verbalbotanics

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verbalbotanics,

If other sites are anything to go by, drama. Nothing but complete and total drama. Stats are ok, but only if they support maximum drama. Play analysis and tactical discussion is completely unacceptable.

verbalbotanics,

this popped up on my feed, and although I’m not familiar with the genre, it’s really interesting! Are there any places you’d recommend to start?

verbalbotanics,

Good luck trying to sell the epic Tolstoy novel “And”

[AnimeHerald] VHS Trading and Fansubs in the Modern Era (www.animeherald.com)

For many anime fans, internet streaming has been a thing for their entire time as a fan. However, before the age of high speed internet, anime had to be consumed quite differently outside of Japan. Take a trip through time with this article to learn about the history of early anime in North America and the avid fans that worked...

verbalbotanics,

This was a great read! It’s so fascinating how tape trading was basically a preview for things like Napster and file sharing.

I kinda wonder how they were able to add subtitles and things like that on top of the tapes, I’d imagine it took a lot of work.

verbalbotanics,

Would a true Scotsman use a bidet though?

verbalbotanics,

This is pretty helpful for something like Zelda for me

verbalbotanics,

For fun, try asking the produce employees how much they “cull” every week. Remember, it’s not theft if you do it to yourself!

verbalbotanics,

In a row?

verbalbotanics,

That’s not what Alakazam is talking about here though. Just by owning land, it generates money, magically, from “nothing”. And then the vast majority of landowners use that as excuse to entrench their wealth and then you get… Waves hands at hyperinflated rent crisis what we’re all stuck in now.

Whether someone wants to be one of the “good land owners” or not doesn’t change the fact that the system is set up for the ones that want to exploit it

verbalbotanics,

Hey that’s awesome! Sounds like you’re off to a fresh start.

verbalbotanics,

Yeah, and I’m also not extracting grandma

verbalbotanics,

After reading your post, I’m more on the side of following beehaw to the format that suits them best. I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t finding those quality posts here after a while, and what you said about them being quickly pushed out in favor of new content makes a lot of sense.

Although I came here through the rexodus, I agree that the Reddit style format still carries a lot of problems that I’d rather not keep, and it’s important to have a quality space I can post (also because I’m trans and need those spaces too)

I do still feel a need for the dopamine rush of cat pics and memes, so I’m not sure if there’s a way to hybridize that with a forum? If not, there’s always burner Lemmy accounts (or Tumblr lol) for that

verbalbotanics,

This reminds me of that time Hemmingway tried to write a story with as few words as possible and came up with:

Baby shoes, never worn.

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    verbalbotanics,

    Luddites, the original ones were pretty rad. They were anti tech for anti capitalist reasons.

    I agree that Luddite is the more correct term since it’s more general now, but I hate that the term got warped over time to mean anyone that hates any new tech

    verbalbotanics,

    “I have to work 3 jobs to make rent and health insurance”

    “But look at the numbers! We’re almost at full employment! Isn’t that great?”

    verbalbotanics,

    Feminism gave women all of the same rights and privileges as men

    Feminism hasn’t done that yet, we’re nowhere near equal rights and opportunities for women and if you don’t believe me, look at the gender balance in US government roles and who has the money and power.

    Let’s focus on dismantling patriarchy and the harm it creates for men as well.

    verbalbotanics,

    When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

    verbalbotanics,

    Hey, you can argue with me all day, but the people taking men’s slice of the pie ain’t the feminists.

    Let’s focus on the people shooting themselves into space on dick rockets and suits on the hill, and we’ll all benefit from it.

    verbalbotanics,

    This is a men’s lib forum, and men’s liberation is pro feminist (feel free to check the wiki or that nice bell hooks quote trending on this forum if you disagree).

    By being a strong ally to women, men benefit too, and I choose to keep doing that.

    You can have the last word if you like, I’m gonna peace out here.

    Is it normal to misgender yourself?

    When I talk to myself, sometimes I call myself my dead name, or my gender I don’t associate myself with. I am self-aware enough to know I’ve associated myself as male and [name] for thirty-seven years, but it annoys me I haven’t made that connection in my brain somewhere that yes, I’m a girl, my name is Eshe. I feel it...

    verbalbotanics,

    Give yourself lots of time. It’s been years for me (slow, gradual process) and I still deadname from time to time. And I’ve learned to go easy on myself when it happens, it’s helped a lot in my case

    verbalbotanics,

    Hey just a thought, but have you considered also measuring your labor in terms of hours worked by admin staff etc? I’m assuming it’s unpaid.

    I think showing the financials is great but to me it shows only one part of the picture, if that makes sense. Your work has value!

    I really appreciate all the work that goes into this place, and really, thanks for all you do.

    A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to 'just say aye' instead (www.businessinsider.com)

    Senator Dianne Feinstein appeared confused during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday. When asked to vote on a proposal, Feinstein began giving a lengthy speech instead of simply saying “aye” or “nay” as requested. The committee chair, Senator Patty Murray, had to repeatedly tell Feinstein “just say...

    verbalbotanics,

    Problem with all of this is, life expectancy is going down, and we know they’re not just going to kindly lower it to accommodate us. Look at what happened in France this year just to keep it at the same age

    verbalbotanics,

    I won’t call it pacifist mode exactly, but I prefer to play games like Tears of the Kingdom or even GTA by just walking around slowly and taking photos, observing the scenery. GTA San Andreas (the old ps2 version) is weirdly great for this because it has so many hazy colors and jaggy lines.

    verbalbotanics,

    Sounds like we need to make a c/fuckgolf

    verbalbotanics,

    So I read the document, and I think it’s actually worse than what OP wrote. Looking through the curriculum, there’s a steady emphasis on African Americans as “patriots”

    Identify African Americans who demonstrated heroism and patriotism (e.g.,Booker T. Washington, Jesse Owens, Tuskegee Airmen, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, President…

    And conveniently there’s no mention of how systemic racism and white supremacy still exist and oppress African Americans today. Garvey, etc. Are mentioned but conveniently in the past.

    Which is what they want. Emphasize the model people and show that they can be patriots. Downplay what you don’t like. Maybe your definition of education is different but I don’t think it should be about saying we should all be good little flag salutors.

    I agree that it’s rage bait, but you can’t trust Florida on this.

    Btw the fact that America makes kids pledge an oath to a flag every morning is fucked up, just saying.

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