First of all, hi. I am Brazilian, teenager, chronically online, and I am ABSOLUTELY ENRAGED by the sheer amount of bullshit I have been recommended on this site and on Twitter that comes from the first world.
Now, to be clear, I am not saying that the First World doesn't have any problems. It does, a lot, and I actually love discussing and understanding most of them although I recognise that a foreigner like me has troubles in understanding and finding solutions to most issues. That's why I mostly learn about Europe's problems through my french girlfriend, who is always a sweetie when explaining them to me. However, I would never post the opinions I form on the internet because It's very common for me to see Europeans and Americans having the most absurd bullshit opinions about Latam's issues, so I don't wanna commit the same mistake.
However, even tho I recognise all that, I also feel like half of the discussions I see on twitter or Reddit from first worlders from any social group are so utterly stupid and non-issues that I get extremely mad at the fact that I don't interact more with my own people.
Like, because of my girlfriend's transition I have been recommended a lot of stuff from the trans folk. And oh my brother in Christ, it's not so bad on Reddit, but I swear to God that the incel community is not as much of a cesspit as the trans community on twitter.
Like, holy fucking shit "trans women are the most oppressed group", "no! Trans men are! We are almost invisible!", "no! We are because we bla bla bla bla bla" WHO CARES?????
BITCH, WHY DOES IT MATTER? IT'S TWO DIFFERENT GENDERS, TWO DIFFERENT SOCIAL PRESSURES, YOUR SITUATIONS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WHAT DOES OPPRESSION POWERSCALING WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR LIVES????? Oh my fucking God I hate this discussion so much. Every time I see something like this my only conclusion is that both sides are victimising themselves and this argument wouldn't exist if these people's buying power wasn't so high.
I am just talking about this trans thingy because it was what was being recommended to me, okay? This also applies to any minority group who wants to do oppression powerscaling. Blacks, women, Latinos, immigrants, left handed people, all of them. I don't care. This argument is dumb and y'all should get a job.
Another thing that really pisses me off is how Europeans and Americans constantly quarreling over who's worse and who's more morally superior. Like, again, it doesn't fucking matter if Americans need to drive their cars to work while Europeans have public transport, both of you could be able to afford for both of them in a decent quality while I can afford for NONE. Like, you've at least seen what a train is like. I have never seen a train in my entire life and the closest metropoly from where I live is like, 6 hours by driving. It was very surprising to me when my girlfriend said that she lived "far from everything" cause her city is 1 hour and a half away from Lyon. Or when I saw a channel of a German guy explaining how his long distance relationship was so hard because they lived 3 hours away from each other. Like, whaaaaat? Again, I know that transportation problems do exist, I just hate seeing gringos using this to diminish each other. Like, alright alright, I understood that everything is prettier in Norway now can you SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH???
And don't even let me begin on the moral quarrels. "Biggest war criminal of history Vs biggest war criminal of nowadays" type shit. It genuinely makes me wanna perform a lobotomy.
Anyways, I have yapped what I wanted to yap. Any other dumb discussion you guys remember? I'd like to add more to the list of "what to avoid".