RealWorldReject

"Somewhere, lost in the shrouded realms of death, lies a land of endless night where

long‐forgotten horrors are revealed to those who travel through the mist.

There, in a crooked house lives a Crooked Man with a crooked grin. He raises crooked

arms to a Crooked Tree at the edge of midnight and hears the whispers of the Old Ones.

They speak of a beast that stalks the darkest woods and darkest hearts, a crown of horns

upon its head. If you lose your way and feel a warm breath that chills you to the bone, run.

Follow the songs of harvest time, and before long, you’ll find revelry in the dancing

shadows of blazing wicker. No matter your story, these lonesome, misty rails will deliver

you

Scrolling through this sub, I see a lot of negativity surrounding the topic of race in China, particularly being a black or dark skinned foreigner. I was browsing the sub because I plan to go back soon and decided to share my experience to try and bring some positivity to the subject, to show other potential black expats that it isn't (or doesn't have to be) all bad.

I did an undergraduate work-study program in Changsha back in 2023 through my university. I was working as an English teaching assistant at a business college (not super relevant info, just background). I am a black American woman and was working with a white American professor with whom I became close friends during our time i

Not Starbucks drinks, necessarily, just the cups. My university has a small on-campus Starbucks and they sell gorgeous limited edition cold cups and I can’t stop buying them. I don’t really buy them to drink out of, mostly just to match my outfits. I’m up to 8 now, each priced between $18-$22 and they all have names and personalities. I had tried to limit myself to just buying one per month and for a while I wasn’t buying any. Not really because I was getting better, but because they didn’t have any that I liked. A few days ago, I planned on getting one as an end of the semester gift to myself even though I didn’t do very well on my finals and didn’t really deserve it. I ended up with 3. Wha

Hello all! I’m a college student in a rural area and sometimes I’m not able to get fresh veggies from the store for my snail. I have tried giving my snail things from the school’s dining hall salad bar but he refuses to eat anything from there. I’ve tried spinach, bell peppers, mushrooms, and whole apples that I have sliced for him. I always wash and boil the things I give him to get rid of any harmful stuff. But anything that comes from the school is a no go.

He’ll crawl over it or outright refuse to touch it. He never has a problem eating the same things from the grocery store though. I imagine the school treats their fruit and vegetables with preservatives to make them last longer or ma