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30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Ukraine - Oh god. Missiles and drones that try to kill us every single day. F**k russia.

rassamakha , yanadjana / freepik Report

171points

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Lady Lestrange 5 days ago

Russia is the perfect example of how wrong people in leadership positions can become a threat to many.

49points

IrishSpiceBag , romanshyshak / freepik Report

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries I am from the United States—I don’t care about people having different political opinions or beliefs but there is a massive issue on people being misinformed and wildly uneducated on certain topics.

147points

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Multa Nocte 5 days ago

Hold on, it's going to get a lot worse.

68points

Slytherinstark01 , EyeEm / freepik Report

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Men, religion, politics and pollution.

I'm Indian.

113points

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Lucifer 5 days ago

All four and add inequality to that equation, are going to get much much worse in the coming years. And it's by design. Carlin said it a couple of decades ago - " they want more for themselves and less for everybody else."

21points

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries United States. Health care is so expensive that people suffer and there issues get far worse. And people die because they can't afford health care.

madbr3991 , lifestock / freepik Report

108points

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Jenn Smith 5 days ago

Ironic, when there's so many "pro-life" people. Yay getting born! But f**k you once you breathe independently!

76points

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries USA - American food. There’s literally stuff they put in our food that’s illegal in most countries.

anon , freepik Report

99points

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Rose the Cook 5 days ago

I avoid food made in the USA because of the listed ingredients most of which are just numbers,

15points

MrPerser , rosshelenphoto / freepik Report

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Germany- Rise of support for fascists in politics.

94points

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Janissary35680 Premium 5 days ago

Everywhere: Rise of support for fascists in politics.

87points

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Iraq - Teen marriage and teen moms as a teen.

bolmk , freepik Report

90points

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Winter Premium 4 days ago (edited)

Where abouts was it that they have just lowered the age of consent... from 18.... to nine (9) ? Oh yeah... Iraq (dunno if I can do this: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/iraq-poised-to-lower-the-age-of-consent-for-girls-to-nine/ )

30points

UnderDogPants , DC Studio / freepik Report

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries USA. The sheer amount of mentally ill people wandering the streets. I’m talking the extreme cases. Experiencing psychotic breakdowns in public and being left alone to spiral out of control. Frightening and heartbreaking.

87points

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Bob Brooce 5 days ago

Even scarier: All the mentally ill people that turned up to vote on November 5th.

44points

#10

U.S.

How everything America has built over the last 100 years about to collapse because of the constant neglect of the government and corporations. And how profits matter more than making sure its citizens have food, water and shelter.

ShalidorsSecret Report

74points

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Lucifer 5 days ago

Thank Reagan, the president who said government is the problem, for the unbridled greed of corporations and uber wealthy. They took tech developed by government agencies/funds (Tax payer money) and turned around to steal more wealth from the same people.

27points

#11

The escalating violence. We have deadly assaults, bombs and assassinations in broad daylight on a monthly basis. Kid soldiers carry out murder and they are like 12 (!).

Ultimately I blame a catastrophic immigration policy over a 10-20 years period. There has never been a real plan on how to assimilate foreigners into society, which has lead to greater dived between ethnicity and cultures. That has paved the way for a new generation of kids with no prospects because they receive no support or encouragement at home, because their parents have never been part of the society. This has grown exponentially over the years but no one (or at least far from the majority) has dared to address the problem given the cultural and racial connections.

A few years ago something happened. The violence became much more cynical and ruthless. Only when the violence hit middle/upper class neighborhoods, things started to happen politically. In desperation, politicians are now enforcing stricter laws to strike down on criminality, some of which are either totally ineffective or morally questionable, and I feel this will only widen the divide and prolong the problem. You’re not really fixing the real issue, only putting band aid on it. Sad part is, and this goes for all democracies, the ruling politicians are swapped out every 4/8 year, which makes it difficult to work long term.

I live in Sweden.

