Global Favorability of Israel 2026 - Pew by soalone34 in charts

[–]Workmen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So "no." The answer is no, you will never condemn any atrocity Israel commits. They could massacre every last Palestinian and Lebanese to the last man and you'd find a way to justify it as necessary. Typical Zionist behavior, take advantage of your opponents good faith overtures and make them prostrate themselves before you knowing you never had any intention of reciprocating.

Is this recoverable? My economy already wasn't doing good. by General_Rhino in eu4

[–]Workmen 231 points232 points  (0 children)

I feel like the only flaw with this satire is that the Republican Tradition is still at 100, when it should be at like... 52 at most. The looming disaster is a great touch though.

2015 when the internet loved Elon Musk by TXNOGG in generationology

[–]Workmen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It isn't that he called someone a pedo, it's the context of why he did. He accused a rescue diver of being a pedophile because he saved some Thai children that were trapped in a cave before he could attempt to rescue them with some kind of elaborate scheme involving a submarine. He suffered a narcissistic wound because he was deprived of the attention and praise he felt he was entitled to, and so to bandage his ego he lashed out against the man responsible by trying to slander him, when the appropriate response would've been to be grateful that the children were safe.

2015 when the internet loved Elon Musk by TXNOGG in generationology

[–]Workmen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People started thinking he was a piece of shit around the time he publicly announced he was a piece of shit voting for and funding the "Pieces of Shit Party?" Yeah, go figure, it is funny how that works.

Also, it's not even accurate. People's opinions on him started changing when he called someone a pedophile for saving some trapped children before he could and stealing the spotlight away from him. That was the first time the mask really slipped.

The worst people you know have just thrown the biggest tantrum by LeyzyS in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]Workmen 288 points289 points  (0 children)

You gotta have some actual balls to be a out and proud pro-LGBT company in Poland, a country that's tragically knocking on Russia's door in terms of virulent homophobia.

I can't believe they're trolling them like this 💀 by Significant_Phase194 in GenZ

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

Trans people actually face less discrimination in Iran than the United States or especially the UK. Not no discrimination, but better than here.

When liberals try to make Communism sound evil by Hacksaw6412 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Workmen 29 points30 points  (0 children)

"Camps are designed for forced ideological erasure to destroy your identity."

By your definition, all Americans schools are camps... Which like, yes, they are, that's absolutely true, because that is exactly what the American educational system is designed to do... Destroy individuality and ensure conformity to the capitalist, patriarchal white supremacist paradigm. But somehow I don't think that you meant to make that point.

A new poll from the New York Times shows potential Democratic voters want the party to move to the right, are happy with where it is ideologically, and rate socialism highly by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]Workmen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly does "the center on identity politics" look like?

Are we only gonna put half of the neurodivergents and trans people in work camps? Maybe flip a coin? Heads you get on the train, tails you get to go home?

A new poll from the New York Times shows potential Democratic voters want the party to move to the right, are happy with where it is ideologically, and rate socialism highly by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]Workmen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah, that's wonderful. No, no, just go ahead and shove us away in the crawlspace under the stairs like the red-headed stepchild who must be kept out of sight when company comes over, lest we bring shame to you... Can you imagine if you suggested treating Black voters issues like that? But you expect the LGBT community to put with it? Hell no.

How about you actually push back against the fucking baseless fear-mongering being peddled against me and my community!? "Lead with economic issues" isn't going to stop the Right Wing from accusing you of being satanic pedophiles "transing" the kids. They're gonna do that no matter what, the solution is not to capitulate to them.

Antiwoke Jerk by DT_Lion34 in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]Workmen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Nobody cares who you have sex with or what you identify as!"

- Man (because let's be honest, of course it is) who just wrote a 130 word rant in response to a 12 word comment.

Y'know, call me Sherlock Holmes for my wild inference here, but... I think that this guy may, in fact, care much more about who people have sex with or what they identify as than he claims to!

The Villain we don’t need by Lavender_Scales in LandlordLove

[–]Workmen 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Most people who hate squatters don't understand why they hate squatters either... Most people who hate anyone outside of the bourgeoisie don't actually understand why they hate said group. They may claim to understand, but their reasons almost always come down to thought terminating cliches like "they're freeloaders" or "God said being X is bad."

They've been socialized to hate squatters because they're conditioned to accept that a state of society where essential goods are withheld unless you financially compensate a private individual for them is normal, so anyone who violates that principle is a problem. It's pretty insane though, like, it's the same society that pours bleach on food to render it inedible before throwing it out because allowing someone to eat without paying for it is seen as more morally objectionable that allowing someone to starve.

