Anonymous
Post 01/24/2026 01:03     Subject: Lucky
Always proud to be an American. My dad immigrated here in 1969 and always instilled that in us. My wife is European and has been here since 2009 and she doesn’t want to go back to being a Europoor. Socialism is evil.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 21:36     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I came from a different country on F-1 visa and ended up getting my PhD in engineering and now at a really senior position within Govt. US has treated me very well and it is always going to have my loyalty first.


🥰 love stories like this. Welcome to America


Kudos to this PP in realizing the opportunities American gave him/her and now they are giving it back via civil service.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 21:34     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a woman, my individual rights have been dismantled over the past year. No, I don't feel lucky to live here.


Woman here, and I think you need a little more perspective. Have you traveled much? Do you ever talk to people who are different than you?

I currently make 150k per year and not an “elite” person of any sort. I know that it’s not much on DCUM, which actually makes this point sharper: it is extremely rare for anyone, especially a woman, especially someone not pedigreed or elite, to be able to achieve that salary level in the vast majority of the rest of the world and that includes nearly all “first world” countries like Japan, South Korea, and most of Western Europe.
I’m an out lesbian, and a mom. And still getting promoted on merit and having a pretty nice life at work and at home, even though Trump was supposed to make Handmaid Tale happen…. Not only that, but there are also POC men and women where I work, doing amazing things and getting paid well for it! Not to diminish the bad and dumb things that have happened, but I thought Trump was gonna fire everyone who wasn’t a straight white male and the rest of us be living in cardboard boxes by now?

Outside of a very few select countries, this would not be possible. There are still tons of opportunities here, including for non-white, non-male, and non-straight people. I do feel lucky, because I would not have this kind of life anywhere else.

Some people love to focus on the negative and are totally blind to the many good things about our country. I would rather live here and work on fixing the problems than just tear it all down.



Exactly, woman here too. I have been to more than 40+ countries in the world. I agree that some of the things need to be improved in US but overall, a woman's or human's life is much better here than a lot of other countries in Africa, Asia, S America or a lot of other countries. People can openly complaint here and that itself is a privilege. Imagine doing that in Middle East.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 15:32     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What benefits it a man to gain the world if thereby he lose his soul?

Warrantless searches of houses, quasi-fascist paramilitaries acting with complete immunity shooting mothers in the face, threats to invade our closest allies whose soldiers gave their lives for us in Afghanistan, politically motivated prosecutions of honest public servants? No, I see a lot of reasons for shame in this country right now, whether the stick market is up or down.


Then leave. Problem solved.
Or change it - the American way.

Complaining and whining is unamerican. We are a pull ourselves up by the bootstraps people. The whiners live in the Uk and Europe - go there and you’ll be in good company


Complaining and trying to change things through protest is patriotic. Literally. That's how the patriots established our democracy.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 14:46     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:What benefits it a man to gain the world if thereby he lose his soul?

Warrantless searches of houses, quasi-fascist paramilitaries acting with complete immunity shooting mothers in the face, threats to invade our closest allies whose soldiers gave their lives for us in Afghanistan, politically motivated prosecutions of honest public servants? No, I see a lot of reasons for shame in this country right now, whether the stick market is up or down.


Then leave. Problem solved.
Or change it - the American way.

Complaining and whining is unamerican. We are a pull ourselves up by the bootstraps people. The whiners live in the Uk and Europe - go there and you’ll be in good company
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 14:43     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a woman, my individual rights have been dismantled over the past year. No, I don't feel lucky to live here.


What rights have been dismantled? I’m a woman and wasn’t tracking this


Abortion rights in red states have been severely limited. The takedown of DEI. Defunding programs outside of the US like HIV prevention for pregnant women. USAID was destroyed and it mainly helped women and children. Birth control that was meant for countries in Africa wasn’t sent. It sits rotting in a warehouse because this administration just doesn’t care.


PP’s post was about OUR rights as American women - not the aid the US generously gave to foreign women. And we are not in southern states - tha is a choice. On a federal level our rights are the best in history. Gain some perspective and stop whining.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 14:40     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a woman, my individual rights have been dismantled over the past year. No, I don't feel lucky to live here.


What rights have been dismantled? I’m a woman and wasn’t tracking this


Same. There is no better time or place in history to be a woman. Although th culture has backslid a bit - but I’ll never be one of those SAHMs with a dress that looks like it was made from curtains or should be on a 2 year old.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 14:39     Subject: Lucky
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I came from a different country on F-1 visa and ended up getting my PhD in engineering and now at a really senior position within Govt. US has treated me very well and it is always going to have my loyalty first.


🥰 love stories like this. Welcome to America


Yes. You did it right. Congrats and welcome indeed.