RoskoRobin Report

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ScarletRos 5 days ago

Wow. I have a Swedish friend who had been living in Australia for many years but returned to Sweden around three years ago. She recently came back to Australia for a holiday and she said these exact things. I couldn’t believe it. I thought Sweden was a reasonably peaceful country. Seems not sadly.

26points

#12

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries US citizen here, probably the amount of shootings, I don't mean just school shootings, shootings in general, supermarkets, gyms, parks, hell, your own house, and even if we ban guns, criminals will still have guns because they don't care about the law at this point.

Oof_Boy1290 , rawpixel.com Report

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axle f 5 days ago

....it's never career criminals going on rampages. Ever notice that?

33points

#13

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries It will sound bad, but immigration. I don't want my progressive country (Spain) to become more and more islamic :(.

rock-mommy , freepik Report

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Bob Brooce 5 days ago

I don't see any problem with a country becoming more islamic, christian, or Pastifarian. The problem is letting any religious group (except perhaps Pastafarians) force their religious ideology on others.

28points

#14

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Cartels.

A lot of people in Mexico are not experiencing DIRECT violence of Cartels. But the violence they impose is wholly downplayed by our government (they're complicit with them, obviously) and it still scares me so much, even though I love my country. I really hate that Mexico = absolute brutality of Cartels, while they're being almost glamorized in pop culture. I hate that someones mentions Mexico here in Reddit and you have to read morbid jokes about Cartels and d***s - I mean, I know it's unavoidable, but it stings when it's so close to you.

There are lots of towns I used to travel to when I was a little girl, charming little towns and cities that are completely taken by organized crime. It's heartbreaking and scary.

lululechavez3006 , freepik Report

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keyboardtek 4 days ago

And most of the guns that the d**g cartel have were provided by American gun dealers.

15points

1969hippy , kroshka__nastya / freepik Report

#15

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries US: Ignorance. Most are not willing to invest the time to understand, read, gain knowledge on what is happening in our country which leads to poor decisions based on headlines and social media posts.

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Lucifer 5 days ago

The ignorance is by design. Handful of corporations own most of the media(video, audio & print). And social media made matters worse and it causes one to get distracted so easily.

24points

#16

Proximity to Russia. It's literally the only thing that I feel threatened by there as otherwise it's maybe not the best but still a chill place to live (Latvia).

Digitijs Report

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Miki 5 days ago

I am hoping that THIS TIME being in alliance (NATO) will not fail.

12points

TheGhostofNowhere , nigyray / freepik Report

#17

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Lack of affordable housing.

swiftpanthera:
It scares me how global this issue is.

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Verena 4 days ago

I live in a very touristy region. Locals have difficulties with finding affordable housing, because it is difficult to find space to build houses for permanent residency. But building a new holiday park with 300 to 400 real houses (two levels, big living room, big kitchen, several bathrooms and 3+ bedrooms on 120m2 plus big garden) is absolutely no problem. We have more than 20 of them along the coast, plus existing villages turned into resorts.

11points

#18

> What's something in your country that genuinely scares you?

I live in the US and this last election cycle genuinely scares me.

It's not specifically that Donald Trump won... But more the apparent apathy from a substantial chunk of the country.

Something like 40% of the electorate just didn't bother to vote.

And now, after the election, we're seeing stories about folks discovering what tariffs are.

And I'm just having a hard time wrapping my head around that level of apathy. I mean - I'm a nonbinary queer weirdo so I've clearly got issues with the Republican platform - but that's not even what I'm talking about. Trump is proposing policies that would have a substantial financial impact on most folks in the US... And apparently something like half the population just doesn't care enough to vote?

I don't like dealing with politics. I don't find this stuff fun or interesting. I've got tons of things I'd rather be doing with my time. But I'm not rich-enough to just throw my money away, so I'm going to take a couple hours to figure out which candidate is actually going to be the best for my finances.

And, apparently, something like half this country just doesn't care.

There's so many big f*****g problems in the world... And this last election cycle is going to be felt around the world for years to come... And folks just don't care?

