Silhouette Saturday and an update about my inactivity

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1. Please take your time because I will be waiting for those posts because the racism in Italy is an interesting dynamic. The migrants coming from Africa via the Mediterranean Sea is one factor. The other factor is the traditional racism that goes on at Serie A matches. The rise of nationalism is another facet. Also, there has never been a civil rights movement in Europe like there has been in the USA or in South Africa. There are too many people in this world that think that others should not have any rights.

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   • Thanks a lot for your comment. It really helps me to stay motivated and also knowing what could be interesting to share. I’m going for a slow approach (going to make it a short series) and have my first post ready to be submitted.
     I guess the situation in Italy is different than the USA or SA because we’ve never been a multiracial community until very recently. France has way more diversity, mostly due to its colonial past. Italy owned colonies as well, but it didn’t “backlash” as much.

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2. just post what you want, don’t worry about the rest of it. pretty sure gargoyles aren’t birds…

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   • Hopefully there will be a day where I won’t take the small things too seriously. Gargoyles have wings but it seems like it is not enough for them to be birds. ?

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     • the older you get, the less you tend to care…

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       • Thanks for making me feel younger then! ?

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         • de nada, mija. some things do get better with age. only a few though, so it is best to appreciate them!

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3. What really puts me down is that I got my real name here, it makes me paranoiac as I often wonder if people who know me elsewhere ever read my posts here. Not the wisest choice. Thankfully I hardly ever think my former teachers will come to read my serious posts, or it might really feel like it’s graduation work. ?
   You’re right though, I wrote so much about that Racism in Italy to later think I actually wrote too much and wonder if somebody will ever be truly interested to read it all. I won’t delete all the drafts, but I need to “compact” them. I had been writing over 10 posts, crazy me. ?

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   • Drafts on my computer, not here on Virily. ?
     Forgetting is indeed a big deal, especially when people comment but forget what they’ve just read, and it gets worse when the text is long. ?
     As it’s a topic that was chosen among some options, I’m prone to believe some might truly care and read it all, but then it’s been a while so they might have as well forgotten about it. ?
     Then of course, some will just comment on the title, picture or poll question.

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   • It went better than expected, polls get views no matter the topic but I get some comments too, and few are insightful as well. However, I can’t wait to get back to post photos and lighter stuff in general. ?

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   • I mostly choose polls because I can’t seem to make paragraphs otherwise, but I won’t deny higher earnings are surely something I also keep in mind. ?

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   • The usual, like having to refresh the creation page when you upload a photo (at least in polls), having to save drafts repeatedly and see the preview to check if questions are properly set.
     I don’t know which new problems have arisen, I just know those who were not fixed. ?

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4. Hello, friend! Hope to see you soon again

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   • Hi, here I am! ? Thanks for passing by. ?
     I don’t feel like coming back completely, but I have to check it out from time to time. ?

     • That’s already good, like seeing you here 🙂

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5. I often think like you too, why my posts are always serious… Then I started posting things that were more trivial, but that still stuck in my mind … Just like that? Awh…
   Well… We should be able to say to ourselves, “Yes, it’s just like that, and that’s enough!”

   (…Still thinking that it was my pretext…)

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   • Exactly! ? That confirms happiness (or satisfaction) is something we eventually choose, not something that magically appears out of nothing. ?

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6. I want to, and I hope you will start writing again. It does not matter what, your posts are always interesting.

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   • Thank you, it means a lot to me! ? I hope I can get back to write soon too, and hopefully keep my posts short and lighthearted. ?

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     • I hope you return too soon ?

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7. I hope you will start writing again. The photo is beautiful. Pigeons?

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   • Yes, I guess so. Thank you very much, Carol! ?

8. These are pigeons I guess

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   • At first I thought they could have been collared doves, but their size made me quite sure they were wood pigeons. ?

9. Gargoyles are ugly looking mythical creatures. These are pigeons I guess from their shape.

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   • That’s true. Thanks for having confirmed they’re pigeons. ?

10. GARGOYLES (I don’t care if they are birds!!!)
    LOL

    Well, you can write whatever you want …
    😀

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    • Did I go too far with the options? ?
      Yes, there has been a lot going on but I haven’t been in the mood to write lately. ?

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      • Nope, I like options like that! haha
        Take your time!! No hurry to write, right?

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11. write to the dreams in you!

    Serious or not serious it is what you feel.

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    • Thank you! Perhaps it was more about easy vs complex than serious vs not serious. It might help to share some nice photos “mindlessly” than writing long topics, sometimes controversial, like I did lately. ?
      I’m sometimes afraid to come across as conceited or all-knowing when discussing such matters, but I’m definitely not the type.

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      • i understand that, it can be hard. I am more time limited now than anything else!

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