XiELEd

@XiELEd@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘It speaks to me in brain rot’: Theorising ‘brain rot’ as a genre of participation among teenagers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I read Don Quixote I saw a lot of references to “brain rot” and what was essentially pop culture at the rime ruining people’s perception of the world and I thought it was just funny to send in a quote that literally mentions brain rot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘It speaks to me in brain rot’: Theorising ‘brain rot’ as a genre of participation among teenagers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  (n.) Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.

  “The devil take Don Quixote of La Mancha! How did you get this far without dying from all the beatings you’ve received? You’re a madman, and if you were a madman in private, behind the doors of your madness, it wouldn’t be so bad, but you have the attribute of turning everyone who deals with you or talks to you into madmen and fools, too; if you don’t believe me, just look at these gentlemen who are accompanying you. Return, fool, to your house, and look after your estate, your wife, and your children, and stop this nonsense that is rotting your brain and ruining your mind.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I think I just realised why they do it. There’s this longstanding conspiracy theory that whenever a politician does a fuckup they conveniently say keywords associated with the fuckup but put it in a different context (like say, scandal related to trains, so they get into a model train hobby), so if people search up their name plus trains what shows up are articles talking about their new hobby.

  Just thought of this because I was searching up “Banana Republic” in the context of neocolonialism (while reading my country’s history) and besides the Wikipedia page being the first result, the next results were that store. And I remembered this reply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We wont have bananas that taste any good.
  Cavendish bananas aren’t the only varieties of bananas that taste good. For example Lakatan and Latundan taste good raw. It’s just they aren’t hardy enough for long-term storage and export.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One epidemic and we won’t have bananas anymore.

  Only for a few countries ;)
  There’s still a lot of banana varieties eaten around the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk about Brazil but there’s a lot of banana varieties that are regularly consumed around the world. There’s Lakatan, Saba and Latundan in the Philippines for example, the Saba banana being really popular as a fried snack on a stick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The silver lining is that it’s biodegradable. And good as compost

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In Southeast Asia we have lots of banana varieties that we regularly eat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jesus hates American "Christians"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know how the Romans collected taxes in there less “Roman” providences?

  Well that would certainly explain why the tax collectors get such a bad rap in the Gospels.

  Pretty sure it’s a bit related… And there’s nothing wrong with learning a bit more about history

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man these people in the comment section are lucky to think that when you simply just ignore someone, the harassment ends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not Vegan, But:
  Probably needs a rest day in between workout days, adequate sleep or a calorie surplus. If he’s up for it, he should get his nutrient levels checked. There’s also this problem where people on the internet set unrealistic expectations of how fast your gains should be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where is your reading comprehension? Was it underdeveloped because of your country’s education system? Not once was it mentioned that she posted photos of her naked. And I am surprised you somehow got on the fediverse of all places because anyone who has been around on the internet knows that people would take photos of children on restaurants and post them on porn sites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are children always portrayed as the epitome of "innocence", when a lot of kids are evil af and bully their peers, and name-calling runs rampant in schools?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s being neurodivergent too. My mom said I was a hothead when I was a young kid. I have ADHD btw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨one bright second⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes me feel like all the suffering people inflict for the sake of selfishness jand greed just pointless.