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Ericthescruffy [he/him]

@ Ericthescruffy @hexbear.net

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  • Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani

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  • I think what the article is highlighting though is that while the material things he was offering are the primary reason for his victory...what's genuinely wild and kind of a game changer is that its not even really accurate to say he won in spite of the third rail issues of Israel and antisemitism claims he was weighed down with. Its looking like there's very little evidence to suggest that it even hurt him or had any impact at all. That should scare the shit out of the DNC.

  • Good Eating: Ezra Klein and Abundance libs realize that China is blowing past the United States

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  • I always find it so hilarious that neoliberals will simultaneously build their lives and world views around hypothetical technological solutions that will resolve resource/logistical realities like magic and then turn around and say that the problem with Communism is that its too utopian or idealistic.

  • Theory

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  • I personally know like several guys here in the US that would enter into a relationship with an obviously evil demon if that demon had a cartoonishly artificial set of booba.

    I mean to be fair...some of us are into obviously evil demons for their personality....

  • Shocking image reveals the Pope's final moments

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  • He should have been the one to fill his dark soul with LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTT!!!!

  • I have one day a week for maybe 45min at a gym...

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  • Honestly in your position I would say just skip the gym altogether and focus on doing 20-30 minute or calisthenics/cardio using some household items and a pullup bar at home. Pullups, dips, squats, etc.

    I get your time is limited but it's pretty much always gonna be better to get a little bit of exercise every day then a huge amount once every 7 days.

  • misandry vs misogyny

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  • Misandry definitely isn't a systemic issue but I feel the need to push back to say: men are systemically oppressed. The whole point of the concept of patriarchy is that while the form is different both men and women can be both oppressed and oppressors under it. Part of the entire reason why MRAs are completely full of shit is that basically all of the issues they are concerned with, to the extent that they are real issues, (ie family court) can all be traced back to patriarchy and capitalism.

  • Red Son. Soviet Superman.

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  • If anyone is wondering:

    The Animated movie and the Comic share designs and a few plot points but are actually radically different executions of the concept. Actually I should really reread the comic because I was a huge lib when I did the first time, but I remember it being far FAR more sympathetic to the USSR and more cynical towards Luthor and America.

    One key change for example is that in the movie, Superman goes to see a Gulag and then, horrified at what he's seen, comes back and heat visions Stalin in cold blood to do a Coup. In the comic: Stalin and Superman actually have an extremely ammicable relationship with Stalin seeing him as something of a Son, prompting his son Pytor to poison him with cyanide out of jealousy. Superman actually declines to lead the party initially until he is strongly encouraged by his childhood friend Lana. Don't even get me started on the ending.

    It is definitely Liberal ultimately in that the moral of the story is about how Superman shouldn't interfere with human affairs and how the ends never justify the means and blah blah blah....but its at least a much more nuanced and thought out story then "WHAT IF SUPERMAN, BUT BAD!!!"

    Edit: Like one detail I really enjoyed is that even though the USA and President Luthor are kind of the "heroes" in a sense, the Comic is VERY explicit that even in THAT universe, Luthor is still a selfish egotistical narcissist whose primary concern is beating Superman just to prove that he's better. Any "good" that he accomplishes is practically incidental.

  • Why are all podcasts...

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  • Was literally what I was about to post! Maddox is absurdly lame and narcissistic and Dick is a Trump supporting reactionary shithead but maaaaaaaan...the chemistry and spitfire between the two when they were together in "Biggest problem in the universe" was out of control and it might actually be funnier in hindsight when you realize how much they genuinely hate each other's guts. By contrast: Maddox's own podcast is basically unwatchable trash and Dick's, while markedly better, is just full on chud now.

  • If you ask US Americans what was "evil" about East Germany, they'll almost always say "the Berlin Wall"...

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  • Lol, well duh. You don't have to be from North Korea to see a hollywood spectacle and discover "the true meaning of love" and be completely entranced and seduced by the american idea of "freedom". You just have to be young and stupid. That's exactly what Hollywood fucking exists for lol. Complete solidarity with the CCP and I'm a sucker for it myself....but sometimes I wonder if they regret allowing the MCU to become a thing there.