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anarchost ,

Username checks out.

So does domain name

anarchost , (edited )

Yea, I have gotten comments removed and banned several times from lemmy.ml for disagreeing with literal and easily disproven Russian propaganda. You don’t even need to be pro anything, just disagreeing with Russia does it.

You think moderators remove those comments? (/s)

Protip: by replying to a comment on many apps, you can see the content of the comment. This can be very useful.

anarchost ,

Anything much outside of the mods’ pro-Russian, pro-CCP, pro-Hamas narrative on /c/worldnews is frequently removed and the user banned. Pro-Western users have a strict bigotry standard applied, while anti-Western users can say anything.

I noticed somebody who wrote “death to amerikkka” was given official mod sanction (saying that it was a country not a people group) so I made the same comment about the CCP.

Comment removed. Banned.

Confirmed.

anarchost ,

“Racist” - learn the difference between a state and a race.

Everybody calls the CCP the CCP. This is literally a “Nazis drink water” situation.

Death to the CCP. Death to all other fascist groups.

anarchost ,

According to moderators, even using the word “CCP” makes you a racist orientalist Nazi.

If that sounds like the neolib tactic of calling all criticism of Israel (or even the Netanyahu regime) “antisemitic” that’s because it is.

anarchost ,

If you stalked my comment history, then you’re being extremely selective and disingenuous, or very lazy.

“Death to Amerikkka” is not a critique either. But it is allowed by moderators. Do you condemn that equally?

A political party is not a race.

Death to the CCP.

To quote @davel : Reporter, please learn the difference between a people and a state.

anarchost ,

So in worldnews, being cringe is bannable if it’s against the CCP but not the US.

I also paraphrased an upvoted comment on this subreddit that calls people who call it the CCP a racist Nazi.

And you don’t think orientalism (the real kind) is also racist? That’s a weird nitpick you tried to employ.

anarchost ,

Fascists don’t get to decide what they’re called, and cloaking their desires with identity politics is pathetic.

I call the CCP the CCP because that’s what everybody calls it… outside of cringe fascist types. I call Nazis Nazis for the same reason.

If there’s some racial component that makes this evil, explain it in such a way where you wouldn’t be able to condemn all criticism of Israel and Netanyahu.

anarchost ,

Fascism abolishes bourgeois democracy without abolishing bourgeois rule itself. […]

Look no further than the capitalist class at the top of the CCP. Its imperialist initiatives. Its reactionary treatment of Muslims, LGBT people, etc.

Inb4 internal propaganda. Nazis say Jews got great swimming pools.

anarchost ,

Two issues:

First: Official literature calls it the CCP.

Second: Nazi is an abbreviation for a common name of a particular ethnic background and particularly their backwardness.

anarchost ,

Are you implicitly admitting their critiques are 100% correct? Because I read your entire comment with a “you are correct, but…”

BTW this denialism could work for any oppressive regime. Swap “CPC” (the politically correct way to say it) with “Nazi” or their politically correct preferred acronym, “NSDAP”.

Personally, I don’t think fascists get to decide what we call them. It’s the CCP and the Nazis to me. Always will be.

anarchost ,

Not really interested in seeing another wall of links to further links. Authoritarianism is bad.

anarchost ,

Are you opposed to authoritarianism?

Asking so I can understand whether the Nazis would get a pass under your beliefs.

I don’t like it when anybody, including Nazis, try to whitewash their actual agenda by putting dishonest labels on top of what they really do.

anarchost ,

Death to the CCP

anarchost ,

Postal Brain Damaged. If you like boomer shooters,

It’s got charming art and level designs, satisfying weapons, and a whole lot of irreverence.

I’m out of the daydreaming phase because I’ve beaten it a few times, but it’s still my comfort food game of choice.

anarchost ,

The studio that makes those games, makes the best in their genre and is somehow punching above their weight. I got Elderborn too after playing Postal Brain Damaged and was impressed.

Everybody likes different genres, and this one probably wouldn’t be mine, but it was entrancing and I basically immediately poured all my free time into it too. Totally worth the buy.

anarchost ,

I only played Postal Brain Damaged because I liked 2 so much, and that’s how I found out about boomer shooters to begin with!

As for Postal 4… Would not recommend. Sadly.

anarchost ,

Even if it never accomplished nothing before the Fox News interview, isn’t it interesting Fox felt the need to confront it?

anarchost ,

I’ve watched Fox once in the past year and that’s exactly how they arranged their segments, connecting two loosely related things to push a singular agenda…

… Never saw the AntiWork thing, I just know how it went down.

anarchost ,

This is why I use Signal with the small chats and groups I’m in.

anarchost ,

Mastodon having a way bigger algorithm curve before you start seeing interesting stuff remains throughout.

anarchost ,

I think it’s the gamification. Mastodon degamifies Twitter in a way Lemmy can’t really do with the classic Reddit system.

Votes go up, votes go down, you can see people winning and losing here. It’s fun, even if it’s in a bad way.

anarchost ,

That’s true, I noticed on a couple subreddits that votes don’t matter unless you’re mildly popular, and it’s even possible to get comments throttled for being unpopular enough. Downvotes don’t do much besides pushing your comments off the screen for the most part.

What are Some Good, Recent, and Available Dumb Cars?

I have a 2010 Toyota Corolla. She’s been my trusty steed for the last 14 years and is in good working order. I recognize she won’t last forever, and if, god forbid (mostly for her) I get in an accident, I will need to get a new car. So what dumb cars do you drive, and what would you replace them with?

anarchost ,

Technically? It’s 3 years off from antique.

anarchost , (edited )

Toyota has lost its way, using their “smart” cars to lock people out of features that they don’t subscribe to.

