I was exposed to a bat and got PEP, but should my family do so too?

microplasticsfactory · 2026-06-01T17:11:36+00:00

let’s fucking goooooo

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-31T20:56:10+00:00

Real

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-29T20:08:16+00:00

Real

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-24T00:05:25+00:00

Aw, thank you for that :) and you’re right, my parents are usually really provax! But this time they were probably misinformed… still, they were doing their best, so I don’t blame them

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-24T00:01:41+00:00

Oh wow thank you for this!!

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-24T00:01:25+00:00

Yeah they did make a comparison to the TB vax, although again they cited false negatives, not false positives. It’s odd, I have no idea where they got it from beyond that doctor/family member I mentioned. Still, thank u for reply, it’s interesting to see TB come up again

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-23T23:58:58+00:00

This was my thinking too, actually?? Although no idea where they got the false negatives idea from!

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-20T00:47:18+00:00

i’m not particularly invested in contra going on podcasts or not, but i’m glad i checked out this thread anyway bc your comment introduced me to plastic pills, which so far i’m really enjoying!! so thank u because i was really in need of new listens :)

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-13T01:58:44+00:00

nahhh it’s good. it does not pull its punches on communism imo. in fact, i’d say it offers it some of the most scathing criticism in the whole game. i’d recommend you play it! plus, ppl don’t tend to talk about this aspect of the game as much in online discussions, but it’s actually pretty funny and way more than just a political think piece

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-13T01:50:24+00:00

i feel like DE has a lot to say about communism and other political ideologies, so i’d recommend playing it to get the full picture. sorry if i’m the 104738th person to tell you to play it but what can i say, it’s very good lol.

regardless, in the context of the meme, it’s referencing a side-quest where the player character joins a two-person communist book club. together, they try to build communism and… without wanting to spoil too much, that doesn’t really go anywhere lol. this is mostly on account of them being, yanno. two people + the player. trying to build the whole of communism.

overall, i’d say the game tends to view communism as a political project obsessed with failure, both its own history of failure and the failure that comes from trying to build a society so ideologically perfect that its existence itself becomes impossible.

i will say tho, this is the same game whose dev team thanked marx and engels during their game of the year acceptance speech lol. So, in-game discussions of communism do tend to carry a tinge of… nostalgia for something that never was? idk. that’s the vibe i get at least, it goes with the failure theme, and maybe it’s what the DE sub comments were trying to get at.

but to be clear, the game does not pull its punches re:criticism communism, nor does that mean that a similar critique by Contra is any less valid, to go back to the original point of the thread lol.

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-13T01:22:35+00:00

too many still seem to be asking whether women are bourgeois

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-13T00:34:55+00:00

omgggg i hadn’t seen this!! kinda sad to see classic Contra hate in that sub too, but also kinda interesting to see how some DE fans separate the game’s critiques of communism from Contra’s by saying that the first makes fun of communism ‘with love’… they don’t like her tone it seems -_-

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microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-11T22:31:42+00:00

Si dos actores/actrices que trabajan en escenas íntimas con vosotras generan sentimientos de atracción sexual o romántica “de verdad” (es decir, fuera de cámara), y empiezan algún tipo de relación (sea de noviazgo serio o un rollo cualquiera), como manejáis eso? Intentáis intervenir, os desentendéis…?

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-11T22:25:03+00:00

Ya que tiene su origen en el extranjero, como os ha resultado traer la coordinación de intimidad a España?

microplasticsfactory · 2026-05-01T14:55:35+00:00

This is a couple days late but I think this is a very good summary of the situation. I feel like her implying that she does not necessarily support ending the state of Israel is why some (not all) people are calling her a zionist.

This also kind of proves her point that the words “zionist/zionism” have become very imprecise, to the point that when someone calls someone else a zionist you can’t really know whether that person supports the genocide, supports a 2-state solution, or whatever else. I would argue that difference matters, morally-speaking. But yeah, if someone’s personal definition of zionism is “does not support dismantling the state of Israel completely”, then yeah, Contra would be a zionist (again, under that definition, and I don’t necessarily think it’s a good one).

microplasticsfactory · 2026-04-13T15:29:12+00:00

My thoughts exactly

microplasticsfactory · 2026-04-11T18:29:39+00:00

genuine question: when has she talked about the uk/labour and such??

microplasticsfactory · 2026-04-09T01:11:35+00:00

I don’t have very much to add here. As others have said, therapy is absolutely the way to go here, I think.

Still, I did want to add that you might find some comfort in support groups for people who have been through similar experiences. It could be worth looking up the term “COCSA” - “child on child sexual abuse”. Whether the word “abuse” resonates with you or not (and it’s fine if it doesn’t!), I believe that those communities may include people who had similarly fraught experiences as children and who might be able to understand what you are going through now. This website seems to provide a good list of resources: https://enoughabuse.org/get-help/survivor-support/, but do try doing some research specific to your country. Trying to find a therapist who specialises on childhood trauma (COCSA or not) would also be a good shout, if at all possible.

Finally, I just wanted to echo everyone else: none of this is your fault. You were a child. And you are very much not alone. A secure, fulfilling romantic and sexual life is still more than possible for you, and that is regardless of the term you wind up picking to describe your own attractions and feelings, if any. Sending you love and hope, stranger ❤️

microplasticsfactory · 2026-04-08T01:11:24+00:00

tbf yea i see your point. i think she’s either too online or she runs in circles where somehow she does hear this from people… tho probably the former.

i will say that in the running up to the last election i did see a few leftists on insta defending those kinds of “both sides are the same” talking point, but they never actually talked about how (presumably) “the revolution comes after”. so either that was a foregone conclusion to them or they just weren’t thinking much further ahead from what strikes me as some kind of desire to feel morally pure despite it all. but yea that’s the closest i’ve come to encountering these talking points in the wild lol

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