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Socialism with capitalist characteristics

I already enjoyed it warm when I first ate it, now I get to enjoy it cold

We like variety

Um ancaps did not build the pyramids

My fav quote to use against conservatives. They avoid this entire epistle like the plague. It's wild to read evangelical explanations of this condemnation of the rich which usually read like "it's not about all rich people, it's about these specific heathens who didn't pay their workers, don't worry"

It's doubly funny because the book of James is one of the main sources of the tension between the question of whether "works" (i.e. good deeds) have any bearing on salvation. The Protestant animosity towards the book goes back to Martin Luther who famously called it an "epistle of straw" and wanted it removed from the Bible

My dad had a copy of the manifesto on our bookshelf. I didn't know much about it and had few preconceptions about the word. Obv there are exceptions, but I think a lot of american people of color don't grow up with the standard anti-communist indoctrination

It's all a part of the moral panic the fringe right wing is trying to foment. It's a trojan horse to push standard conservative values: nuclear family, anti-gay, anti-feminism etc. We can talk about "sexualization" of children and how saturated pop culture is with sexual content but obviously the right should not be setting the terms of that discussion. Also isn't the movie centered on a black girl? There's a racial element there that shouldn't be ignored.

What bothers the fuck out of me is that well-meaning people are getting swept up in the panic about pedophilia that the right is using to tar liberals (and the left by extension). The sad part is that those online shouting out pedophilia probably know an abuser irl and instead choose to larp against hollywood on facebook

I find that Brave has better ad blocking

My high school AP gov/history teacher partially taught us out of A Patriot's History of the United States 🙃

His libertarian antics are what started to push me towards the left so I'm not mad

In the Caribbean, particularly Trinidad and Jamaica, thyme is pretty much always paired with cumin or curry powder. The thyme is either added separately or as part of an herb paste. It rounds out strong spices very well imo.

Oregano and cumin is a common combo in many Latin countries. Cuban black beans is great with both.

I assume people called it emo because starting in the 2000s, everyone who wasn't a pedantic music nerd used emo to refer to anything with highly emotional lyrics

These are people whose homes contain little more than 15 year old furniture/appliances and a TV that you'd struggle to get rid of in the free section of Craigslist. This country is fucking hopeless in a way that is almost disconcerting to contemplate

It's not surprising. There's research suggesting that believing in one conspiracy theory makes you more susceptible to believing in others.

The structure of conspiracy is that some shadowy cabal is doing [bad thing] and they're hiding it from the rest of us. The evil people in charge at NASA, the Vatican, and every institute of higher learning ever want to brainwash us into thinking the Earth is round. And big surprise, those evil people in charge are also Jews. Antisemitism fits into almost every Western conspiracy theory.

I cope by overeating and watching tiktok compilations. Hope this helps

I'm black and grew up in a very diverse place with few white people. Obviously, we learn about racism in America in school and are familiar with various prejudices among ethnic groups in a multicultural city but the quintessential American white supremacy was always alien to me. This kind of foaming at the mouth, deep hatred for black people was something I had to reckon with recently. It's scary.

And as much as you can laugh at these people's stupidity, to know that someone doesn't see a full human being when they look at you still hurts. That's something white people will never truly understand.

Filipinos, this is your time! Rise up!

Boy Bawang is great but I ate too much of it as a kid. If you can find it, there's also an insanely good vegetarian chicharron made of peas or something called Chicharron Ni Mang Juan in various flavors. Highly recommended. Also the actual pork chicharrones from the brand Tito Al's is top tier. Get the salt and vinegar ones or if you wanna get hardcore get the plain ones and dip em in a mix of vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, chili, and garlic.

Generally, I like Gordon but his takes on current events frequently sound like nonsense with Big Words to me. So I've not been listening recently even thought this title caught my eye in my podcast app. Maybe I'll give it a listen idk

You cannot win without the cryptids on your side. The left needs to get smarter about this if we want to stand a chance

Proof that bullying works

I'm in the same boat. I don't think there's any better advice than just keep reading. It's kind of like a muscle that has atrophied. Just keep doing it and slowly it will get easier again.

When you unsub from the defaults, you get a really skewed view of who's on reddit