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How popular are video games over there? Is there any game or form of entertainment that's especially loved? Like how Brazil loves Saint Seiya for some reason.
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How popular are video games over there? Is there any game or form of entertainment that's especially loved? Like how Brazil loves Saint Seiya for some reason.
Interesting.
When I was in the Air Force I was sent to UAE for about a month. We stayed in the UAE Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dahbi. It was redonk.
The thing I found most surprising was how western it was, and this was around 2005. We had to wear pants, closed toe shoes and collared shirts. They said it was to be respectful to the locals, but the locals wore basketball jerseys, sandals and baggy shorts. Some wore the traditional Kandura and Abaya, but most people did not. Many of the women were dressed casually, skirts, dresses, tight jeans. We went to the club pretty much every night. A lot of women came to the clubs in Abaya's, but in the club they changed into...more revealing clothing. When they left the Abaya's went back on.
As a side note. They had hacking game consoles down to a science. They had every Xbox game known on burned disks. We only found this out, because a buddy of mine used a cheap converter and ended up frying his power supply. The shop we went to gave him a power supply with a voltage switch.
Was Knack a good launch game for the PS4?
Will Knack 3 be a good lauch game for PS5?
Would Stadia be more of a sucess if it had Knack?
Will Knack 3 be a good lauch game for PS5?
Would Stadia be more of a sucess if it had Knack?
To be fair the OP would be kashoggied pretty hard if his answers were contrarian to those mandated by his awesome and lovely government.
Glad you like things as how they are OP.
Do the women you know feel the same way as you do? Do they "like things as they are, to be honest"? If they do, do you honestly think they are being truthful with you? Or do think they are fearful of the repercussions if they express that they don't agree with you?
Do you speak with women you know on a conversational level, or on an authoritarian one?
On the one hand I have respect for the OP for coming back and answering a ton of difficult questions in post 140.
On the other most of the OP's posts in this thread feel like they're really glossing over real issues, almost as if written by a propaganda arm of the government.
On the other most of the OP's posts in this thread feel like they're really glossing over real issues, almost as if written by a propaganda arm of the government.
What would be the value in answering questions you believe you know the answer to already?
You're missing the point a little, please read the few posts above mine.
I don't think you know what racism means, but sure go ahead and quote some examples.
This is how I feel. OP seems pretty optimistic and positive... but that's not necessarily appropriate for some questions. I understand wanting people to see what you love about your country, but every country has issues that we as citizens should be willing to address and criticize.
I have major issues in both the countries I've lived in, despite all the things I love about them.
I mean OP lives in a country where the internet is monitored and you can be disappeared for the shit you post on it. Making this thread if he's real is an act of bravery in itself. I'd carefully word my answers and avoid straying to far from the government line in the same position. Most would. If the stakes are imprisonment/survival can you blame him?
I mean there's illegal slave networks in the US too, not sure what your point is
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Have you been to many beheadings?
How is it an act of bravery to make this thread stating there's a lot of misinformation out there about SA, hoping/fishing for someone to ask a question about LGBTQ+ rights there only to dismiss or downplay the concerns around them.
Jesus.
The dude is just from Saudi Arabia. Y'all acting like he's some scum of the earth.
I think public beheadings are a thing in Saudi Arabia, maybe he has witnessed some?
And? What do you really want him to say? Are you asking out of extreme morbid curiosity? It feels as if folks are really trying their damnedest to get him to slip up and say something so thinks can escalate from there. He's a person from Saudia Arabia answering questions.
Do you have any weird dominos menu items?
those are applicable to almost any country
What is some typical Saudi food? What's your favorite city in the country?
Are there any churches in Saudi-Arabia? Can non-Muslims practice their religion? Can non-religious people freely admit they're atheist/agnostic/whatever?
Do you think non-Muslims should be allowed to visit Mecca or should the current status continue?
Are there any churches in Saudi-Arabia? Can non-Muslims practice their religion? Can non-religious people freely admit they're atheist/agnostic/whatever?
