wpb

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Windows users find the Threadiverse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I genuinely have never seen this take. Sometimes someone shares something like “I tried it out and it wasn’t quite for me”, and that’s about as vitriolic as it get. And even that’s rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But that’s the whole point of my comment. The part “secretly” in the phrase “jews secretly control Israel” means the only reasonable interpretation of the phrase is the antisemitic one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean that’s kinda like arguing white people weren’t responsible for apartheid in South-Africa

  Yes. Because that’s the correct take. Folks in Novosibirsk were not to blame for apartheid in South Africa. Most white south afrikaners were, and probably some of the natives played a role as well. Probably the Dutch and the English were to blame to a large extent. But whites as an ethnic group, as a whole? That’s just silly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Very true, very correct. But like I said, don’t mistake beneficiaries for perpetrators. Norman Finkelstein, despite being jewish, is certainly not to blame for Israel. Madea Benjamin, despite being jewish, is not to blame for Israel’s actions. Any random jewish kid born today outside of Israel, despite being jewish is not to blame for Israel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Like I said, just because jews are the beneficiaries of (this means the people who benefit from something) Israel’s jewish supremacist ideology, doesn’t mean they are the perpetrators of it (this means the people who are to blame for something).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The phrase “is it true that jews secretly control Israel”, has two interpretations:

  • judaism as a whole, controls Israel
  • there are some people who happen to be Jewish who control Israel

  The latter is very obviously true (Netanyahu is one of them[1]), which means that the word “secretly” narrows the interpretation down to the first one.

  And the first interpretation is antisemitic. It plays right into the zionist propaganda that israel is for the jews and, more importantly, by the jews. Just because jews worldwide are the beneficiaries of the israeli jewish supremacist ideology, doesn’t mean they’re the perpetrators of it. Israel is a western colonial project aimed at establishing an international ghetto for the jews. It is not “secretly controlled by jews”. Death to Israel.

  [1] I’m not pulling a Bernie Sanders here. Israel has no right to exist. You won’t catch me saying “Stop it Israel, this isn’t you” type shit, blaming the genocide on Netanyahu only. Israel needs to end if we care about the right to self determination (which is a real right) of the people between the river and the sea, in particular Palestinians.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Hasan Piker wonders why he is banned from the UK but Elon Musk is not after inciting race-riots in Belfast⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true, it was blue checkmark #freeTheHostages twitter accounts as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Hasan Piker wonders why he is banned from the UK but Elon Musk is not after inciting race-riots in Belfast⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Right wing youtubers told me he shocks his dog, so I’m gonna go ahead and believe that. You’d have to be really gullible not to believe whatever Asmongold or Ethan Klein tells you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So, I know of the existence of this rhetorical device, but I’ve been around enough people who operate in a theoretical framework where this statement cannot be taken as anything other than genuine, namely that of capitalist realism. This has two implications:

  • the original tweet could’ve been written with this mindset (which, I should add, is the dominant mindset, btw), and should be taken at face value
  • many of the readers will have this mindset, and will not have the theoretical tools on their belt to appreciate it for the rhetorical device it is, much less take advantage of it and learn something (they might walk away with anything ranging from “huh that is weird” to “it’s those darned republicans/democrats”)

  In either case, making an explanation (there’s more than one) explicit, is useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Differences of Opinion by Wendy Cope⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think having the final word be “flat” makes it so much better. It opens up the poem to a much wider set of interpretations. There’s yours, but you can also derive this statement about male dominance in hetero relationships, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They be chompin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get the connection to autism. Could someone explain the joke?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s not to understand? The owning class owns the facilities and sets both the prices and the wages, and they will do this in the way that maximally benefits themselves, i.e., maximizes profits. It’s a really, really basic feature of capitalism (yes, also whatever super duper special unicorn flavor of capitalism you think works better than “crony” capitalism)…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gog Promotional E-Mail Containing Nazi Symbols Goes Out to Subscribers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This has to be satire. You’re doing satire, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cuba Libre 🇨🇺⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine where we’d be if America wasn’t working its ass off trying to make Cuba fail. The Cuba story in general, mainly the stuff they’ve been able to accomplish regarding living standards, in spite of the gigantic blockade that the largest economic and military power has imposed on them, has convinced me that whatever their system is, it’s far superior to capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays World of Warcraft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I picked it up recently with a group of friends on turtle wow (RIP, fuck blizzard), and while I really enjoyed the social aspect, the actual gameplay felt like a chore the whole way through. Plus, it felt like an obligation to keep up with my friends who somehow had much more time to throw at the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Damn straight!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or from a more selfish perspective: an increase in burger flipping wages greatly increases your bargaining power in your own salary negotiations.

  “For that wage I could just as well be flipping burgers, and that comes with much lower risk of personal injury.”

  Never forget that solidarity benefits you personally, no matter how much the owning class and media try to pit us against each other. Also death to Israel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How could steam do this to gabe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They can’t give it to you because it’s not real

  You literally can. You can transfer ownership of stocks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The “it’s not real money until it’s sold” argument is such horseshit. Just give it to me then if it’s not real. It’s like saying the money in your bank account isn’t real until you take it out at an atm. Dumbest shit, but for some reason a super appealing argument because people keep repeating it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨insert mental health condition here⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really understand what you’re saying, sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨insert mental health condition here⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Am I reading this meme right when I think it’s implying that folks are getting over-diagnosed with mental disorders? Because that’s some RFK jr shit. Shame on you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most could work on anyone really⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The number of responses in this thread that sound emotional is making me feel big and strong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your grammar lesson for today⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I like that language is composable. I think it’s very convenient. It also allows me to say stuff in a way that’s easier to grasp for folks who might not understand English that well. Very dumb suggestion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Art of Surrender⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That last part was interesting to me. Every president since Eisenhower, every single one, no exceptions (none), was a war criminal. Has any administration ever prosecuted a previous one for war crimes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's a matter of motivation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of these is not like the others

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First Satellites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First Satellites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to get too “um actually” on this but Sputnik 1 predates Explorer 1

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The article doesn’t contradict what I said

  Yes it does, read it again. It claims homelessness, not recorded, not perceived, not logged, but real actual homelessness went up for reasons other than “when communism fell, the government was replaced by beautiful honest angels who would never tell a lie about their own performance”, namely something along the lines of the housing market being privatized and folks selling homes without being able to purchase a new one.

  Academic studies have shown that the Soviet Union in the 1980s not only had homelessness, but they had it at a rate that was higherthan what the US had at that time.

  I’m not disputing this. I did have a similar conversation with someone about this earlier, who claimed something similar, and initially the “academic studies” they referred to were a listicle and an article written by someone from an institute whose mission statement was sth like “we’re here to write propaganda against communism”. I think eventually they found something that could more reasonably be called academic sources, but I’m curious what you’re referring to here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Russia

  Unless the USSR set aside some funds to have wikipedia run propaganda for them in the future, it seems that you’re wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is the background smooth behind the swastika?