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⬆ Socotra Island in Yemen, occupied by the US military
Yesterday I was just thinking to myself I wonder if the US has occupied this island
my friends’ group chat is talking about Iran’s attack and is repeating the “Israel stopped 99% of the missiles and drones, what an overwhelming victory for Israel” shit. I don’t have the energy or will to argue with them about it so I’m just ignoring the chat for a while
Ask them how much $ they needed to stop iranian old drones.
This week had an extremely good start! 🇮🇷🇵🇸🇸🇾🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇶
Anti-semitism was born out of the rejection of multiculturalism and diversity that jewish people brought to the different places they lived, a completely reactionary sentiment.
Now it is the israelis that reject multiculturalism and diversity! fucking reactionary shithole that place is, and they have the nerve to claim that they’re the real jews.
I did a test to see which party I should vote on and the party that matches with my answers the most is… the Green party. Which is not my party lol.
Since becoming a socialist, my results for those tests have become very unpredictable, which shows you how unreliable they are. When I was a GroenLinks voter, the results for those tests would always be GroenLinks. Those tests don’t take anti-establishment thoughts in account
Really the only thing most of these tests seem to be good at is having people puzzled and/or laughing at their results.
I got green the last time I did it as well
How is the month half over? I haven’t even started on my work for the month yet. Where did the last two weeks go? I feel like I need to get someone to help me stay on track and focus on my work or something, like a personal manager.
I mean, how is it april already?
I know right? Feels like 2023 just started a month ago, not 15 months ago.
Tips for engaging with the US Military
if they live by u, like on a base, this is some good stuff to do. I can’t confirm or deny if I or my friends have engaged in any of this:
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feed them dog treats: u can dress up like ur handing out free samples at the mall, and give the service members dog treats. it’s pretty fun
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pretend ur out of gas: this is my personal favourite. somewhere near base pretend to have run out of gas. eventually a bunch of jarheads will show up to help you push ur car, stay inside slightly riding the brake. they’ll keep trying, let them, but just like really wear them out. for a fun twist, start ur car after they get exhausted and drive away flipping them off
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set up online dates with them and then don’t show up. this one’s just funny and obvious
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send terrible Grindr guys to their room: only do this to bad guys on Grindr but this is also really funny
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I really dislike ads, so usually I have them blocked, but not all my devices have it done yet. Usually it’s just capital trying to get me to buy things so I just scroll past, but just over the weekend it was scary how quickly ads relating to Iran’s retaliatiatory action started popping up with the obvious slant you would expect in the west. There seems to be a concerted effort to start beating war drums… This is not including the horrific ads I’ve seen coming from Zionists over the last half year with blatantly genocidal language. I even reported those ads and nothing came of it of course.
I guess to sum up: ads can and are used as political tools to shape ideology. Yet another reason to get everyone you know on an ad blocker.
I always like seeing what the enemy is doing but at the same time it is energy vampirism having to witness all the repetitive dogshit they force down your throat from every fucking direction I HATE BILLBOARDS I HATE ADS I HATE COMMERCIALS I HATE BANNERS I HATE FLYERS I HATE SPAM I HATE LOGOS I HATE PRODUCT PLACEMENT I HATE SIGNS I–
I hope you all have a nice week :D
yes, and a merry new week to you as well, comrade phone
raccoons these days have no respect smh
Counter argument raccoons are the best animal
that is a factually incorrect statement and thus I will disregard it
Raccoons are the true proletariat animal stealing from rich people and eating from trashcans
I’m not saying they’re not in the top 10 but claiming that the only clade of large semi-aquatic rodents is not number one and the vanguard of the revolution in South America is unacceptable in this community and may lead to harsh measures
I hope you have a better one
wait my mom is a duck now?
Does your mom kwak?
… maybe… you dont know… YOU DON’T KNOW MY MOTHER
I see I upset you I am sorry I won’t refer to your mom again
She goes Honk instead
you too comrade oppo 🫡
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I did not make this picture but this is in the Netherlands (cringe)
At least it’s the beautiful hilly part of the country and not the ugly polder part
Oh my , I thought it was turkiye for a second because how it looks . 🤣
You too :D
Thank you comrade Oppo I hope you do too!
You too, comrade phone! Hehe
The derp is strong with this one
Bless
No, you! :3
Comrade Xi better explain to me why “beautiful nation” in chinese means USA.
it’s just phonetic, there is no meaning for it.
That’s not what my Chinese textbook printed on the USA says lol
some cringeass quisling must’ve come up with the word
Are they wrong? America is a genuinely gorgeous country who’s natural beauty and diversity is incredible.
Everything else? Well….
Let’s say for argument’s sake that Genocide Joe is too worried about reelection and decides to actually not send direct American assistance. Isn’t “Israel” potentially biting off way more than they can chew?
I guess that depends on who would ally with Iran. I think Israël vs Iran would be somewhat of an even match, but a coalition between Iran and other (Arab) countries might be too much for them. But then again Israël has nukes so…
Other than nukes, here’s hoping isn’treal/US is too depleted to risk a confrontation with Iran. They’ve been careful with Hezbollah, so they must know they can’t handle Hezbollah + Iran simultaneously. But of course part of me wishes they’d go for it and collapse.
My guess is the rabid dog is going to do its rabid best, its going to cause horrible suffering more but, it is just accelerating its own demise, and I’m telling myself that this course of violent self destructive death throes will actually in the long term end up saving more innocent lives across the world.
Israel is completely fucked and irrational to the point that it can only be described as suicidal. The U.S. is too it just hasn’t entered its unbridled burning madness stage. How could you be the pinpoint of evil on humanity and not be suicidal after all.
Yeah, this is a definite possibility as well.
so far it seems the u.s. is happy to take advantage of the situation (iran), which isnt a good sign. another aspect is private contractors, which can apparently be deployed with less oversight. 😓
Are Northern academics under pressure to fill some sort of anticommunist quota in order to appease their publishers? That would at least explain why they have to shoehorn in their dissertations these irrelevant potshots at communism, even when they’re self‐contradictory like this.
Did we give the Jewish populations back their stuff before June 22, 1941? Or did we dispossess them only a little bit? Which one was it?
I think I’m finally doing this “touching grass” thing people talk about, I just got an e-bike a few days ago so I’m finally able to get out of the house in a meaningful capacity since I can’t drive and I’m horribly out of shape, this lets me get around to places I need to go somewhat comfortably on my own while still letting me get a decent amount of physical activity (certainly far more than the near-zero I got before)
I’ve done a few trips just for fun and it’s nuts just how much more you pay attention to and enjoy the environment compared to in a car, but today I did a grocery run and it was also very practical, I got a decent pannier bag I can clip to the bike that can be used as a shoulder bag or backpack and it holds a pretty decent amount
Very cool, outside time is a must, it helps in small ways for me I know. Anything better than zero is better, we all struggle to take care of ourselves. Victories add up. Props.