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· Feb 15
I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic
And what's more leftist than that
And what's more leftist than that
Amazon.com
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November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This thing is amazing
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This thing is amazing
I'm sitting here earnestly waiting for it to charge like "oh boy :)"
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I'm sitting here earnestly waiting for it to charge like "oh boy :)"
I got the same level of excited about buying a wearable battery powered heated blanket as I did when I bought DMT for the first time in my 20s, I think its all downhill from here
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I got the same level of excited about buying a wearable battery powered heated blanket as I did when I bought DMT for the first time in my 20s, I think its all downhill from here
Yeah I saw a clip the other day of him finding out Nick Fuentes pulled a "we're not so different, you and I" about Israel and he just looked so dejected
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Yeah I saw a clip the other day of him finding out Nick Fuentes pulled a "we're not so different, you and I" about Israel and he just looked so dejected
I gotta say, I'm usually pretty indifferent to Hasan Piker, but god bless that guy for making a point to constantly reiterate the importance of not conflating Zionism with Jewish people as a whole
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I gotta say, I'm usually pretty indifferent to Hasan Piker, but god bless that guy for making a point to constantly reiterate the importance of not conflating Zionism with Jewish people as a whole
Exactly. I ditched the zionism indoctrination and became very vocally pro-Palestine from ~2015 onwards
But now that anti-zionism is becoming a more mainstream stance outside of leftist circles, it's increasingly common to see it packaged with antisemitism & I'm flinching away from the discourse
But now that anti-zionism is becoming a more mainstream stance outside of leftist circles, it's increasingly common to see it packaged with antisemitism & I'm flinching away from the discourse
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Exactly. I ditched the zionism indoctrination and became very vocally pro-Palestine from ~2015 onwards
But now that anti-zionism is becoming a more mainstream stance outside of leftist circles, it's increasingly common to see it packaged with antisemitism & I'm flinching away from the discourse
But now that anti-zionism is becoming a more mainstream stance outside of leftist circles, it's increasingly common to see it packaged with antisemitism & I'm flinching away from the discourse
I hate that I've developed this anxiety around anti-zionism discourse because I'm always anticipating seeing someone who doesn't know how to talk about Israel w/o saying some real stupid shit
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
I get this vibe of “why won’t the Jews stop whining when there are real problems in the world” from some of you — even some Jews — and I would offer that this is not the way
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I hate that I've developed this anxiety around anti-zionism discourse because I'm always anticipating seeing someone who doesn't know how to talk about Israel w/o saying some real stupid shit
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
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You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
Oh my god I just remembered a recent scandal (bc, again, this community is pure chaos) where an author forgot to delete the Chatgpt dialogue when she copy & pasted the text into a microsoft word doc.
A fully published book with "Would you like me to polish the dialogue further?" prompts mid-page
A fully published book with "Would you like me to polish the dialogue further?" prompts mid-page
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh my god I just remembered a recent scandal (bc, again, this community is pure chaos) where an author forgot to delete the Chatgpt dialogue when she copy & pasted the text into a microsoft word doc.
A fully published book with "Would you like me to polish the dialogue further?" prompts mid-page
A fully published book with "Would you like me to polish the dialogue further?" prompts mid-page
There's definitely this thing in the arts where you grow up as The Talented [x] Kid in your small town, move to a city for art school and spiral out when you realize EVERYBODY there is a Talented [x] Kid & you're actually quite mid by comparison
But you just gotta deal. It's good to be humbled.
But you just gotta deal. It's good to be humbled.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There's definitely this thing in the arts where you grow up as The Talented [x] Kid in your small town, move to a city for art school and spiral out when you realize EVERYBODY there is a Talented [x] Kid & you're actually quite mid by comparison
But you just gotta deal. It's good to be humbled.
But you just gotta deal. It's good to be humbled.
Oh that is true. Like...yes it sucks you got played by a viral marketing campaign, it sucks to feel like you got bait and switched, but also: Sometimes a book you bought is disappointing. Oh well.
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oh that is true. Like...yes it sucks you got played by a viral marketing campaign, it sucks to feel like you got bait and switched, but also: Sometimes a book you bought is disappointing. Oh well.
