#mexican town

[jellogram]

reblog to kill it faster

#I was indifferent to coachella before but after living in the valley for a month I'm like holy shit this thing is horrid #that is SUCH a poor area #coachella the town is predominantly poor and predominantly mexican immigrants #so you get all these spoiled rich kids from LA clogging up this very low income area #I'd like to think the income helps the city but there's simply not space in that town for that many people #I can't imagine how horrible it must be to live there during the festival #I would be very interested to hear the local perspective but of course it's never fucking represented

[spider-man-2o99]

hits the disinformation machine with a bat a big bat a big heavy lead-core thick wood bat kablam whack whack whack whack whack. miguel ohara does not have "spider instincts," he has never in even one piece of official material ever had nor experienced the phenomenon that fandom colloquially refers to as "spider instincts," okay, that concept is entirely and 100% a fandom-born headcanon that people created post-ATSV as an excuse to write the guy as a stupid Feral Brown Beast-Man caricature . lord have mercy. it takes. two seconds of research 2 not perpetuate racist malarkey. do better

#talking tag #spider-man 2099 #spiderman 2099 #miguel o'hara #atsv #across the spiderverse #hi. dead canary walking here #one more person calls him Feral. calls him animalistic. bestial. stg im killing the hostages. #THE furthest extent of any quote-unquote Instincts that is ever brought up in SM2099 is a small scene where he comments upon-- #--theoretically Already Having th necessary neural pathways and instincts in place to use nd control his powers as he adjusts 2 getting the #fucksake. calling a mexican man that you already dont see as human Feral is not a compliment get it thru ur heads. #pejoratives r not Flattering th shit used 2 dehumanize Actual People for centuries isnt a Quirky Funny Thing to call an indigenous characte #christ. if youve never read sm2099 then ur bad faith self-righteous sm2099 opinions are less than worthless to me. #You Are The Emperor Without His Clothes On waving your dong all over the town square. just shut up already. youll look smarter.

[1899sbiggestbabygirl]

I want to expand on this idea in the future:

Dutch Van der Linde is the perfect analogy for the white saviour.

He presents himself as someone who believes in equality; however, he uses his progressive stand views as long as it's rewarded with praise, his support is very minimal (basically not being overtly racist) and receives praise over it, but is willing to overlook racism if it benefits him ( him letting Micah stay in the gang), his views are literally based on a privileged man pretending to understand the oppressed (Evelyn Miller, Lenny calls him out on this), he pretends to care and empathize with the structures of oppression but is very willing to exploit them anyways (the whole thing with the wapiti tribe).

at his core I think Dutch would see himself as a saviour -but the narrative itself shows who he really is, and what every white saviour at its core is: A fake hero.

Sure, Dutch's saviour complex and manipulation is evident with all characters, but to pretend that race or ethnicity doesn't hold a big role in how these dynamics work (especially on the time period) would be willful ignorance.

#with that being said rdr and rdr2 do have their white saviour moments #but in a way it functions more of a 'hey these guys are good despite the times' reminder than anything #rdr1 has that sherif american guy living in that mexican town... that's very white savour ish but eh... #anyways #anyone else got any ideas? #rdr2 #rdr #red dead fandom #dutch van der linde #character analysis #meta #rdr2 meta #txt

[jadedgenasi]

Watching people argue over tipping culture is just wild because the only two arguments presented are "pay the servers a living wage to begin with" and "servers actually make like 40$ an hour and you're killing them by guaranteeing a wage instead of letting them get tips."

My ass was queer in the South working at an IHOP making $2.14 an hour and going home with about 35$ a SHIFT on average, and it was NOT because I didn't do a good job. I had no idea I was queer at the time, I just had short hair and by god that was enough. Everyone else could smell it on me. My coworkers were pulling in 80, 100 every time I turned around and I was in college killing myself over paychecks that didn't cover my gas for the whole week. I begged to be allowed to host because they got the guaranteed $7.50 an hour.

I think it's stupid that restaurants are inflating prices by adding 20%-plus gratuities on checks and then saying that's not a tip. Like, I don't think this is being handled well and it feels like malicious compliance/like customers are meant to resent the servers and the idea of a fair wage for them, but I very much believe servers should not be paid a base rate of subminimum wage. That shit fucking sucks.

Your personality and your human face being the basis by which people decide if you eat tonight or make your rent is some horseshit. That's the bottom line.

