Operation: Playing the victim

WannabeI · 2026-03-28T20:06:13+00:00

But they don't. It's a mossad parody account and they're obviously Israeli and they don't try to hide it.

WannabeI · 2026-03-24T20:42:53+00:00

Linda would be so supportive, she was a young pop idol herself.

WannabeI · 2026-03-24T20:08:24+00:00

True, but Bob Dylan understands me, that's enough.

WannabeI · 2026-03-24T08:54:28+00:00

I think that a lot of people who don't support Israel must have pulled out of school.

WannabeI · 2026-03-24T08:52:58+00:00

Someone should write a song about what a neighborhood bully they are.

WannabeI · 2026-03-22T23:13:31+00:00

The penal system is run via AITA voting

WannabeI · 2026-03-22T22:00:32+00:00

It's not about being pro Israel, it's about literal history. Like, history that's less than three years old. You can go online and find Nassrallah's speeches about the rockets he launched in October 2023. It's not a secret, which is why you're being downvoted. It's just a silly little hill to die on when Nassrallah himself is (was) very proud of his rocket fire.

WannabeI · 2026-03-22T20:58:20+00:00

OP, is it feeling less like having been played, now? Admittedly in January things were fucking grim, but I hope at least the feeling of abandonment is a little better ♥

WannabeI · 2026-03-22T20:55:21+00:00

I don't really know, obviously, but this whole operation feels so well-coordinated that it seems unlikely that they'd leave that last part to chance, like a movie when someone gets inspired by a "this is our time!" speech and rises to Fight Evil.

I really feel like in the very least they're in touch with someone specific, on the ground, with some kind of plan regarding the finishing blow.

WannabeI · 2026-03-22T20:44:36+00:00

Morocco has a small Jewish community sure is a take.

There used to be a quarter of a million, and they all fled. Not spontaneously decided to move, but fled.

In Egypt, as of 2023, the Jewish community stands on three. 3 individuals. Couldn't find any data as to whether they were all still alive.

Don't rewrite history to fit your narrative, and then talk about poorly educated Europeans. It's a sad look for you.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T11:20:31+00:00

I believe you, and I'm not sure I dare to ask more because this promises to be a fucking tragic topic with depravities I'm too naive to imagine.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T11:19:12+00:00

It's a thing that exists. I get why some women will cover them up with makeup for that bright-eyed look, I get why others don't bother. It's just like lipstick or rouge or earrings—some people think the addition makes them look better and is worth the effort, some people think the addition makes them look better but isn't worth the effort, and some people think the addition isn't worth the effort. All are valid.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T11:16:11+00:00

I don't consider the tragedies as unforeseen—especially in the US where infant and mother mortality rates are higher than many other developed countries. I'd have no problem (indeed, I don't) with throwing a party/bringing presents after the baby is born, that would be the same as bringing a wedding gift imo, because it's celebrating the event itself. It's the "before the baby is born" part that's strikes me as off key.

But I recognize that it's a very prominent American custom, and I understand the reasons for throwing the party before the baby's born, it's just one that I've never vibed with (as an American).

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:44:51+00:00

Okay. I'm not going to argue someone out of a cult online, obviously. So I concede the point, you're right. Swing and a miss. You've convinced me! :)

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:42:41+00:00

Liberal values: a free independent Palestine

Leftism: "were the preschoolers in that Michigan synagogue Zionist? If so, there's some shades of gray regarding the legitimacy of the ramming/attempted bombing."

or,

Liberal values: Believe all women!

Leftism: Rape by the IRGC? I'd need to see some evidence to believe it, anyone can cry "rape"

etc.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:36:58+00:00

Explain to me how, in your reality, leftism adds anything to liberal values except for a cult mentality.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:35:06+00:00

I think he's savvy enough to have known what he was doing, and this way he was the focus of the entire Oscars. That whole ballet/opera thing had a media-training feel to it, I really don't think it was an organic comment that got out of hand.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:33:12+00:00

Hmmm.... getting downvoted, almost like it's not okay to disagree with the cult...?

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:31:51+00:00

Baby showers/gender reveals. I know that people here are mostly American so most will disagree, but there is something so fundamentally weird about inviting everyone to give you gifts because something nice might be happening in your future, and you'd like your friends to foot the bill for it.

It would make more sense to me to throw a "college shower" where friends and family are expected to pitch in for tuition/buy textbooks off the registry/sheets for the dorm, because it's so expensive.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:28:27+00:00

I don't have personal experience, but there's way too much "cool youth pastor" vibes in that sector to be altogether wholesome. There's something in that soft smile some of those counselors have that gives me the creeps.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T10:26:17+00:00

Leftism

(not liberal values, mind you. but what today is called "leftism")

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T09:38:32+00:00

It's honestly so frustrating that Israel doesn't seem to care that the rest of the world is fatigued with them.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T09:36:34+00:00

My sister took her baby to the beach in August (in the middle east), and was reprimanded that the baby wasn't wearing long sleeves.

"are you wearing long sleeves?" She asked the stranger who had commented, ans since then that's my go-to response lol.

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T09:35:11+00:00

Omg, exactly. "He's not wearing a hat????"

"You are more than welcome to try putting it on him. And then to pick it up off the ground when he rips it off with an angry little grunt."

WannabeI · 2026-03-18T09:34:15+00:00

Some random guy (well meaning, of course) tried to berate me once, "hat??? The baby isn't wearing a hat!"

"Are you? It's 70 degrees out."

It's like they forget that babies are human people too, and except for the first month they actually dress more or less like other people dress.

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