How do you possibly fix anything if people can't be bothered to even show up to vote? If they can't spend an hour or two looking at actual policies and positions? If the best we can possibly hope for is that maybe folks will just vote for their team? If even something as real and immediate as your own pocketbook isn't enough to motivate people?

Karfedix_of_Pain Report

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gbic 3548 Premium 4 days ago

Amen. Down with apathy. Up with thinking for yourself, spending just a little time researching what your vote for candidate A could do for yourself and what you care about. Time for brain use the next election go-around, people. Thos who didn't vote? Get your heads out of your asses.

10points

Devojka_Iz_Svemira Report

#19

Scotland is boringly safe and unvenomous compared to other countries, but one thing that is happening here that I find massively concerning is the way cash is being phased out. They like to use the "cash isn't safe because of covid" argument but that's so obviously not the reason. Maybe I sound like one of those tin foil hat people but I don't want to find out what kind of shit the government will pull when money only exists digitally and every transaction is monitored.

58points

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Bob Brooce 5 days ago

Even if you've never even seen tin foil it's perfectly reasonable to want the option of paying in a manner that doesn't guarantee that it's easy to know who bought what, and when the bought it.

25points

#20

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Greek here. The fact that things that SHOULD be working safely, aren't.

Last year a passenger train crashed head-first into a freight train because the changing of the tracks on Greek railways is done manually by remote workers through a communications system, and something was communicated wrong. 57 people lost their lives because the direction of a passenger train wasn't changed manually. This happened after multiple complaints (across multiple years) from people in charge of the railway were sent to the government about how unsafe the system is currently, which were all ignored.

On top of that, there seems to be a very intentional cover-up of the whole incident, possibly because something bigger is tied to the explosion that happened during the crash and killed many of the victims. For one, the crash site was covered with gravel and concrete a week after the crash, allegedly to cover up evidence. Also, video evidence that was showing what was loaded into the freight train before it started its course went mysteriously missing.

Now most of us are not only even more skeptical of our government (as if we weren't before), but we also don't trust the railway or the metro to not literally kill us.

chimothypark , freepik Report

54points

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WubiDubi 4 days ago

Also the infrastructure they spent billions on for Olympics is all crumbling. Metro lifts are scary. Metro escalators are scary. Cracked concrete is scary.

14points

#21

China - the Uyghur concentration camps. I’m from that area and I couldn’t believe it when the news first came out. As a matter of fact, I didn’t learn about many negative historical events of China until I left, and I can never look at the CCP the same way.

starburstw Report

53points

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Geoffrey Scott 4 days ago

I couldn't bear to tell my wife the bank she got my grandson, which plays, "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands". Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is a song the Uygurs are required to sing in the forced labor situations?

-1point

#22

I’m from the Middle East (specifically Syria) so basically it’s “dictatorship”.

Glum-Bad-666 Report

51points

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Sven Horlemann 2 days ago

Yep. Nothing to add.

1point

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#23

American here. The tribalism that comes with our political system is what scares me the most. So many people on both sides don't see each other as American, it's all us vs them, and the only discussions we can have are arguments and fistfights.

cooliomydood Report

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keyboardtek 4 days ago

I find in online forums if I challenge a conservative with a fact that disagrees with their statements, they respond with insults and vulgarity. Can't back up your statement with data or provable facts? Then attack the other person. This has happened on even non political forums like one about vinyl records versus digital CDs. People are just more vulgar and insulting these days.

12points

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#24

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Canada;
Cost of living,
Lack of housing.

Chaos_Object:

The endless opportunities to become homeless.

Woohyunff , freepik Report

47points

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Luke Branwen 4 days ago

The mere existence of phrase "cost of living" should be enough to make people riot. We've grown way too complacent and defeatist.

14points

#25

Indonesia: Religious extremism and increasing taxes.

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46points

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Sven Horlemann 2 days ago

The first is the worst. Religion should always, in all aspect, and all directions, teach respect.

1point

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#26

Brazilian here. My country is dominated by crime, mostly by drug trafficking and corruption.

