Agree, keeps threads alive much longer as well. On eg reddit it’s usually not worth it posting in a thread after about 2-3 hours. On here threads sometimes stay active for multiple days.

Based

Either something remote, programming related, or something hands on. Carpentry or some kind of wood working would be awesome. Other than that possibly fishing/seafood related maybe.

Love productive manual labour, but while relatively well paid under capitalism sometimes you also feel the exploitation to such a degree I just can’t do it long term under current status quo.

Many prisoners say they enjoy the jobs, if only because it gets them out into the free world and gives them something to do

Yes, because incarceration has been made such a horrible experience over the past decades with torture techniques like solitary becoming standard MO that inmates prefer slave labour over it.

those I tried getting in touch with never replied

Seriously, why does this happen so damn much? I’ve had plenty people tell me irl this happened to them, happened to me before and I hear it online all the time. These orgs and parties should be starving for members and yet it’s seemingly super common for them to ignore interested people entirely or to stop responding after 1 or 2 really keen messages.

Good tip, but still kinda insane we’re at the point where stuff like this needs to be shared so people can make it through winter.

Man I wish lol. I’d be surprised if they know who Chomsky is. The lingustics part probably came from their lack of knowledge of any philosophy and thus equating philosophy and semantics (“lingustics”). Then they picked up somewhere that Marx was a philosopher and as such assumed Kapital is a work of philosophy (and thus being void of empiricism).

It’s just crazy how bourgeois propaganda managed to give people this insane confidence about schools of thought and works they evidently haven’t got the slightest clue about. That person wouldn’t dare making such broad claims about any work else. But Marx - haven’t read a word of his, but can confidently say exactly what it is and isn’t and even the contents of a 3 part tomb of a work. How? Well one just knows.

Nah. Mostly pointless arguing about communism with people that understand neither capitalism nor communism and haven’t read a word of Marx or any Marxist.

Had someone tell me Das Kapital is a work of linguistics and an opinionpiece void of empiricism. Naturally they hadn’t read a word of it or any political/economic theory ever for that matter, but were completely adamant about their position.

You can’t argue with someone like that. Most libs are like this. They’ll just nod it off or go on anticommunist tirades they’ve picked up somewhere from someone.

Is he genuinely based?

Fair, that’s based af. Cricket can stay

Insanely popular eg in India and Pakistan. Don’t think it’s actually posh, I was mostly just joking. I just loathe watching it and my brain for some reason lumps polo and cricket together lol

American football, because US degeneracy. Also cricket, because I don’t get it and fuck Bri*ish posh as fuckin aristocratic sports.

Meme politician still whinging about that meme event. Does she have anything relevant to say at all anymore?

True. Haven’t used it in years, because the content is just straight garbage. Reddit and Twitter comments are unhinged and mostly low quality, but there’s some value there occasionally. Facebook even years ago was just the lowest of the low, most ignorant and straight up stupid, racist, reactionary boomer fucks. And because pretty much everyone I know has stopped posting there a long time ago, it is nothing but clickbait headlines and infuriating boomer comments anymore.

“They made his shoulders small so now he’s feminine” energy.

Lmao is that what the “claw” thing is about?

Nah I haven’t looked into the nofap thing for a very long time, but not surprising they’re at third eye esoterical bs now. Some years ago it was only at the “it gives high test and thus makes you an alpha gigachad” stage from what I remember.

But yeah, the pseudo science in right-wing spaces always seems to get totally unhinged even back to the OG Nazis (the Himmler faction especially). Like nofap, even some of the pickup and Jordan Peterson self improvement stuff started out from fairly innocuous stuff, just people seeking to get off porn addicition, social awkwardness, struggles with depression, basic self-care, etc. Then it inevitably just goes off the rails with unhinged esoterics and pseudo science. Just look at JP. Man went from telling people to clean their room to having mental breakdowns about god and the spirits and whatever constantly. Nofap to what you described. It goes on and on.

What does this even mean?

He leans towards her, so he’s a beta male and she’s dominating him or something. People believe this unironically, but it’s also become a meme at this point.

More insanity

Don’t remember what exactly the finger one means, but it’s essentially skull shapes for sexes. And in some way ofc means she’s an illoyal slut etc pp

Motherfuckers can’t even bring themselves to acknowledge the existence of the DPR - the whole fucking reason for this war.

They weren’t sentenced in “Russian occupied Ukraine”, the supreme court of the DPR sentenced them. Afaik btw these mercs have been fighting against the DNM for years, long before this invasion started, because this god damn war started 8 years ago, which the leddit brain also can’t comprehend.

Rising costs of transportation have made delivery of the products to the US more expensive.

Uhm can’t they just take the bike. It’s really not that hard and we all need to do our part.

Seriously this is horrific. Baby formula and tampons - these are like the bare bones most basic necessities. The level of instability in the US and its total inability to provide even the most fundamental needs for its citizens, while waging and funding wars and regime changes around the globe is staggering. All while US children are being slaughtered in their schools every damn week.

Honestly, how the fuck is this supposed to last another decade?

How was Kazakhstan in general and did you visit any of the other -stans? Possible to get by without Russian?

I’m really toying with the idea of visiting them or Mongolia this year, but they’re so out there as a destination for Westerners so none of my friends have been there before.

In terms of actual theory Principles of Communism by Engels is probably the best entry point imo.

Other than that Black Shirts and Reds by Parenti is usually the most recommended for newer people. Has a bit of theory in there iirc, does a terrific job at addressing some of the most prevalent anti-communist talking-points and is overall just a nice, easy to read, comprehensive introduction.