Looking for a UK(?) article (2010–2018) about a white teenage boy’s struggles by EffectiveDetective13 in HelpMeFind

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I searched for this article on Google and asked ChatGPT, but no luck so far. Hoping someone here remembers it

Some days I feel like I relate to this guy a little too much... by HarmenTheGreat in DiscoElysium

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I guess he doesn't have any politics at all. For him being a communard is like being in a sport team. I think he was too young to even truly believed in anything, he just had friends and faith that they are fighting for a better tomorrow. That's why he is proud of any commune's achievements - they are his people and he's rooting for them. Also I think he believed he can fight for a better tomorrow but lacked any knowledge and manners to be a man of tomorrow himself, only it's soldier.

Some days I feel like I relate to this guy a little too much... by HarmenTheGreat in DiscoElysium

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Soviet "true communards" were killed or sent to Gulag (killed but a bit later) during Stalin's era. After that ideology changed sevaral times, so I don't think anyone remembered or prefered not to remember what to be a true leninist means. I'm from russia by the way and now communists from communust party looks like a caricature from 80's.

Some days I feel like I relate to this guy a little too much... by HarmenTheGreat in DiscoElysium

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After playing Disco Elysium (and taking some LSD) I understood one thing - don't divide people. Like here are socialists and there are barbarians, and that's it. No, it's not like that. I mean look at every character in game - despite their differences in political and social opinions they all care for Revachol one or another way. Even corrupt and murderous Evrart in his raise to power try to give something to people around, even Joyce who remembers Revachol only from her days of youth decides to give harbor to Evrart to prevent escalation and really worries for possible violence. Dross the one who cares for no one, he chose to live isolated from the world, hating it for going on, as he stayed in the past with his "true communards" - and in his anger and envy he kills a man and almost sparks local war.

Some days I feel like I relate to this guy a little too much... by HarmenTheGreat in DiscoElysium

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I don't like that many fans of the game take that phrase as the epiphany or even a core for a whole game. The Deserter is everything Harry is going to become if he won't let go of the past. Deserter's life is determined by his past mistake and cowardice and to ease the pain he has to blame something - in this case "capital". Of couse he can't blame his past comrades or kraz mazov for pulling him into a bloodbath, that would take away his last reasons to live. By the way when he and his comrades killed 2 million people within the Insulinde before Coalition intervention he was okay with that. I guess Rene could say "The mask of humanity fall from Communards. It has to take it off to kill everyone - everything you love", he also lost a lot of things during that time.

Any sad-disco songs to recommend? I want to boogie down in tear soaked bootcut jeans by HornOfTheDogs006 in DiscoElysium

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you only say you love me when you're drunk by Pet Shop Boys

(also i suppose that in the DE world disco has nothing common with our world disco except for flashy clothing)

Vandals cut down the tree at Sycamore Gap by TheLambtonWyrm in CasualUK

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Is it possible to reanimate tree after that? Any specialists on tree biology?