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Fastfoodheads, can we all agree that Culver's is the only place worth going anymore in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Counter argument: Dairy Queen has a better menu in every single way.

AliExpress is full of bizarre fascist products, like these Xbox 360 buttons in the shape of Nazi bullet casings in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

ngl, i wouldn't have noticed they were nazi bullet casings had you not told me. I imagine a good amount of people who bought them don't know that either.

How did an easily debunked story of immigrants abducting cats and dogs become a bigger source of outrage than neverending school shootings? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But there are cultures where eating dogs or cats is more socially acceptable right? Like there are plenty of videos on youtube of people going to certain areas of vietnam and eating dog. I don't have a negative reaction to the idea or anything, if you eat animals at all, I don't see why dogs are something special to be protected. I just want to know if this is real or some kind of propaganda.

Nothing but a bunch of dirtwits here in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

As the most communist communist, I will now be referring to all of you as "libsuckers" to remind you of your place (beneath me)

Company creates "solution" to address school "vaping incidents". in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Didn't even think of that. Went to a small town school so we didn't have cops or security.

[CW: What it says on the tin] Happy Meat Day to those who celebrate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Americans don't get to celebrate until Feb 9th. sanji-pain

Company creates "solution" to address school "vaping incidents". in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Idk how much the school landscape has changed since I was last in school, but back when I was in school people would break their school assigned chromebooks just for shits and giggles. I can't imagine that tv will last for long.

Transgender vs Transexual for transfeminine people in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Transsexual just means you've had some kind of trans related medical intervention (usually bottom surgery, but it can sometimes be used more broadly too). It's not a flex word, or a word meant to make other people feel less, it's just a descriptor that some folx prefer to use. In general you shouldn't be calling other people that unless you know for sure its something they are okay with, but people are free to call themselves whatever they want.

I am one of many people who dislikes terms conflating gender with procedures & medications as gender has nothing to do with that, so I default to terms using sex (SRS, Transsexual, etc). It's not perfect ofc, but there is precedent for that language so I think it's okay for now.

From a leftist standpoint, what is the right thing to do if you were sent back in time? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I'm not the main character so what realistically could I do? My personal skills aren't going to be more useful by time traveling, I won't have any documentation, money, or support system. I have no idea how to live without the help of modern technologies, and my understanding of history isn't great all things considered so I wouldn't really know what all to expect.

If you see this, brush your teeth in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

brushing after vomiting can degrade the protective coating on your teeth

Was anyone else taught the exact opposite as a kid? I was told that you had to drink a glass of water to clear your throat, and that you needed to brush your teeth so your teeth didn't become damaged by the stomach acids.

Significant Hezbollah military retaliation to Israeli aggression in c/[email protected]
Refederation with lemmy.ca discussion in c/[email protected]
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Roommate short on rent, need ~$400 to cover their portion. (hexbear.net)
 

Basically, our roommate is stuck in between jobs and will soon be busy again with school. She has like $60 to her name right now, and while she might be able to doordash for some of the rent, she is likely going to come short. My partner and I already spend our entire months worth of wages to live here so we could do with a bit of help.

DM for venmo. My nesting partner also has paypal and cashapp if those work better.

Ty all!

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I'm 24, and I've been a member of a few orgs, and I've spoken with many more.

None of the parties I've talked with (with the exception of PCUSA and APL) have any serious focus on education. PCUSA has a relationship with caleb maupin so I'm not gonna touch that, and APL is kinda hard to get ahold of. I did interview with them a couple years ago, but I was rejected and told to read more theory which tbh, was true I did need to read more theory, but also doesn't inspire confidence that they can actually build up their party.

CPUSA is in bed with the democrats, PSL seems to officially hold no stance on stalin or trotsky which is just...weird, FRSO spent a week trying to convince me to get a job at UPS so I could work with the teamsters (which is valid but I wasn't interested) and then just never talked with me again. Talked with CWPUSA recently which is a newish party, required I already be involved in a mass movement. Fair enough, I just don't meet those requirements.

I'm starting to feel a bit hopeless about it all. When I was in DSA & CPUSA, I atleast had friends that I could talk about things with, now it feels like I'm entirely alone. I've only been at this a few years but it feels like decades. Nothings been accomplished, I'm still a midwit when it comes to theory, and I don't feel like I can trust myself let alone other people at this point to figure out the correct course of action.

Silver lining, I did find a few publications I like through this process. Red Phoenix(APL), New Worker(CWPUSA) and Red Clarion(unaffiliated but many are former cpusa members). They are all consistently good and I might end up purchasing a subscription to help with them at some point, but idk, its definitely not enough.

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CPUSA talkshow glazes Kamela Harris, quote Israel CP member, believe Sonya Massey murder will mobilize voters. (www.youtube.com)
 

There's of course tons of fear mongering around trump in this entire video, but some fun quotes for y'all:

AIPAC raised over $5.2mil for Biden, um, they've only raised about $182,000 for Kamela directly.

She has expressed um empathy and support for the students on campuses um more so uh than Biden over the last 4 years

(insert weird tangent about kamela harris being a likable cat lady)

We all have uh a very clear and sober understanding of um the genocide and we are all against it right? And um and so um you know like first there's there's that and there's also um of course uh you know um uh, well we're we're trying to get everybody to vote for Kamela.

---In response to Sonya Massey murder:--- (which they incorrectly state happened in chicago)

Donald Trump has called for complete immunity of the police...Do you think that will be an issue that will mobilize voters on November?

Trump is clearly different than his opponents on this issue...

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