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i just wanted to shitpost for gods sake
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Judge Dredd Scott posted:hell yeah brother. goons gotta get over their weird performative gen-xer hating anime thing its really weird to witness all the time honestly. like hating an entire country's output in a single medium for ????? reason is real insane especially this late in the game 
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Mar 4, 2021 04:29
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:I mean, we know the reasons, but yeah it's time to let it go weirdos Racism? Is that the implication?
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Mar 4, 2021 04:30
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can someone explain the political economy of the discworld setting to me. this is vital to the boot discussion.
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Mar 4, 2021 04:32
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Atrocious Joe posted:can someone explain the political economy of the discworld setting to me. this is vital to the boot discussion. Anhk-Morpork's government is just Xi's China.
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Mar 4, 2021 04:55
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Some Guy TT posted:i have i have also bought expensive lovely things that broke much sooner than i expected and i too thought that was a universal human experience Yes but this impacts you more when it's harder to replace, because you have less money. It's easier for wealthy people to endure and recover from financial mistakes op.
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Mar 4, 2021 04:55
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Some Guy TT posted:i have i have also bought expensive lovely things that broke much sooner than i expected and i too thought that was a universal human experience these last couple pages have me dying irl Pop Culture thread: i have also bought expensive lovely things
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Mar 4, 2021 04:56
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It may be expensive being poor, but have you considered that Tesla cars exist?
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Mar 4, 2021 05:00
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how does the communism forum not get that the quote attributes poverty to some structural defect of the world instead of exploitation by capital also pratchett is for children
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Mar 4, 2021 05:13
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at least pratchett could use a loving comma
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Mar 4, 2021 05:17
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some expensive things are lovely, thus cheap things are always as good as expensive things, it is only logical
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Mar 4, 2021 05:17
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ArmZ posted:how does the communism forum not get that the quote attributes poverty to some structural defect of the world instead of exploitation by capital book man sucks so they can't read it properly sorry
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Mar 4, 2021 05:21
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ArmZ posted:how does the communism forum not get that the quote attributes poverty to some structural defect of the world instead of exploitation by capital it doesn’t attribute poverty to anything, it merely discusses one of the benefits of being rich/things that suck about being poor by distilling it to a relevant example
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Mar 4, 2021 05:26
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*drops a ken loach dvd in front of a girl* "whoops i dropped my very serious dvd that i use for my very serious brain"
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Mar 4, 2021 05:32
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personally, i know that i expect my poor working-class fantasy protagonists to be well-read in theory and able to converse intelligently on slavoj zizek's observation that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism
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Mar 4, 2021 05:32
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Eox posted:at least pratchett could use a loving comma punctuation is for cowards
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Mar 4, 2021 05:32
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Wheeee posted:some expensive things are lovely, thus cheap things are always as good as expensive things, it is only logical theyre not always as good as expensive things theyre just less likely to be as good as expensive things the difference may or may not justify the higher price tag it depends a lot on why the thing is more expensive commodities are not priced according to their usefulness and im baffled as to why i have to keep repeating this given that its a no duh observation in any other context on this subforum
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Mar 4, 2021 05:33
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indigi posted:it doesn’t attribute poverty to anything, it merely discusses one of the benefits of being rich/things that suck about being poor by distilling it to a relevant example uhhhh that's exactly what it does
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Mar 4, 2021 05:35
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well meaning goon attempts to understand poverty, fails itt
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Mar 4, 2021 05:46
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the section quoted doesn't specify the extra costs associated with poverty as the cause of poverty. however, the idea of "a theory of socio-economic unfairness" does imply that there could be a fair class system. Discworld is by a British author where there is less of the US assumption of a fair capitalist system allowing for social mobility. The selection is criticizing how poor people are ripped off. However, it hopes for a fantasy world where they are still poor, but have some money to spend. i've also bought cheaper boots to save money and had them fall apart so I ended up spending more overall. so maybe my personal experience is warping my perception of those two paragraphs of children's lit.
