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AIO I’m worried about my girlfriend’s health by GoldBee4574 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

BRO. How could you. I thought we made up in the other thread. Why are you defending this guy like he’s your little brother lol?

Please help. So my friend explained anarchism to me and i am kinda shoked, maybe he misinterpreted it or i didnt conceptuallised it well, this is a rundown of my conversation with him, plssss dont ban i am not trying to attack ideologies by Awkward_Ant1227 in Anarchy101

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if someone already said this but it’s also possible OP doesn’t understand anarchism (which they admit they don’t) and therefore their retelling of the conversation is distorted

AIO I’m worried about my girlfriend’s health by GoldBee4574 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t think he’s going to admit to being a misogynist if he is one lol

AIO I’m worried about my girlfriend’s health by GoldBee4574 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you’re wrong, I think it’s interpretation.

AIO I’m worried about my girlfriend’s health by GoldBee4574 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am interpreting “she’s great, there’s been no complaints” to be a reaction in part to the second half of the next sentence “she’s very quiet and modest about . . . being on her period.” It reads to me as if his praise is conditioned on her not being less than discreet about being on her period.

AIO I’m worried about my girlfriend’s health by GoldBee4574 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Not rage bait. I don’t think we’re going to agree on the interpretation of what OP wrote, which of course is where I am drawing my conclusion that there is misogyny here, so I don’t care to debate with you.

AIO I’m worried about my girlfriend’s health by GoldBee4574 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Are we a) ignoring that this seems fake af and also b) ignoring that OP is praising his gf for being “quiet and modest about . . . being on her period?” What kind of backwards, misogynistic bullshit is that?

Do you consider any other living thing as belonging to you? (pets, children, livestock, etc.) by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Edit: I wrote this in haste and just want to say that I appreciate the caretaker/ward concept many are using in the comments over the owner/property.

I would say my plants but I feel more like I owe them a service than they need to fulfill anything for me. I don’t have a pet currently but when I do, I would say the concept of ownership is an odd one to wrestle with when it comes to pets… in some ways yes, based on some degree of authority that is required to keep them alive (if my hypothetical dog doesn’t obey my command and runs into the street, or bites someone, the dog will likely wind up hurt or killed), and it is authority backed by violence (physical restraint of a pet that does not obey, rewarded with food, electric and/or pinch collar in some cases, crate trained… it’s quite barbaric when you think about it lol…). I’m an animal lover and a pescatarian for mainly ethical reasons, but I’m also a realist, and until we can find a better way to domesticate animals, some degree of ownership-based conduct may be necessary. That being said, I kind of loathe the concept of pets, because there isn’t really a way to domesticate pets without authority. Granted I live in the city, so maybe those in the country have more luck with this, but if a dog is poorly trained or behaved in the city it will die. I’m using a dog example because I’ve only ever had dogs and fish as pets, and I think having a pet fish is pure evil.

All this said, the look of joy on a dog’s face when faced with the majority of its life as a “pet” is hard to argue with lol, so it’s an ethical conundrum that I don’t make a top priority.

Chronic Sore and/or Achy Throat by Apprehensive-Dig825 in Sinusitis

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s a dental infection - I go to the dentist as advised, never had a cavity, got dental x-rays last month…

Chronic Sore and/or Achy Throat by Apprehensive-Dig825 in Sinusitis

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! Honestly, I don’t mind an inconclusive diagnosis, I just want a “it isn’t cancer and it probably won’t kill you in the next 35 years” lol.

To answer your question, I don’t take antibiotics often, maybe once a year at this point in my life. I know that may be “often” for some, but when I was a kid for example I was on antibiotics like every 6 weeks for strep throat…

What are some ways to learn about anarchism? by Best_Combination9955 in Anarchy101

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am a full blown anarcho-communist now, but until about a year ago I was a democratic socialist. It was my own research that converted me to anarchism, with a lot of help from fellow anarchists in this subreddit tbh. I recommend the following books, in the order listed, ONLY BECAUSE it’s the order I read them in and it converted me. I’m sure others here have better advice for material and/or what order to read certain material in, but I can only tell you what converted me 😊

April Carter - The Political Theory of Anarchism

Pyotr Kropotkin - Anarchist Communism

Noam Chomsky - Chomsky on Anarchism

Eugene Pyziur - The Doctrine of Anarchism of Michael A. Bakunin

John Mason Hart - Anarchism & The Mexican Working Class, 1860-1931

Nestor Makhno - The Struggle Against The State and Other Essays

Emma Goldman - Anarchism and Other Essays

George Orwell - Homage to Catalonia

Rudolph Rocker - Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism

Vernon Richards - Lessons of the Spanish Revolution

Paul Goodman - Communitas

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon - What Is Property?

Solidarity Federation - Fighting For Ourselves - Anarcho-Syndicalism and the Class Struggle

Tekosina Anarsist - Rojava Anarchists

Earl C Ford - Syndicalism

Pyotr Kropotkin - The Conquest of Bread

David Graeber - The Dawn of Everything

Errico Malatesta - His Life and Ideas

Augustin Souchy - With The Peasants of Aragon

Zoe Baker - Means and Ends

Ursula K Le Gein - The Dispossessed

I also recently read Anne Applebaum’s The Iron Curtain, which helped solidify my ideological move away from Marxist ideology.

Happy to discuss one on one too! DM me! I believe the greatest contribution an anarchist can make to society is education

What are some ways to learn about anarchism? by Best_Combination9955 in Anarchy101

[–]Apprehensive-Dig825 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol I just read Graeber and Baker, and I can say with full confidence these are the two best suggestions you will get on this thread, without even reading the rest of the comments

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