- Tried to bargain with the fish market seller - haha since we are brown and asian obviously we must have haggling culture. Would he bargain with a market seller in the US? would he try to bargain in Switzerland? Why would he assume we have a haggling culture? Also talking over the guy and treating him like a prop.
- rude comments about the lady in the burka.
- goes to the cheapest dingiest and dirtiest cafes they can find. "real Maldives".
- the entire video dripping with condescension.
-extended footage of hijabi ladies. zoom, cut zoom. This reminds me of that European lady who didn't believe that non hijabi ladies are also Maldivian. Considering how rude he is to the nice hijabi ladies that tried to talk to him, this is a bit weird. The lady in the thumbnail also looks to be AI. What Niqabi dresses like that. Note the AI generated dirty floor and plastic chairs. Why does this niqabi woman (AI generated at that) have to be the representation of "dark side of Maldives"? There are plenty of actually dark things like corruption, parteys and thilafushi?
- Talking over the Addu bendi seller in the market like he can't understand English har har har Art of the deal.
- He visited the Maldives Kitchen which is in a really pretty part of Hulhumale, but there was no footage of his surroundings.
He really personifies everything the world hates about Americans. A walking stereotype. Some idiots in our community will still support naked bare faced racists like this just because he gave us some attention.
EDIT: After reading some of these comments. Some of you need to have your minds decolonised. Mental isthiumaaru in action. Dhon meehunna hushaamadhukurumaigen kuriyah.