I recommend people avoid them.

arstechnica.com/…/toyota-owners-have-to-pay-8-mo-…

anarchost ,

Toyota wants to lock people out of features built into their cars.

Would you say the same thing if they started charging monthly for using the seat warmers?

anarchost ,

If a Toyota connects to the internet to receive instructions to disable things built into the car, it is too smart of a car for its own good.

Are you seriously on the “sell my heated seats back to me” train? Because that’s happened too.

anarchost ,

You’ve launched into full-on apologia for why dumb cars are bad, this just makes your suggestion look worse

anarchost ,

Take On Me because the rotoscoping work is amazing, and now more movies need to embrace it.

  • closest movie: Cool World, which is basically an avant-garde music video of its own, with people transitioning between the 2D and 3D worlds

Turbo Killer because it has fast cars, violence, and Satanism

  • closest movie: Rock and Rule, set in a furry cyberpunk dystopia “where magic and technology collide”, featuring glowing pentagons and shiny (not as fast) cars
  • second closest movie: Nicolas Cage’s Mandy. Just wait for it…
anarchost ,

I love me a movie that can carry itself through aesthetics alone!

anarchost ,

He seems nice but

  1. "Thoughts" posts shouldn’t be used to introduce content on Ask communities, IMO
  2. There are a few video-related communities where this would fit much better, if it hasn’t already been posted on them
anarchost ,

You can go to your server’s Hot or Trending section and just start following big accounts, and from there find people in replies to various interesting posts to follow. Maybe.

You can also follow hashtags on there!

anarchost ,

Out of all the bad things you can say about Mastodon drama and moderation issues…

It’s pretty cool the phrases “don’t use this instance” and “follow people on this instance” can coexist.

Because of federation, the admins of an instance besides your own don’t even get to peep your IP addresses.

anarchost ,

If bots actually do start frequenting Reddit, and they get hard to detect, the AI content generation will start poisoning itself. Isn’t that cool?

anarchost ,

IDK if quoting Malcolm X makes your quote automatically correct. For example

spoiler‘[Jews] know that they control 90 percent of the businesses in black communities, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And they benefit more from black buying power than blacks do from other parts of the white community. So they feel guilty about it. … Jews can be found on the boards of such organizations as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, but, the same Jews won’t let you become president of B’nai B’rith, or any of their other organizations.’ - Malcolm X

anarchost ,

That pesky “almost”.

anarchost ,

That’s because JT Chapman is a rich white guy who reviews luxury cars and hides behind MLK quotes. Why make the world better for people who aren’t him?

Despite allegedly caring about class issues too, I wonder how JT feels about Biden’s latest speech, which was strongly pro union

What is a gender neutral replacement for man, guys, buddy, etc?

So I’ve realized that in conversations I’ll use traditional terms for men as general terms for all genders, both singularly and for groups. I always mean it well, but I’ve been thinking that it’s not as inclusive to women/trans people....

anarchost ,

You’re asking about a collective and also a singular…

Just in general I’d say that if you’re trying to quit a habit around trans women, go the extra mile and quit it around cis ones too. For the collective “hey guys” I have no one-word replacement (“folks/folx” sounds equally southern and somehow more cringe), but you could replace the whole phrase with “hey everybody”, “hi gang”, “how are you all”, or just “hey”.

When speaking to any woman, I would advise against calling them “dude” or “man.” Full stop. No further thoughts necessary on that one.

anarchost ,

“Buddy” elicits so many conflicting feelings in me.

Encino Man “buuuuudy”

anarchost ,

My personal recommendation is to drop the extra title entirely. For everybody.

E.g. instead of saying “great work man” just say “great work.” It could help you prevent flubs later.

I do wish I knew some non-binary singular terms I could use, but non-come-to-mind.

anarchost ,

.ca

I should have seen this coming a mile away

anarchost ,

I think I’m going to piggyback off inspiration of your question and ask my own, something like: “Enbies, how do you prefer partners or others refer to/about you?”

BTW, sorry for misunderstanding the goal of your post, but I appreciate your (and others’) replies here.

anarchost OP ,

I was just thinking yesterday about how I was behind on the two podcasts I listened to. Thanks for the recommendations, though. I’ve heard good things and I think he’s been on at least one.

anarchost OP ,

LaRouchites are closely related to tankies iirc… Anyway

I could change the title to say “voting isn’t direct action”, but I think at that point it would be needlessly repetitive or wordy. Also, what is your definition for direct action which explicitly un-includes voting?

anarchost OP ,

Can you provide definitions for direct action and harm reduction?

anarchost OP ,

Looks like LaRouche was regarded as the Stalinist type of socialist, a cult leader, and an anti-Semite. All three of those things also fit Caleb Maupin, a famous tankie. Many tankie collectives spring up around a single strongman in general. LaRouche believed AIDS was spread by insects, which harkens back to Lysenkoism.

If the shoe fits, right! Many nazis also get offended when called nazi.

anarchost OP ,

CIA?

The term “tankie” was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.

Seems pretty leftist to me. And it doesn’t have any other baggage to it, like ableism, classism etc.

For contrast:

The term “nazi” had been in use, before the rise of the NSDAP, as a colloquial and derogatory word for a backwards farmer or peasant. It characterised an awkward and clumsy person, a yokel. In this sense, the word Nazi was a hypocorism of the German male name Igna(t)z… a common name at the time in Bavaria, the area from which the NSDAP emerged.

Which is a word I personally find very useful and will never stop using when appropriate.

anarchost OP ,

Same 😊

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