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General Discussion Thread - Juche 114, Week 20

James Connolly (1868-1916) was a revolutionary socialist fighting for Irish national liberation; the founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party and the Irish Citizen Army. Today 109 years ago, he was executed by British colonizers after the Easter Rising in Dublin.(PW)

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  • Today I was helping a dude at my work and when we were finished he looked at me and said' : 'I'm from Turkey and I think you are a very handsome man, especially with your [my distinct facial qualities].' And I thought to myself: this is the behavior we should normalise lol. Uplift our fellow homies out there.

  • People become real LGBTQ+ advocates the second they can blame the hate on Muslims somehow

  • Belgian public sector Union is showing a Palestinian video on multiple occasions throughout the Eurovision broadcast. Which I guess is something, at least.

  • The Dems have completely given up on actually trying to win elections. They're throwing out David Hogg because he had the audacity to insult the senior citizens who refuse to let go of their power. Liberals will still defend them of course.

  • Wonder if it's just me, or somewhat of a general ADHD thing, of finding "doer" speeches annoying at times. Mind you, I don't mean stuff like targeted calls to action, I don't think, because in that case it feels like a "let's do this" - it's more focused on the we, with the speaker being included in it.

    I guess what bothers me is the sort of individualist kind of "put on your adult pants" talk, where like no matter how diplomatic the tone of it, the underlying implication is that there's some kind of action you're not taking that you're "supposed to" take and that you have missed the fact that you could be doing this action. And for some people some of the time, that's probably helpful. I think for me and why I bring up ADHD, is most of the time I already kinda know what I could be doing (sometimes to an absurd degree relative to proportional action because of gathering more info in lieu of actually doing). It's the mechanics of executive functioning that are more so the struggle rather than a lack of knowing. And I suspect if there's any trend to it and it's not just me, what people like me probably more often need is emotional support, an actual physical "I will go do this with you" if necessary (like for body doubling), and in general, a certain amount of trust that we're capable; that the problem isn't so much ignorance as just needing more support (or even just space, not being distracting) to get started.

    Not about anything I've seen here BTW. More a general thing I've seen in various ways, some of which may be rugged individualism culture, though I'm not certain because I don't know how well executive functioning struggles are recognized in general, in the world.

    • Wonderfully put, I too share a deep resentment for this particular type of way western society utilises language. I have health complications which also make executive function very difficult as a result of traumas, and truthfully it's insulting to me when this type of language is utilised. So much of the idioms used in the west these days have a very myopic understanding of how people can/do work. It is like an attempt to make people interact and behave monolithically (yet also sell them the idea that they're being individuals, see Andrew Tate). Just another reminder that western society is not built for humans, but rather by and for capitalists

      FWIW I actively be an empathetic witness to other people instead of using those idioms because in my (current) understanding that is the purest form of love I can be and give

  • Podcast I used to be on degenerated into your typical masculinity-bullshit sports n' pop-culture pod with spikes of anti-Semitism from mid-40s dudes. It really is a shame putting a shit load of work into a few episodes I was on (before it went to shit)

    Some of the episodes was about your typical conspiracy bullshit, yea, but I had a lot of fun doing FOIA requests and digging up old documents with the insane bullshit the CIA used to do back in the day (injecting LSD into the brains of kids is something I gotta find again but don't wanna view the pod again to support them) Plus, I didn't know they'd end up going down the typical route as they seemed to be your typical shock-jock lib types rather than chuds.

    Ended up leaving because one of the people straight up turned into an asshole against me because of my "communist bullshit" despite multiple attempts at talking about the host with it and being fully able to deflect his shit back; just didn't wanna deal with it every episode. Host ended up agreeing because "he didn't want it political"

    I'm not sure what kind of milquetoast muppet thinks conspiracies have nothing to do with politics, but I guess I know now. It makes sense, he ended up becoming more CHUD when he finally got himself into an okay job after a decade of getting fucked over by the companies in his area and living in literal squalor. Yet, commies and jews are the problem to him apparently as a Puerto Rican in Florida. Dear god, make it make sense. I tried explaining.

    • there must be something in the water in Florida that makes latinos turn into the scourge of the earth.

      • I wouldn't say it's a Latino thing, more so the countries they come from have equal rabid anti-communism and when they get to America they can blame all the faults of their struggle on communists and of course, with that "community", the internet offers jews as well. He really was a cool guy until his brain turned into sludge.

        At least that's my theory. A lot of Latino coworkers I had here would get upset at the mention of socialism or communism. In the same coin, the oldest, most "chud" looking types actually turns out to be a pretty rad dude.

  • State radio this morning suddenly started talking on Ibrahim Traore and Russian ties and my partner all of a sudden called it bullshit lol. Did not really expect it from her but she saw lots of comments on Dutch state media Instagram defending the man so the people know what's up it seems.

  • I had a lot of ideas when I was young about how growing up would be but slowly getting poisoned by insane amounts of PFAs chemicals wasn't one of them

    • That's strange, it was my primary goal to have a microplastic concentration in my cells above .5%, what kind of woke propaganda were they teaching you in your school???

  • Eurovision as an outsider must be strange. 'Here is a song about milkshakes, followed by a song about Laika the dog, followed by a song about the Pontian-Greek genocide, followed by Latvian folklore'

  • Israel almost won Eurovision and got second place. They also won the televote by a wide margin. Glad I didn't vote and watched from an illegal stream. A contest where this is normal shouldn't get my viewership and votes.

  • Inmortal regiment celebration in Mexico

    If you have the chance, try joining any of the celebrations in your country! It is a beautiful experience!

  • It dawned on me last night that Elon will never sell Twitter, no matter how much money it's losing him. Because if he did, he'd have to say goodbye to the unrestricted power over social media that owning that piece of crap gives him. Media has always had a monopoly, but what he has going on is next level.

  • Went to the local asian supermarket for the first time yesterday and I'm definitely coming back. They have so much more instant noodle brands and flavours than my regular supermarket. And a lot of ingredients and snacks that they don't have in other supermarkets.

    I got Vietnamese instant noodles with shrimp taste, it was pretty delicious.

    • The asian markets in my city are cheaper than the big chains and the produce is always fresh. I can't remember the last time I found a decent lime at one of the chains. The asian market that I regularly shop at even makes their own kimchi and its definitely a step above the mass produced stuff!

    • It's my go to for everything Asian I cook. So much better than the standard supermarket things. I never knew so many flavors of sambal existed before I went to our local toko.

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