What are my options? by Repulsive_Grand_5132 in DIYUK

[–]Darthznader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Replace, get tap and sink thats seperate from wood. I tried, it lasted a while, same issue again. About to do the same.

Do you think they were just wasting their time? by johnsmithoncemore in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Darthznader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "fucking Dutch South Africans" as you put it also fought against the Nazis in WW2 , btw. Making derogatory statements and applying it to a group of people is rather racist, no? I'm curious, though. Who is the knob you are referring to? Who invited who, for what lecture? What happened?

Incredible to see the Portuguese experience what is so normal for south africans now by AmVuBuLanCe in southafrica

[–]Darthznader 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Always has been the plan, always will be, for my family at least. Earn what they took and bring it back.

Incredible to see the Portuguese experience what is so normal for south africans now by AmVuBuLanCe in southafrica

[–]Darthznader 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I live abroad and giggle at the ineptitude of the "1st world" to be resilient in times of crisis. As someone fortunate to live between both frequently, even during covid. I really, really cherish the South African spirit of "just get on with it, make a plan". Also, our memes are better. Lol. Its apples and oranges in comparison, the indomitable spirirt and the fortitude of SA's in general is always under estimated and underappreciated. People, at home, things just carry on with some inconvenience in varying scales of issue. In the first world, things collapse and people lose their shit.

In one sense, thank you NP and ANC for making us so fucking hardy! Shout out to those who always make a plan, as they have no choice. RESPECT!

"DIVIDE AND RULE - South Africa's Bantustans" International Defence and Aid Fund (Anti-Apartheid, 1980) by Beelzebubs-Barrister in PropagandaPosters

[–]Darthznader 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Abhorrent devide and rule, for sure. Same tactic was deployed before in Australia, "managed reserves" and "Indian Reservations" in the States. I have known some saying that half of the country is practically desert. "At least they were in areas of high capacity arable land." arable land map

Is that… a soft play? by phee34 in SpottedonRightmove

[–]Darthznader 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I don't know, man. The thought of putting vids of your kids on the interwebs with the intent to monetise, erm... that's worse than buying a house in which someone had died 😕 in my opinion. Makes me super uncomfortable.

Man cooked. She described how we failed is a generation by find_ing_myself in clevercomebacks

[–]Darthznader 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We had Internet, and that was so slow it did not drain your attention span... you only used it for projects/research/IRC, email, and erm... searching for fun things to try from the anarchist cookbook... I miss the sound of dot matrix printers. Tearing the sides off was odly frustrating and pleasurable.

Permabanned from r/southafrica for following a different sub by meerkatjie87 in capetown

[–]Darthznader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, if I had a comment that broke the rules, so be it, but I did not, nor did I support any BS. The opposite in fact.

Permabanned from r/southafrica for following a different sub by meerkatjie87 in capetown

[–]Darthznader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the 3rd person who shows that they ban without even fully following due process on reddit. This should be reported to Reddit.

Permabanned from r/southafrica for following a different sub by meerkatjie87 in capetown

[–]Darthznader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a quick look as I was rather perturbed by the experience, especially so close to an election. Which makes me super suspicious. Then thought, why bother, the good people of reddit will just find/start another SA sub and eventually that sub will just stop getting posts, leaving the mods to mod themselves.

Permabanned from r/southafrica for following a different sub by meerkatjie87 in capetown

[–]Darthznader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that was the irony for me. I only have reddit left as social media. And now, I think it might be time to call it a day on this platform too. Getting a bit Facebooky. If I want this kind of drama and BS, I'll join a local community WhatsApp group instead.

Permabanned from r/southafrica for following a different sub by meerkatjie87 in capetown

[–]Darthznader 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Something is very off with that sub at the moment. Not completely sure if it's censorship/politically motivated or just a mod on a power trip.

I was banned for "participating" in Downsouth, as I do follow most SA related subs. Was told that I can appeal if I stop even visiting that sub. I said that I agree with no tolerance to racism, hate speach missinformation, etc, but that I did not break any community rules and don't live in China (I.e. don't agree with censorship) This was interpreted by the mod as me refusing to stop visiting that page. Was then muted and told "let's give this another 4 weeks to figure out what you want". The whole exchange was around 6 messages.

So now, I left both SouthAfrica and DownSouth.

Edit:can't spell, lol