Recently I've stumbled upon a YT channel called "Good fight ministries" or something of that sort and it was all about how transgenders and celebrities are satan so pretty average stuff, using bible verses way out of context to twist them to be a condemnation of Hollywood directors (using clips of them talking about being inspired as proof of possession) and singers I've never heard of (Jesus famously said grammies are evil i guess), but this then led me down a rabbit hole of crazy "Christian spiritual warfare" videos where schizos and grifters bang on about defending yourself against demons that posses you at night, with one lady claiming some sort of ghoul was "strumming" her spine at night. Unironically all these people need Jesus.

you know theres plenty of situations in the us were families need to approve of you transitioning, or are you conveniently ignoring that?

No I don't actually, I'd be interested to hear about this? As far as I'm aware, blue US states all have informed consent as the treatment model for adults, basically world standard in that regard.

Wow an imperialist

I think just because I critique an empire you like from an anarchist perspective doesn't make me an imperialist, but we can agree to disagree I suppose.

Struggle where you are, fight in your workplace, support and raise awareness for international causes at home.

One doesn't exclude the other. I'm not sitting about foaming at the mouth about China all day, we're just having a discussion and I'm open to hearing your perspective.

On the grounds I get to benefit? So are you implying that the relative freedom for queer folk in the US is a direct product of imperialist foreign policy, and the absence of this in China is why queer rights struggle there?

I might be taking a meme way too seriously, buuuut.

Okay, if life in China and the US is about equal if not better in favour of China - why not go live there?

I wouldn't. Why? No trans rights. Familial approval for medication is a killer for trans people, in practice it might as well be a ban outside of two neighbourhoods in San Francisco. Not to mention the clamping down on DIY, which unlike the west, the Chinese government has real power to actually enforce to some extent.

So the US is better off in that regard, I'd much rather live there and their government positions align more with my own and I'm anti-China and "anti-authoritarian" in that sense, but still a socialist.

Why wouldn't I be?

This is just one example, there are others. So I think it's disingenuous to frame Libertarian socialists/anarchists as purely just simping for 'murikkka when many of them are readily willing to admit US bad too, just less bad in some ways.

Is that nostalgia critic at the bottom?

Just turn off watch history (turns off recommendations and the home page) and use the subscription feed exclusively. Suggested videos will only appear based on your currently watched video, so completely unpersonalized

Use DeArrow! It not only removes clickbait thumbnails, but replaces them with community-sourced ones, allowing one to choose a thumbnail frame from the video and have it better put up for a vote, and it does the same thing for the video's title! It's made by the same guy who made Sponsorblock.

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To me it's always the American YouTubers who seem cozy and fun, from RLM to Noah-Caldwell Gervais, all the easterners I see are always selling some sort of sponsored megascam pyramid scheme skin cream skullshare timeshare first 10 to sign up get their balls crushed

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Okay so I'm from a third world shithole but I still don't get it

In the west it seems that most people rent phones on contract from a mobile service provider, which includes the mobile service like calls, texts and data all in one monthly payment, is that correct? If so, why? It seems weirdly bottlenecked, I see people confused that their MSP doesn't "have a {phone_model}" and I'm bewildered by this.

Back in my original country, people buy phones like other gadgets from a tech shop mostly, usually outright, then separately they will buy a SIM card from an MSP store, which they then top up online or with an ATM type machine where you can top-up numbers with cash.

Usually your SIM will have a tariff, which will consume X money per SMS/minute/GB, and you can also use this cash mobile balance to pay online in many stores. There is usually not a cap on how much you can actually use MSP services, all data is effectively unlimited, you only pay as you use it, and you can also pre-pay to have unlimited data without charge for a certain time period. There isn't really any kind of monthly cycle, you just top up as you run out (hopefully before).

Carrier-locking is also not really a thing.

MSPs will often also sell you phones at their syores, but their selection is usually quite limited and mostly there for convenience. In the UK I do see tech shops carrying phones as well on display, but I've never actually met anyone IRL who acquired phones this way outright.

On the other hand online - people seem to just buy second hand off eBay, then get a separate SIM card, that's much more like what I'm used to, and what I myself do, but I don't know why this isn't more popular.

I was always confused by why Gaben doesn't just snap his fingers and rid us of the British isles once and for all. He is powerful enough, isn't he?

Honestly I think JO is more positive than negative even from a far-left perspective, he often does deep dives into obscure issues and not only speaks truth to power about things like institutional racism and bigotry - even placing it in a historical context (rather than simply going all slay slay girlbossx in an aestheticly liberal way) - but also gives practical immediate solutions that while not solve the issue entirely - can help alleviate the pain experienced right now, which is still a force for good.

Sure addressing the cause of a bleed is desirable and the only true solution in the end, but if someone is going around handing out bandages and plasters in the meantime to those bleeding profusely and maybe forgotten or neglected by those with bigger ideas - it's not a bad thing.

We live in a world of shades of grey, it's fine to dunk on libs, but it's disingenuous to pretend at least some of them aren't dedicated to acts of good at least in some respects. I think as far as late night TV entertainment goes, this show hits that spot.

His team of writers is clearly diverse and has lots of representation of women and PoC which really started to shine circa 2020 and I've thoroughly enjoyed everything they've done and learned a lot - especially with regards to racism and how it affects actual real specific people with names and faces today in practice - even though ultimately liberalism is not good.

Sounds like guillotine time

Happened to my buddy Eric. The coins got him in the end.

They should've done more truckin' and got their chips cashed in

In all fairness maybe this would upset Musk

Seems like they have issues but are actually more happy than not and most are happy with the benefits.

Also CW before you click the link to the article, the comments on it on the site are full of transphobia (usual boomer fearmongering rhetoric of the internetz are transing the children)

This. I've no doubt this is awful, and worth reporting on, but the condescending tone just screams of "oriental despotism" type rhetoric.

And it's coming from the BBC of all things which is as much a state mouthpiece as RT is, except less inventive.

They both implement the "alternative truths" and other fascistic elements of Dugin thought, the BBC's Tory scum in chief probably seething daily they didn't come up with it first.

What is more pathetic is that the BBC doesn't have the balls to go all in on paternalism like the Bri*ish ruling class wants to, unless it's fearmongering about 0.1% of the population with zero political representation by issuing puff piece awards to Holocaust deniers publishing books about being cancelled on twitter under the name of a conversion therapist who researched electrocuting the gay away and platforming a sexual predator who amongst calling for trans people to be hanged, said gay marriage was the fall of Rome and called George Floyd "annoying".

There's a lot more shit about the BBC too, even on trans rights. This is just scratching the surface. It has no place to talk about 1984.