Roundcat

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Now I'm just imagining them coming back down, combusting, and people thinking the war of Armageddon has begun.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I still remember when reddit got thirsty for Hiro's mom from Big Hero 6.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Believe me or not OP, but I haven't suffered any issues due the vaccine, and neither have any of my friends who got vaccinated. I had 2 shots of Moderna's and two boosters by Pfizer. The worst reaction I had was to the 2nd shot, where I spent the day in bed with a fever, eating ice cream and playing Mario Golf: Super Rush. I haven't had issues with my heart, mind or body, and my life has been pretty mundane since.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Would explain a lot actually.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Uh, are you sure E is the one being hunted?

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Memes are memes!

Roundcat , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

They're gonna have to take the whole damn site.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Anarchism

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Me the anarchist just enjoying the fight.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

I would love to attend that livestream.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Hey I'm only 3 of those things!

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

I'm just against authoritarianism. If you support or worship tyrants past or present, then you're no friend of mine.

I don't think it is as black and white as you say though. In general I have faced more bigotry from modern conservatives than I have from leftists. At the same time though the unironic worship of the Soviet Union, or communist icons like Mao and Che leave a bad taste in my mouth. One killed millions of his own people and waged a cultural genocide against traditional Chinese culture and the elderly. Che on the other hand was a homophobic bigot who attempted to eliminate the queer people from Cuba. I understand criticizing Capitalism, and having faith in an economic system that has TBF never been implemented in the way Marx or Ingles would've wanted, but to worship the regimes that took the label and did horrible things in its name? I believe in learning from the past rather than trying to recreate it. If communists really want to succeed, they need to stop emulating a failed past, and push towards a new direction.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

We are the internet mole people!

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

It's a cool flag, and I like what it's supposed to represent. I just wish I didn't get appropriated by authoritarians regularly.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Still cool to me friend!

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Wouldn't that be a scalely? finny?

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

It might be the weakness of this particular website format. I have seen sites that have found ways to keep discussions from devolving into vitriol. Tildes keeps their flow of new users slow, and verifies everyone. Mastodon is literally whatever you want it to be, because by default it doesn't push content your way, you have to seek it out.

I did kinda hope the honeymoon period for lemmy would last longer, but this is probably inevitable. I'm just appreciative of the in depth conversations I do have here amongst the vitriol.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

I'm running android on my phone?

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

I like the concepts of Anarchism. Rather than being run by a leader or following a bureaucracy,I believe people can come together as a community to provide the basic needs to each other. I am also queer, a believer in science, an atheist, and anything else that could possibly get me labeled as a "liberal". Personally I think things work better in moderation rather than as an all or nothing. I may be an anarchists, but I may share some values with a libertarian or an-cap who believes in capitalism. I'm not about to start a fight over which economic system is better, and will likely rely on them for help and resources. I just hope if we are facing down a tyrant or someone who wishes to do harm to the weak and vulnerable within our communities, we would stand together and help each other out.

I do have what would be considered more leftist tendencies, but I'm not a fundamentalist either. I feel through compromise, and mutual aid is how we as humans have survived since antiquity.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Just because I consider myself a leftist doesn't mean I'm a pure communist. If any of my posts have made clear, I am anti-authoritarian first and foremost, and I believe in compromise rather than fundamentalism.

I believe in mutual aid, and pooling resources as a community, but I don't think it works at a state level, hence why many states that called themselves communist failed or implemented capitalism to some degree. There are instances of it working at smaller scales like through certain Native American tribes, and attempts made in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

As long as you are someone who truly believes in human rights and civil liberties, I'll likely get along with you. I don't care what you label yourself. If you stand against authoritarians, and are there to help the weak and marginalized, I will call you friend.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

amen.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

If there is one small, tiny thing that many leftists and rightists can agree on, it's fuck tankies.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

I appreciate the art style, I'm just not into the porn or the kink.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Cool is cool

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

The reason I don't call myself a communist is because I feel it has taken on a different meaning than the one Marx and Engels originally assigned to it. The Soviet Union, The People's Republic of China, Kampuchia, Cuba, and formerly North Korea have all used the name to describe their governments despite not meeting the criteria by Marx, and they had committed unspeakable evils in its name. I feel utilizing the names, symbols, and legacy of communism without taking the historical weight of them into consideration does a great disservice to the goals of communism. It's why I even refuse to associate with the hammer and sickle, because to many people, that symbol carries as much weight as a swastika or the rising sun.

It's actually pretty late for me, but I do want to continue talking later. I'll even give the reading material a look. I just wanted to air out my grievances with the communist label, and put some context to why I abhor tankies as much as I do fascists.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Same me, different account. Kbin doesn't have a mobile app, so I use lemmy on mobile.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

It is sad how the Gadsden flag has been appropriate, and is now almost synonymous with fascists, when the point of it was to be anti-authority.

I guess it's like how the nazis stole and ruined the swastika. Or how jerks on Twitter stole anime avatars.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Oh no! Now people will surely know I am Roundcat!

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

I'm all for reclaiming the flag, especially in queer circles where many are facing very real threats of violence. Just because we're transgender doesn't mean we're transtender!

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

Rosa Luxemburg

Clearly I have some homework tonight

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

The difference between Hitler and the countries I mentioned is that Hitler already has a word associated with his regime: Nazi. When you here it in public, that is the connection you make. Unfortunately that is the same connection people make with communism and people like Stalin or Mao. Regardless of whether the Soviet Union was truly communist or not, it is the country most people associate with the term. Hell, even many leftists make that association, which is why the Soviet flag, communist leaders, and propaganda prints are featured heavily in many communist memes. I agree that the word communism shouldn't be tied to these regimes forever, but its hard to make a case for reclaiming it when many communist continue to push the association themselves.