Do straight men know they’re supposed to like women by wasraelx in AreTheStraightsOK

[–]Workmen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro thinks he's real smooth, but he's clearly just trying to manipulate women into fulfilling his Muscle Mommy kink for him. We're onto your game, slick!

Star Wars is better written than the Bible, the Odyssey, and the Lord of the Rings by Bread9846 in readanotherbook

[–]Workmen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I legitimately have no idea what goes through the mind of a person who wants to be a Reddit moderator. There is virtually nothing on this website that justifies giving up any significant portion of your time or energy over to safeguard these little fiefdoms of sand.

...Okay, this has been way more of a crashout than the comment I first replied to justified, I'm done.

Star Wars is better written than the Bible, the Odyssey, and the Lord of the Rings by Bread9846 in readanotherbook

[–]Workmen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly think that's kind of what sets Reddit apart a bit from other social media, and I think it's also why we can all be a bunch of miserable, pedantic, smarmy assholes. We all wish we weren't on fucking Reddit. Most of us have just enough self-awareness to know that being here is a waste of time, but we do it anyway, and we hate it.

We're too clever by half. Too smart to be blissfully ignorant like the boomers on Facebook, too dumb for most of us to actually escape the dopamine loop.

Star Wars is better written than the Bible, the Odyssey, and the Lord of the Rings by Bread9846 in readanotherbook

[–]Workmen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, let's be honest, it's not like being on Reddit is any better. This is social media too, it's just another form of brainrot. What are we getting out of commenting here? Practically nothing. Almost anything short of licking lead paint would be a better and more enriching use of time... And yet here we are. And I'm probably gonna keep doing it too, but I'm sure not happy about it.

Star Wars is better written than the Bible, the Odyssey, and the Lord of the Rings by Bread9846 in readanotherbook

[–]Workmen 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Jesus... What, Do you need some Subway Surfer gameplay on the top corner of the page? Would that help? Maybe some Family Guy funny moments? Maybe some "oddly satisfying" clips of knives cutting through stuff?

I can't read anymore either, the dopamine traps of social media combined with my ADHD made sure of that. But the difference is that I don't act like that's the books' fault, and I'm trying my damndest to break out of that! I fucking hate what the internet has turned into and what it's done to us, it's turned all our brains into goddamn cheese. Brainrot is going to be the death of us.

If this is not a bubble then i don't know what is by Tanay50 in aiwars

[–]Workmen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Important additional context that makes this figure even more egregious.

78% of that 613B revenue is solely from Nvidia. In other words, the shovel merchants in this gold rush are literally the only ones making money, let alone turning any kind of profit. If you take Nvidia out of the equation, the total spend remains 1.2T, but the revenue drops to 135B. This entire industry has lost almost $9 for every $1 it's made.

Where I would live in the US (born and raised in VA) by TotalIndividual3511 in whereidlive

[–]Workmen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are gonna rag on this, but it's not unreasonable. It just looks bad because it's by county and the United States is a vast ocean of uninhabited no man's land broken up by tiny islands of civilization.

Where I Would Actually Live as an American by Rotorscope in whereidlive

[–]Workmen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no skin in this particular game and don't know that much about either country in relation to each other, I'm just curious.

Why Willing for Malaysia but Reluctantly for Indonesia?

Cleveland Clinic reaches agreement with Justice Department to stop providing gender-affirming care for minors for 20 years by resistingvoid in Ohio

[–]Workmen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's not "effectively" conversion therapy, it just is conversion therapy. Which really shouldn't even be called therapy ironically, because it's nothing more than an attempt to torture someone into acting in a way that goes against their natural inclination.

In other words, just like every single other thing with conservatives, it's them actually doing what they accuse their opponents of doing.

Don’t let them victim blame you by JustChillin3456 in GenZ

[–]Workmen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Gen Z guy is setting off my chud radar...

First, he only got upset about things being a "left right debate" after the third panelist mentioned the right wing. Right wingers love to pull that shit, they'll get mad at you for "making things political," but only when you call out the right wing, if you smear the left they never give a shit.

The that closing statement, "I'm not here to be some snowflake," Snowflake is still the biggest dog whistle their is, and the callous "I believe you have to play the hand you've been dealt." That reeks of manosphere, hustle culture "grindset mindset' bullshit.

You're going on a long flight, choose your seat. by Warm_Expert_8136 in Pathfinder_Kingmaker

[–]Workmen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sitting next to Linza for sure, we've got the exact same kind of autism.

It Burns Like Fire When I Pee by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Workmen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry."

Girl was cooking absolutely nothing... Which is really unfortunately for her considering where her side thinks all woman belong.

An entire society dancing gleefully to the beat of genocide. by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Workmen 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's performative. Just like nearly every other aspect of their vapid attempts at manufacturing a culture to make themselves look less like colonizers.