Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.
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Almost got into a fight with a 50 something year old boomer at the gas station today. Was buying my typical poison at the gas station and with four people behind me this fuck cuts right in front of me.
Dude cuts in front of four people for two lottery tickets and I just step up aside him and start pressing him about how much he spends per month on those things and why he acts like a crackhead. Got a jolly “Ohhh so I’m a crackhead now?” and he stepped towards me right in front of my face. At that point I just shoved him back into lottery machine that was right next to the cashier till and he kinda half-crashed out and stood up and walked out holding the tickets in his hand waddling towards his big-ass truck.
Was probably on camera, not sure if I’m gonna get into trouble but at these days I’m at a certain breaking point where I just don’t give a fuck anymore. Hate these dumbass motherfuckers around here that grew up in petit-bougie homes that think the whole fucking world belongs to them.
Does anyone get these feelings? I have so much empathy for so many people in my life I work with, I deal with on a daily basis. I’ve volunteered for FNB and my local orgs. Does anyone else have this near homicidal rage when dealing with these blabbering caricatures of the truck driver from Disco Elysium? Just dealing with pure, selfish, unbridled pieces of fucking shit where you want to drive your thumbs to the back of their eye-sockets?
I think you’ll be ok on that one but you might want to find some way to enhance your calm.
I’ve really been slacking off lately with /c/capitalismindecay. The main reason for that is that I have been focused on teaching myself Judezmo, which was easier for me to do from my smartphone than accessing writings on history was. I know that there is no ‘rule’ saying that I need to update that subcommunity daily, but I managed to keep at that for so long that I don’t want to disappoint somebody by taking another break despite having a working computer now.
Tragedy occurred today as I very unexpectedly lost a family member. The day has been kind of a blur and of course I am in a state of grief.
Despite all this one of the things I keep thinking about is work tomorrow, wondering if it’s deserved for me not to go. If anyone came to me and asked me a question if they were in a similar situation, I’d say of course you should stay at home. For myself it’s often more difficult, I find.
I just hate this system in which a natural and human thing to do, grieving, becomes a questionable thing because god forbid you miss out on a day of work. Fuck this system.
My sincere condolences. I hope that you get the chance to grief even in the middle of this madness of a system. Sadly, finding time to grief is difficult.
Take the day off, fren.
sorry to hear that dankzedong, unfortunately i’ve had too many unexpected tragedies happen to people close to me so i can relate to what you’re going through.
everyone griefs differently but in my experience in these sudden tragedies the worst comes after time passes, it’s as if you haven’t actually realized that your relative is gone and it hits like a truck when you do an activity you used to do with them.
Take the day. If they give you a hard time just tell them that you wouldn’t have been able to focus and would have just been in the way.
bruh did biden really say that the good news was that he became a great grandfather during the california fires? LMAO
Fucking ghoul apparently showed up at a press conference about the fires and said “I’m the first president who is a great grandfather!” and then went on to blame state and local government for not stopping the fire.
All that matters is the preservation of the Biden Seed.
i found it hilarious lmao
Welcoming committee on Red Note is something else…
Good thing I already have a WeChat / Weixin account
that xhs app in japan. today morning
night
it was at 13 yesterday
Hey comrades, I made an Arabic lesson on hexbear’s c/languagelearning if anyone is interested. Here is a Lemmygrad link.
I’d join to practice my Spanish but I’m banned
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Random thought: The vanguard party for a socialist state are kind of like astronauts. They have an understanding that:
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The stakes are high for any mistakes
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Logistics and scientific process are critical
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Discipline, principal, and training are critical
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No one is above criticism (no room for being egotistical)
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Any kind of corruption in the system has to be dealt with very seriously
One of the reasons I like this analogy is that in space, you’re all depending on each other, whether you like it or not. There is no “I got mine” in space; you thrive and suffer together.
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Anyone else expect biden to do one more escalation in ukraine to poison the chalice? I’m not sure what it will be but I feel he will make a military move of significance to try to force Putin to fight back.
Trump will do that himself.
He’s never been anti-Ukraine, contrary to media claims.
Trump has nothing to gain propping up ukraine. He knows it is a lost cause and there is nothing trump likes less than a loser.
trump rightfully sees ukraine as a proxy for biden and other dems. Also zelenski is personally responsible for the first impeachment of trump. trump isn’t going to help someone who gave the dems ammunition against him.
Mr Beast trying to be a hero saying he will buy tiktok to stop the US Gov of banning it has to be the most stupid PR act ever, dude ITS GETTING BANNED PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO SELL IT TO AMERICANS INVESTORS.
Are looters even a thing in the US or is it copaganda? I feel like its crazy that looters are a thing, its a sign the US is broken society.
They are, but it’s not exactly something I’d condemn. Most of the houses are going to burnt to a crisp. People who are the victims of it just trying to evacuate is one thing but 98% of it is happening in the areas that are directly in the path of the fire or already burnt down. Reminds me of that quote about pouring gasoline on the oranges from grapes of wrath.
Besides, when private property matters more than human life; destruction is a form of protest. One they sincerely hate.
Known as Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” RedNote features a layout similar to Pinterest and is often described as a Chinese version of Instagram. According to TechCrunch, the app’s focus on short-term content, similar to TikTok, has helped it emerge as a viable alternative.
I can’t believe this is real.
They’ll port it eventually
China does nothing: wins It’s amazing to see people downloading red note and causing it to reach number 1 in the iPhone App Store.
How many people so far?
REDnote (小红书, XHS), the Instagram of China, mistaken for TikTok of China (technically it’s Douyin), is getting more hype among American users.
Should I get it?
Yea, what is going on rn is great. Chinese users are making content for the new american users, teaching their net expressions equivalents and just having fun
That’s good. I’ll download red note.
There’s a massive general strike in Belgium today. 30k strikers are in Brussels right now, mainly people working in the public sector. The strike today is against retirement reforms among some other things.
It’s part of an initiative of the unions to strike every 13th of the month from now on. I participated in last month’s strike and I was a bit sceptical about today’s turnout but it’s great to see so many people on the streets today. I decided to sit this one out though. But I work at the union so I’m at least somewhat involved.
