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I need it on a religious level an I suck with gimp.

IDK how much time they have left, so I did what every good American does and I asked DeepShit to write a bullet list set of arguments to convince a reader that China should accept Palestinians for the purpose of saving the Palestinians from genocide.

• Humanitarian Responsibility: China has a long history of advocating for human rights and international peace. Accepting Palestinians would demonstrate China's commitment to humanitarian principles and its role as a responsible global power.

• Global Leadership: By offering refuge to Palestinians, China can position itself as a leader in global humanitarian efforts, enhancing its soft power and international reputation.

• Historical Precedent: China has previously provided asylum to refugees, such as the Vietnamese "boat people" in the late 1970s. This action would align with China's historical stance on offering sanctuary to those in need.

• Strengthening Bilateral Relations: Accepting Palestinians could improve China's relations with Middle Eastern countries and the broader Muslim world, fostering goodwill and potential economic and political partnerships.

• Economic Opportunities: Integrating Palestinians into China's economy could provide a skilled and motivated workforce, contributing to China's economic growth and development.

• Cultural Exchange: The integration of Palestinians would enrich China's cultural diversity, promoting mutual understanding and cultural exchange between the Chinese and Palestinian peoples.

• Moral High Ground: Taking a stand against genocide and offering refuge to Palestinians would allow China to claim the moral high ground in international forums, countering criticisms of its domestic policies.

• International Solidarity: China's acceptance of Palestinians would align with the principles of international solidarity and cooperation, reinforcing the importance of collective action in addressing global humanitarian crises.

• Preventing Radicalization: By providing a safe haven, China could help prevent the radicalization of Palestinians who might otherwise be driven to extremism due to desperation and lack of alternatives.

• Long-term Stability: Addressing the root causes of displacement and offering a sustainable solution for Palestinians could contribute to long-term stability in the Middle East, which is in China's strategic interest.

• Support for International Law: Accepting refugees would demonstrate China's support for international law and the principles of the United Nations, particularly the right to seek asylum from persecution.

• Global Security: By alleviating the humanitarian crisis, China could contribute to global security, reducing the potential for conflict and instability that could arise from prolonged suffering and displacement.

• Positive Domestic Impact: The presence of Palestinians could foster a more inclusive and compassionate society within China, promoting values of tolerance and empathy among the Chinese population.

• Historical Parallels: Drawing parallels with historical instances where nations have provided refuge to those fleeing persecution, China can highlight its progressive and humane approach to global issues.

• International Cooperation: This action could encourage other nations to follow suit, fostering a collaborative international effort to address the plight of Palestinians and other refugees worldwide.

• President Xi: President Xi’s aura operates on a different level—an unspoken, looming presence that shapes decisions before they are even made. It stretches across the world like a great unseen tide, bending the course of history with a weight that cannot be measured. If the Palestinians were to find refuge beneath its shadow, they would be as those who dwell beneath the gaze of something vast and inscrutable—untouched, because none would risk awakening what lies beyond their understanding.

what do you think?

Hey all

Have any of you ever done volunteer work for local nature conservation efforts or other environmental work? Was it worth it getting to know like minded people? I live in a very rural area so there isn't much "nature" left to conserve (all destroyed for farms). But... I've found some groups and they mainly do tree planting at local parks, which in the grand scheme of things seems pointless but I guess it's mainly for getting involved? What are y'all's thoughts on this?

My ears are ringing like CRAZY

I clench my teeth at night. I had an old bite guard which had a big blob of hard plastic that only touched my front teeth, and that seemed to work great. But it's totally busted.

So I have a new bite guard from the dentist, hard plastic kind, but with this one I contact everywhere when I bite, so I just seem to grind on that instead of my teeth. Probably helps my teeth but my tinnitus and TMJ pain are not being helped at all.

What's a boy to do? I guess go back to the dentist and get it radically altered / another new one? But insurance didn't even pay for this one

The truth was on 's server.

There's this one guy who would not stop pulling my girlfriend aside and saying things like:

"Let him go" or "he has nothing to offer you" just disparaging me to her or trying to make her have doubts about me

things of that nature

We would be having private talks and he would be openly trying to listen and get mad just because we spent time together.