Do you think non-Muslims should be allowed to visit Mecca or should the current status continue?
You are right that people certainly are trying to get him to slip up.
They specifically made the thread to clear up "wrong ideas" and "wrong false news" about Saudi Arabia. I'm not sure why you're acting like it's someone that came in expecting soft questions about cakes when it's clear they're looking to clarify on more fundamental topics like LGBTQ+ rights within the regime.
Public beheadings are reportedly a thing in Saudi Arabia. Someone asked if he's seen one as a result and you're off on some rando about 'acting like he's the scum of the earth' or 'trying to get him to slip up'.
Realistically, let's say someone from North Korea makes a thread about questions about North Korea, do you just assume they're privileged with knowledge from outside of North Korea? At a point, you have to concede that all your knowledge isn't available to others, and even if it's a small circumstance, there are teaching moments.
I'm not really sure what any of that has to do with what I wrote regarding your posts.
I don't. Read it again:
They specifically made the thread to clear up "wrong ideas" and "wrong false news" about Saudi Arabia. I'm not sure why you're acting like it's someone that came in expecting soft questions about cakes when it's clear they're looking to clarify on more fundamental topics like LGBTQ+ rights within the regime.
Public beheadings are reportedly a thing in Saudi Arabia. Someone asked if he's seen one as a result and you're off on some rando about 'acting like he's the scum of the earth' or 'trying to get him to slip up'.
This has nothing to do with North Korea or citizens within it being unaware of outside perspectives. In any sense.
Do you realize the information spread in Saudia Arabia? What do you fully expect him to say to a lot of these hard testing questions? Like, we as westerners know these answers whether good or bad. What do you want him to say?
Why make a thread looking to correct "wrong ideas" and "wrong false news" about hard questions then?
Someone asked if he'd seen a public beheading.
You flipped out on how people were "suggesting he's the scum of the Earth".
I say this entire thread is based on his looking to correct "false news" about SA so it seems apt.
You compare this to someone within North Korea knowing how the world views their country.
Again, they created a thread looking to clear up lies or misconceptions around their country, and admitted hot issues like LGBTQ+ rights within that regime was a focus in doing so. So I'm not sure why you're hand-wringing on their behalf when people ask something as mundane as whether someone has witnessed something that has been reported to be a public event in western media.
If you really need to explain why someone questioning someone who has someone from Saudia Arabia has seen a beheading as not as bad as you think it is then I think we know the answer to this entire exchange.
This thread is fascinating. Not only cos if OP, but how the rest of you are posting.
Useful for thoughts about my work, cheers all!
Useful for thoughts about my work, cheers all!
Something that is reported over in the west as being a public event and could be one of the bits of misinformation that the OP is looking to clear up? Or did you think the OP was looking to clear up the false news about what type of roast they serve in coffee shops over there.
So you followed up my statement with 2 board questions. Yeah, like, I am going to be 100% honest, I am not going to be dragged into this. Considering you basically went incognito after he answered your first question, I have to hedge my bets on what this is.
Op, how do you feel knowing US support of Saudi Arabia, is predicated on your country continued selling of oil in dollars?
What is the public perception on the attacks on Yemen, and is there even mention of it on the news?
Also, breaking the law in your country carries extremely punishing sanctions (at least compared to most of the world.) Do you think this will change in the short term?
What is the public perception on the attacks on Yemen, and is there even mention of it on the news?
Also, breaking the law in your country carries extremely punishing sanctions (at least compared to most of the world.) Do you think this will change in the short term?
Meanwhile people here questioning why others are not asking about video games and internet speeds.
With an OP like that, why are some users here expecting people to ask any questions other than "on a scale of 1 to 10, how ashamed are you of your country, where people are arrested for being gay?"
Any nationality would be able to tell you the answers to these
Yes to everything
Then stop crying over the type of questions being asked when they're the type this entire thread is made to attract and the OP is looking for.
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