Lol I was there recently and also noticed that. The whole museum was full of propaganda, but it was cool to see some of the exhibits, like the Trabant. Some “fun” anticommunist highlights included:

• The dystopian evil jail cell run by the communist dictators (about the same size as the room I rent in [major city, imperial core country])
• The dystopian evil kindergarten with a rigid schedule including play and nap time
• The dystopian evil standard allocated apartment that EVERYONE had and there was NO individuality (much bigger than the room I rent, and for much less money)
• The dystopian evil SEX that all the HORNY EAST GERMANS were having (the museum explained it as a result of there being nothing else to do, lol)
• The dystopian evil DIY repair culture
• The dystopian evil tired bureaucrats who looked more like people than Bond villains
• The dystopian evil LGBTs who weren’t forbidden from existing by the state
• The factory farming that happened under the DDR (which, like, as a vegan, sure, but it’s not like the Federal Republic or any Western country wasn’t doing this)
• There was literally a panel saying that all Eastern bloc states weren’t allowed to deviate from the USSR’s policies or will, then gave an example of the DDR doing just that to resist Soviet reforms in '85

And every single bullet point here made my blood boil (supposed to be a translation of some of the key terms, without propaganda):

Anyways, I guess I funded anticommunist propaganda by visiting and also buying a DDR patch

Here’s my experience (recently diagnosed ADHD, suspect maybe AuDHD):

Starting about 6 years ago, I started having fairly large amounts of caffeine (300-400mg/day), probably as a way of self medicating ADHD and compensating for too little sleep). At this point, I realized I was physically addicted to caffeine, and if any day went by where I didn’t have caffeine by say 3pm, I’d get a bad headache. For the next ~3 years after starting this, I didn’t go a single day without coffee.

Starting about 2-3 years ago, I decided that I really didn’t like the idea of having to have a coffee every day, so I decided to try to stop my addiction. I stopped abruptly and didn’t have any caffeine for a month (for me, I knew a gradual stopping wouldn’t work, I had to fully commit to it to get it to stick). It was miserable, especially for the first 3-4 days. The first week as a whole was pretty rough, then week 2 was marginally better, week 3 a bit better still, and week 4 felt good, finally.

Since then, because I really like the taste of coffee, I’ve been consuming 2-3 coffees per week, but I try to avoid having them on consecutive days. I think it works pretty well for me, and I have managed to hold off the physical addiction like that (except for one time where I compensated for jetlag with lots of coffee, and got re-addicted and had to do the same miserable process as above).

Also, I recently started stimulant meds for my ADHD (Vyvanse in particular), and for a while I couldn’t have caffeine because it made me too anxious. Now, I’m used to the meds and can have caffeine, but it’s much easier to resist the temptation.

All in all, I’m happy that I’m not addicted anymore, and for me it was a painful process but worth it. I find that caffeine messes with my sleep even many hours after consumption, and I don’t feel as rested on days when I have it. I’ve mostly switched to drinking tea or decaf coffee, and I think it’s made me feel less anxious too.

Let me know if you have any questions!

In my experience the red cups were used for mixed drinks being served by amateur bartenders (or jungle juice), or for kegs, or for drinking games. The latter was by far the most common - beer pong, slap/stack cup, etc. Often, people would rinse and reuse them to cut on waste and/or cost.

“Group of young tourists” even (I feel like right wingers would still get triggered over “foreign”)

They are very very common at fratty college/university parties

Can I be racist to Fr*nch and Br*t*sh people too?

Aren’t hand counted ballots the most reliable form of counting ballots and the hardest to tamper with? I must say that I don’t really trust voting machines

https://web.archive.org/web/20201105081005/http://berniewouldhavelost.com/

https://harpers.org/archive/2005/08/none-dare-call-it-stolen/

I saw that a couple weeks ago when I was looking into note taking software and decided to go with Joplin instead (though even besides that I think joplin is a better fit for me)

If Trump loses in 2024 he might run again in 2028 and the orange boogeyman will continue

The behind the bastards subreddit (which I think is connected to the show) was censoring posts about the Zionist entity’s ongoing genocide and they seem to be NATO shills overall. Robert Evans is a fed (or at the very least fed-adjacent). If I were you I’d pick something else.

Not the op but everyone raves about this tofu feta whenever I make it: https://erinireland.ca/vegan-recipes/the-best-tofu-feta-ever-hands-down/

Bonus: if you have access to powdered lactic acid (e.g. Druids Grove), use 1/4 tsp of that instead of each tablespoon of lemon juice

Hey s, what colour is the party banning homelessness in California?

(cw: genocide of people experiencing homelessness, new york crimes): https://archive.is/vnKRJ

Thoughts on mortgages (if one can afford them, of course)? Seems to me like the interest is a smaller price to pay than rent if you don’t intend to move for a while

Xournal++ is my recommendation. It can annotate any pdf pretty easily. Just import the pdf, sign it, then export as pdf

Bush did 9/11

Besides that, love the meme

This also shows how fake prices are. They can handle their costs going up (paying more workers) without increasing prices because they know that people can’t afford groceries right now.

I’ve definitely heard rizz from a more gen-z acquaintance of mine. He’s also very much a bro type and very into hookup culture, not sure if that’s related to the subgroup thing mentioned in the other comment

In Amerika and Klanada at least I am pretty sure the 2x spicy one is vegan (but not the 1x spicy, they use actual animal products in the flavoring)