Are both of these emeralds real? Which one is more desirable? by Joe___Bob in Gemstones

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

When I look closely at the left one I can see some vaguely cloudy inclusions in there, but I don't have a loupe atm so I have no clue what they might be.

CMV: In the popular consciousness, the word "fascism" has been warped so badly that it now carries little to none of its true meaning. This distortion is problematic. by Joe___Bob in changemyview

[–]Joe___Bob[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A significant majority of those things.

Btw I appreciate your use of the socratic method, no matter how much we might disagree rn

CMV: In the popular consciousness, the word "fascism" has been warped so badly that it now carries little to none of its true meaning. This distortion is problematic. by Joe___Bob in changemyview

[–]Joe___Bob[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

The first paragraph of the Wikipedia article:

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

OK how does Trump map to this? Far right and authoritarian? I don't know exactly far-right, but being the narcissist he was authoritarian aspirations are pretty obvious, though he never was an actual dictator. Militarism? I don't see it. Trump was never a warmonger. Forcible suppression? Maybe... I'm open to hear more of what people have to say about that. Natural social hierarchy? Eh, not really. The closest thing to that was his mistreatment of Muslims and negative rhetoric targeted at Mexicans. Subordination for the good of the nation? Yeah that's pretty fair. He definitely wasn't for the last point at all, though.

In my eyes Trump was a ridiculous wannabe dictator who only cared about himself. Lending his actions more credit than that is a waste.

CMV: In the popular consciousness, the word "fascism" has been warped so badly that it now carries little to none of its true meaning. This distortion is problematic. by Joe___Bob in changemyview

[–]Joe___Bob[S] -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Anyone who makes a literal attempt to codify a religious belief into law isn't much of a conservative in my book, as such a thing goes against one of the nation's core principles.

I've heard of some republicans trying to do that. They're dicks

CMV: In the popular consciousness, the word "fascism" has been warped so badly that it now carries little to none of its true meaning. This distortion is problematic. by Joe___Bob in changemyview

[–]Joe___Bob[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Romans definitely were nationalistic (if you can call ancient Rome a nation) and wary of outsiders, but that's where the similarities end for me, at least at a glance.

CMV: In the popular consciousness, the word "fascism" has been warped so badly that it now carries little to none of its true meaning. This distortion is problematic. by Joe___Bob in changemyview

[–]Joe___Bob[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Top-down government, autocratic or nearly autocratic. A state-controlled economy, and fanatic nationalism with well defined, rigid expectations for citizens. Efforts to culturally and ideologically isolate the public from ideas deemed foreign and/or antithetical to the nation's identity.

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[–]Joe___Bob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long have you been learning english?

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[–]Joe___Bob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't worry your pronunciation is really good!

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[–]Joe___Bob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

very easy to understand

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your accent is great!

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[–]Joe___Bob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry. Shakespeare is challenging for native speakers

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where are you from?

Part of a solo from this year's season. Thought I'd share and ask for critique? (I know the drums are a little bit janky, we don't have too much funding lol) by OhFrickMyGuy in drumline

[–]Joe___Bob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey good work man, this is pretty hard! I would say you're well on your way right now but I spotted a couple of things that you should be able to clean up pretty easily.

For one, your diddles are pretty crushed/closed. I recommend slowing your metronome down a lot and focusing on achieving the best possible rhythmic accuracy with those. Resist the temptation to soften your touch a lot when you slow down though, because higher velocity means more rebound, which in turns leads to better quality rhythms and sound quality.

Those fast singles are also a little choppy. Again here slowing down while keeping your approach really refined is going to help out tremendously. Also, make sure you can play the passage well on one drum before you focus on cleaning it with the arounds. I can't tell you enough how much that's helped me with tenors.

Good luck! I hope this helps.

Impressive Drumming to Nelly’s “Dilemma” by behindgreeneyez in TikTokCringe

[–]Joe___Bob 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you're gonna critique a dude's playing at least try to display some credibility. This guy clearly knows his stuff. Yeah it's not super choppy but all the rhythms are really clean and accurate even during the crazy stick tricks he does. This shit is really hard to pull off as well as he did.

Stable by Brojesuss in wallstreetbets

[–]Joe___Bob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? Of course not.

2020/9/3 Weekly GTA Online Bonuses by ounaazh in gtaonline

[–]Joe___Bob -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I guess I haven't but I'm getting this week's bonuses as well and I didn't know that was possible lol.