Iranian leaders believe memes about the US being third world and deindustrialized that are put forward on social media by the dregs of American society (who confuse their own personal misfortune for US economic decline), resistoid posters, etc
I don't think that Iran's IRGC has understood the meaning of the American shale revolution — and its impact on geopolitics. If they see high US oil exports as a vulnerability, they are getting it very, very, very wrong:
(From the IRGC's "Letter to the American people".)
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Reminder that to the extent that rape is about violating bodily or sexual sovereignty women rape men everyday.
Sticking their tits and ass out in their tight clothes evokes an involuntary response from men, which we're forced to sublimate and process all the time.
It doesn't imply we're on the verge of *acting* on it, we can handle it for the most part, but lets not pretend this doesn't occupy space in men's minds 24/7 and we've been forced to adapt to it because women get off to feeling sexy and powerful from that.
Quite literally, when they do this they are *taking* something from us the same way actual rape *takes* something from them. For them it's their sexuality and sovereignty, for us it's sexuality but in a way masculinity, or at least it tries to. Since it pulls that kind of sexual energy from us it is pulling our masculine vitality, and we're forced to battle against that all the time.
This is the actual problem men have with porn, it feels like it strips them of their masculinity by training them to indulge in and be dependent on sexuality, which is a woman's primary power over him, thereby emasculating. Tits and ass out in tight clothes is a microcosm of that
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People don’t know this but I also was born in Stalingrad
Andre Kohn was born in Stalingrad in the former Soviet Union. He has been based in USA since 1992. I love this painting. The colour palette and composition just seem so pleasing to me. I'm going to share it today - a wet and windy Wednesday. Enjoy! Hold on to your hats! 🤠👋
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Ever noticed how narcissists seem to avoid direct questions? Ask something simple and suddenly you’re getting excuses, deflection, a completely different story, or somehow you’re the one being questioned instead. ??
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The 5 girls you’ll meet in NYC:
1. The boss girl — Makes $250k, works 70 hours a week, has a better apartment than you and can fit you in for drinks three Thursdays from now.
2. The JAP — Grew up on Long Island or Westchester, parents still pay for half her life, and already knows which country club your future kids are joining.
3. The brunch girl — Hasn’t cooked since 2022. Saturday starts with “one mimosa” at 12:30 and somehow ends at 2am in the West Village.
4. The Pilates girl — $400/month membership, matcha every morning, 12k steps a day, and owns enough Alo to qualify as a shareholder.
5. The “can’t find a man” girl — Has 3,000 Hinge likes, gets approached every weekend, has been on 47 first dates this year and insists there are “literally no men in NYC.”
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I don't totally disagree with this. A lot of it is true (although it downplays Egypt's role).
But who SHOULD have controlled crossings and airspace, if not Israel? Should Hamas have controlled them? So they could just send terrorists into Israel and rape/kill civilians?
“So it wasn’t an open-air prison?”
That is one of the most common comments under photos of Gaza before October 7. Apparently, a beach, a restaurant, or a beautiful building is supposed to prove that people were free.
“Open-air prison” describes restrictions on people’s freedom, not how nice their surroundings look. Those photos also rarely show Gaza’s overcrowded refugee camps or the poverty in which so many people lived.
Before October 7, Israel controlled Gaza’s airspace and its crossings. And they controlled what entered Gaza. Leaving to study, work, or receive medical treatment depended on permissions many people could not obtain, and it required bribing Hamas to put their name on the list of those who were allowed to travel.
Israel’s control even extended to calculating Gaza’s food needs in calories. That calculation is documented, not simply an allegation.
Recognizing Israel’s responsibility does not excuse Hamas’s role in making life unbearable in Gaza. Hamas imposed exorbitant taxes on people, prompting repeated protests against its policies. These abuses deserve attention too. People who call Gaza an open-air prison should also be willing to address Hamas’s role in making it one.
But yes, Gaza was an open-air prison. When external powers control your life, severely restrict your ability to leave, and determine what goods and food are allowed in, a beautiful shoreline does not make you free.
Palestinians finding moments of happiness under those conditions never meant those conditions were acceptable.
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“So it wasn’t an open-air prison?”
That is one of the most common comments under photos of Gaza before October 7. Apparently, a beach, a restaurant, or a beautiful building is supposed to prove that people were free.
“Open-air prison” describes restrictions on people’s freedom, not how nice their surroundings look. Those photos also rarely show Gaza’s overcrowded refugee camps or the poverty in which so many people lived.
Before October 7, Israel controlled Gaza’s airspace and its crossings. And they controlled what entered Gaza. Leaving to study, work, or receive medical treatment depended on permissions many people could not obtain, and it required bribing Hamas to put their name on the list of those who were allowed to travel.
Israel’s control even extended to calculating Gaza’s food needs in calories. That calculation is documented, not simply an allegation.
Recognizing Israel’s responsibility does not excuse Hamas’s role in making life unbearable in Gaza. Hamas imposed exorbitant taxes on people, prompting repeated protests against its policies. These abuses deserve attention too. People who call Gaza an open-air prison should also be willing to address Hamas’s role in making it one.
But yes, Gaza was an open-air prison. When external powers control your life, severely restrict your ability to leave, and determine what goods and food are allowed in, a beautiful shoreline does not make you free.
Palestinians finding moments of happiness under those conditions never meant those conditions were acceptable.
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the "Hard Problem" in a nutshell:
1. atoms aren't conscious
2. humans are made of atoms
3. humans are conscious
4. so at least one of 1-3 must be false
Panpsychists say #1 is false
Dualists say #2 is false
Illusionists say #3 is false
Materialists say #4 is false
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once ASI is here and living somewhere because of "work" becomes pointless, people with money will just move to the nicest places on earth
Mediterranean climate, ocean, mountains, good food, beautiful isolated towns
places like this are going to become insanely valuable
probably worth buying real estate there now
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It’s incredible how much wealth SF entrepreneurs have created and how little of it has gone toward building culture.
Where are the great museums, new architecture, music venues, public spaces?
Silicon Valley should aspire to leave behind more than ephemeral software.
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Can anyone from the UK please explain when a man can be called a c*nt? In the US the term only applies to women.
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Could any guy please explain the loyalty men have for their mothers? My husband won’t tolerate any criticism of his mom despite decades of bad behavior on her part.
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Then she should worry about her husband and her household. You control your household and keep her out of it. If your husband continues to act like a child, get a divorce, it will never change
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The other way around, mother's compete with potential wife's be ahead they feel their child belongs to them, it's fucking sick
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It's amazing how many people will block someone else in this forum that is DESIGNED for debate and discussion, just because they don't like what was said or how it was said.
Some people can't handle being in the arena of ideas...if the ideas are different from theirs.
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The question was, "Do you have some need to criticize his mom?"
Your accounting of her behavior doesn't answer the question.
He wouldn't need to defend his mom to you if YOU didn't need to criticize her.
So, why do you? What's the point? What's your motivation or end-game?
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