kandoh
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- Comment on Should parents be allowed to euthanize their children if they have a diagnosis that just isn't worth dealing with? 2 days ago:
In roman times your father had the absolute right to kill you if he wanted to.
You also weren’t considered an adult until your father died.
- Comment on After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game 2 days ago:
I think they’re going to jump ship for straight up gambling apps. That seems like the growth area now.
- Comment on Religion 3 days ago:
American christianity is basically zoroastrianism
- Comment on Good morning I choose redneck air conditioner. 3 days ago:
When you want the bugs shot directly into your face
- Comment on 15 Years After It Was Announced, The Shadow Of The Colossus Movie Is Alive And Has A Script 1 week ago:
Can’t believe your mom’s shadow is getting a movie
- Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching 1 week ago:
Projector you’re looking at 3 grand for a decent one
- Comment on What's the endgame when the rich have all the money? 1 week ago:
What is cancer’s endgame when it spreads to the rest od the body?
They aren’t planning for the future of humanity, they just want their numbers to go up.
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
There’s a multitude of reasons, my personal favourite is that men are highly aggressive sexual creatures and the stigma against homosexuality is hindering our ability to form fulfilling relationships with our male peers.
Just crack open a history book, looks like a lot of the masculine activities came with a considerable amount of gay sex. Like, it seems like the main draw of joining an army to go to war is that you can fuck a bunch of dudes the whole time you’re away on campaign.
- Comment on How Star Trek: Lower Decks Managed To Get Enterprise’s Jolene Blalock To Appear, And Why She’s Only Credited By Her First Name 2 weeks ago:
Let me try to explain:
It’s an interesting time capsule from the turn of the millennia. Like The Practice, it’s interesting to see the way society shifted after 9/11 so starkly presented in art.
It’s still got a whif of that 90s star trek energy.
Scott Bakula is a institution.
They really go for it a few episodes, there’s no reservations they just have the male engineer get pregnant or the captain get obsessed with space eggs, or the crew get attacked by the cum monster
Doctor Phlox is great and denobulans are a good addition to the alpha quadrant.
Has a great borg episode.
The xindi are cool, actually.
They nailed the uniforms.
You can simply jerk off during the decontamination scenes until they’re over.
- Comment on How Star Trek: Lower Decks Managed To Get Enterprise’s Jolene Blalock To Appear, And Why She’s Only Credited By Her First Name 2 weeks ago:
He’s an institution, you can build an entire show around him no problem
- Comment on I never realized this 2 weeks ago:
Does the bank ever ask you for your mother’s father’s last name as opposed to her maiden name? Sounds like a scene from a wes anderson film.
- Comment on I never realized this 2 weeks ago:
Notice they didn’t use ‘maiden name’ because then the joke falls apart
- Comment on Thanks mom, I don't want any 2 weeks ago:
Nowadays
- Comment on Thanks mom, I don't want any 2 weeks ago:
And they used to sit us down and scream at us until we ate every laat bit of it.
- Comment on Anon wipes his ass 3 weeks ago:
Everyone has a 3% chance at colon cancer and fibre supplements are a good way to reduce your chances
- Comment on How was trying to get a job different THEN vs NOW 5 weeks ago:
The high U.S. unemployment rate in 1975, which peaked at 8.5%, was primarily due to the severe recession from 1973 to 1975[1][4]. This economic downturn was driven by a significant decline in real Gross National Product (GNP), falling nearly 7% from its 1973 peak[5]. Contributing factors included a sharp decrease in investment purchases and an unfavorable shift in household balance sheets[1][5]. Additionally, the period was marked by “stagflation,” a combination of high inflation and high unemployment, exacerbated by rising oil prices and fiscal imbalances[9].
Citations: [1] The U.S. Recession of 1973-75 www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/rec1974.htm [2] [PDF] Economic Report of the President 1975 www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sites/default/…/1975.pdf [3] Employment and unemployment during 1975 - jstor www.jstor.org/stable/41840119 [4] Household Income in 1975 & Selected Social & Economic … www.census.gov/library/…/p60-104.html [5] What Depressed the Consumer? The Household Balance Sheet … brookings.edu/…/what-depressed-the-consumer-the-h… [6] Labor and Manpower 1976: Overview - CQ Almanac Online Edition library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqa… [7] Historical U.S. Unemployment Rate by Year - Investopedia investopedia.com/historical-us-unemployment-rate-… [8] [PDF] The Economy in 1975 - FRASER fraser.stlouisfed.org/…/balles_19750507.pdf [9] The Great Inflation | Federal Reserve History www.federalreservehistory.org/…/great-inflation
- Comment on How was trying to get a job different THEN vs NOW 5 weeks ago:
the skills and intelligence of a moldy jock strap
but can barely run basic Linux commands.
Just so you know, the fact that they are capable of even using Linux puts them in the top percentile of intelligence.
