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Everyone should read King Leopold's Ghost if they haven't.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Everyone should read King Leopold's Ghost if they haven't. I ordered a copy yesterday after someone mentioned itt.
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Jun 13, 2020 01:54
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Lady Disdain posted:I ordered a copy yesterday after someone mentioned itt. It's an excellent book but do not expect to come away with it feeling good about things.
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Jun 13, 2020 02:07
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Inceltown posted:It's an excellent book but do not expect to come away with it feeling good about things. Oh, I absolutely don't. I'm in it for the cathartic misery.
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Jun 13, 2020 02:33
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Well if you have room for seconds then read A Long Way Gone. It's about child soldiers, told by one of them, during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Edit: My friend's sister went through that war too. Her stories about it are...not very happy. Solice Kirsk has a new favorite as of 03:15 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2020 03:12
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I'll add it to my list, but honestly, I'm dyslexic as poo poo, and reading is a sloowwwwww process for me. It'll probably take me the rest of the year to finish Leopold's Ghost, and who knows how I'll feel by the end of it.
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Jun 13, 2020 07:31
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Lady Disdain posted:I'll add it to my list, but honestly, I'm dyslexic as poo poo, and reading is a sloowwwwww process for me. It'll probably take me the rest of the year to finish Leopold's Ghost, and who knows how I'll feel by the end of it. You're reading King Leopold's Ghost? Be strong. Then when you inevitably need help remembering that humans CAN be cool, go here: History Book thread, I asked for uplifting history books due to King Leopold's Ghost. The thread delivered.
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Jun 13, 2020 14:18
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StrixNebulosa posted:You're reading King Leopold's Ghost? Be strong. Then when you inevitably need help remembering that humans CAN be cool, go here: Thanks. I think I'm going to order a Mary Roach. I was really interested in her after I saw her interviewed by Adam Savage, then forgot all about it.
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Jun 13, 2020 14:45
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StrixNebulosa posted:You're reading King Leopold's Ghost? Be strong. Then when you inevitably need help remembering that humans CAN be cool, go here: Not a book, but something that keeps me grounded when dealing with inhumanity: Robert Ardrey posted:We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted to battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.
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Jun 13, 2020 15:06
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https://i.imgur.com/BPHXDBF.mp4
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Jun 15, 2020 04:42
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Does not end with a basket rattling down a plastic pole and trapping a mouse. 3/10, cannot recommend.
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Jun 15, 2020 05:55
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Wearing a soccer jersey but using his hands, canceled 
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Jun 15, 2020 07:41
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Is this that Rube guy I keep peering about?
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Jun 15, 2020 10:56
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Cocaine Bear posted:Is this that Rube guy I keep peering about? Rube on a bike presumably  https://i.imgur.com/9QuVtqH.gifv https://i.imgur.com/l02fFbs.gifv
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Jun 15, 2020 11:13
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The full video's here, and it's fabulous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAEBNEscL0c
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Jun 15, 2020 12:24
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He's going to feel so betrayed when they tell him the floor was not, in fact, lava.
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Jun 15, 2020 15:00
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I would love to see this in reverse where he ends up in the basket hoop.
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Jun 15, 2020 22:04
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Zteuer posted:I would love to see this in reverse where he ends up in the basket hoop. https://i.imgur.com/XhFKEEI.mp4
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Jun 15, 2020 22:41
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The Ginger Rogers of gymnasium parkour.
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Jun 15, 2020 22:58
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Lady Disdain posted:The Ginger Rogers of gymnasium parkour. Not unless you photoshop in heels.
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Jun 15, 2020 23:18
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I hope y'all don't mind, as I'm going to do my mom a favor - she's part of the group that cares for a local state park, and she spent a whole month organizing and then watching this chainsaw project get done. She had a local artist friend shoot and edit a pretty cool video of the project, and I figure it's badass enough to share here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9G06auINA4 Prof. William Casey chainsawed back to life at Mexico Point Park 
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Jun 19, 2020 15:19
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I remember visiting relatives in Northern Maine and they insisted that we go and see a local "world famous" chainsaw sculptor. We get to the guy's place and he's out there sawing away on a log. He was doing impressive stuff considering he was in his late 70s and had a total of about 4½ fingers.
