[CW: bigotry] Had an encounter with overt transphobia today...
  • Des Des 25m ago 100%

    yeah going to start referring to that as the d slur

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  • Senior Israeli officer killed during fighting in northern Gaza
  • Des Des 33m ago 100%

    wow that is very satisfying. just like obliterated that fucking tank and that piece of human excrement inside

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  • Live in a red state? Tell all of your liberal friends to vote PSL!
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    in some states they are just listed as two women with no party affiliation so use that how you will

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  • What's going to be your job on the hexbear compound?
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    i can do lots of handyperson stuff excluding plumbing or carpentry (but can learn). im not a tradesperson but do good DIY work and have plenty of tools

    also clean and cook. if you let me i'll see where i fall on the femme-butch scale when i wake up each day and assign me tasks based on that

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  • The Spaghetti Zone
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    data-laughing as a person of Spaghetti heritage this is great

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  • 12 Years and $700 Million Later, What's Going on With Star Citizen's Development?
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    in contrast to this: Hello Games took their space sim that was pretty shitty and sparse on release and quietly perfected it into something worth playing over the years as well as putting all their promised features in it (No Man's Sky)

    they are taking that experience and also making a co-op fantasy game that looks like Breath of the Wild with dragon/giant bird riding with a gorgeous procedural world the size of a small planet Earth

    so yeah

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  • Catgirls Deserve Emojis Too
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    these are cute i need them

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  • Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    come on Russia. im sure you need some tasty sugar, rum, cigars, etc. and you got all this oil that's complicated to sell on the U.S. dominated market

    (but honestly wish China would just donate a bunch of solar panels or do a Belt & Road and build them some power plants in exchange for some port access or something)

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  • A broken clock is right twice a day
  • Des Des 2d ago 100%

    while i want a blossoming off original art in such a world i also really want to see where artists take things when everything becomes public domain.

    like how theres some really amazing fanfics out there that put the original works to shame. but with a crew of thousands of dedicated people working on it and huge grants from the State Art Fund

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  • Subnautica 2 - Teaser Trailer
  • Des Des 3d ago 100%

    yeah i just want to be a deep sea xenoplanetary explorer and do science

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  • Enver Halil Hoxha - New General Megathread for the 16th-17th of October 2024
  • Des Des 3d ago 100%

    inexpensive Caribbean jerk soup from the discount bin, very spicy but good for this chilly day comfy-cool

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  • "Pro-Palestinian protesters are the absolute worst, they’re now targeting attendees at a weapons expo with their harassment"
  • Des Des 3d ago 100%

    how tf is this not satire?

    who in their right mind thinks a military weapons expo is the bridge too far?

    you literally cannot get any closer to the root without just storming the offices of zionist politicians

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  • Programmer posts satire as part of their mental breakdown, and Reddit does what it always does
  • Des Des 4d ago 100%

    heres some ways to handle it:

    most people want to do meaningful, rewarding work. the people declared "lazy" or those adverse to any and all work are most likely (1) disabled in some way or (2) have mental health issues that need resolving first. there tiny fraction of people who even in FALSAC would do nothing but stare into space all day are probably practically non-existant

    you shouldn't have to face the prospect of a tortuous death just to go to be exploited.

    one i typically use on chuds or conservatives that want to force everyone to work, including the tiny amount of people in the U.S. on some sort of welfare or assistance: okay now they are your co-worker and partly your responsibility now. your job is on the line if they can't do theirs (this one only works IRL and only as a way to justify some sort of state welfare programs, not socialism)

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  • :pain:
  • Des Des 5d ago 100%

    republicans blocking, supreme court, parliamentarian, some democrat switching parties, political capital, long-term study, etc, etc, etc, etc

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  • You ever wonder what @TransComrade69 and @BrookeBaybee are up to?
  • Des Des 6d ago 100%

    cat-trans omfg i want to believe so i will

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  • Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
  • Des Des 6d ago 100%

    ugh can't believe crpyto is doing another pump. if it gets official U.S. state backing (which like you stated, looks inevitable) it's going to go above 100k and might stay there until the empire falls

    still not fucking with btc but good luck to anyone that wants to try to make some money off this dying husk

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  • How do you feel about people who refuse to eat anything other than slop? (fast food, microwavable shit etc)
  • Des Des 6d ago 100%

    this likely applies mostly to western, dual or single income adults trying to keep afloat with no household support:

    i think time and exhaustion from work, family, etc are the #1 factors after financial means

    it used to be convenience but i think that's cover (by the corps that sell the slop) for "everyone is so drained and few can afford professional chefs"

