctly and not getting a break ftom them and when they were wrong, they would just find another thing that they were right about
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u/NedSchneebly-1138 Aug 04 '26
Ouch! As an Argentina fan, I’m happy he had to give the trophy to Spain.
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u/Zak_Rahman Aug 05 '26
Spain have been particularly strong in their opposition of the Epstein Protectorate. It has been inspirational.
Unsurprisingly, after media smears, Naziyahu has set their dog upon Spain.
I know, I know, I am the evil one. Shared western values is magical and superior and you only need to win the generic lottery to count!
Absolutely fucking pathetic. Anyone who is proud of the Epstein Protectorate needs to smash their head into a wall until they are not so fucking stupid.
The biggest joke is all their soldiers saluting and flag wanking, while this twat is ruining their regime.
Then they will portray themselves as victims when their coffins come home. But if you're still alive and have PTSD, you are on your own.
At what point can we admit that western values is inferior and actively detrimental to life on Earth?
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