It's tempting to feel bad for her, for sure, like I think everyone does at first, but if you keep following it your patience runs out & you start to realize they're just kind of an asshole
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's tempting to feel bad for her, for sure, like I think everyone does at first, but if you keep following it your patience runs out & you start to realize they're just kind of an asshole
Sure but this isn't like "I think I might have ADHD", trying to make sense of your own behavior stuff.
It's literally just coopting a diagnosis to seem unique and/or to exploit it to justify bad behavior (i.e. "I didn't try to groom that minor, my alter did, so you can't be mad at me")
It's literally just coopting a diagnosis to seem unique and/or to exploit it to justify bad behavior (i.e. "I didn't try to groom that minor, my alter did, so you can't be mad at me")
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sure but this isn't like "I think I might have ADHD", trying to make sense of your own behavior stuff.
It's literally just coopting a diagnosis to seem unique and/or to exploit it to justify bad behavior (i.e. "I didn't try to groom that minor, my alter did, so you can't be mad at me")
It's literally just coopting a diagnosis to seem unique and/or to exploit it to justify bad behavior (i.e. "I didn't try to groom that minor, my alter did, so you can't be mad at me")
I think a lot of it is Dunning Kruger. I also get the feeling they were told they were a gifted genius by adults far too often growing up and now their sense of self-worth hinges on the belief they're a writing prodigy
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I think a lot of it is Dunning Kruger. I also get the feeling they were told they were a gifted genius by adults far too often growing up and now their sense of self-worth hinges on the belief they're a writing prodigy
Oh no of course not. It's just the inevitable conclusion of Terminally Online Brain Rot where a bunch of immature teens/20 somethings insist they can feel pain in VR Chat so if a user walks through their avatar, they fake a panic attack & their friends all yell "THAT'S ASSAULT. YOU ASSAULTED THEM"
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Oh no of course not. It's just the inevitable conclusion of Terminally Online Brain Rot where a bunch of immature teens/20 somethings insist they can feel pain in VR Chat so if a user walks through their avatar, they fake a panic attack & their friends all yell "THAT'S ASSAULT. YOU ASSAULTED THEM"
You've never heard of My Immortal?? Oh my god. Oh my god dude it's like *the* platonic ideal of shitty fanfiction
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
You've never heard of My Immortal?? Oh my god. Oh my god dude it's like *the* platonic ideal of shitty fanfiction
It is, it's painful
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It is, it's painful
Oh its a whole thing in VR Chat spaces, like just full of these indoor kid types insisting they start talking like Light Yagami sometimes because they have dissociative identity disorder
Then, god, the whole "phantom pain" thing
Then, god, the whole "phantom pain" thing
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Oh its a whole thing in VR Chat spaces, like just full of these indoor kid types insisting they start talking like Light Yagami sometimes because they have dissociative identity disorder
Then, god, the whole "phantom pain" thing
Then, god, the whole "phantom pain" thing
It's like their "I have DID, I turn into Sephiroth when people piss me the heck off, you do NOT wanna mess with me" shit is a roleplay in & of itself. Like meta roleplaying.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It's like their "I have DID, I turn into Sephiroth when people piss me the heck off, you do NOT wanna mess with me" shit is a roleplay in & of itself. Like meta roleplaying.
I used to do nerdy fanfiction roleplaying shit in chat rooms as a 12 y/o and it's kind of horrifying to realize how many Indoor Teens now think doing this is the same as having DID
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I used to do nerdy fanfiction roleplaying shit in chat rooms as a 12 y/o and it's kind of horrifying to realize how many Indoor Teens now think doing this is the same as having DID
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
I got a strangely thrilling sense of horror from imagining what it would be like if I blew up online from publishing the awful Redwall fanfics I wrote in 5th grade
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I got a strangely thrilling sense of horror from imagining what it would be like if I blew up online from publishing the awful Redwall fanfics I wrote in 5th grade
I also now have "Conviction Woods" carved into my brain forever
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I also now have "Conviction Woods" carved into my brain forever
Exactly. Like, in the middle of watching a video essay on it, it hit me like a ton of bricks that "oh my god they're the Elizabeth Holmes of shitty YA fiction"
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Exactly. Like, in the middle of watching a video essay on it, it hit me like a ton of bricks that "oh my god they're the Elizabeth Holmes of shitty YA fiction"