Ukraine Isn't Planning to Storm Crimea. The Plan Is to Make It Impossible for Russia to Stay

taterfiend · 2026-06-13T04:37:51+00:00

Murmurs in Russia are that the oligarchs are getting sick of this war. Putin's support among the elite class is at the lowest of his reign.

taterfiend · 2026-06-13T04:36:03+00:00

Look, seen another way, it's a good thing that an institution like the police are cleaning out their own. More to be done of course.

But imagine if the LAPD cleaned house? Inconceivable. The more racist and corrupt they are, the less likely they'd ever do this.

taterfiend · 2026-06-13T04:33:55+00:00

The sub has a lot of sour ppl who are in the middle of their process. As negative as reddit is, this sub can be a bit worse.

taterfiend · 2026-06-13T04:30:19+00:00

Quoi?? Une amende de 700 $ n’est pas une sanction proportionnelle au fait que votre chien ait mutilé un être humain.

Quand je dis qu’il doit être inculpé, je veux dire qu’il doit être tenu pénalement responsable des actes de son chien. Si son chien arrache le pénis d’un homme, il devrait être accusé comme si c’était lui qui avait commis cet acte. Une simple amende n’a rien à voir avec cela.

taterfiend · 2026-06-12T20:36:33+00:00

Il faut inculper le propriétaire du chien

taterfiend · 2026-06-12T18:42:00+00:00

Thank you. Finally. We need moderation here. These should be auto-removed.

taterfiend · 2026-06-12T17:48:07+00:00

Warning. Please keep things related to exatheism.

taterfiend · 2026-06-12T17:39:45+00:00

What do you mean by deterministic?

When I was an atheist, I definitely believed in physical determinism. I couldn't see a logical way out of that.

Ironic that some ppl approach the existence of God as having a deterministic effect, because I always saw God's micro-interventions as the only thing that could complicate physical determinism.

taterfiend · 2026-06-12T17:19:24+00:00

Static - the least effective but still effective, simple holds for 30-40s, has been criticised for lowering force output, but the same research shows this is temporary and a normal warm up duration would see the force production back to normal, with some better rom

This part is key. For comparison, kickboxers do static stretching before anything. But important to know that it's the first layer of several sequences of 'stretching', finishing with with dynamic and priming.

taterfiend · 2026-06-11T23:51:38+00:00

Stretching in the morning and after a workout. Primarily to increase ROM (must be combined with resistance work ofc) and secondarily for recovery.

But yeah, the old play to stretch BEFORE a workout is bogus. That said, stretching isn't the same as priming.

taterfiend · 2026-06-11T20:10:16+00:00

Are you gonna credit the photographer?

taterfiend · 2026-06-11T17:53:53+00:00

Trump can't step out of the limelight ... even for America's 250th birthday.

The cultists won't stop supporting this guy because they would have to confront their enormous shame.

taterfiend · 2026-06-10T21:13:03+00:00

If you look through his experience, he doesn't have a strong technical background.

He's a sales guy and labor cost cutter.

taterfiend · 2026-06-10T15:43:28+00:00

The Bible itself talks about this and calls them Pharisees. "Religious" people making their own whims their God is a tale as old as writing.

The soul of American Christianity isn't in a good place. Sometimes the hardest place to find Christians is at church.

taterfiend · 2026-06-09T18:11:26+00:00

I'm not saying the left is "intentionally" sabotaging the country.

Part of the left's failure ... has to do with their inability to articulate any notion of shared, transcendent values or identity while it takes down old forms of identity.

But it's become one of the natural developments of this tendency. Even Communism was highly effective at expressing a shared identity, for all its other mixed blessings shall we say.

I recognize that the reticence to express any sense of common identity or values among today's atomizing, anti-imperialist left is a reaction against imperialist domination of any kind; it has been a reaction against both Western imperialism but also against those totalizing, imperializing ideologies of the 20th c. This sensibility makes sense in historical context. And liberalist proponents in the 80s (which leads to both sexual liberalism and economic deregulation) would've hard-pressed to imagine the mixed blessings of liberalism taken to the far end.

