Just don’t think about the aesthetics and don’t step on a scale. Focus on fitness based metrics, like being able to run a certain distance in time or being able to do a certain number of pushups.

i guess maybe for certain “left” groups, the feeling of celebrating the military defeat of the english overshadows the more rational consideration of the genocides and slavery that motivated the war to start with. obviously that consideration wouldn’t apply for australia. the us “left” also worships the military a lot more than even other western countries as far as i can tell, so it becomes even easier to do this.

I once visited a trophy shop that had a medal featuring the pentagram that’s in the coat of arms of Haaksbergen, which made it look like “JFK was a Satanist” conspiracy shit

Even the non European countries who perform well have their players either trained entirely by European academies or have their players in Europe from a young age. I feel like only Argentina, Brazil and maybe Egypt come somewhat close.

Sporcle? Although I don’t know if the format is what you’re looking for

Thanks Cowbee. I hope the same for you.

Yeah

You too Oppo!

You too Oppo!

you too oppo!!!

You too Oppo!! 🫂

You too Oppo

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…uh hi ;_;

You too Oppo! ₍ᐢ…ᐢ₎♡

Honestly, be careful

I am Turk and, well, every Turk I know hates the fucker

Edit: To be fair, I really do feel that the opposition is trash at this point

i’m sorry about that. i often get resentful whenever i’m lonely for a while but i try to just think about what i like about myself, try to do anything to at least dampen the feelings even though it’s completely fair to feel miserable. we are not built for isolation, it’s not the way to live, and so to survive, when i was at my lowest, i would just occupy my brain with whatever to keep myself from sinking into self-hate, and i feel no shame or guilt. there’s no such thing as a bad reason to push forward, and there’s no shame in trying to survive and trying to drum up a desire to live. the fact of the matter is there’s just so much time nowadays where you end up lonely. i’m not gonna fault myself for the resulting anger, desolation, depression i may fall into, because. as i said, we’re social animals. our society is not very good for most humans at the moment, and having to simply try to grow around a feeling of isolation is not the solution, but it’s also something i’ve had to consign myself to.

i’ve been on the receiving end of being one of the only nodes in someone’s support system and it fucking hurts and it is not fair to them, (and i’ve also been on the other side, feeling as if i had noone to rely on but a few people), and i’ve been the person who has to leave, and i’ve been the person who’s been left. it is what it is, you will be distraught when you are losing contact, even if you cognitively know they have their own lives. the only thing you can do sometimes is be alone, because you can’t grip on and force someone to stay with you (even though people will come into your life, and there’s actually no reality save imprisonment that will force you into a life of eternal solitude, there’s always going to be an end to loneliness), and as such you just try to keep your head above water by any means you can. people will come back into your life, people similar to you exist and you’re not doomed to be lonely and miserable, but those meantimes where you are lonely fucking blow, don’t they? (especially if you’re neurodivergent but that’s another thing.). so i try to think about the person i’m stuck with and who is always with me (me) and i try to focus on what i like about her, what she can do to make my life easier, what she can do to make me happier. whatever that entails.

I keep wishing that I never existed, but I know that some things would be worse off without me and I would piss a lot of people off if I did something to disappear prematurely.

the language of ‘piss off’ makes me sad, don’t be apologetic. now, the verbiage of disappear prematurely is alarming but i’m going to hope you just meant ‘off the net’ and not something more severe. solitude is hard. solitude and isolation are also not what we were built for, not like this, but the difficult part is sometimes you just have to deal. i remember you posted once after black history month glumly and apologetically that you didn’t post enough here during this month. please stop imagining you have an obligation to anyone here, you should be posting for fun. and if the difficult part is lack of interaction, well, again, that sucks, but just know people see you and appreciate your articles, and if not that, i really hope you come to appreciate yourself on your own.

things will get better. on a global scale, surely, we inevitably move towards a better future. but our lives are short and our minds have to grapple with the fight of going day by day and it really is hard so i know that is hollow coming from someone that really doesn’t live your life. i hope things get better in your day to day life, truly. if comrades here aren’t active or you can’t talk to them, i always feel comforted by the bit that i’m slightly seen here, on such a small forum of likeminded people. and i’ve always seen your posts, and i’ve always thought you were a person with a sharp mind and a good sense of right and wrong. i don’t know if that means much, but i just hope you know that. there’s so many people you see and don’t express gratitude for early enough, but i wanted to say that. i’m certain many others feel the same. in the meantime, just try to reflect on what you do alone that makes you happy, what pasttime you might miss out on. drawing? writing? listening to music? maybe you should also try to join another lemmy instance that’s less political and small as this. maybe even tumblr (im sobbing but that’s like one of the only social medias where i found regular connection) i hope your day goes well, anarcho-bolshevik

My birthday was also a few days ago, I turned 31. I feel you honestly, though I’m not deprived of contact I still feel lonely most of the time, like I can’t talk to anyone about what is actually going on inside my head. On top of that life just seems to be getting harder and I need to find new ways of coping and handling it.