#would i have had this issue in chicago? probably not! #was I in chicago? no. #I was in a college town in georgia and the fact that it was a college town meant I was ONLY passively aggressioned #instead of outright harrassed at every turn #working at ihop and the mexican restaurant was 'perform femininity correctly or starve' #and it shouldn't fucking be like that #(well. perform it correctly or pray you had more queer/kind folks than church folks coming to dinner)

[yourstrulyray]

nah cuz u arent a REAL fan if you laugh when manolo sinfgs creep ..,... real tbol fans FW CREEP 💯💯‼️‼️‼️ (/hj /lh)

if you're like me and you're an over-observer and notice the smallest obscurest details ever, you would realize that creep actually aligns SO much with manolo for the first half of the movie. (also heads-up warning this is not organized well, bear with me 😭)

"ay maría, when you were here before, couldn't look you in the eye" that line alone represents manolo's feelings EVER SINCE childhood — when maría was still in san ángel, he'd always be with maría (and if you look hard enough HE ALMOST ALWAYS LOOKS AT HER, usually w/ admiration/curiosity), then when she left he "couldn't look her in the eye" anymore both literally and figuratively because when manolo showcased his bullfighting skills, carlos trained manolo 24/7 to the BONE for like. what 10 YEARS???!,!, for the entire time maría was away

for those exact 10 years, his life revolved around the phrase "music is not work fit for a sánchez bullfighter" when he knOWS to himself that bullfighting isn't really his thing — even IF he's skilled at it — and he's rly passionate about music. apart from that the point of bullfighting is to kill the bull, in which he rejects the idea because killing is wrong and maría loves animals. hes a LOVER, not a fighter 😭😭

he loves his family EQUALLY as he loves maría and music, so you can definitely tell he was conflicted by that.

gonna need a part 2 cuz i ran out of image space 🥹🥹 wait for meeee

#book of life #the book of life #manolo the book of life #manolo sanchez #maria the book of life #maria posada #manolo and maria #manolo x maria #maria x manolo #they make me physically ill/pos #i want what they have #oh to be a guitarrista and a bullfighter in the old mexican times having a crush on the town general's daughter

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

im devastated. i got a microwaveable curry from costco and. its not good. Why

#I JUST WANT FLAVOR. PLEASE. THE LACK OF SPICES IN MY LIFE RN- #i didnt see that the label said 'mango' #and its unexpectedly peppery #two flavors i Do Not Like! #which is deeply unfortunate bc i can taste how good it is Under those two prevailing flavors! #i wasted rice on this.... #i thought i was about to have a decadent as fuck breakfast... #now im just sad! i miss having access to so many different places for the occasional takeout... #no thai... no indian... no chinese... no korean... no japanese... no mexican... #im Suffering out here. i can go get subway or mediocre burgers. thats pretty much it #cmonnnn american cuisine tends to be so fucking bland.... i want Flavor... where is the Flavor.... #my taste buds are crying. they're sobbing. they are Wailing #absolutely unprompted #ive started to daydream about all my favorite restaurants ive been to #brazilian barbeque... shabu shabu... my beloved chinese takeout location... korean bbq... roadside tamale stand... #farmers market bao vendor... french bakery... the place with Banger pad see ew... the sushi restaurant with awesome bento & veggie rolls... #the boba store with delicious dragonfruit bowls... mall mongolian bbq... hibachi.... tea houses... many many more... #MAN IM MAKING MYSELF SO HUNGRY #nothing in this house or in this town will satisfy me #one of my great loves in life has been taken away! Flavor! delicious food! Where Is She!

[fullmoonfireball]

conchas good flan good..... the world is full of love and desserts and so am i <3

#Rambles Into The Void #learned there was a mexican bakery in the next town over today and OUUUUUHHHH THEIR STUFF IS GOOOOOOOD #smelled absolutely heavenly in there too

[biblionerd07]

Small towns on TV always have so many restaurant options. “Should we get Chinese or Indian tonight?” A town that size has neither. You have one diner that’s open Tuesday-Thursday and alternating Fridays but ONLY from 2-4 and there’s a pizza place that’s open on the weekends from noon until whenever they feel like leaving.

#you want to eat somewhere for lunch on a Monday? go fuck yourself #you can drive 40 miles to the ‘city’ and hit up the combo McDonald’s/KFC #these fake small towners smh #they wrote a FRONT PAGE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE when our gas station got an icee machine #our pizza place (family owned but they’re on the 4th family owning it) just added a salad bar LAST YEAR and people almost rioted #I’m supposed to believe these small towns are offering delivery??????? #who is doing the delivering when the restaurant is run by one 14-year-old #we have a Mexican food truck that comes through every other week (no weekends) and it is an Event #taco Tuesday at the local bar is literally on people’s calendars #like where is the realism

[evansbby]

