Welcome again to everybody. Make yourselves at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread!

P.S. Update on those stability improvements/enhancements I mentioned in my previous weekly thread: they’re finished. The matrix server uptime is now better. Suspiciously better, some might say. Anyway, enjoy the reliability >:3

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  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    the latest call of duty might be the worst piece of war propaganda i’ve ever seen, even worse than the previous games.

  • sleepykitten@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    Was reading blackshirts and reds and remembered a certain subreddit (tankiejerk) when reading this passage:

    Orwell (with Orwellian doublethink) characterized the condemnation of communism as a lonely courageous act of defiance. Today, his ideological progeny are still at it, offering themselves as intrepid left critics of the Left, waging a valiant struggle against imaginary Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist hordes.

  • marxiners@lemmygrad.ml
    8·
    6 days ago

    was on youtube and saw in my feed a 2 week old “what north korean life is like beyond pyongyang” video from CNN. has something happened that they need to rehash “remember our REAL enemy, socialist korea we’ve bombed beyond belief, because uhhh, they don’t have like, reddit”

  • TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    6 days ago

    I had the idea of making this meme on Cuba. I was unsure if it was tactless given Cuba’s current situation, but I still wanted to put it somewhere.

    Cuba sweep

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    7·
    6 days ago

    Went to a football match in Germany and despite the criticism I have for their fans, especially regarding Palestine, it was a breath of fresh air compared to The Netherlands. Saw several anti Nazi and far right flags, anti homophobia stuff, rainbow flags even. There were 6000 away fans present and there was no barrier between them and the home fans. Just vibing with each other. Stuff like that would be unthinkable back home.

    And this was at Schalke. Not even a prime example of a left wing club. The Netherlands really is a shit country in a lot of ways.

    • marxiners@lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      6 days ago

      quite a lot of it is just the shock that marx wasn’t a moralist and that’s what all diamat fervently seeks to avoid, but now i’m graduating to trying to use the economic ideas of rate of profit to fall/guiding things around price signals and value itself, and this is where i fret if i get the concepts wrong i’m fucked

  • TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    7 days ago

    I tried to watch that movie “Soy Cuba”. Old Soviet cinema right?

    I couldn’t finish the first part where a woman works in a brothel (looks like a brothel/party place mix) and an American goes with her to her house (against her will but she needs to pay rent). Next morning, her fiancee finds her in bed with the man.

    I felt so terrible watching this. I don’t know how to describe it. Disgust maybe?

  • TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    6 days ago

    Writing idea:

    Stereotypical greedy old-school businessperson, except they are a Communist because they think that raising common prosperity is the most stable way to raise their own wealth.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    23·
    12 days ago

    I have been feeling anxious for so long that I do not know of the flat line I feel right now is normal behavior or if I’m in some sort of depressive episode. Just grinding away at work, hanging out with friends and dating a nice woman. Maybe it is peace. But the occasional absence of feeling like I’m in danger feels strange after years. I did sign up for therapy to get through some stuff, though. Maybe it helps.

    • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      12 days ago

      It reminds me of something which may or may not apply, but seems semi-related. I remember reading about attachment theory; the model/framework of understanding attachment, where some developed healthy, secure attachment and some developed maladaptive forms like anxious attachment, avoidant, etc. And there is this idea that someone who is used to the high highs and low lows of a maladaptive form of attachment can find it almost boring when they encounter secure attachment. Perhaps that’s something like what you’re going through. Worth bringing up with your therapist though.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
    22·
    12 days ago

    Have a great week, everyone! Whenever times get hard, it helps to zoom out and see that whatever may be coming your way now is temporary. All obstacles exist within time, so rolling with them as they come and weathering the storm will help keep you optimistic even as times get tough.

    As always, communism will win.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    8 days ago

    I want to begin this comment by saying I am in no way perfect but holy shit the bar for dating men is low. Like, the stories I hear from women around me about people they meet either in rl or online are wild. It’s as if men are completely unable to function in a normal way.

    • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
      9·
      8 days ago

      Now I’m curious what you’re hearing in the specifics. Like bad hygiene? Strange views or attitudes? All of the above and more?

      • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
        9·
        7 days ago

        Always just attitude. If it isn’t manosphere bs it is just general antisocial behavior. Just not being able to have a conversation without hinting at sex within half an hour. Having no interest at all in the women they match. Wanting to meet at their place for the first date. I could go on and on really.

        Like, I have autism and you’d expect me to struggle socially to some degree but the NT’s out there seem to be far worse for some reason.

        • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
          6·
          7 days ago

          Yikes, yeah, that sounds bad. Basically sounds like people who are interested in hookups and nothing more, but also aren’t being upfront about that in a mature, humanizing way if they’re going to go that route. I wonder how much of it is fueled by PUA (pickup artist) material out there; from what I understand, a lot of that stuff is very sexist at its core and frames women like they’re a game console with a Konami Code you need to put in to get sex (not that they are using that analogy specifically, but that it’s very objectifying).