- Comment on The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer 5 weeks ago:
Her face looks longer to me. I assume they’re trying to make her look more like a real person.
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 5 weeks ago:
More airflow via the open entrance could help with the smell
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 5 weeks ago:
They should play fake fart noises
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 5 weeks ago:
Are the doors even necessary? Just put a sharp left turn tiny hallway for privacy, blocks out everything but sound - most public bathrooms have them already
- Comment on Anon loves medieval poetry 5 weeks ago:
Yeah the teacher is busy, they don’t have the time to verify what you submit.
I used to try to phrase all my answers on tests and homework as uniquely as possible, because i thought regurgitating exactly what the teacher had told me was lazy. Turns out they’re not thinking over every answer we submit, oops.
- Comment on 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu' Adds Jeremy Allen White 5 weeks ago:
Jabba’s son is named Stinky!
- Comment on If a leftist ran for president, would liberals support him? 2 months ago:
Most people have no idea a leftist isn’t just a weirdo way of saying liberal
- Comment on Why is Gen Z so Poor? 2 months ago:
The toughest part of my life was when i was starting off in my 20s. No experience, no one wants to take a chance on a young person when they can just hire someone older for the same position.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 2 months ago:
What happened to the Iranian left after 1979’s revolution:
The Iranian left played a significant role in the 1979 revolution but was ultimately suppressed and marginalized by Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamist forces in the aftermath. Here’s an overview of what happened to leftist groups after the revolution:
Initial Collaboration and Support
Many leftist groups initially supported and collaborated with Khomeini’s movement to overthrow the Shah:
- Various Marxist-Leninist, socialist, and communist organizations participated in the revolutionary coalition[5].
- Some leftist groups like the Tudeh Party (pro-Soviet communists) and Fedayeen (urban guerillas) attracted many student members[5].
- The leftist-Islamist group Mujahedin also gained significant support among students[5].
- Many leftists viewed Khomeini’s movement as anti-imperialist and hoped to push it in a more progressive direction[1].
Gradual Suppression
However, Khomeini and his allies soon moved to sideline and suppress leftist forces:
- In March 1979, Khomeini declared “do not use this term, ‘democratic.’ That is the Western style,” signaling his opposition to liberal and leftist ideals[2].
- The National Democratic Front (a leftist group) was banned in August 1979[2].
- Universities were purged of leftist influence starting in March 1980[2].
- By early 1981, the government had closed MEK (People’s Mujahedin) offices, banned their newspapers, and issued arrest warrants for their leaders[2].
Violent Crackdown
The suppression of the left intensified into violent persecution:
- Between 1981-1985, nearly 8,000 political opponents were executed, many of them leftists[3].
- In 1988, a “Death Committee” oversaw the mass execution of leftist prisoners[1].
- Overall, the Islamic Republic’s crackdown on dissent was far more brutal than the Shah’s regime, which had executed fewer than 100 political prisoners between 1971-1979[3].
Reasons for Failure
Several factors contributed to the left’s inability to maintain influence:
- Lack of unity and organization among moderate and radical leftist factions[2].
- Underestimation of the conservatism of the Iranian masses[2].
- The left’s secular ideology conflicted with the religious fervor driving much of the revolution[1].
- Khomeini’s skillful co-opting of leftist anti-imperialist and social justice rhetoric into an Islamist framework[3][4].
Legacy
By the end of 1979, the “secular middle class” and liberals had been largely sidelined, leaving mainly Islamist factions in power[2]. The suppression of the left helped consolidate the Islamic Republic’s hold on power and narrowed the range of acceptable political ideologies in Iran[3]. However, some leftist ideas around social justice and anti-imperialism were incorporated into the Islamic Republic’s ideology, albeit in a religious framework[4].
Citations: [1] Ideology and Iran’s Revolution: How 1979 Changed the World institute.global/…/ideology-and-irans-revolution-… [2] Aftermath of the Iranian revolution - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/…/Aftermath_of_the_Iranian_Revol… [3] Four decades later, did the Iranian revolution fulfill its promises? brookings.edu/…/four-decades-later-did-the-irania… [4] What Iran’s 1979 revolution meant for the Muslim Brotherhood brookings.edu/…/what-irans-1979-revolution-meant-… [5] How Iran’s Theocrats Allied With — and Then Crushed — the Left jacobin.com/…/chahla-chafiq-iranian-left-khomeini… [6] Iranian Revolution | Summary, Causes, Effects, & Facts - Britannica www.britannica.com/event/Iranian-Revolution
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 2 months ago:
This is going to create the political order we will live under for the rest of our lives.
- Comment on Tiger Predators 2 months ago:
Wild tigers, as apex predators, have few natural threats. Their primary competitors include Asiatic wild dogs (dholes), which can harass tigers in packs.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 2 months ago:
The rule34 will bring in the gooner demographic for them
- Comment on Standard Time 2 months ago:
I think the author released a tabletop rpg version of it recently or something
