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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Always gonna plug disc sports when threads like this pop up. Ultimate Frisbee is fun and if you live in even a minor city there’s usually a rec league to join. Has the best culture of any sport IMO, full of the chilliest most accepting people who are always looking for more people to join and with rec leagues people will sometimes go out to the bar after to hang out.

Disc golf is also great for meeting people if you’re not as into cardio. Can join tournaments and they’ll usually pair you up with people. Or just go solo to the course and occasionally someone else will offer to let you join their round or if you’re waiting with another solo at a hole you can offer to let them join you.

Both are also very cheap activities, Frisbee you just need cleats and to pay ~$50 for a rec league season. Disc golf is basically free once you get discs.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
OP said he’s in car centric america, in my experience those are the only people who regularly ride bicycles.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

Israel was able to pinpoint the location of top political figures extremely easy. That means that the civil society hates more the government than israel.

This shows more the competence of the mossad / CIA then broad support for Israel. They just need to compromise/ payoff one person at the top of the regime to get the ayatollahs location and then bomb it.

I think you’re vastly underestimating the hatred of Israel in Iran. It’s not like here in the US where people are just starting to come around to the idea that Israel is a bad actor despite the efforts of the media. In Iran the media has been constantly showcasing the atrocities of Israel and the plight of the Palestinians for decades. Even if that wasn’t enough they just bombed the country and started a war with no reason given. Even if some people hate the government more than Israel they still hate Israel, and if given a chance to decide their government, if this one falls, they will probably pick one that is antagonistic to Israel.

Same in Gaza and this is why Israel will never let there be elections in Gaza. They know that if people can vote they will vote for a government hostile to Israel, just like they did in 2006. They don’t want a government with popular support and legitimacy because it’ll make them look even worse when they bomb them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, and a lot of Iranians support their government, or want a theocracy that’s even more paternalistic. If the regime falls now you’ll most likely see either a military dictatorship take over to suppress the various conflicts and contradictions in the country, or those conflicts flare up into a civil war between theocrats and Democrats similar to Syria. Israel wants the civil war because a military dictator is still probably going to shoot missiles at them, arm Hezbollah and Hamas etc. while a civil war all the missiles are fired within the country.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is factory farming humanity’s biggest crime⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
1. The video can just be about a problem in the west. The problem is heavily concentrated for both production and consumption in the US, China, Europe, Indonesia and India. Really poor nations like those in Africa actually can’t afford to do factory farms because it requires a shit ton of antibiotics to keep a concentration of animals like that from dying or killing the farmer tending to them from disease.
2. Poverty is not an excuse for eating meat, there are plenty of dirt poor people in India who are vegetarian. Plant sources of protein, like beans and lentils, are almost always cheaper then animal protein unless the animal protein is heavily subsidized.
3. The fact that a practice makes a product cheap enough for poor people doesn’t excuse the moral implications of that practice. Slavery made it so cotton clothing was cheap enough for poor people, that doesn’t absolve the great sin that was slavery.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Trump is torn between the neoconservatives like Rubio, formally bolton etc, and Israel that want regime change and his own unwillingness to go full troops on the ground. The neocons successfully get trump to blow up Obama era deals designed to keep the peace by catering to Trump’s ego telling him he can get a better deal than Obama, in reality they don’t want a deal and want to escalate but this is the best they can get.

So trump goes to the negotiating table only to find out that Obama’s deal is the best he can get. Frustrated and unwilling to admit Obama was just as good a negotiator as him he begins to blame the leaders for their intransigence. The longer this goes on the dumber he looks for blowing up the original deal and not being able to get a new one, all the while Iran is enriching more uranium to try and push the US to accept the old deal.

Then Venezuela happens and he comes up with a new plan, if you can’t change the deal you can at least change the negotiating team. He can take out the leader, use them as a scapegoat for the long stalled negotiations, sign the same deal and call it a win. Maduro repeatedly said he was willing to play ball with Trump but it would be on similar grounds to the Obama era deal but trump couldn’t go back to the US and say he re-imoosed all these sanctions for nothing, so he took out Maduro, got a reason to declare victory and went home.

My guess is he’s trying to do the same here, say all the issues with negotiations were because of the Ayatollah, sign a new version of the same deal with Trump branding like the USMCA , declare victory and head home.

Is Israel gaining something that I’m not seeing? Destabilization the main goal?

Yes, Israel doesn’t want regime change because they know hatred for Israel is so broad that it will survive a regime change. They want to turn Iran into the next Syria and get them to turn all of their ire inwards instead of at them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

By doing this Israel wants a more friendly government.

