rhubarb

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[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 5 points 13 hours ago

I don't think looking Italian is the bad part about being one

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Tomatoes from the store are refrigerated, which turns them pretty bland, and they probably don't do that to canned tomatoes. I can't say I've ever eaten them straight from the can to compare, though.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 27 points 17 hours ago (10 children)

Wait so "higher quality" stuff goes to gossip and lower quality to counterpropaganda? Aren't these names backwards? The rules of counterpropaganda also do not seem to agree with this, unless you have a ridiculously wide definition of "propaganda".

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

I think people generally overestimate the effectiveness of the "weird" thing for actually getting votes. It probably goes over well with the loyalist democrats, but those are already going to vote for you anyway. I don't think it does anything for disaffected liberals, or dissuades lukewarm Trump voters, Trump is just too likable of a weirdo for it and now seems even more anti-establishment.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

I will also not do anything differently, unless I am forced to. You are welcome.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

The idea of sex is an abstraction, much like anything else we can think about. It is abstracted from the rest of reality so that we can think about it. The different abstractions of it are done for some purposes, some of which are better than others. Abstraction is a social process, and we should absolutely be critical of it.

The difference between social constructivism of nature and the Marxist dialectical view is that we think that the material reality has an objective (if ever-changing) structure that is not solely determined by human thought, and for example sex exists as far as the idea is useful for understanding this reality.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago

Who can say, but I do find the liberal "proof" of Trump's dictatorial intent flimsy, and am also skeptical of his ability to do a self-coup if he did want to end democracy.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 70 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The End of Democracy narrative they have been building absolutely justifies it, if nothing happens it will be because they never really believed all those things

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Clothesline -> bounce off the ropes -> elbow drop

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You could say they are the same thing looked at from different points of view, or that it is surplus value while in production and turns into profit in circulation. They probably also have historical differences when looked at beyond the era of capitalism.

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Barely had time to make a jack off lantern this year

[–] rhubarb@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The real reason for the argument is that they do not want to give trans people a higher stage of social recognition, which has happened to other minorities before. Maybe pointing out that people said the exact same thing about the term "straight" would work? It is also pretty easy to make fun of them by making them say they are not cis, and then acting like they just came out to you.

 

It feels nice to give them their first personality trait.

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