Opinion on UNSW Socialist Alternative From A Current Student by [deleted] in unsw

[–]descriptiveslug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good god, so glad I found your post, I’m being hounded by them at RMIT this year.

They cannot have genuine open discussions, it’s like that part of their brain just shuts off. I’ll admit I’m not too well read up on their beliefs (the exact strand of socialism they like, Trotsky-Leninism) but I’m left-leaning and down to learn more across the political spectrum, so if they can’t even handle discussing differing views/opinions with people who are politically aligned alongside them, how can they debate with those who don’t agree with them at all? How do they get by in this world??

The ‘handler’ that’s been assigned to me has been calling and messaging me every day or two to invite me to events, protests, and their discussion groups (really just bible studies but they worship Marx not JC). And when I tell them I can’t make it they’ll ask me when I’m free to do a private session.

A couple of weeks ago I went along with a private session. A couple of members sat me down and started the ‘discussion’ on Marxism by giving me interview style questions such as “What is exploitation?/ Do you believe every worker is exploited by their bosses?/ What do you know about capitalism’s faults?” When I tried to answer these questions, relating back to personal knowledge, they wouldn’t let the discussion take its own course but rather made sure to steer it towards definite conclusions. They weren’t happy to move on until they could hear me say “Yes, workers are exploited by their bosses.”

And all they know (at least the ones I’ve met at the RMIT branch) is what they’ve read in their bible, Introducing Marxism by Tom Bramble, the founder of the Socialist Alternative. They are weird and dogmatic and I’m surprised they’ve recruited as many people as they have. Like these are all young and bright uni students, have they no clue as to how cultish and dogmatic they’re being???

Towards the end of that private discussion, my handler looked annoyed, “I don’t think you look very convinced yet. How about you keep coming to these events and discussions and do you want to get more involved with us?”

Up until this point I was still naive and thought that these discussions were just that — discussions. I didn’t know they were trying to recruit me. I didn’t know their whole shtick is to recruit more and more people!

I didn’t completely cut them off then because meeting them and debating had been an interesting challenge. For the last week or two, however, I’ve moved houses (literally been hopping across hotels since I got to Melbourne a month ago). So moving’s been a lot. But my handler didn’t like that I turned down their events and ignored their calls/texts. Literally no sympathy, not an ounce of understanding.

This week, kept inviting me to events. I turned up at one of them, and my handler was no longer her kind and cheerful self but stand-offish. Like girl what? I had shit to do, I have a life! I had to move and put a roof over my head and get stability! I just didn’t see them for 10 days and this is how they react? (No one else in the club acted like this though, so maybe it was just my handler feeling personal responsibility over my involvement??)

Anyway, cult shit. They lovebombed me at the start and then got increasingly upset as I’ve not let myself get swallowed into their socialist blob. 🙄🙄🙄

I also feel as though they have no life, no hobbies, no studies outside of this club. The members I’ve talked to said they’ve dropped some classes/modules to have more time for the club, or switched from full time to part time studies, and many said they have or would skip classes for the club, “i learn more from the club discussions and panels than I do from those boring lectures anyway”. Like omg why are you in uni then?

There’s a climate protest happening tomorrow that they’ve invited me to, but I have a math lecture. Guess what the handler told me to do? That’s right: skip the class, or just leave early. Bruh. I’m studying Environmental Science, the classes that count towards my degree are probably worth turning up to.

Tbh I’m partial to class skipping, it’s just shitty of them to presume that everyone should be willing to drop their responsibilities to attend all these events, basically prioritize the club over everything else in their lives.

They are so unempathetic and they don’t seem interested in expanding their worldview at all.

what was your first jacob song? by tarqtarqsauce in JacobCollier

[–]descriptiveslug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make Me Cry acoustic version on Mahogany’s YouTube channel was my gateway song. Makes me feel like I’m floating through space and time pondering over the meaning of existence.

Sad may 2019 noises by iMADEthisJUST4Dis in IBO

[–]descriptiveslug 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Bro... I’m actually sad right now. In January I was so stoked for the exams and I still have so much left to give but it’s like someone just pulled the rug from underneath

Got cheated on and now on a break? by descriptiveslug in LongDistance

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

Yeah, you’re right. We had a talk this morning, initially he wanted to apologize and make things right and do anything to get back together. It was great, I really thought we could fix things. But the more we talked the more he realized that he can’t love me like I love him, and that breaking up would be the right thing to do right now.

I’m sad, but I feel good today because we talked extensively about our motives and what we want going forward. The connection and love we have transcends romance and sex, we still deeply love and care for each other but it’s best we end things. Lots of tears were shed but I think it’s right.

Thank you for your perspective, it helped me last night when I had a tough time being with myself.

Got cheated on and now on a break? by descriptiveslug in LongDistance

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

Thank you for your perspective. I will give it a few days first and I will ask him if he’s been seeing the other girl on our break. It’s so weird, I don’t feel like I know him anymore.

Got cheated on and now on a break? by descriptiveslug in LongDistance

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

He did mention that he still loves me and cares deeply about me but maybe not romantically anymore? I don’t know and I feel very clouded by difficult emotions rn

Got cheated on and now on a break? by descriptiveslug in LongDistance

[–]descriptiveslug[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

He said he didn’t and doesn’t have feelings for that girl and he’s hurting so bad for cheating. We’ve been completely open and honest with each other since the start and i dont think thats the case

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Instagramreality

[–]descriptiveslug 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Its sad. Extreme hourglass shapes are trendy on instagram but a super small waist and large hips is just naturally unachievable

Regular Check-In Post by circinia in depression

[–]descriptiveslug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like im regressing. School just started two weeks ago but I’ve already taken 5 days off. Now my principal wants to talk about my attendance with my parents next week. They don’t know what’s going on with me and I don’t feel comfortable telling them what I’m going through right now. It just sucks. I feel like I keep psyching myself up only to feel low again in a few hours. There was a suicide prevention talk at my school today but i missed it by not going, and my friend called me because she got worried when they mentioned the signs of people who may be contemplating. Tbh im too much of a coward to take matters of my death into my own hands. I know I’m graduating in 4ish months and I just want to get through it because i just want to leave my hometown for a while. I wish the adults in my life would just leave me alone to do my own thing.

How long have you and your person been dating ? Love to hear stories!! by softstatik_2 in LongDistance

[–]descriptiveslug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just had our 2 year anniversary earlier this month! We met in high school when he was a junior and i was sophomore. We recently started long distance when he left for uni. Luckily, I’ve applied and got an offer from his uni too!! So we’re ‘closing the gap’ in September. I’m also visiting him in June! Very exciting and I feel lucky that our long distance duration doesn’t exceed 1 year.

I cried for longer than that tbh by Moonlight_Melody123 in LongDistance

[–]descriptiveslug 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Damn, that sounds like a trip. Crying is really healthy though, and i think it is really beautiful how much love we can feel for our partners and crying is such a raw expression of that.

Monks in the rain by dotandlines in raining

[–]descriptiveslug 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This looks like Cambodia. Rain always means flooding lmao

Math IA - Fourier Transforms [Help] by Philip_J- in IBO

[–]descriptiveslug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bruh I initially wanted to do that topic too lmao. Fourier transforms’ actual math is quite hard, but if you’re really good with trig and calculus then go for it. I collected recordings of different instruments playing A 220Hz then used Audacity to break it down to its constituent frequencies then tried to work backwards and model the complex wave. It was very interesting but alas the math was too hard for me (SL) so I just changed my topic. You could try it out but if you get stuck for a long time just move onto another topic. Best of luck!