• jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    2 days ago

    Honestly, all eastern European porn is sad. The girls are clearly hating what they are doing and they seem like they are doing it out of necessity.

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
      91·
      2 days ago

      Thank god for retail and waitress jobs. All American girls know how to enjoy what they are doing.

      • jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        1 day ago

        I’m not saying American girls are all enjoying what they are doing. Esp porn from from Russia are all sad to me. Similar to porn from East Asian countries (non Han variants). Just sad.

        • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          I think it’s a cultural thing. Russians don’t smile out of courtesy like the West. It looks sad to us because we are used to smiles but it’s more genuine. I would expect that on average, girls have the same feelings all over the world.

          When it comes to final smiles, it is a requirement from the payment processors that after violent scenes, the video has to finish with the girl smiling and being in a good mood. That must mean that the girls have to smile if they want to be paid, no matter how they feel.

          • jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            1 day ago

            Oh, I’m def not into violent porn. I don’t even like those Japanese porn that simulate rape. I know the girls are clearly safe. It’s just disturbing.

            I didn’t know about the final smile tho being required or else they don’t get paid.

  • Bobbysaurus@lemmy.world
    672·
    3 days ago

    FYI Czechia is not considered eastern Europe, but central Europe. Sorry for the smartassery, but I needed to mention that. 😅

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 day ago

        Gotta Check that out!

        Joking aside, wonderful country! I went there on a whim 1999 for the new year (long story) coolest people on earth! Gotta go visit again some day.

      • k0e3@lemmy.ca
        4·
        1 day ago

        Wait, I’m about to go there for a day trip in a week. Can I not use the Euro at all there?

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
      131·
      2 days ago

      I’ve always considered everything east of the Berlin Wall to be Eastern Europe and everything west to be Western Europe. I’d never even heard of Central Europe as a distinct idea.

    • Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      19·
      3 days ago

      To be honest I was more making a joke about the CzechHunter brand of gay porn. Pretty big staple to find a dude with that “haunted look” and then offer him money. Not specific to it that studio but the first that came to mind. But point well taken

        • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
          102·
          2 days ago

          Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountains, and its western boundary is defined in various ways.[1] Narrow definitions, in which Central and Southeast Europe are counted as separate regions, include Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.[2] In contrast, broader definitions include Moldova and Romania, but also some or all of the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, and the Visegrád group.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe

            • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
              6·
              2 days ago

              For a reminder, this was my point: Depends who you ask and what the context is

              And both articles say exactly that… Even your article starts with

              The region is variously defined

              • wieson@feddit.org
                2·
                24 hours ago

                Well, if you asked an idiot, Czechia might be defined as part of Antarctica.

                The people we should ask are the Czechs.
                And anyone who empathises with them will agree, it’s in central Europe.

                This is not just a geographic discussion. It’s a question of whether you respect their 1000 year history of important kings and prince electors of the holy roman empire, or if you just look at the 80 years of forceful soviet occupation.

                Compare traditional Czech dishes with Bavarian and with Russian dishes, you will see.

                • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
                  1·
                  24 hours ago

                  It definitely seems like a topic some are very emotional about and not just a simple geographic grouping. But I was just saying that those differing definitions exist still

              • Bobbysaurus@lemmy.world
                3·
                2 days ago

                And if you read more than the beginning you’ll find out that the Czech Republic is almost universally defined as a part of Central Europe.

                • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
                  32·
                  2 days ago

                  I feel like you’re a bit confused about what the discussion is

                  FYI Czechia is not considered eastern Europe, but central Europe

                  Depends who you ask and what the context is

                  That’s shown by both the article for Eastern Europe mentioning how it is sometimes included and how it’s sometimes not included in Central Europe from your article. The article you linked just says it’s often included but that’s again what I was saying, it’s only “often” because it depends.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      my experience is that they get lumped in with either eastern europe or central europe depending on the context and whether on not it supports what someone says. for americans, they’re a lot like Virginia or Kentucky where “are they part of the south” will depend on who you ask, and the context you ask in

      • cmbabul@lemmy.world
        61·
        3 days ago

        To illustrate your point, I’m from Georgia, Kentucky is part of the south, Virginia ain’t. And while I’m at it neither is Texas. Texas is its own thing and Virginia is DC

        • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          as a virginian by birth i find this stance INSANE haha. i generally go by “suceded? south.”

          the thing to understand is that just as ther are multiple americas, there are multiple Virginias. NoVA being lumped in with DC? sure. anything south and west of Culpepper? what?

          virginia beach and reachmond is also its own thing distinct from DC, SWVA, and Southside.

          but Ketucky is SUPER different from much of the rest of the south by my experience in southen appalachia, georgia, alabama, and louisana.

          texas and florida are both interesting cases of both being Sutouthern and Their Own Thing

          • cmbabul@lemmy.world
            6·
            3 days ago

            Just to be clear I ain’t got a problem with Virginians in any way, but every one of yall I’ve met seems more “Atlantic” than southern. But I’m sure the closer you get to West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee the more that wanes.

            Kentucky gets in because both bluegrass, bourbon, the derby, and because Tennessee vouches for them

            You ain’t wrong about Florida either. The way I generally look at it is if you draw a line eastwards from the most southern part of the panhandle, everything north of that line is the south. The rest can be either corp or Caribbean.

            As for Texas… they have a lot of southern qualities I ain’t gonna front, but there are just so many ways they don’t fit. A Texan is always show offy compared to someone from say Alabama

            • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
              3·
              3 days ago

              nah for sure. didn’t think you had issue. was just super happy it got to help us demonstrate to outsiders what i was originally saying about VA and KY. it is also reflective of my experiences of how people discuss Czechia. according to Italians, they’re eastern. according to Poles they’re central. ultimately, these distinctions are only useful in certain contexts that matter for how you’re talking about the differences. ultimately, the conclusion is we, across the globe, are one people. our local cultures are also just that: local. i expect if you and i sat down to share spoonbread, our spoonbreads would taste different, but we’d understand the differences better than someone from Maryland or Delaware ever could

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
    2813·
    3 days ago

    Anyone else sick of these rich people shows about rich people restaurants? I would rather see a show about a lower middle class guy who works in a shitty diner. I don’t understand the appeal of all the rich people tv shows

    • Fleur_@aussie.zone
      15·
      2 days ago

      The bear is literally about a guy spurred to reconnect with his family and working class roots by the death of his brother after he has been made mentally sick by the demands of working for the rich and elite in the service industry.

      Also the barrier for entry for this show is unbelievably low. It probably has one of the all time best first episodes of any tv show. Watching it would also make you immediately understand how much of a fool you look like right now. The setting is a financially struggling family owned restaurant that caters exclusively to working class people.

    • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
      33·
      3 days ago

      Have…have you watched The Bear?

      Don’t get me wrong, the Berzatto family had money, and some of their relations do. But…most of the characters are not wealthy, and the restaurant started as a local sandwich joint.

      It’s a really good show, I recommend it. It’s like Ted Lasso but dark and depressing.

    • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      111·
      3 days ago

      I’m not sure that The Bear really fits what you’re complaining about here, but I love the complaint and agree with it in general, so upvoted your comment anyways. So much fiction nowadays is about rich people and “nepo babies”, And life scenarios that are generally completely unattainable for most people. As if it wasn’t already obvious enough that the majority of mass market fiction is created as some sort of escapist opioid for the peasants. The worst is the new “eat the rich” genre, that pretends to be criticizing, capitalism and wealth while simultaneously drooling over it the whole time.

        • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          21·
          2 days ago

          Yeah that’s a fair point, it does have some of that wealth ogling going on. Although in that show since none of the characters are really that rich, it feels more like they’re in the shadow of wealth rather than partaking in it. I give that a pass because, how could you tell a realistic modern story without having people in the shadow of wealth?

    • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Drove me insane with my ex her choice of TV shows. It was always a bunch of rich people having rich people problems, that were only somewhat tangentially relatable to regular people.

      Gilmore Girls, Ginny and Georgia, huge peeves of mine. No one lives that life except a very very select few, and here they are on camera trying to make us pity them

      • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
        32·
        3 days ago

        My wife watches This is us, Us, and these other shows where everyone is always made up, wearing designer clothing. Everyone lives in a big house that is always clean, the neighborhood is picturesque.

        I tried to watch that show master of none but it annoyed me because even the dumb fat sidekick character was always dressed in expensive current fashion and all they did was rich people shit and complaining