I make it no secret that I’m proud of this one

Hank Green is just that guy from Mentopolis. You can’t convince me he’s a Youtuber.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

:contrapoints-sad:

The comparison to Christian fascists is interesting. I grew up in an evangelical cult and follow a lot of ex Christians on TikTok. A lot of these people, when they delve into politics, are unable to see anything but echoes of their own experiences with Christian fascists when talking about any kind of extremism. It’s understandable but I also don’t wanna dismiss people excusing structural violence under capitalism just because they have religious trauma. It’s something I empathize with a lot and simultaneously have no patience for because trying to get through to them often involves retraumatizing myself, too. Shit sucks, especially when I’ve put more energy than your average western leftist into deconstructing all the aspects of Christianity that are just baked into the culture here.

Fellas, is it gay to get CTE?

The specs required to run high render distance mods with beautiful shaders keep going down. There’s legit work being done if you don’t fall into the trap of moving the goalpost every time a new wave of mods comes out.

Yes, worsening conditions mean people need scapegoats. The people in charge of the political machine may not even necessarily be scapegoating (though they often are). Sometimes there’s just a cultural search for explanations and the reactionary reasons happen to win out by the time they reach the ears of someone who can do something about it. Also, improving conditions make it easier for activists to operate. More resources, more hope, more free time, less death. It’s not a 1-to-1 link and there are other factors, but there’s a connection. You can also look at things like unequal distribution of prosperity. The success of the black suffrage movement in the US followed a boom where white Americans came into tremendous wealth which wasn’t shared among the black population. And where black communities were able to get some for themselves and develop their own prosperity, towns were bulldozed, flooded, or otherwise destroyed. And of course we already know about things like red lining. Prosperity plays a major part in that story.

I believe it was originally squatted on by some maga communist type. Kinda like how magacommunist.com redirects.

While this quote does not encapsulate marx’s entire view on the state, it shows that Marx sees that the state is bourgeois and therefore antagonistic to the proletariat.

I understood why the person made this mistake, but goddamn it was funny to watch them repeatedly double down on it.

Mr. Borelli

Hasan covered it in full and Destiny in turn covered Hasan’s coverage, resulting in Destiny rage quitting his stream multiple days in a row.

I first joined up almost 4 years ago following the r/chapotraphouse ban. It feels like it’s been so much longer.

0% chance this person has a threat model that necessitates not being tracked in their car. That said, most modern cars have similar tracking abilities and simply don’t expose them via an app.

Edit: I didn’t catch that it was in r/adultery. Good lord.

There was a point at my company where I was expected to monitor Skype, Teams, and Slack all at once. And then my team also had an unsanctioned Discord that we used for day to day shit.

If you’ve sufficiently dehumanized someone who’s harmed you in a major and who you justifiably hate, fucking them over can make you feel absolutely triumphant. I think there are four problems with revenge:

1. It’s inherently escalatory unless you’re really methodical and sneaky about it, which most people aren’t. Accepting revenge as a permissible response to being wronged can make you overlook other options that would help deescalate the situation or bring justice, especially if the wrong wasn’t that big of a deal.
2. The pursuit of it can be really unhealthy and pretty obsessive. It’s very much a way of consistently reinforcing rage and feeding it, so if you have the option to not do that, it’s probably best not to.
3. Dehumanizing anyone is a psychologically destructive act. Sometimes people don’t have a choice and not everyone deserves empathy from everyone at all times for all their actions in equal measure. But again, if you have a choice, dehumanizing people isn’t great for you.
4. You can be wrong. Simple as. You can be wrong about the perpetrator. You can be wrong about the act itself. You can be wrong about a bunch of things and taking revenge on someone who didn’t deserve it is just needless harm.

I’m not familiar with Dune but I’m afraid on your behalf that you’ve missed something with the “Leto II” bit of that comment

White boomers still have so much “old timey” racism rattling around in their heads just waiting for the opportunity to escape. My dad once

He’s a lifelong dem and considers himself progressive, of course. Glad I don’t talk to him anymore.

Steven Crowder does impressions of black people that are minstrel-tier caricatures. I wouldn’t be surprised if more “comedy” like this made a comeback.

Prompt: “Princess Peach committing copyright infringement”