Edwym Report

42points

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el mosca 4 days ago

and religion

1point

#27

Norway - S*icide season is coming up :/.

As have been stated already Seasonal depression is pretty real when the sun disappears from your life (even when the sun is out, it's very weak and the vitamins you might catch from it in summer is literally just gone). Add the "most wonderful time of the year" over commercializing, and everyone seeing their family and loved ones will put a massive looking glass on your possible lack of loved ones and the fact this time don't feel too wonderful for everyone. "everyone else is happy, but I'm not" but supercharged.
I first started noticing the trend in 2017 when 4 people I knew personally left in the span of 3 months. It was even mentioned in the Kings speech the year after

Jackstract Report

41points

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Jon Steensen 4 days ago

Remember to take your vitamins! The won't be the solve-all solution, but being such an easy thing to do, it is a step in the right direction, and may help you deal with the lack of energy that comes for a vitamin D deficiency.

10points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#28

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Nepal - Corruption is something that has killed my country over the years.

Realistic_North_1291 , rawpixel.com Report

40points

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PhaseWitFact 4 days ago

Corruption has killed many countries and keeps making things worse

13points

#29

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries UK - Lack of housing. I worry for the next 2 generations.

satyriasi , freepik Report

40points

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Emma S 5 days ago (edited)

💯 I'm British and this scares me as well. The Salvation Army hostel has been closed down in my city meaning even more people on the streets. Social housing is virtually impossible to get now because there aren't that many available thanks to demolitions and the right to buy scheme. Many private landlords are charging high rents for poor quality housing, in addition to the sometimes thousands of pounds being charged upfront before you even move in. If tenants dare to complain about landlords not doing repairs, landlords can hit them with a section 21 eviction notice. Buying a house is only possible if you can save up the 10% deposit, which is nigh on impossible if most of your income is going towards paying for privately rented housing. Only last year, our then Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, had the bare faced cheek to call homelessness a lifestyle choice and wanted to make rough sleeping a criminal offence, because the sight of seeing people sleeping on the street or in tents was ruining her view or something.

18points

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#30

Rapid population growth from immigration paired with the lack of housing available in liveable areas 🇨🇦.

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27points

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Traveling Lady Railfan 4 days ago

In my town, house prices have doubled in under 10 years and almost all "green areas" (Fields / forests / Meadows) have been eradicated to stick single household dwellings or multi residents. It's disgusting. The roads aren't being improved to keep up, and it's basically a big 'screw you' to any wild animals. So all the coyotes and foxes and raccoons and deer and skunks and opossums and all the other critters who used to be a part of our life, well bug off, we need all this land for more people.

3points

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#31

I'm from Ireland and at the moment, there are a large number of crises converging and reaching tipping points because the governance over the last decade has been so unbelievably ineffectual. Wages are good, but that's about it. There are not enough houses, so homelessness is at an all time high. Rents are astronomically high if you're lucky enough to find a place. House prices are climbing almost day by day. Juvenile delinquency and violent crimes are becoming extremely common and because police pensions have been slashed, there aren't enough of them being recruited, and any time one of them actually does bother doing their job, the courts are as likely to let someone walk free as convict them. A lot of this has given rise to a wave of right wing nationalism, with certain parties running for our upcoming election on the basis that "Ireland is Full", targeting asylum seekers and refugees with online hate and, in some extreme cases, violence. There have been spates of arson attacks on buildings that are rumoured to be earmarked for direct provision for immigrants. About a year ago, a young girl was attacked by a man with a knife and hurt grievously in Dublin city centre. It was rumoured this man was not Irish and within hours these knuckle draggers were out to "protect Irish children" and the city was being looted, police attacked, city buses and trams were being burnt out all over the city.

Things are bad over here at the moment and it's hard to see how they're going to improve because it's just f*****g everything at the minute.

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21points

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#32

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Venezuela - authoritarianism in the new country im living at, I don't want to go through the same things.