I'm just trying to figure out the motivation there because I never understood. I just thought it was such a petty and mean thing to try and do to me.

I'm in center field.

I've been living with depression since I was 14. It felt inescapable, but for a couple of years, I was doing really well. I stopped going to therapy, I was able to handle bad things, anxiety wasn't tearing me apart, I had goals I wanted to achieve. Then in the last two years of college, my depression came back worse than ever. Trying to get better isn't even on the table, right now I'm just trying to want to get better.

But for a few years, I was able to think to myself that I was happy, and that depression was a thing of the past. For the life of me, I can't remember why. I feel like I'm doomed to be stuck in a cycle of falling in and out of depression for years at a time at best.

But has anyone actually come out of depression, for real? Is it possible to say that you dealt with your depression and you are genuinely happy, or at least want to be happy, and you think you will be that way for the rest of your life? Because I genuinely don't see how people are supposed to be happy.

Also did we used to have a mental health comm?

Title. I get it from time to time. It used to be a chronic thing with me then it like went into remission and now it's been coming back again. Today for example it flaired up, pain and some urgency to pee/weak pee. idk how much of it might be age since I'm nearing 40 and I know in men prostate problem go up with age, or if it's just something I was born with. In any case I might have to start doing kegels again since they've helped in the past.

Sorry if this is tmi, just another life problem.

It's not necessary, but the more the speakers look like bimbos the better. I love to see confident girly people take down incels.

It seems to fullfill a lot of the requirements that matrix does but its generally just nicer to host and use and the clients are snappy without all that jabascript app bloat.

Had no end of issues with matrix and xmpp feels like a huge upgrade by comparison.

So yeah wondering why its not that popular

My friend went from doing nothing politically to trying to go to a different useless lib protest every week. Which, hey, that's not nothing, great. But I'd like to get her thinking about why none of this does anything and what actually needs to be done, before that burns her out and she goes back to brunch.

Philosophy Tube posts once in a blue moon, Chapo has lost all its cultural relevance, and y'all can't shut up about Stalin. What do I casually recommend to someone these days?

I want sincere answers. I don’t understand these people, and they just seem to be getting more and more deranged as the war drags on and the tide turns further in Russia’s favor.

Fuck

He's so shitty I don't even know where to start, but so many people on there are convinced he's some kind of heroic anti-corruption reformer and taking on the CIA and shit.

I'm starting to sour on the platform over it, I was enjoying talking politics on there but now my feed is flooded with Musk worship 🤮

Would we have Lil cities that look like models or would the ants have just killed us? Global warming wouldn't be a problem and if we got as far as we did now but were tiny things would be looking okay

I heard them use jokes I've only heard on Hexbear, but I kept chalking that up to "maybe this is just leftist twitter humor". Now, I'm casually listening to the latest episodes and one of the hosts made a throwaway line about lathing something into existence. There is no way that bit is used anywhere other than Hexbear.

My grandpa is old and til now has always done things with paper copies including legal paperwork, taxes, and all that. Recently he's said the tax people don't want him using paper to file them and has sent him online resources to do so. Problem is his most recent computer runs Windows 7, and most web pages refuse to load. The only problem I have been able to determine is that the computer is wildly out-of-date, no longer receives security updates, and the internet doesn't like that.

Solutions I can think of are trying to prolong the life of the computer with Linux, getting a newer computer that has the hardware to run Windows 10/11, or taking him to the library to fill out info there. I am always glad to convert people to Linux, but for him it would have to run very similarly to the Windows 7 he's used to. He would have to be able to run EXEs easily and not have to configure anything. I know of low-to-no configuration distros, but I don't know if they can run his applications as easily. A new computer would be a pretty easy fix, but not exactly cheap either. The library, I'm not 100% sure they would allow you to do that paperwork there for security reasons, especially if the patron doesn't know how to log out and secure themselves. Even then, my grandparents have been reluctant to use our local library since they moved here from out of town, probably because they're old and don't like change.

So this is my predicament; if anyone has any suggestions regarding these or with different options, I'd appreciate them. If there is a way to use his current computer, that'd probably be ideal for him, but I do understand that's nowhere near ideal generally.

I know it used to be a thing you could do to the earlier customer service bots like with air Canada but that's a product of poor implementation of the LLM, right?