I just wanna stress how much I just don’t understand dog people. Dogs aren’t cute. Especially the bigger ones, they’re just plain ugly tbh. The main reason I dislike them so much Is the smell though. I find it disgusting whenever I go into someone’s house and they have a bunch of dogs, it makes the entire place smell terrible and on top of that they usually allow it on furniture, even after they go for a walk and get all dirty, so gross. Don’t know if dogs or dog people gross me out more tbh. I don’t get why people like cuddling with dogs, I get cats, they’re soft, squishy, and cute, but dogs? Rarely ever soft, smelly, they pant/drool, boney, and just ugly. Nobody has ever understood my distaste of dogs. I work at a pet store (ironic right) and people just let their crusty dogs jump all over me and find it endearing, it’s literally gross. Your dog is covered in dirt and you’re letting it jump all over me because you think it’s cute? I literally try and avoid the dog as I walk past and they’re like “Go say hi honey” and let their mutt jump on me. Working at a pet store has only made me dislike dogs more, as I feel like this next comment is more about dog people, but clean up after your mutt. Letting your dog piss and shit everywhere and expect other people to clean it up for you? so gross. I was offered a dog groomer position for 4k a month and I just couldn’t do it. I frequently watch the dogs that get groomed at my job, and it’s smells/looks disgusting. Dogs are just so nasty.
I really don’t see this with any other European ethnicity in the US. I get that this is a stereotype and kind of funny, but why?
Everyone I know who’s Italian HAS to bring up that they’re Italian much more often than people of other ethnicities, and they have to constantly talk shit on and scoff at Olive Garden and all Italian food you’ll find in the US. They’re always going on about how no one knows what “real food” is or they’re complaining because some pasta sauce isn’t “like grandma makes,” and God forbid anyone tries to make an Italian dish or share a recipe on social media. You can expect a flood of comments saying “omg my Italian grandma is rolling over in her grave” “I’m Italian and this is embarrassing” “As an Italian, this is shameful!!!”
The kicker is that they’ve never been to Italy, don’t speak the language, and the extent of their “experience” with Italian heritage is correcting the way a stranger said the name of a cheese.
This or they’re always bringing up how they “don’t burn” because of their “olive skin” when some of these Italian people I see that say this look Irish and are maybe 10% Italian.
Does it come from a place of wanting to seem different or more unique than other white Americans? I’m genuinely asking. It seems like Italians truly have some superiority complex about being Italian and need to let everyone know that they are Italian for some reason.
Like, we get it. Do you feel special now? If you trace back seven generations you are technically one-sixteenth Italian. Congratulations. We all came from somewhere.
You never see or hear an Irish person lecturing someone who didn’t ask on what “real beer” is and how if it wasn’t left to ferment in a barrel for fourteen months then “my Irish grandpa would be horrified.” At least not even nearly close to the extent you will see Italians moan and complain about everything in the US that has even the slightest thing to do with Italian food.
And don’t tell me this is because “the parents and grandparents instilled a sense of pride in being Italian” or something. I personally know more than one person who has a literal shred of Italian heritage who pretty much disregards the fact that they’re 90% something else and intensely clings to their Italian ethnicity in conversation. You can also be proud of your heritage without having such a strange, gatekeep-y mindset around it.
So, why the weird gatekeeping and superiority complex? Do they just think claiming to be Italian is especia
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The Barbarossa Brothers have planned to strike a target that intends to plaster their names across Christendom and the Muslim world alike. Their success throughout the Mediterranean has no longer sustained their collective greed and malice, and they have found allies throughout the Maghreb in their hunt. However, the Iberian involvement in the region to permanently damage the efforts of those like the Barbarossa Brothers have forced them to deal with the grand organized fleet before them. The war provides the cover to send their ships to meet up with a large Moroccan fleet, but they are not able to get much farther before the Iberian fleet forces them to fight in the coastal waters of the Maghreb.
The winds of the area blow from North Africa out into the Atlantic Ocean, but as the battle lines order up both sides notice the wind seems eerily absent outside of some isolated gusts. The Muslims order their flanks and center by intermixing the well-armed and large Barbarossan galleys with the smaller, marine-packed xebecs of the Wattasids. This also provides space for each of the Barbarossa Brothers to lead the navy and issue commands to their ships. This is opposite of the Iberian fleet, which splits their battle line by the flag the ship flies. The Castilians, primarily made up of smaller ships like caravels, galleys, and galliots take up the flank closer to the coast of the Maghreb. In the center flies the Aragonese flag on top of their grand arrangement of carracks. They set up their frigates, specifically built to out-manuever xebecs, throughout their battle lines to protect the large carracks. Finally, the Portuguese sit on the right flank facing the open waters of the Mediterranean. Over half their fleet are xebecs of their own, but they are backed by their infamous naus and carracks of their own.
A glorious fire of artillery from both sides begin the battle. The Iberian ships carry more artillery on average than the Muslims as is, and the Barbarossa Brothers have brought many cannon to assist their own ships. Both left flanks land more shots than would be expected sinking or crippling a number of ships as the lines approach each other. Both centers, lacking the space and execution, struggle to deal damage at all. The Portuguese also find their cannons woefully ineffective, but the Muslims strike back with decent force with their cannons. As the smoke clears the area, the melee begins as the wooden castles crash into each other. The Mus
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone here has any experience in BISIA 401 (Literary and Arts Journal Editorial Board - aka the class for the Clamor arts journal)?
I am an MCS major interested in taking this course to fulfill the IPR requirement and was mainly wondering how much time the class requires. Personally, I typically only do 10 credits per quarter (taking this course would place me at 13 for Winter ‘22) because I tend to get overwhelmed if I do any more than that. Seeing as this isn’t a typical class, I am hoping that won’t be the case for this one. I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to share their experience working for Clamor? Was it relatively easy (or at least not too stressful) to balance your time well?
Thanks :)
Out of all the characters I have tried to solo this ArchVillain with so far this has been the easiest one to do it with. Yin's Task Force @ level 25.
Dark/Radiation has all the debuffs needed except endurance/recovery debuffs, and it has some very good buffs for you to do theses things safely.
