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Bulletins and News Discussion from April 8th to April 14th, 2024 - Ghoul Britannia - COTW: United Kingdom in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

I heard that Russia made big gains in Ukraine recently? Anywhere I can read more?

Just remembered this was a thing. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I completely bought into that whole circus and the resulting reality check was one of the things that eventually made me a Marxist-Leninist lmao

An actual headline in Israeli media in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 60 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Easy fix. Don't commit genocide, and you will never fall into a genocide trap.

Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it's nowhere near evenly distributed, but if the company didn't get more value out of the devs than it was paying them, then it wouldn't have those devs.

The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US in c/[email protected]
Tamerlane - New General Megathread for the 9th-10th of April 2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I spent Friday trying to sound the alarm to my boss about an issue on our application server that was disrupting my work flow and no amount of evidence would convince him that I wasn't just mistaken

Now the issue is starting to affect other people in the office and grinding everything to a halt lmao

😱😱😱😱 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Spiro the Dragon

Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000-a-year package with a mixture of anger and admiration in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

They're right, but for the wrong reasons. Everyone who doesn't own a company is underpaid in capitalism because that's how surplus value works. The problem is that they're denigrating other workers instead of learning from their example.

UlyssesTM in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Feel like shit, just want him back

r/linux moment: Scolds trans woman for being too mean to a transphobe in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago

the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

me_irlgbt? more like me_irliberal in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago

Libs only support free speech until someone to their left speaks out.

Oh no. Anyways … in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Leopards ate my face

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MD Geist II Death Force - The Moon Is Crying (www.youtube.com)
 

This anime is as bad as its music is good

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Oktoberklub - Hasta Siempre Comandante (www.youtube.com)
 

che-cigar

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Western chauvinism is the final boss of liberalism (hexbear.net)
 

I have seen so, so many people with otherwise decent politics support NATO or make Xi Winnie the Pooh jokes or whatever. They can understand all about how the ruling class is fucking them over and capitalism is unsustainable, but they will cling to their notion that the West is superior and should rule the world like it's a life preserver in a stormy sea.

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It's only an isekai if the protagonist becomes a slaveowner. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling portal fantasy. (hexbear.net)
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[CW: suicidal ideation/self harm] PSA: Don't fucking suicide bait. (hexbear.net)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
7 comments fedilink
 

This is on my mind, since I had to temp-ban someone from c/vegan for it in the past week, and another example of it went unmoderated for hours after being reported in another community (though it was eventually dealt with).

It doesn't matter how much the person you're responding to deserves it. Odds are, they will not care. But you know who will care? Any comrades who happen to read the thread and who struggle with suicidal ideation and/or self harm. You could ruin their day. You could be the push that sends them over the edge. Even in the unlikely event that you cause grief to the person you're responding to, no amount of collateral damage is worth it.

Don't make suicide bait posts or comments. Don't upvote suicide bait posts or comments. Report and denounce them wherever they show up.

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We make fun of Jordan Peterson a lot, but I found his speech where he said his greatest dream is to commemorate the life of his deceased grandmother very touching. (hexbear.net)
 

For more information, Google "Jordan Peterson Grandma Dream."

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What's a megaproject you know is probably a bad idea, but would be sorely tempted to try if you were the leader of a wealthy country? (hexbear.net)
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I have to confess something. For two years, I was a contracted IT worker for the US armed forces. (hexbear.net)
 

I don't want to give too many details so as to avoid doxing myself. I never left the US and wouldn't have done so if asked, but fundamentally, I don't think that really matters. It's all part of the same machine. It was well before I became anything that could be described as communist, but all that means is that it hit that much harder when I had to come to terms with what I'd been a part of.

Maybe that's the sort of thing you can't ever make up for, but I'll spend the rest of my life trying anyway. If anyone on this site never wants anything to do with me again after having read this, I understand.

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Any recommendations for a retro-style dungeon crawler throwback similar to the old Wizardry or Might and Magic games? (hexbear.net)
 

I have an itch that needs scratching.

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c/globalsouth (or similar)? (hexbear.net)
 

One common complaint I've noticed among our comrades from the global south is that discussions on this site tend to be dominated by people from the imperial core. I think there would be some benefit to having a comm for people from the global south, and only people from the global south, to be able to talk amongst themselves without people assuming they're being hypocritical/edgelord first worlders. This would be similar in purpose to c/em_poc, but in regards to nationality rather than race.

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My personal conspiracy theory: the reason so many sites and services push for mandatory 2FA nowadays is to have an excuse to harvest phone numbers. (hexbear.net)
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Any recommended resources (videos, books, I'm not picky) for learning about the Syrian Civil War? (hexbear.net)
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