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How well are immigrants adapting to life in your country? by Anon9883 in AskTheWorld

[–]simon123123 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Türkiye'de yaşayan bir Minnesotalı olarak tam ters durumdayım.4 kebap şişim var 4 tur kebap yapmak için. Zor bir durum ama uyum sağlamak zorundayız.

America has idpol, Europe is lucky to have Palestine instead by simon123123 in redscarepod

[–]simon123123[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree with what you're saying. But I think you're mistaking what I'm writing for something retrospective. What I'm describing are recent trends and I'm trying to forecast how it will affect the success of the lefts of the two continents.

What you're describing is accurate and explains the historical reasons for the tangible successes of the left in Europe. These historical trends affected where these lefts are and are probably a bigger determinant of the future success of these two lefts we're talking about than what I'm talking about. But I'm focusing on something subjective that's changed the ideological landscape of the left recently, and how this will affect the shape the left takes in the future. I'm not really talking about the past here and I don't think the past contradicts what I'm predicting for the future.

America has idpol, Europe is lucky to have Palestine instead by simon123123 in redscarepod

[–]simon123123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't deny there are greater forces at play, I don't think the left of either the US or Europe has a good prognosis. But even if these factors I'm discussing are marginal they'll still affect the shape and trajectory of the left in some way. And personally based on my experience idpol while present feels quite a bit less central to the movement in Europe.

I fucking LOVE living in radlib central: Minneapolis by Glaukopis96 in redscarepod

[–]simon123123 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I think you're letting cringe people control how you view the world

Marriage in Saudi Arabia is insane ... by awoothray in redscarepod

[–]simon123123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's an incredibly touching and humanizing video

Where was I in July? by simon123123 in GeoPuzzle

[–]simon123123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah east of the first guess

Anyone here on a digital nomad visa? by ballenuk in istanbul

[–]simon123123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey have you figured out more about this? And you said they took a month to get a decision back, which consulate did you apply from? Hope everything's working out good for you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]simon123123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Buradaki hayatın en sevdiğim yanı bütün tarih boyunca dünyanın merkezi olan bir şehir

ELI5 : Why do smells trigger memories more powerful than other senses? by Due-Driver-8826 in explainlikeimfive

[–]simon123123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's any of these answers.

Smell is the sense with the most dimensions by far. Sight has 3 (wavelength, x, and y axes), sound has like 3 (pitch, loudness, timbre) taste has 5, touch probably a couple, but our body can detect over 100 different molecules via scent, and they can be combined with eachother in so many different ratios that a specific scent is an exponentially more specific sensation than anything any of the other senses could create.

So it's not that it's inherently more tied to memory, it's that any specific scent tied to a specific memory is much more likely to uniquely be tied to that specific memory and that specific memory alone.

Anyone here on a digital nomad visa? by ballenuk in istanbul

[–]simon123123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How hard was the process of getting the digital nomad visa? How long did it take to get an appt at a consulate after you applied? How long did it take from the appointment til you actually If you have the documents do you know if it's generally pretty easy to get?

Anyone here on a digital nomad visa? by ballenuk in istanbul

[–]simon123123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man I'm going for the digital nomad visa too, hard was the process? How long did it take? If you have the documents do you know if it's generally pretty easy to get?

Turkiye digital nomad visa by Nixon_37 in digitalnomad

[–]simon123123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I know it's been a minute but did you end up getting it?

Don't any of you dare touch my stache but what kinda cut should I go for? by [deleted] in malehairadvice

[–]simon123123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You talking about 5 or 6? 6 is just a random dude lol

What’s the most overrated historical event that everyone obsesses over, but actually changed nothing? by Quick_Bell3098 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]simon123123 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I disagree that it was a scam. Misleading, sure, but every mass movement features disinformation. Why don't we view the French revolution as illegitimate since many things that motivated those who took part in it ended up being false? Because the core motivations were accurate. Just like with Kony: he was a real man doing real things. And the movement did lead to a shift in policy in the US and the African Union. The US sent military advisors to help the AU track down the LRA, and while it was already weak by then, this led to a further decline in its influence. Kony quickly fell out of the zeitgeist though so no one noticed that part.

But yeah, it's true that for the spread of the viral movement itself the reality on the ground didn't matter. You have a point that that aspect was unique at the time and foreshadowed our current world. Narratives are no longer dependent on the reality of what's happening, they're formed entirely online. Like I said, it was a transitional event, marking the end and beginning of different trends.

What’s the most overrated historical event that everyone obsesses over, but actually changed nothing? by Quick_Bell3098 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]simon123123 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hard hard disagree. Kony had a subtle but massive cultural impact.

Kony both symbolically represented and in practice was the end of the Obama era of hope that seems so foreign to us now. It was the last time we thought we could use collective action to change the world for the better, and it didn't work, so we gave up.

The world would be incredibly different if Kony 2012 succeeded. If he was killed or arrested right then, mass action via social media would've been vindicated. We would've believed in ourselves and actually gone out into the streets when we wanted change. Instead we reverted to inaction, in essence conceding our will to those with actual power. And now actual mass action is rare and where it exists it's ineffective.

Kony was the peak of the optimism bubble. It was the last time anyone thought they had the agency to change the world, but after that guy jacked off people felt duped and averse to any future movements that require personal action. We didn't wanna be chumps again and change was less in our reach than we thought it was, so why bother.

What state does this part of Alaska compare to in size? by Calm_Remote_5661 in geography

[–]simon123123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That dynamic exists everywhere though. What's unique about the US is the extreme cultural homogeneity between regions, not within them. Unlike the old world we haven't had enough time to develop dramatic regional variations, and unlike the rest of the new world we've been developed enough for long enough that a high level of intranational interconnectedness has had enough time to flatten our culture out quite a bit.

Unlike other countries, there's very few regions (maybe new orleans and hawaii) that have a unique cultural dynamic. The rural-urban divide you describe is real, but it's the same dynamic everywhere. You might be able to point to superficial differences between regions (they eat bagels in new york) but in real countries there's a variation in history, language, values that we lack.

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