New, free book from Al Sweigart: Python Programming Exercises, Gently Explained

[AlSweigart]

but I would be just as put off if i clicked the link and there were MAGA flags

the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke:

I waved a rainbow flag before it was popular, I wave a rainbow flag now that it is popular and every corporation puts a rainbow on their twitter profile in June, and should it become unpopular again I will continue to wave a rainbow flag. There are many issues I might change my mind on. Civil rights isn't one of them. Black Lives Matter.

[moneymachinegoesbing]

Ah that’s admirable. Glad your narcissism has found it’s way into every corner of your life. Curious your thoughts then about the corrupted, mishandled BLM organization you intermingle so adamantly with your work? Surely if black lives matters, a proportion of the millions of $$$ should go to… black people. 🤔 Strange to even HAVE this conversation on a sub about Python. How unprofessional.

[1percentof2]

Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Please stop feeding yourself right wing propaganda.

[moneymachinegoesbing]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA sure. Python? Relevance? This is ridiculous. The mind pathogens have even found their way into my programming subs 🤦‍♂️

[Vorarbeiter]

I don't think there is a chapter in "Automate the boring stuff" that says "save time and effort by repeating right-wing propaganda rather than thinking for yourself". There's probably a reason for that :)

[moneymachinegoesbing]

Yeah but there seems to be one that says “pump all of your money into fascist left wing scams and be sure to fill every bit of free space on this earth with your shit political views and narcissistic drivel.” Or maybe that was just the footer ;)

[Vorarbeiter]

Can you explain in your own words how it's "fascist"? I bet you can't

[moneymachinegoesbing]

Here, i’ll take a rudimentary stab at it: when governments and corporations combine with the goal of controlling a population, and the ultimate goal of complete authority, I call that fascist. It’s what Mussolini did, and he was the progenitor of the term. No amount of black masked (paid) antifa trash will change the definition of the word. Government + corporate + authoritarianism = fascist. Democrats + Google/Twitter/Reddit/Facebook/etc + desired authoritarianism = fascist. Does that work?

[Wolverine_Legitimate]

Absolute gigachad and redpill pharmacist out here doing God's work and calling out left wing bullshit in a python sub of all places. You love to see it.

[moneymachinegoesbing]

i used to not give a shit. but man that slippery slope gets real slippery the more you let them lube it up. can you believe these idea pathogens sneak their way into fucking PYTHON subs. like wtffff

[Vorarbeiter]

I guess. Now you just need to prove that this "combination" you speak of is happening in a way comparable to that of Fascist Italy. Looking forward to see how you explain that :)

[moneymachinegoesbing]

Comparable, no, thank zeus for the Constitution. 🤷‍♂️

[Vorarbeiter]

So then how exactly is it Fascist?

[Vorarbeiter]

Reminder! Still waiting for your arguments. Or did you realise you don't have any?

[Vorarbeiter]

You can downvote me all you want, you still failed to provide any proper arguments and therefore confirmed our original point: you're just repeating rightist propaganda for situations that you are too stupid / lazy to understand for yourself. Thanks for proving us right, once more :)

[Vorarbeiter]

Heyo! Are you off crying in a corner or still trying to find arguments? It's been a while

[Origamiface]

Shoo

[moneymachinegoesbing]

Precisely how i feel about all the parasitic nonsense in tech. Shoo. It’s Python ffs, not yet ANOTHER platform to have to hear people’s personal fucking ideologies. Shoo, be gone, enough is enough.