LainTrain
@LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B 1 day ago:
Voted for them as opposed to who? Zack didn’t have our back last election exactly, it was them vs reform & Tories odds are it may come down to that again if the press finds dirt on Zack. I’m trans so trust me I don’t love the paternalistic red tories, but I don’t personally blame anyone for voting for them.
- Comment on NHS doctor suspended for 15 months over series of 'anti-Semitic and pro-terrorism' comments 2 days ago:
Let’s see them then. What were the social media comments in question? The article talks about “conspiracy theories” and “denying sexual violence”, so I’d like to see what exactly those comments were because to me this doesn’t just seem like what you’d expect, so I’d like to see it before I dismiss it.
- Comment on fresh groceries 1 week ago:
Yeah don’t
- Comment on fresh groceries 1 week ago:
Come to the UK and stand outside for a sec on an average day then. 89-96 rH% humidity gets old real fast.
- Comment on Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died 1 week ago:
Co-founded Interplay. Came out as trans in the mid-2000s. Jesus what a legend gone too soon. Bless.
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 1 week ago:
That’s not what I asked. I asked for if they had a higher % change than other demographics.
- Comment on And it's BILL by a... Er... Uh... 1 week ago:
Taking the moment to link my other comment about this from a previous thread where I looked up other mentions of ‘Bubba’ in the files: lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/22613917
- Comment on Hackney children among most deprived in England as working parents ‘struggling to feed kids’ 1 week ago:
Blackpool has lower healthy life expectancy than Rwanda.
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 1 week ago:
He’s not wrong though? Was the % points change higher among that demographic or not?
- Comment on Even if you develop the worst type of dementia imaginable, please find a way to always remember the events of 11/13/25. 1 week ago:
“Rest of World”
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
Life is active thought. I don’t space out to music at all, I don’t “space out” period, I stay engaged actively with the world.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
I agree with basically everything you said, but let’s be real - I’m not the one doing the tearing down ITT.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
The stoics are morons mostly. Yes I have ADHD, and I’m fully medicated for it, thanks.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
Why do you assume I haven’t? Of course I have. I enjoy listening to the sounds of an environment, once, twice, thrice, just not 500 times over and over and over.
I don’t need to connect to the real world, I’m more connected to it than I’d like. I prefer the entertainment industry because it stimulates intelligent thought, and judging by the level of intelligence ITT, y’all need it more than I do.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
Really? What emotion have I been feeling since the age of like, 5, up to the age of 30?
Lol he’s not avoiding living in the present, neither are we, take your armchair psychologist crap outta here. It’s you who’s so simple you’re okay with bored contentment. It’s no wonder you people get hijacked by algos so easily, shit is hardly exciting to me because I cherish and nourish my life.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t “struggle”, it’s just a bit annoying.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
Already have, I found it’s well managed when it’s directed at assorted internet morons setting new records in retarded shit they say.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
How have I proven your point? Did you even read what I wrote? Or is that too much to ask from your buzzword spouting ass?
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah there’s always a limit for me though, once every ounce of dopamine has been extracted from the song/environment, it’s kinda over. Eventually it becomes nostalgic and returns, briefly.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
I am not. I am correct. You’re in denial. Seek help. Stay blocked.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah if being runover was a concern I’d definitely also not listen to music for sure.
I do actually like those sounds as well, just not every day on my way out for chores obviously.
It’s interesting how some people by way of their responses seem to suggest “a walk” and “a run” are something special a unique, and not their main and only way of getting around, probably as a result of car-centric design of some places and zoning laws?
I take it that’s the case for you as well, because of how you phrased “a walk or a run”? I’ve personally never gone for “a run” as an adult, but I rack up thousands of steps daily just getting my groceries home so I can eat food.
- Comment on Even if you develop the worst type of dementia imaginable, please find a way to always remember the events of 11/13/25. 2 weeks ago:
13/11/2025 for us Euros
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 2 weeks ago:
Aye you’re right, I shouldn’t have taken the bait.
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 2 weeks ago:
Black people voted for trump even harder. Glass house much?
- Comment on Just seen the latest American Opinion polls. 2 weeks ago:
Specifically they care about him being a hypocrite about having gay sex. Emphasis on the “having gay sex” part. Actually they don’t care about him being a hypocrite.