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#can i just say something #idk if it’s controversial or not it’s just my thoughts #so years and years ago when chris said in an interview #something along the lines of #‘Sandra bullock is the type of girl you take home to meet your mom’ #and ‘Salma Hayek is the type where you yell action and go to town’ #(on who he’d rather film a sex scene with) #and it’s so funny bc it just clicks with me how… #men boys whatever they’re all the same #I’m not Mexican like salma but #I’m south Asian and I’m brown and this is literalllyyyt how all boys think #like white boys #they date white girls #but on the down low they fuck with us but don’t want to be seen with us or take us home to their parents or make us their girlfriend #treated like a ‘dirty little secret’ fr 😂😭 #I remember back in secondary school #my friend who is Indian #was hooking up with a white body and at one point he made her walk on the other side of the street from him bc he saw his friends 🙃🙃🙃 #white boy* not body lmao #and YES dumb of us to be even giving these white boys attention but like… #we were 16/17/18 year old KIDS who just wanted validation #but anyways it’s crazy…. obviously not ALL white boys and ofc they grow out of it (some of them) #but like it’s so sad #also with Chris like… he’s always only ever dated white women which is FINE like that’s his preference that’s his vibe good for him #but then all this chris ‘Jamal’ evans stuff is like…. kinda sad imo bc #like most white men he might hook up with poc women but of course his girlfriend (now or in the past or in the future) will most likely be #white #which is why I find the jamal stuff kinda iffy lmao #please don’t come at me if you think I said something wrong just tell me nicely or whatever like I’ll understand #I’m just speaking my mind

[smileyfaces]

i could never leave texas. what other state has great mexican food no matter where you are. where will i find carne asada

#i live in a town of like 3000 and there’s 2 diff mexican restaurants

[fieriframes]

[She was a very, very popular stop after a late night out. In 2010, she found an old deli and continued to crank out authentic Mexican. Hey, Ben, I got one tamale going out. One of the best places in town for tamales.]

#s18e11 tennessee holiday traditions #guy fieri #guyfieri #diners drive-ins and dives #popular stop #late night #old deli #authentic mexican #one tamale #best places #ben #town #tamales

[kawaiijay]

#dia de muertos #dia de los muertos #photography #travel #old town #san diego #Mexican #Mexico #skeleton #skeletons #calavera #gothic #pretty #beautiful #statues #decorations

[androcola]

dear people in my town.stop opening fucking barbeque place EVERYONE and their GRANDMA has a bbq place in town there's a million fuckin bbq places here pleease we need activities for children in this town we need places for teens and kids to play and hang out and have fun we need real stuff in this town we need a music store record store we need real things no more bbq places im begging you pleeeaaaase no more bbq it's not even that good bbq is not even that good 🌞🌞

#a new bbq place is opening in town in a few days #literally EVERYONE and their GRANDMA and their DOG has a bbq place here its insane #if its not bbq its a mexican restaurant #we need activities for kids that arent just school and cigarettes

[fuckyeahnewmexico]

Old Town Albuquerque during sunset (Don Peterson 2023)

#new mexico #southwest #photography #travel #aesthetic #adventure #albuquerque #art #sunset #history #old town #chicano #chill vibes #mexican culture #culture

[funkylittlebats]

I've been writing more again recently and I've been rereading some of my old stuff and I kinda wanna share some of it. But first,

I'd also have to come up with a tag for them so they're all searchable (to the extent that you can search tags on tumblr)

Here's a cute bat for your time

#poll #writing #this is more directed at people who at least somewhat regularly interact with me btw #just bc like #if you don't then #you'll probably never see any work that i post anyway #i'll probably be rbing this throughout the day #also btw that's a mexican free-tailed bat #they have the fastest flight of any mammal and can keep up with a peregrine falcon #(considering a peregrine falcon's flight speed not their diving speed) #and they make up the largest colony of mammals! #the colony at bracken cave in san antonio tx is home to around 15-20 million mexican free-tailed bats depending on the year #(they're a migratory species) #but if you want a cool bat viewing experience then there's another cave two hours west in a town called concan #it's the second biggest colony with 10-15 million per year and you can get way closer to the bats #(still regulated ofc) (but a lot closer) (seriously like you can smell the guano) (which doesn't smell as bad as you'd think) #i'd advise going in late august to account for both weather and when the bats will be there #i'm just always gonna be partial to the frio bat flight in concan bc i went to it a lot growing up #it's what sparked and maintained my love of bats <3 #it's also where i got my url!! their hold music is the song linked in my bio it's great i love it sm #ok i need to shut up bc i could literally talk about bats and this cave all day

[wekillitwithfire]

jenny nicholson understands me and my love for theme parks and themed restaurants and themed hotels and essentially any heavily themed experience

#it is a PARTY when i get to go to rainforest cafe or margaritaville or any other themed dining experience #i don't even care if the food is mediocre and overpriced. i'm going for the ambiance #hell i even love an overly-decorated olive garden. why am i suddenly inside a small italian village? #or the local mexican restaurant that took the same approach and made the inside a little town square of a mexican village #and my long-standing childhood disney world obsession. #which is one i avoid talking about because then i'll get called a disney adult and a disney shill etc. and that's not what it is at all #it's the engineering and design of it all. the making of another reality for people to enjoy #and the fact that i had the privilege to go every couple of years growing up so it was a big part of my childhood #and i have a lot of memories there #my parents have those disney visa credit cards so they would save up enough Disney Points TM to fully pay for our tickets and meals #and... idk. i love the haunted mansion. i love epcot. i love (LOVE) the peoplemover.