RolnesC , freepik Report

19points

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#33

India - Our education system.

unperiodicchair Report

19points

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Lady Lestrange 4 days ago

Although Indian education system had the potential to stand out, the amount of politics and corruption even at such a basic level ruined everything.

5points

#34

Religion, difficulty with accessing to services providing abortion, how much rent has become expensive aka inaccessible to many, cost of life compared to salary..(I live in Italy)

gini_0206 Report

19points

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Nikole 4 days ago

Sounds familiar… (I’m in the U.S.)

1point

drunkentenshiNL , EyeEm / freepik Report

#35

Brazilian [justice system] is the worst, the most expensive in the world, 1,6% of the GDP, 84% of which goes to salaries and retirements. Judges gain an absurd the normal way and technicalities. The kind of thing one justified the high extras (not even salary) because he needs to buy 500 dollar suits (3000 reais).

forsterfloch Report

17points

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ggus44 4 days ago

Only judges? What about politicians? Military? In Brazil we work to support all these lazy m***********s for life.

2points

#36

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Canada here. And it's moose.

Sounds stupid, but hear me out. In rural areas, moose often cross roads/highways between towns. The number of times I've seen and heard of people hitting them unexpectedly is insanely high and the outcome is always a coin toss.

It's a terrifying experience.

17points

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Verena 4 days ago

Zealand (Netherlands) has decided that all deer need to be shot, because too dangerous for traffic. Zealand is a very rural province, with a few high speed roads. There is one highway, with 100-130 km/h, and a couple of motorways with 100 km/h. Deer are not a problem there. The rest is 80 km/h, no deer problem there, and 60 km/h roads. The latter are "the problem". These are roads crossing the fields, mainly used by agricultural traffic and very local traffic. People like living in Zealand due to the nature and animals close by. So you know that there are animals around, so you have to stick to max 60 and keep your eyes on the road. Accidents with deer happen to young people racing over the "empty" roads and having eyes and minds on their smartphones. It's not the deer being stupid, it's the people.

11points

#37

UK - The absolute idiots running this country and that they are letting convicted p*dophiles go free while they send police to investigate children for saying something hurtful to someone else in their class.

BlabberCrab5 Report

16points

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TotallyNOTAFox 5 days ago

Hey, we have that in Germany too - Gang raping a 14 year old doesn't mean prison but oh boy are kids in trouble for sharing content of the wrong political party

16points

#38

30 People Get Raw And Honest About The Scariest Things About Their Countries Russian here... Hmmmmmm

Let me ttttthhhhink...

Bears. Bears are scary.

Linorelai , byrdyak / freepik Report

16points

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TotallyNOTAFox 5 days ago

I would be more scared about getting conscripted to serve in the next human wave Russia throws at the front to be honest

23points

#39

UK resident here. Creeping authoritarianism, unaccountable elites and a massive assault on free speech.

Both the mainstream parties are guilty of causing and encouraging this slide, but the current government is really showing what the powers the establishment have been steadily putting in place for the last 3 decades are capable of. Now an attack on small farms and the introduction of Blackrock to "invest in the UK." And that's without mentioning the seeming rush by the USA and UK to escalate the war in Ukraine.

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15points

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Forrest Hobbs 5 days ago

I know the OP will never see this, but hold on - the change in inheritance tax rules was meant to be a curb on wealthy investors buying land purely to avoid inheritance tax. It was poorly thought out, yes, but wasn't meant as an attack on small farmers. Also, the only nation escalating the war in Ukraine is Russia.

10points

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#40

The anti trans propaganda used in the latest election in the US.

They’re really focusing on us in really scary ways.

I wish they would go back to largely ignoring us.

9points

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zatrisha 4 days ago

Stay safe

4points

moccasins_hockey_fan Report

#41

USA - Certain snakes and spiders.

4points

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featherytoad 4 days ago

Try the southeast. We have American Cockroaches as long as your middle finger.

4points

#42

UK - Stray dogs. Literally wild animals running the streets and killing people and nothing gets done at all. Terrified of my kids playing in the street.

