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2287467 Shinnrah6 : in the last 28 days, we've had 22 people pass due to covid.
2287468 Shinnrah6 : with a total of 4300 ish deaths since our first case around 3 years ago
2287469 Universe City : See?
2287470 Universe City : The pandemic is still going on.
2287471 Universe City : And there's even been a spike recently.
2287472 Shinnrah6 : we're slightly stupid here. Coz a lot of younger people want to catch it to get time off work zzz
2287473 Universe City : Ufff.
2287474 Shinnrah6 : and when i was working, i'd have friend groups on the floor go off on sick leave for like 6 days
2287475 Universe City : Ufff.
2287476 Shinnrah6 : im not gonna lie. when my brother caught it, and went to his house and caught it off him coz i needed a break... that was 2 years ago.
2287477 Universe City : Ufff.
2287478 Shinnrah6 : but in general in nz, we dont think much of it anymore. not since last year beginnning. We've just accepted it
2287479 Shinnrah6 : but overall, i think we've handled it quite good
2287480 Shinnrah6 : i guess we're lucky here though
2287482 Shinnrah6 : i'd hate to know what it's like in US.
2287483 Shinnrah6 : sorry how much do you pay for your insurances and healthcare if u dont mind me asking?
2287484 Shinnrah6 : is it a lot?
2287485 Universe City : It's actually not that bad at least the city where I live.
2287486 Shinnrah6 : which state
2287487 Universe City : I'm not sure.
2287488 Universe City : Wisconsin.
2287489 Shinnrah6 : I think our problem now (which is everywhere) is high cost of everything. and we currently have high unemployment
2287491 Shinnrah6 : and we're experiencing a 'brain drain' from our country. coz NZers are running away to australia for better working conditions lmao
2287492 Shinnrah6 : so net migration is down
2287493 Universe City : I bet. Jaja.
2287494 Shinnrah6 : and we love putting the blame on other people so we complain about how immigrants are stealing our jobs. but hey... they work harder than nzers lmao
2287495 Universe City : Jaja.
2287496 Shinnrah6 : what ethnicity are you, by the way?
2287497 Universe City : Mexican.
2287498 Universe City : Mexican-American.
2287499 Shinnrah6 : nah actually. When i was working, i use to get racist customers telling me about how the Indians are stealing all the jobs. and we should stop hiring indian workers
2287500 Universe City : Ufff.
2287501 Shinnrah6 : i said "maam. if nzers could work 12-13 hour days, theyre more than welcome. but the problem with us is after 4 hours of work, we complain about how unfair everything is and want a break" lol
2287502 Universe City : Jaja.
2287503 Shinnrah6 : oh noice. Pacific islander here. The "minority" group lol. Where our stereotype is brown dumb and overweight... zzzz
2287504 Universe City : Jaja.
2287505 Universe City : Pacific Islander?
2287506 Shinnrah6 : oh New Zealand is heavy on institutionalized racism, so please forgive me if i come off racist
2287507 Shinnrah6 : yeah like hawaiian
2287508 Universe City : Ahh, okay.
2287509 Universe City : Most "Americans" are racist, too.
2287510 Shinnrah6 : Mi lengua nata es similar a Hawaiian, de hecho
2287511 Universe City : Ahh, okay.
2287512 Universe City : Are you Samoan?
2287513 Shinnrah6 : you think so? Los americanos que yo encontré aquí son muy guay
2287514 Shinnrah6 : no. Rarotonga, if you´ve heard of that. probably haven´t
2287515 Universe City : ¿Ahh, sí?
2287516 Universe City : Nope.
2287517 Shinnrah6 : tiene 14000 personas alla
2287518 Universe City : Ahh, okay.
2287519 Shinnrah6 : very small island lol
2287520 Universe City : I see.
2287521 Universe City : Jaja.
2287522 Shinnrah6 : i heard that you can get fired on the spot for calling someone a wetback?
2287523 Universe City : Does "Shinnrah" mean something in the Rarotonga language
2287524 Universe City : ?
2287525 Shinnrah6 : im not being offensive. but my friend moved to texas a year ago and we caught up about those things
2287526 Universe City : Yeah...
2287527 Shinnrah6 : nahhhhhh shinnrah is just an old gaming name that´s stuck around
2287528 Universe City : That's true.
2287529 Universe City : Ahh, okay.
2287530 Shinnrah6 : like how are americans racist?
2287531 Shinnrah6 : damn that sounds bad
2287532 Shinnrah6 : do you guys put it in jokes all the time or sthg?
2287533 Universe City : Most "Americans" are white and most of them are White Supremacists/racist.
2287534 Shinnrah6 : i think we´re bad in the sense that we are racist, but we accept it every day. Like we soughta slander eachother in front of eachother and shrug it off. it´s weird
2287535 Universe City : What do you mean?
2287536 Universe City : Ufff.
2287537 Universe City : How did you end up in NZ?
2287538 Shinnrah6 : i have a close indian friend and i call him a curry muncher all the time zzzzzz
2287539 Universe City : Heh.
2287540 Shinnrah6 : ohhh in the mid 20th century, there was a need for labour to fill nz´s labour shortage, so we ímported´people from the pacific islands lol
2287541 Shinnrah6 : so im 1st generation kiwi.
2287542 Shinnrah6 : parents came from the islands
2287543 Universe City : There's only about 50 million "Hispanics/Latinxs" in the U.S.
2287544 Universe City : The total population is over 300 million.
2287545 Universe City : Ahh, okay.
2287546 Shinnrah6 : ahh yeah so about 1/6
2287547 Universe City : Yeah.
2287548 Shinnrah6 : damn i thought it might be like more of 30% or sthg
2287549 Shinnrah6 : are latinos densely congregated in certain regions?
2287550 Universe City : 30% is probably the total population of "minorities."
2287551 Shinnrah6 : are there a lot of latinos in wisconsin?
2287552 Universe City : Yep.
2287553 Shinnrah6 : oh dang
2287554 Universe City : The west coast especially California and Texas.
2287555 Universe City : Illinois.
2287556 Shinnrah6 : and the further east you go, the whiter it gets?
2287557 Shinnrah6 : does that 30% include afro-american?
2287558 Universe City : Yes.
2287559 Universe City : I'm not sure. I've only been out of state like 5 times my whole life.
2287560 Shinnrah6 : weow.... holy molly
2287561 Universe City : And 4 out of those 5 times was to visit my cousins in Illinois.
2287562 Universe City : "The United States had an official estimated resident population of 334,914,895 on July 1, 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.[13]"
2287563 Universe City : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem...
2287564 Universe City : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rac...
2287565 Universe City : Check the second link especially.
2287566 Shinnrah6 : yeah looking now woa
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