Yeah, it depends on the criteria. The Nazis were only around for a few years, whereas the British did their thing for centuries. The Nazis were a rookie prodigy who retired after a single red-hot season, the British were a multi-season MVP with way more points on the board.
Without flaws, we would all have achieved nirvana, and would be freed from the cycle of birth and rebirth. There would be no people and no society, because we would no longer be chained to the flawed and impermanent material world. Simple as.
He and Bashir should have hooked up at least once.
Bahaha, in the mirror universe, Elon Musk died a pauper while trying to prevent the eugenics wars.
It rules that the Mirror Universe guy was a Musk fan. Possibly not an intentional dig, but it’s pitch-perfect in retrospect. I love Lorca. What a fun character.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not sure you aren’t a Nazi, either.
But yeah, the Hitler and slavery apologia is also really bad and you should probably stop that if you’re not a Nazi.
Some may consider these statements to be (insert trendy prefix, here) phobic, but they are also factual
The first is subjective, the second is a counterfactual. By definition, neither can be factual statements.
Being fired on the spot hardly ever happens. Usually the problem is that employers demand additional work for no increase in pay or better working conditions while maintaining a toxic or outright dangerous work environment because they know most people won’t quit or even complain. That goes double for immigrants who are either undocumented, and have little recourse, or need their job to maintain their visa. Being fired on the spot sounds sort of quaint compared to what we usually see happening in American workplaces.
“Online” needs to be broken down into “dating app” and “met playing World of Warcraft”
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I’m no expert, but this looks pretty cut and dried.
I haven’t been following it closely, but my understanding is that it wasn’t just a feature that people wanted, it was something that Blizzard promised with their whole chest when they announced Overwatch 2, and was essentially the main justification for making a sequel instead of continuing to support and improve the original. Absolutely wild that they went “yeah, sorry, too much work, but be sure to buy a battle pass this season” several months after they released.
Your position is impossible to argue against in good faith when you start with “any Estonian who is critical of both of their occupiers is a holocaust denier”.
I mean this with greatest respect: pointing out Double Holocaust Theory is not arguing in bad faith. It’s arguing that there has been an organized push by antisemites to trivialize the Holocaust by equating it with crimes committed by the USSR. This mostly comes from 20th century anti-communist propaganda efforts. The forces that are trying to push the equivalency narrative are aligned with Nazi ideology or similar. Liberals may not care about the distinction because they figure that they can point at both communists and Nazis as being bad and move on, but doing so only assists the antisemites in their efforts. Point being, regardless of how you feel about the USSR or communism, you are effectively carrying water for Holocaust-deniers by failing to recognize the difference.
To be clear, I am not calling you an antisemite or a Holocaust denier, because it is very clear you are here in good faith trying to sort out this mess, and have been doing so respectfully. I am only trying to explain the argument so that you and others can attempt to make sense of the obvious dissonance between viewpoints. It’s akin to unknowingly using ableist or misogynist language. If you’re ignorant of the issue, then no one should ascribe malice to your language, but upon being made aware of the issue, it’s expected that you should be more careful going forward.
Posting “[hammer and sickle] 10 reasons why we need communism…” is clearly not Kremlin propaganda. Posting “[hammer and sickle] Ukraine shouldn’t even exist, long live CCCP” is clearly Kremlin propanda.
Again, with respect, I don’t think this addresses the issue. I appreciate that you are open to the idea that advocating in favor of communism isn’t de facto Russian propaganda (the current Russian state and ideological bent bears no resemblance to communism). Hexbear users are, at most, critically supportive of Russia for a variety of reasons that have nothing to do with Putin or Russian nationalism, and much more to do with criticism of NATO and the US, in particular.
I think what we’re trying to figure out is how to engage when anything that doesn’t explicitly agree with the Western narrative is immediately dismissed as Russian propaganda. As an example, the Snake Island incident last year smelled fishy, but to call the Ukrainian government’s statements about it into question at the time would get one accused of being a Russian shill. We now know that the Ukrainian government lied about it. That’s fair pool, as far as I’m concerned. It’s how you wage an information war. I don’t care if a state wants to lie about things (and states will do so regardless), but I do want to get as close to the truth as possible, and that means critical analysis and skepticism. If there’s no room for that analysis and skepticism then it’s effectively declaring not just an anti-Russian-propaganda position, but rather an active preference for Western propaganda over everything else. That, by the way, is a valid choice, but if that’s the party line then it should be made explicit. It’s valid to say “anything pro-Russia or anti-NATO is banned” but that needs to be said, rather than hinted at. “Kremlin propaganda” isn’t a self-explanatory phrase.
All of that said, I empathize with you in your attempt to make sense of all of this. While there is a lot of friction here, I think most of us are earnest in trying to reach understanding, if not agreement. The above is an attempt to shed some light on what might be causing dissonance. You’re very patient to try and work through this, and I hope I and my fellow hexbear users haven’t caused you too much stress. Most of us really are trying to play ball.
I’m surprised more politicians don’t go in for stuff like this. Even cynically, you’re forcing your opponents into a tough spot. “We should make sure that children don’t starve” is a brutal thing to have to argue against.
lmao flawless
This is genuinely very disheartening. A lot of people have died and more will continue to die, but NATO can’t even talk openly about how the conflict might be ended. They really do want Ukraine to be the next Afghanistan in the forever war.
If you have those desires, it’s probably because you’re bored and want to alleviate the boredom. Helps to have hobbies that are cheap or free, and spend time doing them instead of thinking of things to buy. Also, odds are, a lot of your money is going to food and drinks out of the house. If you’re enjoying time with friends, go for it, but try to keep track of what you’re spending out of the house. A few meals and drinks here and there add up faster than making the occasional fun purchase.
This is in addition to the boring personal finance stuff, which you should also be doing.
lmao this isn’t going to work at all, but it’ll make literally everyone mad, including the people who think this is a good idea.
This is dope. I didn’t realize that there was so much consistency with the annular engines on Vulcan vessels.
I love the idea that Vulcans would choose the most efficient design, foregoing performance, versatility, speed, etc. Very “I’m only driving to and from work, I don’t need anything flashy.” That’s exactly how Vulcans would design their ships.
Give us full 20+ episode seasons, cowards! I want bottle episodes, slice of life stories, maybe a few two-parters here and there. Star Trek was born as an episodic network tv show meant to run from fall to summer. Let it breathe.