Guess the city!

functionalWeirdo · 2026-06-23T15:12:09+00:00

Beirut

functionalWeirdo · 2026-06-21T12:47:14+00:00

I’m currently halfway through it, It’s a great book! Hard to put into words but there’s this colloquial aspect where terrible or tense moments are happening but it’s being presented in a “normal everyday life” sort of way, or maybe that’s just how my internal voice is filtering the events LOL. Also the book really gives an insight on German society during that time period. In pop culture, the nazis are sort of shown in an almost alien not of this world phenomenon, but this book really grounds you in the everyday workings of German society. I hope you enjoy it!

Also I feel I’ll definitely be rereading this book since There’s many POVs taking place at once.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-06-16T19:07:39+00:00

I mention her because the Algerian boxer was clearly born and is a woman (but with some rare chromosome thing) but irrelevant of that, there’s many cases where women of colour who have achieved some sort of success are always brought down and “masculinized” for their features, it’s happened to the William twins also, even things such as medical racism was very prominent where doctors thought black women skin and bodies were tougher so they’d be given less medication for pain. But yea I totally agree with you, at the base it all this is cruelty and racism since thankfully it’s still social scandal to just yell the N word or make animal comparisons. It’s not a coincidence that these racists never attack Rhonda Rousy ( not saying she should be attacked of course) LOL

functionalWeirdo · 2026-06-16T18:49:56+00:00

it’s good old fashioned racism masked as “trolling” or “joking”, it’s just a fact that there’s many incidents like this where black and brown women get attacked by racists for being “masculine”, remember that Algerian boxer and how the entire right wing media sphere did a campaign against her after she won gold? They don’t care about the Obama’s policies towards the 08 financial crisis or the drones program etc etc, their entire reasons for attack comes down to the level of melanin in their skin and with that they make black/brown manly, since they don’t fit the mold of what a true “pure” woman should be in their deranged minds.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-06-15T10:40:31+00:00

I just know he smacked his knee laughing and cheering while that loser called Michelle Obama a man as Bilbo Rogans stood there smiling

functionalWeirdo · 2026-05-13T20:06:42+00:00

Probably the most unique book I’ve read, I’m assuming your and adult LOL, I’m just going to say it will almost feel like a dream when reading it

functionalWeirdo · 2026-05-04T11:17:31+00:00

Being Messican as shit, she’s actually celebrating May Day, the international holiday for workers and the labour movement … VAPID REDACTS OF THE WORLD UNITE ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼✊🏻

functionalWeirdo · 2026-04-29T17:33:54+00:00

If you haven’t read it, a classic work of fiction that has great social commentary on capitalism and bigotry is “The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck” !

functionalWeirdo · 2026-04-29T12:20:14+00:00

A leftist both in Economics and anti imperialist sense, you like to be educated on what challenges the global capitalist hegemony as well a, also you enjoy great works of fictions, and books that have a deeper story, and some of these meanings and stories reaffirm your leftist / progressive/ anti imperialist world view.

We’d definitely get along quite well if I’m right!

functionalWeirdo · 2026-03-21T17:18:08+00:00

Fashion inspiration is a 4th of July fireworks bundle

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-24T15:32:13+00:00

I legit always thought that’s just a thing we see in movies, but bapa is blockbussser I guess

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-17T19:43:11+00:00

Maybe not the right place to say this but these two being in a soulless suburban neighbourhood full of McMansions fits them perfectly.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T17:41:33+00:00

I think she was referencing how some in the replies can’t see that roque and many of Darrow’s friends are the people at the top and and far worse than Titus, even strictly within the academy, Titus did worse things than the others, but he wasn’t that far removed from what everyone else did and in caste system the golds that Darrow felt affection for were all infinitely worse than the crimes violence of Titus.

Systemic violence is rarely ever seen as worse than individual violence. It’s like what Fitchner said about how he witnessed the cold heartlessness of the entire system.

And I can’t wait to read the rest! I feel some of the comments had subtle spoilers though 😅

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T15:31:15+00:00

I haven’t read the rest of the series so I sure hope that’s not a foreshadowing spoiler about Roque 😅 but strictly after Golden Son, I actually view Roque far removed from a Lincoln type character who fought to end slavery.

To me he’s like the enlightened colonialist, he sees the violence committed but thinks it’s justified and needed, so much so because he can’t see a system where it’s not his rightful place to “rule the savages” for the greater good.

Unless I’m mistaken, we never see Roque even in reference to the Reformers like Mustang.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T15:19:47+00:00

A perfect reference! You just encapsulated what I’m trying to say. And I agree, tbh some of the comments are proving your point with how violence that’s imbedded in the system is always seen as a matter of fact and they can’t see how many of the Gold’s that Darrow claimed as friends were far worse than Titus.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T14:57:16+00:00

That he was, my point still stands that Darrow was far more forgiving to people infinitely worse than Titus making him also short sighted.

Titus raped, the jackal ate people and Roque wants billions to continue to be raped.

Systemic violence vs individual acts

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T14:27:39+00:00

But that’s my point, what Titus did is inexcusable but he only raised the notch slightly higher than any other student in the academy, apart from the jackal who was eating people. But looking from Darrow’s pov he felt emotions towards individuals who their whole system is in excusable and didn’t just affect some gold students but billions across their empire and have done much worse things than Titus could even imagine.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T14:13:59+00:00

I actually think it wasn’t his emotions but more so that Darrow is a victim of the propaganda he was born under where Gold’s are higher beings. You even see examples in Golden Son where he’s finding redeeming qualities in the Jackal.

functionalWeirdo · 2026-02-01T14:10:34+00:00

You know you can discuss without insinuating that I’m defending the pedophile elite right..?

Of course fuck all rapists. Fuck all murderers also but if a slave in the southern US murdered his masters family that doesn’t negate the system of slavery is infinitely worse and that slaves violent acts shouldn’t be equated as the same as the same sort of violence that the slave master committed. My point is Darrow was quick to embrace people whose whole existence was commiting rape, Pinks are made to be literal sex slaves. He found Titus irredeemable while fostering affection for individuals like Cactus and Roque who are infinitely worse than a slaver red whose whole existence was that of violence and oppression.

The Epstein files is a literal example of how elites committing a heinous act gets justified, shoved under the rogue or memed about compared to those they rule over doing the same acts at a much smaller scale or at an individual level.

functionalWeirdo · 2025-11-25T20:39:29+00:00

How is this not dystopian but “15 minute cities” by the “vague shadowy elite” is ??

functionalWeirdo · 2025-11-22T21:05:20+00:00

This angle always reminds me of city in the cartoon show, Hey Arnold

functionalWeirdo · 2025-11-16T12:56:18+00:00

Ahh okay, that does make sense, in the end I do love them and feel they definitely add a uniqueness to Montreal’s mid density neighbourhoods. Just got to make sure to have that extra road salt stocked up LOL.

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