only responding to the second point because indonesia does this shit constantly to dumb ass tourists but whatever.

idk if im "gatekeeping" a social media (not sure if you mean lemmy or reddit), im moreso just pointing out the decrepit culture of reddit that is a little bit ingrained in lemmy. idk, i was gonna say something dumber abt giving you a gold or whatever the fuck but thought just being direct would be clearer.

potentially this is gatekeeping lemmy? if so, id happily do it again. The gross and wholely netpoisoned nature of thinking one story abt a white guy being a fuck ass in a foreign country bringing down the neocolonial tourism wealth that pours in from first world is... childish? idk cant think of a good word.

anyway ill stop rambling to myself, im sure you didnt get anything out of this.