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Mar 4, 2021 05:50
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Atrocious Joe posted:
yeah we call that socialism
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Mar 4, 2021 05:54
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Some Guy TT posted:commodities are not priced according to their usefulness and im baffled as to why i have to keep repeating this given that its a no duh observation in any other context on this subforum You "have" to keep repeating this because you're doing a drat good job of ignoring the large number of other people who are telling you that your head is up your rear end
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Mar 4, 2021 06:23
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ArmZ posted:how does the communism forum not get that the quote attributes poverty to some structural defect of the world instead of exploitation by capital The Goon drive to contrarianism leads to looking like they can't comprehend a children's fantasy book series KomradeX has issued a correction as of 06:43 on Mar 4, 2021 |
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Mar 4, 2021 06:41
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Atrocious Joe posted:i've also bought cheaper boots to save money and had them fall apart so I ended up spending more overall. so maybe my personal experience is warping my perception of those two paragraphs of children's lit. i find that when i actually crunch the numbers on my boots related expenditures the ones that cost more dont actually last that much longer commensurate with their price a ten dollar pair might last me three months but if a fifty dollar pair only lasts a year then the cheap boots are actually a better value this doesnt even get into random accidents that will render boots of all prices equally worthless which is another reason to favor cheap disposable commodities over expensive ones of allegedly higher value
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Mar 4, 2021 06:44
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Your gimmick sucks
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Mar 4, 2021 06:49
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is there a gas leak where half of you live what the gently caress be normal
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Mar 4, 2021 06:51
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Some Guy TT posted:this doesnt even get into random accidents that will render boots of all prices equally worthless which is another reason to favor cheap disposable commodities over expensive ones of allegedly higher value lmao
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Mar 4, 2021 06:57
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It's a good passage because it tells you a lot about how the character thinks and feels, which is what is actually important in a loving book.
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Mar 4, 2021 07:17
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what the gently caress are you doing with your boots, even forest firefighters and the like see long term value in high quality leather boots your comments suggest that you have no idea what the gently caress and are conflating 'good boots' with expensive fashion brand items
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Mar 4, 2021 07:25
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i have actually made the distinction between good quality boots and expensive boots multiple times you are the one who has been deliberately conflating these two terms into having the same meaning
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Mar 4, 2021 07:28
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if i see a certain word starting with B and rhyming with roots one more time, i'm gonna lose it
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Mar 4, 2021 07:55
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Who is your favorite funk bassist?
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Mar 4, 2021 08:02
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Some Guy TT posted:
Is your alt account name's "Yahtzee"? Because there is zero punctuation going on with your posts, goddmann Solar Tornado has issued a correction as of 08:19 on Mar 4, 2021 |
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Mar 4, 2021 08:17
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Some Guy TT posted:i have actually made the distinction between good quality boots and expensive boots multiple times you are the one who has been deliberately conflating these two terms into having the same meaning yes sometimes expensive things are bad
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Mar 4, 2021 08:27
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and for that matter theres no ring world full of funny british goblins or whatever ive enver read the books. who does this terry pratchet guy think hes fooling?
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Mar 4, 2021 08:28
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I like rewatching the wire and realizing nearly everyone is a shithead
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Mar 4, 2021 08:45
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baltimore is the friendliest city in america
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Mar 4, 2021 08:52
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i do wonder why nobody's tried to cancel pratchett for his books about china / the middle east. iirc they were pretty orientalist, I remember the phrase "they have whips in their minds" was repeated throughout one of the china ones. it was may have been more a parody of orientalist works but that's always a fine line to walk, you'd think somebody would have at least tried it for the clout i guess i forget that it's fine to be publicly racist about state designated enemies like china
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Mar 4, 2021 09:38
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the one concession im willing to make on the whole chinas taking over are hollywood thing is that worrying about the chinese market has probably helped make movies less racist as this is a positive impact no one ever wants to talk about that particular angle
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animist posted:i do wonder why nobody's tried to cancel pratchett for his books about china / the middle east. iirc they were pretty orientalist, I remember the phrase "they have whips in their minds" was repeated throughout one of the china ones. it was may have been more a parody of orientalist works but that's always a fine line to walk, you'd think somebody would have at least tried it for the clout fwiw I remember a few bits regarding racism in Discworld that are Not Great stuff like "these dwarfs sure would be better off if they'd just stop feeling so oppressed all the time" and all of the members of the Fair Treatment For Dwarves Society (or whatever) being humans, how hilarious that they aren't even members of the minority that they claim is so oppressed
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