Ah alright, gotcha. Personally I refrain from generalizing that line of thinking, not because I don’t wish the worst to those people (I really do - fuck 'em) but because dehumanization to me is a slippery slope, it has lead to the worst atrocities and I refuse to think the same way the ‘enemy’ does. But I really understand why you do it.

But they are human. They not something different, they are just like you and I are, they just don’t give a shit about other humans. I’m trying to say we are all the same species, they all had the potential to NOT be that monstrous and that makes what they’re doing even worse. Would they just be ‘inhuman sociopathic piece of shit’ that would mean they couldn’t help themselves, but they could, they are human, they could be nice and loving and caring and instead choose to not be and that’s worse.

If I understand what you’re saying right, then that’s exactly what I was saying. These people are not some different species, some terrifying unimaginable thing, they are humans.

Dehumanizing divorces these evils from the human soul. It pretends that only monsters would do such evil. The ss men in the concentration camps were not monsters, they were humans who loved their wives and children, that doesn’t diminish their crimes it just clarifies that those evils lie within humans. That makes those crimes even worse in my opinion, because it proves those people are capable of love and are capable to tell right from wrong and they willingly ignored their love and humanity to do such evil.

We all carry the same potential for evil, it’s better to acknowledge that than to pretend there are monsters with human clothing among us.

Yeah, and also Russian/Chinese oligarch regimes. What’s your point?

Don’t ask about Porsche, Opel, Bayer, Adidas… basically any German company that existed in that period.

The Guards’ statement included a reference to another ship, which it said was hit by projectiles - usually a reference to drones - on Wednesday morning.

I was wondering that, from the pictures of at least the Thai Cargo ship the damage looks to be too minor to be from Anti-ship Missiles. Looks like Iran is holding back those for more meaty targets like US warships and the geography makes it hard to catch all those before they get to be a real threat. Just one of those slipping through can cause massive damage.

Well was it a Noor, Qader, Ghadir, Ra’ad, Nasr-1, Kowsar, Zafar, Khajir Fats, Hormuz 2, maybe an old expect they had lying around.

(I was just going to make the joke and name 2 or 3 Anti Ship Missiles, then looked it up and was amazed just how many different ASM systems Iran has in their arsenal, that list isn’t even half of the models listed.)

That’s such a clever trick - to make that whole thing about who pressed the button on that specific missile instead of having a debate about how starting the war created the circumstances that made the pressing of the button possible in the first place.

Do you not own the ID itself

I don’t know about the US but here in Germany you don’t, all those official documents are property of the federal republic.

You can drown in an ocean or drown in a puddle, the result stays the same.

Careful with that quote, it’s by Kevin Alfred Strom a Neo-Nazi from an 1993 essay in the national Vanguard, a white nationalist publication and it refers to the antisemitic trope of world Judaism.

I’m not criticizing you, just want to contextualize it because it could be misconstrued to be a antisemitic dog-whistle, especially in the context of the linked article.

Ah yes, going out on the balcony for a smoke, maybe some sunlight.

“I stand for my beliefs,” Spud said after the two were separated. “I’m going to peacefully stand here and support my beliefs. I support ICE and law enforcement,” Spud said.

“You can go peacefully f–k yourself!” the student who punched Spud yells.

What a legend.

“That’s against school code. No swearing in the school,” Spud responds.

And what a weasel.

I have tidal now for over 2 years and I am very satisfied with it. Catalogue is all I want and need, quality is amazing and the suggestion feature works very well for me. Discovered quite a lot of new music and old stuff I already forgot about. So I can recommend tidal.

Yeah…kinda?

Damn, people are seriously responding to this. I thought it couldn’t be more obvious.

So? What does it matter? What’s the downside? Lemmy needs more content and engagement, here it is.

Btw you are engaging too. If it is bait the intention of your engagement does not matter, only that you engaged, that’s how rage bait works for example.

This problem sounds so stupid and absurd, but that’s what I’m dealing with…

It does not. You’re feeling lonely, desexualized, maybe ostracized - that is tough, it sucks and it’s not stupid. Those feelings are valid and you’re suffering because of those feelings. When people say that their problems or their suffering isn’t worth mentioning or it’s minuscule I always counter that you can drown in an ocean or drown in a puddle, it doesn’t matter, your suffering is real. And when you say you’re feeling lonely - that is always serious, loneliness can be such a deep and heavy feeling that it’s hard to overstate.

not very pretty

If that’s you in your profile picture I would disagree, your eyes are stunningly beautiful. And if not I would still disagree without having ever seen you.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, people are attracted to different things and sometimes people think some things about you are attractive that you don’t even know or think about.

I am sincerely convinced that this is the main reason why men have never approached me. I’m also quite socially awkward

We men are simple, but people in general are complicated. I may be that your young looks are a factor, it may even be a substantial factor, but it surely isn’t the only.

Men are self conscious too, especially younger men. Approaching someone romantically can be super intimidating and even if you can work up the courage, you still have to make your interest clear, I can’t count how often I was able to initiate contact but still failed miserably to convey my romantic intentions. And just because I don’t act or look shy when interacting with you doesn’t mean I am not terrified on the inside.

Your looks are only a part of who you are, looking very young might be a limiting factor for first contact in settings like bars or bigger social events but those are hook up situations and from what I’m reading from you I think it’s not what you need or want necessarily. You want to feel desired, but you also want to feel yourself. You want to feel less lonely. Those are things a hook up won’t fix, at least not lasting, trust me.

Like others mentioned, go out, meet new people, make friends, that will give you more self confidence and you will learn what is desirable about you, physically but also in your character. And once you’ve learned what is desirable and attractive or even admirable about you it will come easier, you learn how to play to.your strengths, what social setting suits you the best, how you make yourself approachable and most importantly - you’ll learn to love yourself for who you are and you will be happy with yourself.

I promise you, you won’t feel that way forever. You’re not there yet, but one day you will. It might not be tomorrow or next week, but it will come sooner or later. Hang in there stranger <3

Yeah that looks correct, good job!

The wooden stock and the magazine assembly look more like a suomi KP/-31. On the ppd the wood either extends beyond the magazine shaft or it is a two-part wooden stock but it also extends beyond the magazine.

Only thing I can’t quite make fit with the suomi is the air cooling holes in the barrel cover, I can’t find any pictures of a suomi or ppd with only two holes in a row, they all seem to have more.

You’re right about it not being a ppsh, as far as I know they had curved stick magazines not straight ones.