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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I figured a good way to see how the average person is doing in the current economy would be to see what the ramen sales are like.

 

I’m a massive fan of Dystopian Fiction and have read several classics in the genre, but I recently heard about “It Can’t Happen Here” and it sounded exactly like a novel I’ve always wanted to read, but never knew it existed. After having read a bit of it so far, and am curious how this book is not more prominent in this country especially in todays political culture? It hosts a lot of political opinions that are eerily similar to a lot of opinions today so I would think it would’ve been more well known.

Everyone talks about Brave New World and Orwells works, but why am I now just hearing about Lewis’ novel?

Seems like it’s something that should be mandatory reading in every American high school.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

Glad we’re focusing on the real issues….

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love my iPhone mini 12. I’m a smaller person with smaller hands than average and the Mini just sits in my palm perfectly.

It’s a real shame they got rid of it. It’s just felt “right”.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Something tells me we’re seeing the start of the fall of the free internet.

Everything seems to going the route of subscriptions/paywalls.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Im pretty sure I have some trauma from watching all the Liveleak executions as a teenager back in the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes and that is a genuine and valid argument against Israel’s actions. It’s the cycle of violence.

What Israel is doing in response is wrong.

But I’m shocked at people actually applauding Hamas and their actions.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nah man. Hard disagree with you there.

There’s no way you can kidnap, behead, rape and kill innocents or attack a music festival and call yourself the good guy. If you do, then you’ve got a fucked up moral compass.

I don’t like the shit that Israel has done to the Palestinians either, but Hamas is a terrorist organization only using the Palestinians suffering as a weapon of influence for their abominable beliefs.

They don’t give a shit about Palestinians. They care about power and killing Jews.

The world isn’t as black and white as you make it out two be.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Israels military has been built specifically to handle a war with every country in the Middle East. It’s the reason why Israel has mandatory service and why basically every Israeli is a reservist.

And they’re massive military is a big reason as to why a lot of people don’t like them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It’s such a fucked up situation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (14 children)

The Palestine vs Israel argument is a legitimate one that needs to be addressed.

However, Hamas is nothing more than a terrorist organization that uses the struggles of the Palestinians to stay in power much like how the Israeli government often does the same to their own people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

And all Hamas has done is poured fuel on the fire. It’s so fucking sad and gross.

 

I really love beautiful books and collecting them. I have a few of those classic hard bound books from Barnes & Noble and some of the imitation leathers from Discount Books, but I see the Folio Society and am shocked at the price.

But I hear the quality is great.

I’m considering purchasing Rendezvous with Rama. The art looks beautiful and the story sounds super intriguing, but it’s $100…

Are they worth the price?

Have you ever purchased one and thought it was a waste?

 

So essentially I took a class last semester, passed it, but didn’t learn shit because I rarely attended the lectures (worked evenings, class was in AM, used the hour to catch up on sleep). I didn’t realize how important the class was to my major, and now I’m seriously struggling in my current classes.

Have you ever had to retake a prerequisite in order to better understand a subject?

 

I just had to report something to the police that will probably end a very close friendship of mine, but it was something that was totally not okay and I had to do it. But I still feel like a piece of shit for it. Have you ever felt like this and how did you get through it?

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