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General Discussion Thread - Juche 115, Week 42 (lemmygrad.ml)

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Welcome again to everybody. Make yourselves at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread!

P.S. Update on those stability improvements/enhancements I mentioned in my previous weekly thread: they're finished. The matrix server uptime is now better. Suspiciously better, some might say. Anyway, enjoy the reliability >:3

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 5 days ago

Somewhere in Brazil!

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the latest call of duty might be the worst piece of war propaganda i've ever seen, even worse than the previous games.

[–] Panama_Comunista@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If they let you play as the DPRK though I might just have to pirate it 👀

[–] ArcticFoxSmiles@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Maybe I will too, so I can play the local player and be a North Korean shooting down American solider NPCs.

[–] sleepykitten@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 days ago

Was reading blackshirts and reds and remembered a certain subreddit (tankiejerk) when reading this passage:

Orwell (with Orwellian doublethink) characterized the condemnation of communism as a lonely courageous act of defiance. Today, his ideological progeny are still at it, offering themselves as intrepid left critics of the Left, waging a valiant struggle against imaginary Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist hordes.

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 days ago

I had the idea of making this meme on Cuba. I was unsure if it was tactless given Cuba's current situation, but I still wanted to put it somewhere.

Cuba sweep

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago

was on youtube and saw in my feed a 2 week old “what north korean life is like beyond pyongyang” video from CNN. has something happened that they need to rehash “remember our REAL enemy, socialist korea we’ve bombed beyond belief, because uhhh, they don’t have like, reddit”

[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Went to a football match in Germany and despite the criticism I have for their fans, especially regarding Palestine, it was a breath of fresh air compared to The Netherlands. Saw several anti Nazi and far right flags, anti homophobia stuff, rainbow flags even. There were 6000 away fans present and there was no barrier between them and the home fans. Just vibing with each other. Stuff like that would be unthinkable back home.

And this was at Schalke. Not even a prime example of a left wing club. The Netherlands really is a shit country in a lot of ways.

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

trying to introduce friend to marx's theories by first discussing the way they are taught economics

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 days ago

quite a lot of it is just the shock that marx wasn’t a moralist and that’s what all diamat fervently seeks to avoid, but now i’m graduating to trying to use the economic ideas of rate of profit to fall/guiding things around price signals and value itself, and this is where i fret if i get the concepts wrong i’m fucked

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I tried to watch that movie "Soy Cuba". Old Soviet cinema right?

I couldn't finish the first part where a woman works in a brothel (looks like a brothel/party place mix) and an American goes with her to her house (against her will but she needs to pay rent). Next morning, her fiancee finds her in bed with the man.

I felt so terrible watching this. I don't know how to describe it. Disgust maybe?

[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i like the movie a lot. the later chapters go more into the resistance aspect of pre socialist cuba, and its super interesting

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

I should finish it then

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Writing idea:

Stereotypical greedy old-school businessperson, except they are a Communist because they think that raising common prosperity is the most stable way to raise their own wealth.

[–] Panama_Comunista@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago

If Mr. Burns from the Simpsons became based:

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I've noticed that fascists have a obsession with Argentina.

Zionists, Nazis etc. have all considered doing settler-colonialism on Argentina at some point.

[–] ArcticFoxSmiles@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Argentina are usually only seen as white Latinos, so they are more favorable to white racists than their darker counterparts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanqueamiento

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 6 days ago

damn

[–] 3scene@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Its incredibly fertile land.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hi, I am back.

I have been in Zaragoza, Spain for more than a month.

This may be best thing that ever happened to me.

It is still stressful and nerve-wracking getting all this off the ground though, getting settled in and hopefully away from my family's influence and reach as humanly possible.

Truth be told, I may be desperately in need of donations regarding my private insurance (can't get public yet while getting settled in and everything).

I don't want anyone kicking me out while people out there (such as my abusive father, his whole rotten family, my two siblings, etc.) want to drag me back under their influence.

Being away from it all has been freeing in ways that I couldn't quite fathom before, if at all.

But honestly, I may actually need to pull a Hail Mary by the end of next week or October to make it stick.