Like I said, I mostly agree with the ideal expressed by Engels and Marx, but because of it's association most people make between communism and the the regimes mentioned above, I think we are doing ourselves a disservice by continuing to gather around symbols and iconography many people in Eastern Europe and Asians associate with imperialism, genocide, and tyranny.

I agree with your second point, which is why I do call myself an anarchist. I believe power is an irresistibly corrupting force, and it doesn't matter what the intentions are of the people who seize it, if there is too much of it concentrated in the hands of one person, organization, class, or country, it is going to corrupt them. That is why my ideal world would be one with no states, no large governments, no class divisions. where communities can more or less govern themselves according to their needs, and through cooperation and mutual aid, these communities can keep each other afloat, and stand together in times of need. Overly simplified, Let's say I listen to John Lennon's Imagine, and wish that could be us.

Yeah, and I've seen you around too, and you seem pretty cool, which I why I wanted to carry on this discussion. Forgive me that this thread kinda turned into a communist dunk as that actually wasn't my intention. I was more to show the types of people I usually see arguing in the threads. And no need for the push, I think anarchists are awesome, and its kinda the journey I took from being a conservative to a leftist. There is still a lot I'm learning and trying to unlearn from my past though.

Thanks for the reading material too.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

But France wasn't the only example of a republic at that time, and what even inspired the French revolution was the United States establishing itself after breaking away from England. The monarchies and empires of Europe feared republics because by definition, it means a country ruled without a monarch, and there were two successful examples popping up one after another, and inspiring republicans and other revolutionaries all around the world.

The term had negative connotations between monarchs, nobles, and conservatives because to them it meant losing the power they had spent centuries convincing people was their right by God. But to serfs, peasants, workers, and liberals, it was an aspirational term. The politics of the 19th century were defined by European monarchs trying to justify their rule, consolidate as much power as possible, and perpetuate their regimes as long as they possibly could, because many of them could see the writing on the wall.

The issue with the term Communism in the 21st century is it was mostly the poor and the marginalized that suffered under the Soviet Warsaw block, and Asian regimes. They see the symbols of communism and think not of liberation, equality, and unity, but of their former oppressors. There are probably plenty of former officers of officials that are Nostalgic for their Soviet past, one of them is waging a war against Ukraine right now. But to the people who the term is supposed to inspire, it brings pain to many of them.

I understand the appeals of the communist label as a westerner, because ever since the beginnings of the 20th century it has been demonized, almost to the point of seeming cool. Not to mention a lot of the same things the US has criticized the USSR of doing, it was guilty of itself. There will probably be a day when the US fades away as an empire, and all that will remain are its history, its symbols and its legacy. and I hope people are just as critical to those who ignore their history, bask in their symbols and glorify their legacy.

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

you called?

Roundcat OP , 10 months ago

More of a state of affairs than an endorsement. I probably could've made this meme better.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I'm glad you finally got a chance to play it. I played it back in 2020, and it was the kind of game I needed to get me through those times.

I've been enjoying Deltarune too. I can't wait for the game to be finished.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I noticed OP is a beehaw user, so they're probably shielded from a lot of the active vitriol we see here.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Literally had someone tell me, unless the lemmy police were actively trying to take my app away, I have no right to complain about the elitism, lol.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Lemmy: "Use Lemmy"
Me: Uses Sync or any other non FOSS app
Lemmy: "No not like that!"

Roundcat , 10 months ago

"LEMMY POLICE, FREEZE! Sir/Ma'am and or otherwise, you are under arrest for the following crimes against lemmy. Use of an unapproved app, 2 counts. Pointing out elitism, 5 counts. Making comparisons between lemmy and reddit, 10 counts. Criminally bad meming, 5 counts. And expecting better of lemmy, 1 count. You have the right to stfu."

Roundcat , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

面白いね。メキシコがアメリカの近くにあるのに、アメリカの大分がスペイン語を全然はなせないねｗ！私もスペイン語が習いたいけど、日本語もうＰａｉｎｉｎｔｈｅａｓｓだよ！

Roundcat , 10 months ago

What exactly is wrong with simplified? The only beef I have with it is it makes it harder for me to transfer my Japanese Kanji to Hanzi.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Geographically it is a subcontinent that slammed into Asia to form the Himalayas, so you could make the argument it is its own thing.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I assume in terms of incentive, there are more reason for Spanish speakers to learn English than English speakers to learn Spanish. Likewise most Spanish speakers within the US tend to keep to their own communities, and you're unlikely to directly interact with them unless you are friends with people in the group, or frequently do business with people who speak Spanish.

It's kinda like Russian and its bordering Countries. Many people in Kazakhstan can speak Russian, but not many Russians can speak Kazakh.

And good luck with your language endeavors as well. Japanese does get easier the more you interact with it. I am at the top of my game when I'm watching and reading media constantly.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I had no patients or focus to do it when I was younger. I actually learned more Japanese and Chinese in the past 3 years, than I had ever done in childhood or university.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I recommend the pokemon anime, especially if you grew up with the English dub. It's a kid's anime, so the difficulty level isn't very high, and if you are familiar with the episodes, it can help you fill in the gaps to where your comprehension ends. Plus its really interesting seeing the subtle differences in the music, edited scenes restored, and even getting to see outright banned episodes.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

I just take comfort in the fact that my art will never be good enough for a generative Ai to steal.

Roundcat , 10 months ago

Then I take comfort in the fact it might serve to sabotage whatever it generates.