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  • first time i've ever bought these. suggest how to do toppings i have: - refried beans - other beans (black, red, pinto) that i can cook - salsa - hot sauce - guacamole (i am a millennial after all) - one of those garden salad kits, lettuce onion etc non-vegan (vegetarian) ingredients ::: spoiler spoiler sweet cheddar, white cheddar, sour cream ___ ::: should i make a flat taco? multiple layers? bake it? i dunno

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    this mostly applies to the U.S. but also most of the western world: As Marxists we know that most policy is driven by what capital allows or within the increasingly narrow range of acceptable discourse it allows within bourgeois dictatorship Obviously it's not a conspiracy of ten guys in a secret room but a general consensus that develops from a chaotic web-like oligarchy of money peddlers, influencers, lackeys, billionaire puppetmasters, etc But this really, really hurts Capital. they need the influx of cheap labor or face the real threat of forced degrowth. and we know every ![international-community-1](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fd4de2130-a0bd-47de-858f-b6d491c75bdc.png "emoji international-community-1") ![international-community-2](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fe1592766-a6f4-4f23-a7a7-9068d7bd1c29.png "emoji international-community-2") including ![russia-cool](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F12a4c0a8-3cff-4c5f-9ccc-62d176aa88dc.png "emoji russia-cool") is trying to make it harder for people to be childless but short of forcing people to procreate at gunpoint.. - so why allow this to become a bipartisan consensus (U.S.) instead of say throwing some scraps of social democratic programs? - or in Europe's case allowing these parties to come to power instead of reversing some neoliberal austerity? Is this a case of anti-immigration just being easier to do vs. building resiliency into the system? i mean it's always easier to write laws crimializing stuff and throwing cops at a problem i suppose Or something else?

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    since it's a ![freeze-gamer](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F64e86ed7-7aee-4c1a-8219-bb980ce5b062.png "emoji freeze-gamer") thing my partner and i don't trust random youtube channels not to be just some "anti-woke" shit

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    so i've thought about getting a script as a sort of one-two punch. one, to save my thinning hair so it can still look cute. two, the side effects would be scary if they weren't basically just "ooops you transed yourself" ![ohnoes](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F9d5590b8-c1ae-488d-9efc-d7db54dce851.png "emoji ohnoes") oh noes... what ever will i do if i grow boobies and my body hair thins but seriously, some of the side effects (depression) I thought were maybe from cis men getting gender dysphoria but seems even transfemmes have experienced it. at least reading some reddit posts anyone had experience with this? i'm hoping it can be a sort of gateway to everything else. dip my toes in the hormone adjustments and minoxidil has never seemed to work for me. i know i won't get my hair line back but i'm cool with that.

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    neurodiverse Des 6mo ago 100%
    I feel bad when I don't reply back to a comment

    just wanted to let everyone know that i do read everything, react IRL, and upbear. my social anxiety and ADHD has crawled even into my posting/commenting online which i was immune to when younger. i was wild in early forums and chatrooms also not sure how long is too long to reply. things move slower in the lemmyverse but i'm so afraid of a reply being too "stale" whats everyone else think about reply/comment protocol real or imagined?

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    neurodiverse Des 9mo ago 100%
    Recommend me a note taking app for my ADHD

    this is what i need/am looking for: 1. note taking on android, maybe PC too. 2. easy to check them off, ability to set it to push notification about specific notes 3. tied to a calendar 4. voice to text capabilities. i need to be able to dictate a reminder on the go. 5. preferably free but i would totally pay for these features. just not subscription model

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    art Des 10mo ago 100%
    People's Union of America: New York 2098 (Part of the China 2098 series by Fan Wennan)

    Commiepunk ![sicko-wistful](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/397348a3-d5bd-4b5b-94d6-2048118e5238.png "emoji sicko-wistful") I love the little details like the 3 arrows poster in the newstand. one for $, one for the republican party and one for the democrats. apparently the PUA is a democratic socialist state led by a coalition of the CPA and a socialist party. [more art by Fan Wennan](https://www.artstation.com/nangesfg)

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    really feels like the true spiritual successor to dragon age 1. also the goblins are way too adorable despite being sadistic little creatures.

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    i don't even know if this is the best brand or we but it's only good when the peppers are pickled not just like dried red pepper flakes like the cheap american brands have.

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    it's been a long time but i was never able to get them to come out right so i've stuck with canned. i've been getting into these "all in one" meals for meal planning and want to do some rice and beans

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    i've talked to left and right wingers in person about this and most seem to agree with this concept or contributed to it. at the vaguest level it's perceived as two groups, the neoliberals/neocons and the populists. the populists have a left (berniecrat, demsoc) and right (trumpian, nazbol-lite) wing. the neos are all the old guard repubs (mitch) and centrist/corporatecrats. at their most basic understanding of this they believe the populists are trying to help the people while the neos only care about the markets. obviously this struggle is being heavily catalyzed by the 2k checks.

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