I dunno how to ask for money here or anywhere; never really had a GoFundMe.

This is not even getting into the process of getting my NIE or doing HRT.

It's a struggle but I will not be dragged back to some dumb suburb in the United States.

I don't know how to quite go about this tbh or how to begin.

I may start a fundraiser thread here tomorrow.

Anyway, good night.

[–] RepugnantGarbage@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Comrade, I am inspired by your triumph. Well done. And I hope you make the most of your life in wonderful sunny Spain. I am in the process of getting a degree in healthcare so that I can leave the U.S., I graduate in 2027 and will need to work in the field for a few years before I can travel internationally but once I can, I am leaving and never looking back.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, I certainly hope I can remain here, it sucks that I can't receive any help in creating the fundraiser

[–] RepugnantGarbage@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm rooting for you. What's the best part of living in Spain? Have you gone to the beaches yet? Is the food incredible?

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Honestly?

It looks beautiful. It's not an eyesore like my suburban town in Virginia. Especially at night! The lights and some of the neon signs look great at night. The night sky isn't just a pitch black (as in, no stars or anything); you can see a lot of clouds and sometimes the sky turning an orange-yellowish hue or sometimes purple-ish color off in the distance as your eyes veer towards the cityline.

But also, I will say this: it definitely has a lot more life and the people are more... easygoing? I was told that Italians, at least in certain parts, are more easygoing than Americans and Brits in comparison (when I left the United States, it seemed that people were pissed off at, well, everything during practically every day; Americans being "irritable" and "angry" and getting into shouting matches seemed more of the national character than the sign of the times we live in LMAO 😂🤣).

To be clear, I kinda don't like the whole tourist-y way of American or Canadian travelers on vacation going all "Gee, I sure really loved the people, they were so nice and gracious" but the folks in Spain seem like they have NO drama to them whatsoever (even when something is happening at the moment or even when there is clearly something to be either upset or more serious about).

That is honestly refreshing to me (especially since the country is suddenly going through snap elections that have the potential to really change things). From 2020 to 2026, everybody around me seemed either angry, irritable, pessimistic, unpleasant, "doomerist," and prone to trauma-dumping (quite excessively in the case of one particular family member of mine). It was very... intense. Like, even the humor or general topic of conversation felt "intense," you know what I'm saying?

Oh, to be sure, the public transportation and choices that the system here provides is pretty good.

Also, one thing that I love about this place:

Disabled people... everywhere.

Folks out in the streets with walking disabilities, folks who are blind, folks who are paraplegic, folks who appear to have down syndrome (my apologies, I don't know quite the proper word for what the community call themselves generally and need to attend to other things soon so I defer to that term), etc.

I don't know any place in the United States that has this; I wish it were more common.

[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

have you checked out local orgs for support? ive found this while searching but there might be others you can find: https://somoslgtb.com/

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is not simply about HRT and transitioning, I may literally need donations for this particular episode in my life to make getting settled in Europe viable and finally being free of my family (which, I mean, would also go a long way to making my transitioning and HRT viable).

Still, thanks for the comment and link. :)

[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

LGBT orgs can also help with resources in general. I imagine they get quite a few migrants

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Not sure about that and DIY is not really done here as much as it is in, say, the United States.

Btw, I already have access to SOMOS or am at least friends with them (I am in a WhatsApp group with them right now and have the director's phone number even).

That said, I only just met them about a month ago or so and the last meeting I went to with them was maybe two weeks ago (oof, even missed the Lesbian Day stuff too on the SOMOS schedule).

It is hard to meet with them now, I feel, due to time available, scheduling, and, tbh, sleep issues on my part (by the time night time comes, I am afraid of going at 7:00 or 8:00 or especially 9:00 PM because I deadass need to sleep but this Quviviq isn't really helping with that so far...)

Also, to be clear, this goes FAR BEYOND just my access to health insurance (and my access to HRT or gender-affirming care by extension, never mind every other very important thing that comes with health insurance).

This is much more important than that and this window of opportunity may be a do-or-die moment tbh

[–] ArcticFoxSmiles@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Cheburashka

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Glad to be back here, i think i was gone for a month

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