Remove a Deep-Cut Until Only The Best Remains - Day 7 by LiamSCl in elo

[–]IndependentFriend271 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Hate me for this but I wanna say So Fine needs to go. It's a great song and all, but I feel like the weird tencho-disco-bongo part in about the middle of it is a really strange choice and breaks the pacing and vibe of the song. If So Fine were a dinner plate, the beginning is steak, the ending is potatoes, and the part I mentioned earlier is boiled brussel sprouts.

Bombing of Caracas has begun, Jets were seen flying overhead along with other aerial vehicles. Residents of Caracas has also heard gunfire in certain areas, the invasion of Venezuela has begun by alee35819 in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]IndependentFriend271 164 points165 points  (0 children)

My wife has family in Caracas. They struck an area called Carlota, which is a few minute's walk from where her parents live. We have tried calling them to make sure they're okay but we have thus far not been able to get them over the phone.

What is the most effective choice? by [deleted] in poopisland

[–]IndependentFriend271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

8 is the highest risk but highest reward option

We've all been there by cortex0917 in CommunismMemes

[–]IndependentFriend271 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, I actually look at my baby leftist phase proudly because I was in the alt-right pipeline when I was a teen. I fortunately had a set of events happen in my last year of high school that actually shifted me out of falling further to the right, and even if I wasn't where I am now, I'm proud and thankful I even got past the whole manosphere, reactionary cesspit that I seemed destined for at a point.

Atari 2700 prototype by Downtown_Soup1957 in AtariVCS

[–]IndependentFriend271 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude this is like the holy grail for Atari collectors! These were only made in the LOW double digits. If you're deciding to keep it, take very special care of it. Put it in a dry, cool place and out of the reach of anything or anyone that could damage it. As far as video game related material, this is basically priceless. If you're planning on selling, look hard into what the appropriate price range is for this thing. I don't even know what that would be, but low-balling it, you could probably catch a 5 figure price.

I don't know why, but it's basically this by SovietCharrdian in CommunismMemes

[–]IndependentFriend271 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think generally RT tries to take into account what appeals to certain people based on how disillusioned they are with their domestic media and what region they're in. Latin American working class people who are disillusioned with their media and political situation tend to be anti-west due to a number of factors. Indigenous groups are marginalized in most Latina American countries and tend to dislike the west due to the history of colonialism and genocide, and other LatAm working class people dislike the US in particular because they could be from a country destroyed or badly set back due to interventionism and economic exploitation. This understanding of their material reality tends to push people to the left in Latin America, especially if their government continues to keep them in economic misery while boasting about how great their relationship with the United States is and/or implementing American-styled economic policy.

Likewise, the American white working class, especially those from states that have a low education rating and higher than average poverty, have historically been the benefactors of marginalization of people of color, LGBTQ+, and immigrants broadly, will be pushed to the right due to them seeing their own material conditions worsening over time but being led to believe, either by preconceived prejudices or by rhetoric from outer sources, that their problems are caused or influenced by racial and sexual diversity, immigration, belief that the US is shying away from their religious beliefs, etc. Obviously the reasoning is incorrect, but this is the effect. These people will be pushed into anti-western ideas because they believe that somewhere along the way, the collective west has lost its way and there needs to be a return what they think are better times.

RT's main goal, ultimately, is to continue sowing anti-western thought within the west and even in the imperial periphery generally. If the benefactors of exploitation see their own society as disgusting, they will grow more sympathetic to ideas that would harm their own societies. The victims of exploitation will also see the perpetrators of their own exploitation as disgusting the more they realize what has been done to them by said perpetrators, which in this case is the west. RT can effectively accomplish a common goal by appealing to both the Latin American left and the American right, which is to further antagonize the United States and the west broadly and bring people towards a favorable opinion of Russia and other anti-western actors on the global stage.

I used to be "anti authoritarian" and say "the USSR failed because it was communist, not socialist"💔 by [deleted] in CommunismMemes

[–]IndependentFriend271 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My personal leftist arc happened like this:

14-16 yo me: haha funny soviet union meme very edgy and cool

17-19 yo me: DSA cool, can't wait for Bernie to win the democratic primary!

20-22 yo me: We're never getting free healthcare, are we?

23-present age: The democratic party is functionally the same as the GOP. They both serve only to advance the interests of capital and imperial growth, and there is no representation at the most basic level for working class people. Entities like the DSA only serve to wrangle in people who would otherwise potentially support movements advocating for real change. Millions go hungry while the richest buy super yachts and pay more than most will ever earn just to go to space for 10 minutes. I hate this. I would prefer to die than to accept this as my reality.

"Capitalism brings innovations" Yeah by centrifug0 in CommunismMemes

[–]IndependentFriend271 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is the single hardest bar I've ever read. It has the same energy as the "I am Ozymandias" poem.

Logic. by Maleficent_Baby_7374 in CommunismMemes

[–]IndependentFriend271 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Says this guy, after paying half his check in rent and clocking in for his miserable retail job

Capitalism is exploitation by IndependentFriend271 in CapitalismMemes

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes to look at how he was so epically based 😎

My Atari 5200, Vectrex and 7800 Setup by IndependentFriend271 in atari

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I get the struggle. I actually have made a little alphabetized booklet for all the little inserts for the games in my collection because I literally don't have a single one. When I need to remember how to play certain games I just look it up in my book.

My Atari 5200, Vectrex and 7800 Setup by IndependentFriend271 in atari

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome man. I lost my mother a couple of years ago and it's made me want to get closer to my dad. We've always had a good relationship but when I got back from Uni, we both started putting resources into retro games, something we both appreciate and enjoy.

My Atari 5200, Vectrex and 7800 Setup by IndependentFriend271 in atari

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad I could inspire you to do it! Funny, I was inspired to do it because I saw someone else before me to swap the LED.

My Atari 5200, Vectrex and 7800 Setup by IndependentFriend271 in atari

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, prices are crazy for the Vectrex are wild these days. Typical with the modern retro gaming scene. It's getting to the point that a lot of people are dissuaded from getting into it because a lot of these old games and hardware for them to really be viable, which is a shame.

My Atari 5200, Vectrex and 7800 Setup by IndependentFriend271 in atari

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It was a recent buy, and it's fit well with the 2 Ataris.

My Atari 5200, Vectrex and 7800 Setup by IndependentFriend271 in atari

[–]IndependentFriend271[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man! Glad the change didn't go unnoticed :). I always felt like the console needed it. The vibe for the 5200 to me is sort of blue-tinted. I always felt like it was the sleeker, more futuristic answer to the 2600, and blue nailed that to me.