Welcome again to everybody! Make yourself at home. Sit down in that chair over there. Take off your shoes, please; I just cleaned that carpet. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is our weekly discussion thread!

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  • DankZedong
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    191 year ago

    Apparently CO-poisoning deaths have already doubled this year, compared to last year (60 vs 29) in Belgium. And the real cold, as in freezing, is yet to come. Media think this week will be crucial for a lot of people in their decision to finally turn on the heating or not.

    And then we don’t even take into account people that will use things like candles to keep warm. Or people that have no idea what they’re doing that will use fireplaces or something like that. CO-deaths, housefires or even towns or cities burning is a very realistic option for this winter here. I wonder how many people will suffocate, burn or freeze to death.

  • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.ml
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    151 year ago

    Not trying to stir anything up, but I’ve been using Hexbear more recently. It’s nice since they have more users, but I’m still kind of mixed. I see way more ‘Western leftist’ types on there (and the bad takes that go along with that).

    Also apparently you can’t mute or block people on there, which seems illogical. It’s still better than most other sites, but I prefer Lemmygrad much more.

    • I vastly prefer Lemmygrad’s UI to Hexbear’s. Hexbear loads extremely slowly for me, to the point of frequently being unusable. Hopefully we’ll eventually be able to federate

      more ‘Western leftist’ types

      Really? I never noticed that. They have some really good threads summarizing contemporary events, and I haven’t seen many bad takes on the NATO-Russia war (for example)

      • @i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.ml
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        131 year ago

        Yes. I do like their emoji system, but I frequently have to refresh to post.

        I’m probably just being over-crititical. Most people there are great, but I do see some suckdem type posts there sometimes.

        Virtually everyone here is explicitly ML, so I enjoy every post usually.

        • @TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml
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          81 year ago

          Virtually everyone here is explicitly ML, so I enjoy every post usually.

          That’s what I have really liked about Lemmygrad, too. Usually on social media it’s constantly sifting through shit takes and other garbage and that just doesn’t have to happen here. Plus I have loved every person I have talked to on here its just yeh

    • stasis
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      81 year ago

      i’m doing the opposite, i’m using this site more than hexbear lately.

    • Catradora-Stalinism☭M
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      61 year ago

      I’ve been finding myself usually on hexbear now, but thats only due to a current fight in which the chromebook I have blocks lemmygrad and not hexbear. I use the library computers on weekdays to check up on my favorite commies.

      • That’s nice. I’ve actually been enjoying it more recently. Both sites are fun. I actually enjoy my time on them. It’s almost like all the fun of Twitter with none of the downsides.

  • @frippa@lemmy.ml
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    141 year ago

    People thinking gold, houses or FUCKING COMIC BOOKS are long term investments is ridicolous, it would make sense in a normal world but now? The long term investment is a rifle, ammo and tons of canned food! When the water wars will come pieces of paper or contracts will not be worth a damn.

    Thanx for coming to my rant

      • @frippa@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        One where we know that 20 - 30 - 50 - 70 years down the line there will be a civilization to speak of, that’s not the case today and we are seeing it. Who knows if in 30 years in the 2050s we will still have nations, banks etc, there might be a shtf scenario.

        • @freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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          91 year ago

          Defining civilization as consumer markets for speculative investments, private banking institutions that collect rent on financialized capital, and the existence of liberal institutions attendant to the state is very much what we are all trying to get away from this community. Civilization is what we make it for ourselves and if that means overthrowing global capital and the speculation markets with it, then we will have civilization, a more advanced one at that, and speculation will still be a bad idea.

          Don’t internalize the dehumanizing rhetoric of liberals.

          • @frippa@lemmy.ml
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            61 year ago

            Well I’m not saying that, just that as a result of water wars, death of billions, possible nuclear war etc one of the billions onf repercussions will be that pieces of paper will not be worth anything, just like they will not be worth anything in socialism, socialism is the end of private banking etc but it isn’t the end of civilization, merely a new one, I was speaking about a shtf scenario where the only thing that count are a rifle and clean water. .

        • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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          81 year ago

          I mean, shit has already hit the fan in 1985, we’re just still living with the repercussions. Unless you mean something more rapid, like nuclear war or a new, even deadlier pandemic. But in those cases “prepping” is unlikely to help either - due to death

    • That reminds me. I used to collect vinyl records. I’ve been slowly selling them off, because now I don’t believe in ‘collecting’ (usually just hoarding).

      It’s a huge pain to sell them, but I need to sell them off before that entire market totally collapses.

  • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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    111 year ago

    OK so first world problems here, but how do you all manage going to work and doing your job everyday (assuming you are a wagie like me) knowing that the job and even the company may not exist in a year?

    My employer is blissfully unaware of the coming economic storm in Europe. We’re entirely reliant on German steel and industrial electronics. Those inputs are already hard to get and it’s not even winter. Yet the owners say we’ll be fine because we generate our own heat and electricity.

    It’s not like I’m attached to this job and company, quite the opposite, but it’s just really difficult for me to put in even the bare minimum of effort knowing that it’s probably all futile.

    Or am I just being too nihilistic and doomer about this?

    • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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      91 year ago

      am I just being too nihilistic and doomer about this?

      Doubt it. Make no mistake - when the owners say “we’ll be fine”, they very likely mean they will be fine. Possibly the company as well. The workers will be thrown under the bus at the first opportunity.

      As for how to manage pretending everything’s fine and going through the motions, well. I don’t think you necessarily should. Go to work, as it gets you money, but start looking for a way out.

      • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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        41 year ago

        I’m not sure that the owners did mean that they specifically will be fine. They are indeed absolutely atrocious people and do not hide the fact that they’re out of touch resource hoarders and human exploiters. But the way they communicated this was more like “don’t worry about energy shortages, we make our own so the lights will stay on.” Which is true as far as it goes, the lights will stay on, but we will likely not have enough raw materials to produce the product.

        Unfortunately my expertise at this point lends itself to production management/support, which is a declining industry in the west - manufactured inputs shortage or not.

    • @freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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      91 year ago

      Don’t go to work for the company, go to work for the paycheck. Is the company doomed to fail? Probably. So what though. You didn’t join them because you wanted to help them succeed, you joined for a paycheck.

      Get paid. Laugh when they cry. Repeat until revolution.

  • @TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml
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    111 year ago

    Finally got in touch with a PSL organizer this week. Setting up an introductory call in a few minutes. Should be great for many reasons; one being keeping me alive and motivated until I can be accepted into my outpatient therapy, another being finally being able to help the community around me and join the fight.

    What’s new with you guys?

  • DankZedong
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    101 year ago

    One of my friends applied to a position at the air force for information warfare. Apparently they screen your entire surroundings , including friends, for suspicious behavior. Can’t wait to fuck this up for him lmao

  • @Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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    101 year ago

    In his speech before US Congress, Alejandro Mayorkas (secretary of homeland security) proclaimed that “a hypothetical nuclear explosion in Europe will not have a direct effect on the health of US citizens”.

    Yeah.

    • Muad'Dibber
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      61 year ago

      It must be very re-assuring to EU countries that NATO is using them as operation human shield.

  • 小莱卡
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    71 year ago

    Mainstream media on Mexico saying that the missile that hit poland was “probably” (some affirm it tho) ukranian lol.

  • DankZedong
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    71 year ago

    Y’all think Elon will be taken care of by the CIA because he’s fucking up their information warfare platform?

  • @Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml
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    61 year ago

    Interesting how quickly people stopped giving a shit about those 2 dead farmers following the revelation that it was a Ukie missile.

  • Catradora-Stalinism☭M
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    61 year ago

    Comrades, I suggest to link to several piracy sites and theory books as a part of the weekly General Discussion thread

  • BinkieT55
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    1 year ago

    Were getting brigaded (Imagine wasting your free time doing this)