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Real peak master race looking piece of poo poo right there.
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Jun 30, 2020 03:45
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I was going to say that is the least fuckable person I've seen all week, and that includes Commando Ken and Karen from St. Louis
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Jun 30, 2020 04:30
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Pretty sure that’s an orthodox jew she stole the sign from, so maybe “master race” isn’t the best word choice?
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Jun 30, 2020 05:26
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Aw man, I'm used to seeing that kind of bullshit from Christians; I had no idea the orthodox were in on it too. Am I supposed to apologise on behalf of all Jews ? Is that how this works ? I swear, we're not all like that, etc.
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Jun 30, 2020 08:37
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  I hear you.'rear end in a top hat' must be the one true religion, It's remarkably consistent regardless of local flavour.
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Jun 30, 2020 08:44
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By popular demand posted:'rear end in a top hat' must be the one true religion, It's remarkably consistent regardless of local flavour. Damnit I'm stealing that, it's perfect
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Jun 30, 2020 11:17
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The sign in question even literally says 'Jewish'. Oops. This is why the whole 'where is your chin LOL' meme is dumb, it doesn't matter at all whether or not they actually are Aryan supermen, the point is that the ideology is fundamentally repugnant regardless. Anyway, I don't know why anyone would be surprised at this, Orthodox Jews aren't exactly known for being progressive. Or is that they're participating in a public demonstration in a Western country? I guess in a paradoxical way it's a sign of integration, too bad it involves them being assholes.
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Jun 30, 2020 11:47
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Phlegmish posted:The sign in question even literally says 'Jewish'. Oops. This is why the whole 'where is your chin LOL' meme is dumb, it doesn't matter at all whether or not they actually are Aryan supermen, the point is that the ideology is fundamentally repugnant regardless. This. They're definitely not known for being progressive, but they're also not known for having much to do with anyone outside their community.
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Jun 30, 2020 12:17
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Fair point. I remember the protests against gay marriage in France a few years ago. There are many within the more traditionalist quarters of the Muslim community that take a dim view of same-sex relationships, but the demonstrations were largely a white Catholic affair, from what I read at the time.
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Jun 30, 2020 12:39
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Lady Disdain posted:Am I supposed to apologise on behalf of all Jews ? Is that how this works ? I swear, we're not all like that, etc. No, group guilt based on race or whatever is stupid as gently caress.
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Jun 30, 2020 14:40
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Alternative pants posted:No, group guilt based on race or whatever is stupid as gently caress. Agreed.
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Jun 30, 2020 14:47
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Alternative pants posted:Pretty sure that’s an orthodox jew she stole the sign from, so maybe “master race” isn’t the best word choice? Lol, nah, he's a hateful bigot. I don't care if he's in a specific group or is nice to animals or whatever; there's no room in society for trash like him.
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Jun 30, 2020 15:52
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Lol I think those are the Jews that hired day laborers to hold anti-gay signs to make their crowd bigger.
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Jul 1, 2020 05:25
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TontoCorazon posted:Lol I think those are the Jews that hired day laborers to hold anti-gay signs to make their crowd bigger. I'd never heard about this before, so I googled it, and loving lol: the men were supplementary troops, filling in for the Jewish students who would normally be called upon to demonstrate. “The rabbis said that the yeshiva boys shouldn’t come out for this because of what they would see at the parade,” Mr. Freed said.
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Jul 1, 2020 08:06
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Sounds like they may have lost some yeshiva boys to the parade.
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Yeshiva Boys is the name of my new gay Jewish hardcore band, we mostly play Limp Wrist covers with the lyrics changed to make them more Jewish and even gayer
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