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Cake day: December 15th, 2024

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  • Hi! I used to live in a US city with lots of recent Venezuelan immigrants. They would tell me about how difficult things were in Venezuela, but that they missed it a lot. Their faces would light up when I would ask them about things they liked about home. They also seemed to have hope that things in Venezuela would improve and they could move back. It must be really difficult to leave one’s country to another for economic and political reasons. They didn’t truly want to leave, so they miss home, never really acculturate, and feel alienated. I have been to several other countries myself for extended periods. Many of them were well-developed and welcoming of Americans. Some even had characteristics that I found better than in the US. Regardless, I found myself missing home a lot.

    I don’t know if it makes any difference what I tell you, but wanted you to know that the recent Venezuelan immigrants I’ve met in the US still have their heart in Venezuela.







  • I get this part, and I agree with a lot of critique. What I’m noticing is that it seems that I’m seeing more hate than valid objective critique. It seems to me that a lot of the anti-US comments are merely to criticize the US out of hate than to criticize a behavior.

    Imagine it were people instead of countries. This is like being at a party with friends and Marcel is not present. Marlon shares that he likes coffee without creamer. Martiza says she does too. Misty then says, “Did you know that Marcel uses raw milk instead of creamer in his coffee? What a piece of shit. It wouldn’t surprise me though. Everything he does is terrible. Remember, he cheated on Mariah in 2006. He’s probably cheating on Merced right now.” That’s completely unnecessary and irrelevant.

    That’s what it feels like to me. It’s not just critique. It’s hate in discussions that are irrelevant to the US. That’s been my observation at least, but I’m bringing it up to see if maybe I’m a bit too suspicious or paranoid.