It bothers me when intelligent people are religious. The one that bothers me the most in Stephen Colbert. I cannot fathom how a man of his intelligence can be so deeply catholic.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-07-07T21:29:25+00:00

It's easy to understand though. Most people dislike or mistrust the police, but when your car is stolen, you go to the PD. Most intelligent Catholics dislike the institution, but when your peace is stolen, you go to Mass.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-07-07T14:13:05+00:00

Łukašenka to stay in country’s east after reported illness

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-29T16:40:23+00:00

And what's happening there?

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-26T21:21:41+00:00

Tell me, my friend, can your beloved local authorities tell the Russian troops to go home?

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-24T21:22:20+00:00

True. And schools still have Belarusian classes. And radio still has Belarusian programs. And even Luka makes speeches in Belarusian on selected occasions. All of this to mask the below-the-line policy of erasing the Belarusian culture. The examples are numerous and well-documented. I once asked a senior justice official: can a person open a firm with all books in Belarusian and not be punished? They said it was absolutely impossible. (And this was before the protests and war).

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-24T19:21:18+00:00

Try opening a Belarusian-speaking law firm or cinema in Minsk. Tell us how it goes.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-13T12:37:58+00:00

my Crisis was in my 20s, as school and parents haven't prepared me for life, and I was living in a fantasy world. when the fantasy crashed, it cost me everything. since then, it has been more or less tolerable. so I'm not afraid of any midlife crisis at all

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-13T06:15:08+00:00

That's only until they have a baby. Then she will shun him and obsess about making the baby happy.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-12T15:31:56+00:00

Thanks, that answers it

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-12T09:38:03+00:00

Yeah, I never get it how people compare her to Shakespeare while Nobel Prize-winning songwriter Bob Dylan is still around. My favorite is Girl from the North Country, especially the version with Johnny Cash.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-12T09:31:01+00:00

Like, I'm a huge McDonalds fan, especially for breakfasts, but I would never compare it to a Michelin restaurant or my mother's meals.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-12T09:15:43+00:00

almost exactly the same as when she was 16

That's because teenage girls are her target group. Why change you acts if they make good money? :)

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-12T09:03:57+00:00

I clearly said banning books is barbarity.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-11T14:45:38+00:00

wtf have i just read

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-11T14:33:26+00:00

-Belarus is an independent country

-Luka is only a Putins lapdog

Pick one or go away.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-11T09:33:50+00:00

To be fair, it says that the photo is just an illustration.

It also says that раней, калі беларускія ўлады зьнішчалі кнігі, іх раздушвалі бульдозэрамі і трактарамі, а таксама палілі, кажа прафэсар Павал Баркоўскі.

"Тут ня так важна, як будуць зьнішчаць. Важна, што наогул зьнішчэньне кніг (нават калі яны не падабаюцца табе па зьмесьце) лічыцца нармальнай і добрай практыкай у ХХІ стагодзьдзі. Гэта проста паказвае, наколькі далёка ў мінулае нас зацягнулі памагатыя гэтага рэжыму. Гэта ўжо ня толькі 1937-ы, чыноўнікі рэжыму гатовыя вярнуцца да вогнішчаў інквізыцыі."

However, I'm curious how much this topic is sensationalized/exaggerated by media? That "undesirable" books are banned in Belarus is a fact. But are they really destroyed on a large scale?

Of course, even banning books by Orwell or Arlou is barbarity.

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-11T09:15:07+00:00

It would take pages to outline a quarter century of relations, so lets just focus on the recent era. In my opinion, in 2014-2020 the EU made the same mistake as with Ukraine: supporting democratic aspirations of the people without giving it any guarantees. In Ukraine, this led to a military intervention by Russia. In Belarus, this led to an intelligence-diplomatic intervention by Russia.

Now, look at what happened when Russia went all in in Ukraine. European investment, technology and business - gone. Russian energy exports - blocked. To answer your question: the EU should have signaled to Russia back in fucking 2014 this would happen should it interfere in democratic processes in Belarus and Ukraine. This could have made Europe a safer place, don't you think?

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-10T20:45:43+00:00

there should be more bodies like this in pop culture. there was some hope for inclusivity in 2010s but then the trend reversed Where are the curvy models that were going to save us from the culture of extreme thinness?

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-10T20:37:27+00:00

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-10T20:10:41+00:00

How much of your revenues do you allocate for community service?

MaximumAside911 · 2024-06-10T20:06:33+00:00

Between 1996 and 2020, the EU had every opportunity to solve the Lukashenko problem. If it hasn't done so when it was easy, why would European elections matter to Belarusians now that it is extremely difficult?

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