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I haven't gone paintballing in over a decade but did it a few times as a teenager at birthdays and it was really fun. Thought it might be a good time to go again for my upcoming birthday. However, airsoft has also become a big thing over the past few decades so maybe that would be more fun instead. Thoughts, experiences, opinions?

Do I

1. Do video essays where I hold a mic and ramble on about video games and quirky news stories and trends or
2. Host a left adjacent podcast where I riff on the quirky culture and online personalities that exist in the west

Rules:

• they are in their absolute prime
• they can't form teams to gang up on anyone. This is a test of individual ability
• no weapons

I created an account and am signed in on element, what's a good way to get the feel for things?

Any room recommendations?

I stumbled onto LeftValues and took the quiz. Turns out that my political leanings aren't what I thought they were. Like, not even close. Just to preface, apparently I fall somewhere between Democratic Socialism and Centrist Marxism, with some leanings towards Social Democracy. 0% in common with Marxism-Leninism, which isn't going to be very popular in this community, but it's likely because of my feelings on centralization.

So, with all that in mind, does anyone have any recommended reading?

• https://leftvalues.github.io

• Democratic Socialism is a form of socialism that seeks to utilize liberal democracy as a means to achieve a socialist economy and society. Democratic Socialists reject revolution and a centrally planned economy, instead supporting moderate social ownership in the form of publicly owned utilities and democratic workplace self-management.

• Centrist Marxism is a form of Marxism that adopts Marxist views on society and the economy while also refraining from taking a definitive position on revolution and reformism. Many Centrist Marxists may also be more nationalistic than other Marxists.

• Social Democracy is a centre-left ideology that advocates for mixing left-leaning values such as social welfare and corporate regulation with capitalism and liberal democracy in the form of a mixed economy. Many modern Social Democrats favor Keynesian economics.

• Marxism-Leninism is a form of Marxism that was forged in the 20th century in the Soviet Union. Marxist-Leninists heavily favor the use of a communist political party as the platform for both achieving revolution and establishing socialism. Many Marxist-Leninists are somewhat more nationalistic and patriotic than many other Marxists, and may favor industrial progress over environmental goals.

Think about it, these motherfuckers would be unstoppable if they were 50 feet tall

In 8^th^ grade my social studies teacher showed The Notebook to the class to help teach us about WWII. The movie had less than 5 minutes of content about the war; the rest was only tangentially related at best because it was set in that time period.

Like a moment that seemed insignificant and unimportant at the time, but looking back was in fact a pivotal moment in pushing you towards radicalization.

For me probably being introduced to Guitar Hero at my friend's house in like summer 2007. At the time it was just another day, but looking back I ended up falling in love with those games, I ended up being introduced to The Ramones and even more importantly the Dead Kennedys through them, which caused me to get into punk music and resulted in me adopting very critical attitudes towards larger American society, attitudes which later grew into anarchism and then Marxism

Do they use pdf format, or do you have to convert/download a special file type?

Can you browse webpages on them and it renders in digital ink?

I want to read more of the great, freely available content online but I struggle to read on phone or PC (bad screen). Do e-readers help address this?

My neighborhood group chat is incredibly coconut-pilled and I need some agitprop to put on the street, but I am untalented. I have a printer for small stuff and will throw money at a local print shop for bigger things, I just need material to print. Anti-genocide, pro-PSL/Green (I think they're both on the ballot here), whatever you got. The more discomforting for your average lib the better. Lawn signs and shit to hang in the windows would be ideal for the inescapability, but pamphlets are also fine.

for more context: i have to take an exam in 6 months or so. this exam covers around 16 college courses (mostly math and computer science related), has around 120 4-choice questions and 4 hour time to answer, so a little over 2 minutes per question. the questions are around half split between problem solving and memorizing.

for a few of the subjects i probably already know most of their content, and a couple i couldn't understand from the start but the majority of them were ones that i've studied at some point but have forgotten now.

so my question is how the hell can i prepare myself as best as i can in the little time i got? what i need are some resources to help me plan my study sessions and how i would go about studying, and also how to take mock exams from myself. any other tip is also appreciated.

The bourgeoisie are trying to block instances.

What instances are working for you?

There's no way his horse strategy works that well

Hard mode: the monetization has to be from sales of copies of the game, not from loot boxes, "battle passes," or gacha trash. Chuds will put money into gacha trash no matter what anyway.

I feel I can def pretty accurately tell whether somebody works a tech or some business/finance/marketing/HR job just by the way they speak. Like I talk to them outside of a work context, I make the guess, and then they later reveal what they do and I'm usually right if it's one of those 2 categories

AI stuff has dried up for me, anyone know a way I could make a little over a grand online by month end? I've got plenty of time to throw at whatever is out there.

They have to be or have been a US citizen.

I literally cannot focus when I'm reading online for some reason + I love looking at my books on my bookshelf, it makes me feel smart

1. Seventeen Seconds

2. Faith/ Boys Don't Cry (I know the real first album is 3 Imaginary Boys but the american release swaps out only bad songs for good songs for once)

3. Pornography