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post 1688899673 08-24-2023, 02:41 PM
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Just got back from south africa

Things are going to change around here misc.
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post 1688899713 08-24-2023, 02:42 PM
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welcome back. glad you're alive and well. how was your trip?
post 1688899793 08-24-2023, 02:42 PM
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post 1688899843 08-24-2023, 02:43 PM
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Don't know how to explain it. Its like I got to experience something that simply doesn't have an analog in the US. I enjoyed it immensely, but it was terse and stressful.
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post 1688899853 08-24-2023, 02:43 PM
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Some miscers think people in South Africa live in mud huts.

Did you bring anything back op?
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post 1688900023 08-24-2023, 02:46 PM
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post 1688900053 08-24-2023, 02:47 PM
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lol at mudhutcels
post 1688900133 08-24-2023, 02:48 PM
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post 1688900383 08-24-2023, 02:53 PM
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White has become synonymous with "western" in SA and its nearly impossible to defuse because there are so many valid criticisms of the west. The entire world is being setup for war.
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post 1688900453 08-24-2023, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted By rectifryer⏩
White has become synonymous with "western" in SA and its nearly impossible to defuse because there are so many valid criticisms of the west. The entire world is being setup for war.
Da fk are whites doing in Africa anyways? lmao.
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post 1688900673 08-24-2023, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted By RICHSTRONG⏩
IN4 Mudhutbrah....
Originally Posted By BalognaNbeans⏩
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I loe e.
post 1688900823 08-24-2023, 03:02 PM
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Back already? Glad you enjoyed it mostly. I'm getting ready for 6 months there, end of September or so. Interested to read about your experiences. Even being raised there, I still get quite a culture shock each time. You forget about certain aspects, unlearn some things each time you leave.
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post 1688900873 08-24-2023, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted By theory816⏩
Da fk are whites doing in Africa anyways? lmao.
What are the chinese doing there?
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post 1688900973 08-24-2023, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted By rectifryer⏩
What are the chinese doing there?
Raping and Pillaging

that's our job!
post 1688901033 08-24-2023, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted By rectifryer⏩
What are the chinese doing there?
Lol arn't they building roads n chit?

Idk brah, what did you sea while over therre?
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post 1688901113 08-24-2023, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted By rectifryer⏩
what are the chinese doing there?
brics
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post 1688901373 08-24-2023, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted By theory816⏩
Da fk are whites doing in Africa anyways? lmao.
Getting their farm land stolen lmao
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post 1688901603 08-24-2023, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted By rectifryer⏩
What are the chinese doing there?
Finding strange animals to eat in soups.
post 1688901693 08-24-2023, 03:15 PM
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Are you the one who went on a work assignment there for a couple months? I can’t keep up, so many miscers have been to SA recently srs lol.
post 1688903793 08-24-2023, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted By Channel83⏩
Finding strange animals to eat in soups.
Your mom doesn't love you.
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post 1688904283 08-24-2023, 04:03 PM
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Did you have African Booty meat sammiches?
I'm back, bitches!
post 1688904663 08-24-2023, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted By theory816⏩
Your mom doesn't love you.
Lies. Vicious lies. I'm the apple of her eye.
post 1688904683 08-24-2023, 04:09 PM
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Welcome back. And dont be worried OP, plenty of people live a long life with AIDS.

You are now one of those people.
post 1688904743 08-24-2023, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted By rectifryer⏩
Things are going to change around here misc.
ARe misc servers moving to South Africa...????....
Everything I post is satire.
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post 1688904913 08-24-2023, 04:14 PM
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Noice - would love to hear about your trip, OP.

I loved a lot about South Africa when I lived there. Beautiful country.
Originally Posted By _Andrew_⏩
Back already? Glad you enjoyed it mostly. I'm getting ready for 6 months there, end of September or so. Interested to read about your experiences. Even being raised there, I still get quite a culture shock each time. You forget about certain aspects, unlearn some things each time you leave.
It is a super dynamic country. I lived there for a few years, about 10 yrs after apartheid ended. It was fascinating to see how the country was dealing with such a huge change. If the news is to be believed, it sounds like they have not been handling the change very well the last couple of years.

Race relations were not actually that bad when I was there, but it sounds like they are getting a lot worse.
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post 1688905453 08-24-2023, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted By mulletwarrior⏩
Noice - would love to hear about your trip, OP.

I loved a lot about South Africa when I lived there. Beautiful country.



It is a super dynamic country. I lived there for a few years,about 10 yrs after apartheid ended.It was fascinating to see how the country was dealing with such a huge change. If the news is to be believed, it sounds like they have not been handling the change very well the last couple of years.

Race relations were not actually that bad when I was there, but it sounds like they are getting a lot worse.
London was flooded with young South Africans around that time.

Recent graduates and young professionals applied for ancestral visas in droves. You could walk in to any office building in central London and hear a South African accent; especially Durban.
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post 1688906023 08-24-2023, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted By mulletwarrior⏩
Noice - would love to hear about your trip, OP.

I loved a lot about South Africa when I lived there. Beautiful country.



It is a super dynamic country. I lived there for a few years, about 10 yrs after apartheid ended. It was fascinating to see how the country was dealing with such a huge change. If the news is to be believed, it sounds like they have not been handling the change very well the last couple of years.

Race relations were not actually that bad when I was there, but it sounds like they are getting a lot worse.
I grew up there post apartheid as well. I had only been back on short visits until I spent 3 months there last year. The biggest issue by far is unemployment, inept government and services at all levels. All this was made worse by the rolling blacks outs, which were severe when I was there. Easily 8+ hours a day with no electricity. Broken up into sections/rotating schedule . That said, SA is being used a guinea pig for green energy, with a lot of money changing hands. The private industry has reduced demand via solar more than the government has been able to add in generation over a decade. My upcoming 6 month stay is a test to see if I could move back long term. 3 months wasn't enough to really judge things, especially with the terrible black outs.
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post 1688943343 08-25-2023, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted By _Andrew_⏩
I grew up there post apartheid as well. I had only been back on short visits until I spent 3 months there last year. The biggest issue by far is unemployment, inept government and services at all levels. All this was made worse by the rolling blacks outs, which were severe when I was there. Easily 8+ hours a day with no electricity. Broken up into sections/rotating schedule . That said, SA is being used a guinea pig for green energy, with a lot of money changing hands. The private industry has reduced demand via solar more than the government has been able to add in generation over a decade. My upcoming 6 month stay is a test to see if I could move back long term. 3 months wasn't enough to really judge things, especially with the terrible black outs.
Man, moving back would be a hard no from me. I would live in Botswana or Namibia before South Africa.
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srs question OP..you know the firearm CEO who travels over there and hunts? he hires locals to tour him out into the lands to hunt with his prototype rifles.
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Where did you go, OP? I was in Cape Town for 6 weeks in December/January. Really enjoyed it.

Not sure I would enjoy the rest of the country though. I was able to avoid Loadshedding and all of the other BS that people have to deal with.
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