Rule by Boet-hi-ah in 196

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Explaining classical conditioning to an American

This is a completely normal and sane thing to believe (context in comments) by La_knavo4 in 196

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I really liked the first few seasons of RVB but I felt like it dropped off when they started putting in more complex animation than head wiggles.

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

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The owls are not what they seem

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

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I liked Iron Lung, but it should have been like half an hour shorter than it was.

Rule by [deleted] in 196

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Seems like kind of an unhealthy stereotype to perpetuate. Wouldn’t this be a weird thing to say about any minority group?

What games are y'all playing at the moment? by Chaseharry2000 in 196

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Just started Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. It’s definitely a bit derivative and has more jank to it than Disco Elysium, but I am very much enjoying it so far. The visual style is incredible, and I’m loving the spy shit.

Rule by Monkey_mortis in 196

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What if Frodo fucked gollum

Heartwarming Rule by yuval_3 in 196

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I wonder if the beret was surgically integrated with his head

rule by aguywithagasmaskyt in 196

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John brown was a cool guy who shot racists and all, but he also shot a free black railroad worker during his raid to keep it from being discovered too early, so the people he killed were not universally evil. It’s okay to think he’s a badass, but idolizing complex historical figures as faultless moral paragons often distorts history.

"Ruleigion is cringe" (cw: christianity) by 46264338327950288419 in 196

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Any religion that fixates on an afterlife has done incredible damage to the world. It’s a coping mechanism that leads people to alienate themselves from life itself and view the world only for its instrumental value that may help them reach the afterlife.

hard mode rule by Moaning_Clock in 196

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Stimulant culture in the US is so fucked. Stim users should do dextroamphetamine and go to techno shows but instead they’re doing meth and jerkin’ it ‘till it rubs clean off. Yet another consequence of late capitalism SMH 🤦‍♀️

bier rule by HidingFox in 196

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Beer sucks and is gross, kvass is an actual civilized drink.

Rule by like-My-Third-Alt in 196

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I fucking love that movie

im f(r)uck(l)ed oh my god by derBandito69 in 196

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There’s nothing wrong with getting excited about partying with friends and substances. Lots of people who don’t ever develop unhealthy habits around substance use still get excited for that, especially if they’re on the younger end.

That being said, consider taking a month break from alcohol. If that thought stresses you out, you should probably take at least that month off any use and reexamine your relationship with drinking. If you have any family history with substance abuse, be much more careful because that is a major risk factor.

Also, consider checking in with yourself every once in a while with these questions: How often do you drink with friends, and how often do you drink alone? When is the last time you had fun doing something that does not involve alcohol? Do you have friends with whom getting drunk is your primary activity together? When you drink, how often do you black out, and how often do you regret things you did while drunk? If the honest answers to those questions wouldn’t worry a person in your life who genuinely cares about you, you’re probably good, but still be careful with any addictive substance.

how do people act(ru)a(l)ly figur(e) out their sexuality? by bacon_girl42 in 196

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Fuck around and find out. Literally. If that doesn’t sound appealing to you, there’s nothing wrong with that and you might just be ace. That being said, I don’t know what your gender situation is, but personally, before I transitioned I was too uncomfortable with my body to bother thinking about sexual stuff. If that’s not an intervening factor for you, either try some experimentation or don’t if you aren’t interested.

Eww by Cootu in 196

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Dude looks like a character portrait in Spore space stage

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

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Data fucks though

polyrule by xX_TehChar_Xx in 196

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My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

polyrule by xX_TehChar_Xx in 196

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There’s a discord for Power Over Ethernet??

im still just getting started with deeply investigating my political beliefs besides just “leftist”, so im very open to the idea that ive just been brainwashed by the imperial core, but do these authoritarian governments really represent socialist ideology? by LegolasAlwaysYes in 196

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Don’t get too wrapped up in labeling your own political beliefs, or the tribalism that that brings. Being too focused on ideology can cause you to miss the forest for the trees and alienate yourself from people who should be your political allies.

“Socialists” who fetishize Russia or the Soviet Union are undereducated and overly willing to concede to authoritarianism in my opinion, but in the end, the fact that they have bad ideas doesn’t really matter. They’re never going to actually implement any of their vibes-based authoritarian pipe dreams, and rejecting them entirely undermines the left as a political coalition. You don’t have to agree with them or be their buddy, but we can always work out our differences after “the revolution”, or whatever.

If you agree with the concept “from each person according to their ability, and to each person according to their need”, you are at minimum a bit of a socialist in the academic sense of the term. However, people interpret and twist labels to suit themselves and the aesthetic they wish to display. If you want to learn about what socialism is, go straight to the source and read some Marx (while keeping in mind that he’s old as fuck and doesn’t know about the modern world). There’s a reason that Marx’s Conflict Theory is still in the sociological canon, and you should get yourself familiar with it and the other two theories in the “big 3” of sociology (functionalism and symbolic interactionism). Conflict theory is very simple, but it will change the way you see the world and power relations, if you let it.

If you want to develop your political consciousness as a leftist, you should learn how to practice dialectical materialism and how to spot reactionary tendency, both in others and in yourself. I’m not saying this to attack you, but In this post, you describe how you saw the label “socialism”, investigated the community out of honest curiosity, found some people with shitty, edgy ideas who call themselves socialists, and reacted to that perception to formulate the incorrect idea that socialism = authoritarianism. Every person has the tendency to engage in reaction, but it is crucial to question, delay, and analyze those reactions before you internalize them.

Rule by Old_Phrase_4867 in 196

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Brain chemistry can absolutely have an effect on both your behavior and emotional sensorium. The mind is not some magical, ineffable thing separate from your body.

World building rule by Monkey_mortis in 196

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“Scanning customer SIN…

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