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[โ€“] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 158 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If you enjoy the risk of getting suddenly jailed NK or Iran are way better.

[โ€“] rustyfish@lemmy.world 106 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[โ€“] callcc@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People are also extremely welcoming. It's almost too much :)

[โ€“] belastend@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As long as you're male. And white. Iran is still a deeply racist society.

[โ€“] callcc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You might be right. I can only report from my experience. I can't say I saw people being not nice to women because of their gender. But you don't see many things when you're a tourist.

[โ€“] belastend@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago

I can only the report the experience of iranian friends and my partner.

[โ€“] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

And stray cats too I think.

[โ€“] sgtlion@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is statistically not true.

Incarceration rate per 100k:

  • US 541
  • Iran 228
[โ€“] Artyom@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

Actually, since ICE isn't sending people to trial, they might be lowering the US statistic lol.

So not only are you safer from getting arrested in Iran, but you're more likely to receive a trial.

[โ€“] Demdaru@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You just made me realize there's less chance to get imprisioned as a tourist in NK than in USA right now xD

[โ€“] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

US border is asking questions about your opinion of Trump. No other country does that, even if going out of your way to bad mouth their leadership won't be appreciated.

The answer "it's none of my business, you guys elected him." resulted in being turned away from the border.

[โ€“] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

they will just expel foreigners for that,

[โ€“] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This for real? Any sources on this?

[โ€“] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Lemmy anecdote. few if any confirmations in https://www.reddit.com/r/uscanadaborder/comments/1jrmy12/have_you_been_asked_do_you_like_trump_by_a_us/

there is this anecdote: https://www.reddit.com/r/50501Canada/comments/1jptyt2/problems_crossing_into_the_us/

I don't know for sure, but media not reporting/picking up doesn't mean anything.

[โ€“] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In America, cops can jail you because they feel like it, with no repercussions.