ratboy

I had to read the interview with Rufina Amaya for one of my Latin American studies classes in college. I had to stop and go smoke cigarettes and cry a couple of times while reading it; I'd never been so viscerally impacted by something I read before. That interview was key in radicalizing me

Yeah, I guess the idea of being so self interested that you'll sacrifice your integrity is l what I have more trouble with, I suppose. Like I don't trust conservatives at all, I just could never put myself in their shoes to get why they think what they do in a lot of instances

Hmmmm I think skipping hair shampooing/conditioning or not wetting your hair every shower cuts down significantly. Some days when I have low spoons, I only really focus on scrubbing up the essential body parts. Also focusing on exfoliating every other shower or something may help and is probably better for your skin. Also not shaving in the shower, especially if youre shaving legs/pits/etc. I'll fill the bathroom sink with warm water and shave that way, when I do.

I've never thought to pick loose hairs. When I wash my hair ill try to gather those so I don't clog the drain but usually once you towel off and dry if there are hairs stuck to you they will kinda fall off.

He wants the imperialism to be more competent

lol this is such a great phrasing and I think helps to answer my question pretty fully. I also appreciate how you described horseshoe theory perspective that most libs/"centrists" have. Context seems to almost never be taken into account, for anything. Not having rich context is what has made me apprehensive to voice a strong opinion on the Russia/Ukraine conflict. I just know that the backing of the US already made me extremely suspicious of it from the get and that there was more going on than "Russia bad scary evil guys who want to dominate!!!".

I had just started reading up about the conflict more in depth the night that I posted the question, and after reading everyone's responses I just went back to see that there is no meaningful discussion around the Nazi infiltration (of course). I plan to re-read them both and I hope that it will be much more clear to me the objectives of the writers in contrast with the general communist stance

So in this instance, a lot of people have pointed towards China being the reason for this position. So then would the "source" be that they are more concerned with propping up Russia to thwart China's economic growth?

Yes I was referring to Republicans, I do not consider Democrats to be leftists in the least lol. I appreciate your detailed response; I suppose it's just always bizarre to me when Republican talking points converge. I imagine that if you ever were to say to a Republican that their stance on the war is a communist stance they would lose their fucking minds. I just started trying to research the conflict the night that I posted this and found out about the Euromaidan coup and all of that so I'm starting to get some context; but I also don't know a lot about China either. Having a broader understanding of the relationships between the 3 (US, Russia, China) and NATO would probably help answer a lot of these questions for me, so I guess I better get to researching

It's really difficult for me to understand people who don't have strong convictions. Like I get how, perhaps, but it's so foreign to me.

Thanks for this; I think having a understanding of "realism" helps to frame it a bit, which I didn't have prior. One of the articles I linked is from an agency led by Kissinger I think, so that framework is the main influence there. I haven't kept up with anything about China, Russia, or Ukraine so I think that lends to my confusion not being able to connect all of those dots.

Would China be more of a threat due to its economic growth?

Might be???? It was tiny, like not a real tank it was a meme type video shared I believe. I had no idea that there was a CHAZ tank thats brilliant

Okay Hella weird, I scrolled by this post the other day, and then this morning it showed up in my YouTube suggestions. I'm not mad at it but damn the algorithm is all knowing and powerful. We both must have immaculate taste in music lol.

It just gets better and better as it progresses; there's a song around the 30 minute mark that is just perfect

I'm drunk and trying to find this post from hexbear or lemmygrad that someone made with a link to a video of someone driving a tiny tank all over the street and WRECKING some curbs and I cannot find it but NEED it so if anyone knows what the hell I'm talking about pls link me I spent like an hour scouring the page for it

The Xzibit memes on 4chan at the time were choice 🤌