- Comment on Epstein’s brother Mark asking Steve Bannon if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba” - or Bill Clinton to the rest of us. 2 weeks ago:
/Epstein Estate Documents - Seventh Production$ cat ./TEXT/001/HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015032.txt | grep -i ‘bubba’
The Autobiography of Monica Lewinsky
The following is an exclusive excerpt from an autobiography-in-progressy by Monica Lewinsky, titled Going Down in History. The manuscript was leaked to The Realist by, of course, a reliable source.
I am not an airhead. I’m a victim, partly of my own making. And mostly, I’m a political pawn of the spin doctors. There are several books being written about the White House scandal, but only a few individuals know what really happened, and only I know who I really am, which is why I have decided to write this book. I would write it even if I didn’t need the money for legal expenses. My life may be ruined—at least my reputation will be forever tainted—but the truth must be told. I don’t like being a one-dimensional symbol. If anybody were to take a free-association test, the psychiatrist would say “Monica Lewinsky” and the patient would immediately respond “Oral sex.” Maybe soon my name will be in a crossword puzzle—the clue: eight letters across—and the correct word will be “fellatio.” Back home in Brentwood, I’ve been listening to talk radio a lot. Ronn Owens on KABC had listeners phone in with nothing but jokes about me for a solid hour. First he warned the audience that if they were easily offended, they should tune out. I have never felt so objectified in my life, and yet, at the same time, I found the program quite riveting. The best call came from a nine-year-old who said, “Bill Clinton violated the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not put thy rod in thy staff.” The worst call came from a man who asked, “What do the Titanic and Monica Lewinsky have in common?” The answer was, “They both have dead seamen (semen) floating in the hull.” And remember that awful piece of gossip—the one Lucianne Goldberg initiated in order to get attention from the press for her—that I kept a blue dress stained with Clinton’s dried ejaculation as a souvenir? Well, Jonathan Brandmeier on KLSX invited listeners to call in and suggest euphemisms for presidential semen. My favorite was “Bubba butter.” Apparently, my role is to serve as a vehicle for the destruction of taboos.
Emphasis mine.
Jesus christ lol it’s real.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yeah that’s a tough one. Honestly in your shoes for me it would depend on the casus beli.
If Trump invaded China or was the one heavily escalating shit diplomatically, I would feel morally obliged to not support either.
If China invaded Taiwan and Trump intervened, I would feel morally obliged to support NATO even if it was led by Trump.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t even have a disability or anything. I have mild ADHD at best and I’m pretty medicated for it.
- Comment on Is capitalism or consumerism at fault? 2 weeks ago:
Think systemically like the other guy said. Under capitalism consumption is purpose. I can’t blame people for wanting purpose. If you dislike consumerism, you need to create a system that gives people purpose in something else.
I also think that theoretically there’s not anything wrong with consumerism as long as the profits are distributed amongst the workers fairly, like with a cooperative with worker-owner-shareholders who democratically decide their own working conditions and hours and output.
Sometimes people just want the shiny thing, thats okay. I think it would actually shine a bit better if it wasn’t made by slave or sweatshop labour in the global south and the profits didn’t all go evaporate in some private equity ponzi scheme.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Hope you’re asking theoretically.
In the UK, they make you pledge allegiance to serve the crown at the citizenship ceremony, which symbolically establishes that your loyalties lie with the British throne and therefore the state.
In practice, if drafted or if I for some reason volunteer, I would side with whoever I actually sided with morally and ideologically.
e.g. I’d choose the West over the current Fascist Russian regime, but theoretically back a progressive Russia against a Fascist West and so on.
This could mean anything from actively serving to dodging the draft to civilian resistance in case of occupation.
Theoretically a foreign legion isn’t anything too uncommon. There were some Russians fighting alongside Ukraine against Russia last I checked. Being in that case a Ukrainian citizen would only help.
In case of service I imagine there would be the problem of inevitable racism towards me from the natives while in service if people of my nationality/ethnicity are the current enemy, especially if it’s like the Japanese internment camps in the US level of hate, so that would be a consideration, plus more practical/logistical matters like which language I can actually speak properly enough to function in critical situations etc.
This is an interesting question though, is there historical accounts of such groups like this I wonder?