Pat12
@Pat12@lemmy.world
Just trying to build up some communities with memes I have saved.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Orr would defend his Communist friends to his Fascist freinds and he would defend his Fascist friends to his Communist friends. No one ever defended Orr because he was too weird.
yes this is basically what I mean
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I know people who were Christians in Afghanistan, who were outed to the government (Taliban). The word they use is “spy”. It may not be the normal, English use of the word, but it’s the word that real-life people who have been on the receiving end of the betrayal use.
This is basically what i mean; someone who you can’t fully trust about their allegiance.
That is really awful what happened to those people; are they ok now?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
That is such a heads-up for me in terms of making assumptions based on my own privilege, and I apologise for doing that here. I’m very lucky to be able to discuss politics without fear.
it’s ok, everyone has their own problems
my wording was maybe not clear
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Not a good way to make them see reason. I know it’s hypothetical but if you’re friends shouldn’t you put in some effort to help instead of just drop them?
you’re planning to spend time debating with a ziganwu? or if you’re western, a staunch far-leg or far-right supporter or someone with very racist views?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
no, it’s normal to have a variety of friends
i’m talking about people with loyalty to a specific ideology and they are not honest about who they are in contact with, i live in asia in an area where you can get in a lot of trouble if you support democracy and if you share such information with the wrong person you can get in a lot of trouble
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I heard them called “bats” because they flap around between different groups and are associated with darkness thus “shady”!
hahahahah
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
In any case, political crimes (“democracy supporter”) are just more justification to not care, imo.
you are saying you want people to not care about who they share information with when they live under a state that will arrest you for many more reasons than someone in the west would expect?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
duplicitous
i learned a new word, thank you!
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
i learned a new word, thank you!
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Hmm I think it’s fine if someone is a social butterfly, they don’t have bad intentions etc. I am talking about someone who seems like you can trust them but actually they have other loyalties, I live in a place where people get arrested for supporting democracy for example
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I am not really understanding this, anyway I am looking for a word for someone who will be friends with pro-govt and pro-democracy people and you can’t trust a person like this or you will get arrested
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I live in Asia, if you tell the wrong person you are a democracy supporter you can get arrested or on a watch list
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
sorry what do you mean?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
I’ve had friends that were friends with ex-cons, etc.
you do you but I would definitely want to know if my friends were close with people who’d been in prison. If I worked in a field where they do background checks i would absolutely need to know if my friends were friends with those in prison. There’s a difference between dictating who people are friends with and knowing who people you give information to are close with.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
If you’re friends with someone, wouldn’t you want to know if they’re also friends with someone problematic?
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
disingenuous
disingenuous could definitely be it; they’re not straightforward about their intentions.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
Opportunist is definitely closer to what i’m thinking than sycophant.
- Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group? 8 months ago:
They keep their connections hidden; it is the other groups who when asked state that they are friendly with this person.
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- Comment on How did red arise as a lucky colour in Asia even amongst different cultures/religions? 1 year ago:
Do you have a source on that?
I can’t see (in Chinese culture at least) that the cheapest colour would be used for something like a wedding, it would not reflect well on one’s family to use something cheap. The reds i’m referring to are bright reds, like jewel red, not like a dull/muddy red
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- Comment on Flight attendants threaten strikes over low pay and unpaid work 1 year ago:
It’s absolutely crazy that flight attendants don’t get paid until the plane doors close.
i think it’s similar for pilots?
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
i actually can’t tell if you’re serious or joking lol
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
What people are talking about in this thread are people who follow the movement, and not who Qanon is. Of course your friend isn’t Qanon. That would be absurd.
i didn’t mean i thought they were qnon, i meant they are not part of the qanon movement
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
I don’t know what the connotations of him are in East Asia.
I don’t think there are any, I agree the audience for my questions are people who speak English (at a level they would understand what he’s saying fluently), i don’t think he’s super well known or very popular here
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
i meant that the person i know is not qanon, i was responding to “I don’t know but if someone told me they listened to Joe Rogan, I would assume…Worst case is Qanon nut job.”
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
thank you!
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
any chance you could give a time period for this? was this a few months ago? this might have been what they were listening to
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
i don’t think he’s a qanon, i don’t really know what that is but i don’t think we have those kind of people here in asia (our politics are focused on different things)
- Comment on What are the connotations of Joe Rogan? 1 year ago:
well, i don’t know fully. neither of us speaks english as a first language