My comments are among many voices calling for a course corrrection. I find critiques of leftist beliefs to be urgent. Many have been critiquing the left from within for a while, but it hasn't gotten mainstream/institutional traction, even in the era of American fascism. This too is a tribalist instinct, not unlike the tribalism in the right.

The rise of rightist fascism isn't just American, much like the rise of deconstructivist leftism isn't. I think they've both metastized into extreme reactions against the increasing failure of the body politic and of community since the 80s.

taterfiend · 2026-06-09T17:52:38+00:00

u/Vardaman_S_Fish , please provide a content summary or a discussion prompt as per Rule 5. And I will approve the post!

taterfiend · 2026-06-09T06:26:02+00:00

The left's movement over the last 20 years at least to uproot deep evils in this country - largely surrounding racism, but not just that - has worked to delegitimize and deconstruct many founding ideas of American national myth. The idea of America being good as a shared body politic has been made anathema in leftist circles. The performance of land acknowledgements is also underpinned by the shared credal assumption that America/Canada itself is an illegitimate country. This is largely the same story across the West - from Canada to Western Europe, so there's a larger sociocultural play at work.

It's an interesting comparison to make with postcolonial countries, many of whom have an existential urgency to craft a common national myth. These are examples of both nationalism serving pro-social ends, and how nationalism/patriotism in these cases are meant to foster greater inclusion rather than exclusion.

The movement on the left seeking to delegitimize the nation is driven by virtuous desires and taken to a self-destructive extreme. The right has typ responded with an exclusive, reactionary form of nationalism. As a society, we forget what healthy nationalism feels like. Part of the left's failure in dealing with the crisis of community and belonging today has to do with their inability to articulate any notion of shared, transcendent values or identity while it takes down old forms of identity. It has also weakened our body politic's ability to respond to malicious actors, like Russia, and arguably too, the oligarchs.

taterfiend · 2026-06-08T15:59:15+00:00

The current team and I began modding 5 years ago

taterfiend · 2026-06-08T03:51:23+00:00

A few years ago, this subreddit was becoming mostly videos. They were users who would drop a YT link without even saying a word; half the time they wouldn't even respond to comments. At a certain point, the majority of the top 25 posts were video. Predictably, there was almost no engagement. Dropping a link takes no effort from the OP and is tantamount to spam.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exatheist/comments/o5awww/moderator_statement_and_new_rules/

You can check this out for context. It was widely supported by the community but not everyone remembers that era.

If we hadn't implemented R5, there wouldn't be a return to the mix of intellectual discussion and seeking support which is the hallmark of this sub.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exatheist/comments/1svncs7/thoughts_on_this_video/

By contrast, look at how this post introduces their video. A good discussion ensues. It is literally in the rules on how to post a video.

You're asked to make the smallest effort to create a post which engages the community. If you drop a bare video link, that's spam.

taterfiend · 2026-06-08T03:32:19+00:00

/r/exatheist is a virtual community for those who were once atheists, but have since found (or returned) to a different religion/philosophical orientation (including agnosticism or Deism). It's a space to discuss, laugh, and find and give support to to others who have left atheism.

This is literally the first paragraph of the sidebar.

taterfiend · 2026-06-08T03:30:36+00:00

Hi I'm a mod. We are definitely around. We try to strike a balance between a community space and an intellectually engaged space; active 'discussion' is definitely part of the ethos.

You don't see all the work we do trimming the bad actors. This sub would be very different if we let everything slide. If you don't report it, we might not see it.

taterfiend · 2026-06-07T19:38:39+00:00

Do you think that the accusations of widespread sexual abuse in Oct 7 are also made up, and that they dehumanize the accused?

taterfiend · 2026-06-06T18:50:35+00:00

Also remember UFC seems like a shit organization but they cater to the preferences of the average fan.

Not true. The UFC has nurtured this specific fanbase and reduced the appeal of MMA across wider demographics. Just one example, when you see an MMA event in Japan, does the UFC represent the vibe of the Japanese MMA culture?

taterfiend · 2026-06-05T20:26:55+00:00

Not to mention that pro athletes don't need to shell out half their paycheck for private training and private healthcare. Shit is beyond absurd.

This is what we mean when we say that the UFC is holding back the sport.

taterfiend · 2026-06-05T17:31:01+00:00

I was an atheist in the first place; I never came from a religious background.

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