If you ever want to hangout or just start a conversation on Discord DM me here and I’ll share my username :)

Btw please never dissapear, your posts in Capitalism in Decay are some of the best on Lemmygrad <3

yeah…

Online interaction really doesn’t hit the spot does it. Its a bit like waving your hand over a bug bite.

Not existing is boring, permanent, and there is plenty of time for that later but while you continue to exist the possibility of things getting better is always there. Hang in there comrade.

My Apache history teacher on Native American History was great!

Really radicalized me!

Honestly?

You’re protecting your sanity.

Especially in this world.

Its probably better to be a little dispassionate about it. Supposing the revolution happens, I imagine that if the situation calls for the eradication of fascists and you went into it all fired up it would probably burn you out faster than if you went into it thinking it was a chore that needed to be done.

i dont condemn anger and it annoys me when people, especially libs, do, but it’s fine to not feel as intensely and emotionally, cuz i mean, your thoughts don’t define any merit you have, only what you do. don’t worry too hard about what you’re feeling and why.

also, if holding onto rage without an outlet for a while just causes you problems, it’s fine to let it go, not because you’re wrong for feeling angry, but because it’s always better to be kind to yourself, and letting yourself save that rage for when you can do something with it is always smarter than letting it fester and corrode yourself. not saying rage is bad in and of itself, once again, just trying to say that rage can consume you, and you’re a nice person, and your rage should be directed at those who are evil like, you know, IOF soldiers and fascists as you said, but if it’s just cooped up in you and it hurts and you also can’t act on it at the moment, it diminishing is okay.

if you’re checking yourself when you’re alone for feeling the ‘right’ feelings in the face of great tragedies, and berating yourself for not feeling those ‘right’ feelings, that’s, pardon my words, silly (this is meant to be comforting, i’m just no good at it) you’re not a jerk for not feeling the ‘right’ way! don’t stress about having the ‘right’ feelings if your behavior has not worsened. the only reason becoming dispassionate would be bad would be if your actions started to break away and act contrary to your principles.

sorry i guess my thesis was don’t worry and don’t feel guilty about not feeling like you used to. you don’t know if that’ll change, and even if it does, if you stay principled and cognitive, then it doesn’t matter. i think (not very good at speaking).

Feelings come and go. I’m pretty sure I’d break down if I felt boiling rage every time I read about another atrocity committed by the empire today, or in the past. But I know that I care. I can’t read about it without feeling something. Persistent strong feelings though, I don’t think are really sustainable as an ongoing thing. The reverse example of your hatred situation being how people in long-term relationships will shift over time from super strong lovey dovey feelings to more of a sustained, nurtured affection, or even “fall out of love”.

Impermanence is a defining part of our existence, as is (in the dialectical materialist view) things changing form via transition and negation and so on.

So I guess what I’m getting at is, it makes sense that you would not stay in a state of super visceral hatred forever. And the beliefs you have, and knowledge you possess about fascists, will still be there in moments of immediate crisis (like the type of moments when fight/flight/freeze/fawn mode kicks in). So in those moments, especially if you are more rested, I’m sure the feelings will return in one way or another as they are needed. Conserving and managing our energy does matter and you don’t have to prove you’re a real fash hater by feeling hatred for them constantly or whatever.

Hate in general is one of those things where I can see the purpose of it in dealing with truly atrocious systems and behavior, like with righteous anger, but it doesn’t need to define us for it to serve a purpose. And, in fact, when it is defining us, is it even worth it? I think we deserve better than to be defined by hate. It is, after all, a great protective love that can motivate righteous anger in the first place. And to be clear, I don’t mean this in some “you will be corrupted by hate” kind of way, more like, about what is a sustainable and humane way for us to live. We need people who can carry the fight through. Martyrs can’t give marching orders.

Congratz

Congrats!!!

Good stuff and great job.

Congratulations!

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this makes me laugh every time i see it. it reminds me of the “bro i guess” image.

coming back to say i enjoy how the red pen says “Ok???” there’s so many ways you can interpret that, i choose “teacher is so broken in spirit already and got to that sentence and saw a glimmer of promise and was just going to try to throw a dog a bone”

other gems: ‘also, gross.’ ‘cool as fuck’ / ‘horrible opening’ ‘stomp a turty’ the What in the corner without a question mark the second perchance