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Cake day: January 17th, 2024

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  • Reading through the other comments I was thinking “is this the cursed island?”. What a surprise, it is indeed this shithole…

    This was a scary read, can’t even imagine what you must’ve felt like then and afterwards. I’ve seen my fair share of dodgy people on the streets and from all the horror stories I’ve read online, I’m always super paranoid and get uneasy whenever I’m out after 8-9pm, and see someone sitting in a car parked on a quiet road at night, or just standing around… and I’m not even in the “target demographic” for these kinds of harrassments.

    Can’t even imagine what it must be like to go out every day knowing this can happen to you and nobody will do anything about it, it’s infuriating. And to think you weren’t even in a bad area, nor was it that late… not that it seems to matter much recently. One thing I’ve noticed (and maybe I’m reading too much into it, or maybe it’s something obvious that I’ve just discovered now because it’s not something I had to worry about for myself), is that many women walk with their arms crossed, even in busy/safe areas; I’ve seen almost no men doing this. I interpreted it as them being uncomfortable, tense, anxious, or just “on the defense” in some way. And if it’s that, it’s truly terrifying - literally everywhere you go, you’re made to feel like that, day in and day out?

    It seems increasingly difficult to have a normal life on normal island…