Israel knows there will never be a friendly government to them in Iran, Israel knows that hatred for Israel is broad and will survive a regime change, especially one triggered by a war of aggression from Israel. They’re hoping to turn Iran into the next Syria, keep them fighting amongst themselves so they can’t turn their ire towards them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
No, that works on stuff recommended on my home, but for this, the popular episodes section on the explore tab, there’s no option.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
This is mildly infuriating, it’s meant to show things people find offensive or objectionable. If you don’t want to see offensive or objectionable shit block the sub. There’s no way to remove this section on my explore tab, or even down vote or say I don’t want to see episodes like this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I like money going to the YouTube creators I watch, and don’t want to watch ads and don’t want to have to set up a ton of different patreons to donate directly. Got a solution for that?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Thanks, I’ll give it a try!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The top 50 list is actually why I was there, I like to check it occasionally as I do like pop and some mainstream hip hop. Previously this popular section was just some hip hop podcasts/ videos that I ignored, but at least it was somewhat based on my music so it’s not purely top 50 on the app, idk why it threw this one at me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
This wasn’t on the home page it was on the explore page, where it shows the top 25, new releases, trending etc.

I think my music interests would probably point to me being a guy
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incel propaganda in my music app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, idk who can listen to this for ten hours and whether they have any brain cells before or after.
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Being vegan is unnatural"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not if rfk and the beef lobby have anything to say about that
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Strange Times⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Dare you to say that to his face
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Littering 🚯⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

I can’t be asked to get a license for a proper firearm

My god, what tyranny you live under, please tell me what authoritarian country you live in so uncle sam can come free you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Double standards⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think they mean the guy slit the birds neck and then let it drain, instead of fully beheading it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harm production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Damn kids these days, just staring at their phone all day instead of getting drunk and wrapping their car around a tree.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acciracy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Corruption and racism aren’t really unique to America though. If you look at current Japanese politics you’ll see they can be just as racist and corrupt as the US.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acciracy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
During my study abroad in japan we visited an elementary school as a cultural exchange. The class that day had to pick a country and list three things about it. A bunch of them picked america and the three most common things were McDonalds / hamburgers, pancakes and Disney.
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a very tasty snack⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Gonna save this pic and look at it whenever I crave meat.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨angry⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Must be some shitty Xanax if he’s still mad after taking them. Isn’t the point of Xanax to chill you out?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
No it’s not, this means there’s two Friday the thirteenths.
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

Can slacktivism work

IMO no, You’re way less likely to reach anyone outside your bubble online unless you have a large broad following , and even then you’re mostly broadcasting to an echo chamber. The algorithms are working against you, they don’t want to show you nuanced takes from the other side that’ll make you think and stop scrolling for a second, if they do show you takes from the other side they’re going to show you extremist rage bait that is easily dismissed by a funny caption.

That’s why I think phone banking , which can be done through software too even if you don’t have a phone, is better. You’re calling random people, and more of them are less into politics than the people on social media who are seeing political content, so they are less entrenched and more open. I guess you could also get to these people through social media but you’d have to fight against the algorithm to get out of the echo chambers and into the more moderate general spaces.

In general I think you need to focus on and put energy into things you can change for the good. If you are unable to change others minds then you can still focus and put energy into changing yourself for the better. You can focus on changing your mind for the better, learn an instrument, a new skill hobby etc. that you can see yourself getting better at. Or you can focus on changing your body for the better through exercise and diet.

For example if you want to fight climate change and probably improve your health with more fiber and can control your diet then switching to a vegetarian diet can be a way to change your body for the better. You can also learn to cook vegetarian food which will build a new skill and improve your mind, a skill you can clearly see / taste you getting better at.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Tough spot, but some suggestions I can think off the top of my head:

for organizing: come election time you can phone bank from home. Find a progressive cause or candidate you believe in and they’ll usually have a system set up and script for you to call or text and a list of phone numbers. This can also be an entry point into the campaign to volunteer to do other things and you can explain your situation

For exercise:
- you can buy some weights online and use those along with body weight exercise to work out. I mostly do cardio so I’m not too familiar but I’m sure there are plenty of guides online
- walk a dog. If you don’t have a dog you can probably find a neighbor near you who would be happy to have there dog walked. Idk how restrictive your living situation is but I’d hope that walking the neighbor’s dog would get you permission.
- try vr if you can afford it, some of the games will get you moving and sweating and are pretty fun, there are also guided workouts as well.
Whatever you do just start a regiment that you can do and keep to it. You probably won’t see progress for a while but if you do keep on it and make it a habit you should start to notice your mood improve.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Organizing for the things you can change, which isn’t much in this “democracy”, exercise for the things you can’t. Doomerism and anxiety tend to go away if you spend 30 minutes a day running instead of doom scrolling.