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Forrest Hobbs 5 days ago

Utter madness. There is no problem with stray dogs killing people on the street in the UK. The dogs that do kill are pet dogs almost always at home, killing people at home.

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T'Mar of Vulcan 4 days ago

Thrilled not to see South Africa on the list. We have numerous problems including crime, electricity, water availability... But we also have a good track record for getting together and getting things done when it counts (not you, Zuma, thula wena). I still have hope.

8points

Pittsburgh rare 4 days ago

The rise in gang rape in Spain. The terrible housing crisis. A third of the country at risk of poverty. Inflation and the awareness that when (not if) the next economic crisis hit we'll suffer it the most.

7points

Gwyn 3 days ago (edited)

Yesterday I leaned that Alabama and Ireland have similar population, but In 2022, Alabama had 1,278 gun deaths. Ireland had 3.

5points

ggus44 4 days ago

Solution to all these: human extinction. It would be great for the planet.

3points

Petra Schaap 4 days ago

what are you saying? You wanna go first or what?

0points

Julie S 4 days ago

Can't believe no one in the UK mentioned the rising knife crime. It's some scary shít.

3points

Gin 4 days ago

It is, but maybe because it's actually not very country specific. Knife-related violence has been on the rise worldwide since 2014. The UK isn't alone or the worst. We need to be very aware of how stats are collated. Here in the UK, the mere possession of a blade or sharply pointed article in a public place can be a crime and is added to “knife crime” It does not necessarily mean that anyone has been harmed. In many other European countries, possession is not a crime and therefore their “knife crime” statistics may be much lower. When we look at homicide rates for European countries, there are 20 that have lower than the UK and 23 that score higher and a handful that don't adequately record their homicides.

4points

The Doom Song 5 days ago

Australia- not the snakes or spiders but the freaking magpies are terrifying

2points

Norm Gilmore 5 days ago

The magpie was introduced into NZ from Australia for insect pest control. Guess what. It's now a pest. And (not related) my regions local rugby team is called The Magpies. :-)

4points

Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 days ago

Australian. The rise in domestic violence, and general violence against women. A women is killed almost every week, a direct result of domestic violence. And police pretty much ignore it, and pleas for help. There have been instances where known domestic abusers have been taken back to their wives/girlfriends BY POLICE who just happen to be the abuser's friend, and the woman has ended up killed shortly afterward. It absolutely disgusts me.

1point

Aycii Lii 4 days ago

Palestine 💔

1point

Tobias Reaper 5 days ago

Teletubbies tall mutants with tv in their stomachs that talk an alien language that live in a land with sentient sun that has a babies face this is scary stuff man

1point

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 day ago

excuse me what Screenshot...47-png.jpg

0points

Eric Lafleur 2 days ago

Canada: Our southern neighbors are making me nervous. It's like living in an apartment building knowing there's a meth lab one floor below, run by mentally unstable morons.

0points

CanadianDimes 3 days ago

Canada: grizzly bears, polar bears. Also moose. But more so, tourists who insist on feeding and/or posing with these *very dangerous wild animals*.

0points

John Harrison 4 days ago

Lithuania: Their online content "authors" and their clanky web design. :) Love you, BP! Hugs and kisses!

0points

Chich 4 days ago

Just going to toss this in for consideration. You will not be allowed out of your system until you get your s**t together. Unmanned probes? sure. But people getting past Neptune will not be allowed.

0points

brookeannsimmer 4 days ago

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David L 4 days ago

Change your moniker to Ostrich.

-1point

John O'Donnell 4 days ago

UK- The people who talked about my country above. Never seen such uniformed drivel in my life, and they can vote.

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David L 4 days ago

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Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 days ago (edited)

Germany. Lack of housing and immigrants getting a fast pass for a free house while our own people have to wait years to get a house. And the rise of fascism and extremism. But that's something over the whole world it seems.

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Penguin Panda Pop 5 days ago

One would suggest that the two things you mention are connected. Perception that immigrants are getting an easy life is facism fuel.

