fxomt
@fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
“Who controls the past controls the future. who controls the present controls the past.”
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- Comment on Socialism bad 2 days ago:
- Comment on Holy shit, pick one already please 1 week ago:
I got YDId out of YPTB 😔
- Comment on Holy shit, pick one already please 1 week ago:
Haha, i don’t recall discussing too much about stuff like this when you were active on matrix :p Either way, glad to hear it :D
By the way, how’s your hand now? Hope you’re doing better now
- Comment on Holy shit, pick one already please 1 week ago:
😊 Just glad i got to talk about it lol
- Comment on Holy shit, pick one already please 1 week ago:
Good pun, but i can’t help myself:
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/اسلام_آباد#Urdu
اسلام اباد in urdu, literally translates to “Islamic area”
The اسلام (Isla:m) part comes from… the arabic word, duh lol
The اباد (a:ba:d) part comes from the PIE root *peh₂-, descending from middle/classical persian and then urdu.
The root just means “to protect, ward or shepherd” which leaves a lot of room for interpretation. The persian words mean thriving/populous (so does urdu).
There are also many derived (and recognized) words from it: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/…/peh₂-#Derived_terms Is pretty interesting to look at.
Do not it’s not like i really know too much of what i’m talking about, i just love this stuff.
- Comment on are there bots that downvote every comment users have? 2 weeks ago:
It’s happened to me before. It was a real account, too (i can’t remember the username but it was some ML account). I would’ve banned/reported them but i deleted my old account anyway in favor of this one.
- Comment on May Christ be with us 2 weeks ago:
Wdym? Of course everyone named jesus here is white. Don’t you know how the middle east works?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Thanks :)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I’m confused. Can this be explained?
- Comment on Some things are a mystery ig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2 weeks ago:
Video verbum in lingua latina est
- Comment on God bless that flag 2 weeks ago:
What?
- Comment on Full Circle 3 weeks ago:
Feels like a bit of a null question. Africa isn’t a monolith, there’s north/south/central/etc etc. A fully communist africa wouldn’t make sense at all, it would be like saying a communist europe. Which, europe’s a continent full of different countries, with ideological differences.
[Most] americans (westerners in general maybe? I don’t know how negative anti-capitalism was viewed as a result of the cold war beyond the US) would probably avoid it completely if it was socialist (which as of now, i don’t recall any leftist government in africa.)
Anyway, africa has been socialist before (at least, north africa). Afaik, under Gamal Abdel-nasser in Egypt with Nasserism (i have a mixed view of nasser, personally.) And Gaddafi with the Third international theory (yeah fuck this guy lmao) [north] africa was socialist. Both were dictators, unfortunately.
My views on nasser are mixed, since he was an anti-imperialist willing to stand up against western imperialism and wanted to unite arabs. But… he also turned egypt into a military dictatorship, putting their tentacles in everything. Make of that what you will, though.
- Comment on Why are you gay? 1 month ago:
i dunno who told you that but i’m not gay
- Comment on Are you annoyed by lemmy crossposts? 1 month ago:
They work better on lemmy, since fragmentation is pretty common.
I personally treat all crossposts the same, from the upvotes/comments etc
- Comment on A troll (https://lemm.ee/u/shinigamiookamiryuu) is a new moderator of AskLemmy on Lemmy.world. What can be done about this? 1 month ago:
I’ve banned them too on dbzer0. Sadly i can’t do much about them modding, but i have told thekingoflorda (LW admin)
- Comment on A troll (https://lemm.ee/u/shinigamiookamiryuu) is a new moderator of AskLemmy on Lemmy.world. What can be done about this? 1 month ago:
The deed has been done. The LW mods are thinking of banning too.
- Comment on Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country? 1 month ago:
Absolutely. The british and french are absolutely to blame. They destroyed the entire middle east, and made us all suffer for their own convenience. Also, the Sykes-picot agreement.
(now there are four other arabs than me that i know on lemmy :DDD)
- Comment on Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country? 1 month ago:
I see thanks. I assumed so since egypt followed a very similar timeline to you described (even the 21y reign of a murderous dictator lol)
- Comment on Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country? 1 month ago:
Sorry i don’t have much to add, but if i had to guess, that country is egypt?
- Comment on Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country? 1 month ago:
Sadly yes.
It’s actually worse than assassination for dissidents inside the country, it’s flat out public beheading.
But how common is it unless you’re a major regime critic?
Still common. Happened to someone i am vaguely related to, they tweeted to their [less than 10 followers] just criticism of the monarchy, and “disappeared”. Nobody ever saw them again. Later i saw a news article, of someone being executed and fitting their exact description. Fuck my life.
All they need is your real name and your comments, and it’s over.
- Comment on Is it a common thing for people who have left authoritarian countries to still feel the fear of their now-former country? 1 month ago:
I haven’t immigrated yet, but every time I leave my country by travelling, I feel terrified that somehow I’m being watched or someone will report on me. So I stay on my best behavior, and not break any religious laws.
Honestly, even if I leave (which I’m planning to) I don’t think I can ever feel or be safe. The gulf monarchies have boundless reach, and are practically omnipotent.
Maybe it’s just paranoia, maybe they’re not keeping a close eye on me. But I’m still afraid of messing up and losing my life.
- Comment on Wanda and Cosmo 1 month ago:
Windoze doesn’t even let me uninstall Edge for “reasons”
Meanwhile Linux lets me do whatever the fuck I want, to the point I’ve somehow fucking bricked an immutable distro.
Glorious.
- Comment on Day 220 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
Absolutely. I can’t point out what’s so nostalgic about it and its graphics, maybe the gamma? the simpler minecraft? just playing on a controller? It also felt that the OST played at more fitting times then Java/bedrock edition.
There’s just something magical about it. Especially the minigames, i almost forgot about those!
- Comment on Day 220 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
Thank you :D
- Comment on Day 220 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
God i miss legacy minecraft. Way better than bedrock.
I still have it on my original xbox one (not the og og xbox lol) and i’m overwhelmed with memories everytime i play it. I was heartbroken when they discontinued it, and it took me years to actually migrate to bedrock ;'(
- Comment on Fear 2 months ago:
Done, i hope OP is ok with it tho
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- Comment on why do people say annoying/rude stuff and then tell you “it was a joke!” 2 months ago:
tfkirp issthty