I’m too stupid to figure it out personally. I just like hopping on and shitting a few posts and maybe learn something here and there while I’m at it. Lol. I occasionally notice the name of someone else and eventually I realize I have talked to some people more than once. But then they delete their account or go comes dark and I’m like “well shit there goes another one” so I loose track of all but a handful of posters. lol Either that or they change profile pics and might as well be a new person at that point. My brain can only hold onto so much lmaoo
Only thing I miss more than the height of the genZ sub was the old Chapo sub. That was the main one for me. The memes there were too damn good. My lib brain was overwhelmed and I just got pushed more and more to the left. Then reddit banned them because fucking shit libs and cia run that fucking shit hole.
I was a slow process over many years going from chuddish to liberal to Bernie bro. Then I found the Chapotraphouse sub and it got more and more progressive from there. Then they banned Chapo and I was in stupidpol for a bit because I didn’t know of too many other subs. Then I found hexbear and genzedong sub. Somewhere in there I was in the “I’m a socialist but communism bad” stage for a while. Probably that was before genZ and hexbear. Then I watched yellow Parenti and… It just changed everything. It all sort of clicked. It all came together and I honestly cried a little bit when I watched it repeatedly trying to memorize everything he said. Since then I just learn and watch and absorb more and more.
This balloon thing is honestly one of the most ridiculous things they have pushed in a while. Like seriously, ham radio nerds will form groups and send up these weather balloons all the time. Why the fuck would China need a weather balloon to do what they, more than likely, already have satellites doing?
I know we have posted before about China’s increasingly superior military tech. Do we have some good sources for me to reference when some Chud in my family inevitably starts going off on the “US military da best we will crush the [insert racist word for Chinese people]” bullshit? I know the J35 will dunk on any US jet at this point, and I know they have some nice new naval ships as well that the US had to copy because it was so much better than anything we had. Just not exactly sure where to find all this. I like to able to had a crushing victory when I start ripping their arguments apart because all THEY know is “Murica best everyone else weak and bad.”
I had this issue recently. I had been sharing info for a bit on a discord and most everyone was getting I to it. But I went a little too fast and brought up NK and someone was like “NK is legit bad though” and I kind of went a little aggressive with it which caused them to double down and say I wouldn’t change their mind, which caused me to do the same. Someone else intervened and we kind reached a mutual stay of arms and they said they would be more open minded but this really drove that point home.
We may have had this argument hashed out a dozen times and we KNOW our facts are right but for many this is the first time they have probably argued with someone that’s not only outside of their echo chamber but also knowledgeable enough to push the limits of what they know. Gotta just be the calmer voice. Being overly aggressive with it will cause them to put up walls. Don’t treat everyone as if they are all arguing in bad faith. It’s tiring, and a lot of the time you just want to say “fuck off lib” but don’t. That’s what they do when they say “ok tankie” or whatever.
Ok I’m sorry but that’s actually kind of funny. Don’t get me wrong, I still support his attack on Ukrainian fascism and fight against western imperialism but I cannot deny the goofiness of those shoes. I would feel the same if any other world leader were wearing them. Imagine if Zelenskyy had worn platforms on his trip to Congress etc. Shit would be funny too. Like they are in this range of being just large enough to add some height but too small to be true platform shoes. It’s great. lol
I really do not like the word “freak” as in calling someone “a freak.” I think maybe it’s because I watched a bunch of the old x-mex cartoons as a kid and they always called the mutants that, but regardless, I just really fucking hate that word. I have never used it and never will. When I hear someone else use it I get instantly irritated.
I have 2 outdoor barn cats. We got them not too long ago as kittens. Adorable little shits. They have finally gotten old enough to start hunting. The other day I went to feed them breakfast and one cat was gone. I was very worried because these guys just DO NOT miss a meal right? Well I walked around for a while looking for him and couldn’t find him. Even when back into the forested areas around out house. Right before I went back in I here his frantic meowing and he is running up with a mouse in his mouth. He brings it up and drops it. It was then I realized the mouse was not entirely dead. It tried to crawl away and he proceeded to toss it around and “play” with it. I was pretty horrified by this as it’s basically torture. I told the cat to “just kill the poor thing.”
After reading your response to that reddit modmail… “Just kill the poor thing.”…
I just want to say I have personally radicalized at least 3 or 4 other people now in a discord group. I still have more work to do but it’s getting there. Today I had to review and link stuff to debunk the wests Tiananmen square propaganda. The other day I had to work though the NK stuff and am still picking away at that a bit but in general I have them agreeing communism is pretty rad and capitalism has no redeeming qualities. They are all actually way further than me into the deprogram podcast but theu also need it more than me.
If feels good. I know these people locally which will be the first in person comrades I’ll have ever had.