[TigerMandingo]

I don't give a shit how "smart" someone is. When I meet people, I don't administer IQ tests to them as a prerequisite for friendship. I've made quality friends I Turkey and places like Dagestan. Guys who would take bullets for you and are loyal once you get to know them and open up to them. That's a lot more than I can say for friendships out here in the US, where interaction is superficial and people talk smack behind each other's backs.

[estraudi]

No loyalty amongst men is my biggest gripe about the metro I live in. Males interact how females do and it's still a bit of a culture shock( even though I moved from one US city to my current one)

If I may ask were you in makhachkALLAH where you met these good friends? I've heard good things about that city and it's people.

[TigerMandingo]

Makhachkalla, yep and the North Caucasus region in general. You will find the men in this area to be some of the toughest in the world. There's no bullshit Anglo flakery and backstabbing, unless maybe you get on their bad side

[Simeon_Strangelight]

(05-11-2018 10:12 AM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  

I don't give a shit how "smart" someone is. When I meet people, I don't administer IQ tests to them as a prerequisite for friendship. I've made quality friends I Turkey and places like Dagestan. Guys who would take bullets for you and are loyal once you get to know them and open up to them. That's a lot more than I can say for friendships out here in the US, where interaction is superficial and people talk smack behind each other's backs.

I am a friend who is of the bullet-taking variety. If I have a problem with you I will tell it to your face or you will know.

As soon as you pass the IQ test I give to all my prospective friends and sign the non-disclosure regarding the stuff you see and hear from me, then we are golden.

But I do wonder about the experiences you had in your life and the lack of perception and ability to perceive aggregate numbers, differences in mentality and current Zeitgeist that permeates a culture. On top of that you have individual manifestations that differ sometimes enormously from their respective groups. A sane and spiritual man understands it all and differentiates between all those nuances. Thus you can understand the weaknesses of nations, but you also can recognize an African genius, an Afghani saint, a Swedish Red Pill shitlord and a Polish SJW. Your individual perception is not be swayed by your awareness of statistics.

[Rocha]

(05-11-2018 09:30 AM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  

I've always had a blast in Turkey. It could be because they have an affinity for Russians, but still. We get along really well. In all my time there, I've never felt in danger or uneasy. The Muslim thing isn't even noticeable because the Turks are Muslims in name only.

Some of you need to get out more and meet some people.

I met some Turks in Ukraine and there is a considerable difference between the ones from Istanbul and the ones from the eastern part. The former seemed more cosmopolitan and friendlier, not the archetipal creepy Turk in cheap black suit and washed up dress shoes.

I met also nice and friendly Turkish people in Germany too. Most of the nice interactions I had in North Rhine-Westphalia was with Turkish people. Not all Germans are the same though, is a pretty big country, and I just have good things to say of Bavaria and Bavarians for example.