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Verena 4 days ago (edited)

The "fast pass for a free house" is propaganda used in NL, too. But when confronted with the actual living situation in such a house (or hotel), and offered the same, the complainants pass. This does not mean that there is not a housing problem, but especially NL as a very small country needs to make hard decisions if they want houses to live in, or business parks, or farmland, or giant resorts for tourists. An economy that drives mainly on farming and tourism (and international businesses and organizations) does need on the one hand side super cheap workforce without any rights, because no Dutch would do that work. And even if highly educated, NL does not have the number of smart people necessary for the other end of work. And all these people need a place to stay.

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Captive 5 days ago

That's right wing narrative and mostly BS

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Rdj 4 days ago (edited)

They did that in Holland too. They stopped now cause ppl got angry. They just set 2 groups up against each other. We have a lot of social housing. It used to be that when a mother divorced and had no house awwwwww you go first. The rest can wait. But now these people who had to flee their home in Syria are way more pitiful than the single mom and they came first. That's just the system. So the poor get mad cause they're used to getting them, but the rich say to them: Don't be so selfish and racist cause it doesn't impact them. They live in a fatzo house in an expensive neighbourhood. I said to one: Then let the govt buy these houses, give em to Syrians and let the rich wait 20 years until they can buy a house instead of letting the poor wait to rent. I live with 3 teens in a 1 bedroom that costs more rent than the fatzo house a Syrian war criminal got. I don't mind if a normal refugee couple with kids gets the house instead of me, but it is not fair. Now politics to kick them out which was evil and made fun of on tv 20 years ago is just seen as normal.

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T'Mar of Vulcan 4 days ago

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Pittsburgh rare 4 days ago

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Gwyn 3 days ago (edited)

Yesterday I leaned that Alabama and Ireland have similar population, but In 2022, Alabama had 1,278 gun deaths. Ireland had 3.

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ggus44 4 days ago

Solution to all these: human extinction. It would be great for the planet.

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Petra Schaap 4 days ago

what are you saying? You wanna go first or what?

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Julie S 4 days ago

Can't believe no one in the UK mentioned the rising knife crime. It's some scary shít.

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Gin 4 days ago

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The Doom Song 5 days ago

Australia- not the snakes or spiders but the freaking magpies are terrifying

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Norm Gilmore 5 days ago

The magpie was introduced into NZ from Australia for insect pest control. Guess what. It's now a pest. And (not related) my regions local rugby team is called The Magpies. :-)

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Smeghead Tribble Down Under 3 days ago

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Aycii Lii 4 days ago

Palestine 💔

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Tobias Reaper 5 days ago

Teletubbies tall mutants with tv in their stomachs that talk an alien language that live in a land with sentient sun that has a babies face this is scary stuff man

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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 1 day ago

excuse me what Screenshot...47-png.jpg

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Eric Lafleur 2 days ago

Canada: Our southern neighbors are making me nervous. It's like living in an apartment building knowing there's a meth lab one floor below, run by mentally unstable morons.

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CanadianDimes 3 days ago

Canada: grizzly bears, polar bears. Also moose. But more so, tourists who insist on feeding and/or posing with these *very dangerous wild animals*.

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John Harrison 4 days ago

Lithuania: Their online content "authors" and their clanky web design. :) Love you, BP! Hugs and kisses!

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Chich 4 days ago

Just going to toss this in for consideration. You will not be allowed out of your system until you get your s**t together. Unmanned probes? sure. But people getting past Neptune will not be allowed.

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brookeannsimmer 4 days ago

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David L 4 days ago

Change your moniker to Ostrich.

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John O'Donnell 4 days ago

UK- The people who talked about my country above. Never seen such uniformed drivel in my life, and they can vote.

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David L 4 days ago

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Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 days ago (edited)

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Penguin Panda Pop 5 days ago

One would suggest that the two things you mention are connected. Perception that immigrants are getting an easy life is facism fuel.

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