This is just the epitome of the white liberal misunderstanding of racism and how it functions. Yes these things are the same. This is why people refer to “active racism” as you call it, as “going mask off”.

The polite veneer that Democrats place over their support of racist policies is the reason MLK and Malcolm x cautioned against the “moderate whites”.

I’ve always been a fan of using an asterisk, which I refer to as starcasm

Came to see if there were poe references in the comments and yours was on top. Salutations, exile

Very intriguing concept and immediately compelled me to play more. Also, I was sitting at the bar when I started playing and someone noticed it over my shoulder and asked what it was and if it was on iOS. I told them it was open source so probably not but they noted the name anyway. I think you’ve got something good in the works here!

My only notes so far are that the options are a little confusing at first glance and that the area where you drag shapes from is too close to the zone where you drag up to switch apps so I kept accidentally switching while trying to move pieces.

Otherwise great work! Looking forward to losing track of time playing this in the morning before work 😅

I’m genuinely curious why. For me it’s an undeniable classic with pitch perfect writing and delivery. The only bit that doesn’t really land is the fart scene which goes too long, but I recognize how subversive it was at the time all the same.

So what don’t you like? Is it too edgy with the racial humor? Is it just dated boomer humor in general?

I can’t speak to the options in Portland, but I’m forced to use quantum by my apartment complex due to an exclusive contact they have, and it’s mostly fine. Their website and app are fucking awful to use, and in many cases just don’t work, which results in me having to call support when I have issues. Fortunately their phone support has been solid.

I have a fiber gigabit connection and the speed is great even through a VPN. In the year I’ve been using them there have been few outages and they were fixed quickly.

Edit: fwiw, I was using a private torrent tracker for a while and all of my torrents suddenly stopped connecting one day and I’ve never been able to get them to start up again, nor any torrents from other trackers. I was sure it was due to some fuckery from quantum blocking torrent traffic, but nowadays I use torrentio with no issues, so idk what the deal is, but worth considering if you’re a big torrent user and have options

It started with “fully automated luxury gay space communism” memes in 2015 or so. Up to that point I had considered myself a libertarian in my early 20s, and a progressive liberal in my late 20s. Those memes made an impression on me that lingered in the background, and I saw them as a counter to the growing support of white supremacy and fascism that Donald Trump represented.

I think the big turning point for me was 2020, with the George Floyd protests laying bare the fascism that already existed in the US, and the complete failure of the government to care for the citizenry while bailing out the corporations. Those events crystallized my feelings that capitalism was a failing system and led me to find out more about Marxism and the reality of socialist philosophy, as opposed to the propaganda about it that I had grown up with.

These days I proudly call myself a socialist and strive to explain the concept to people I talk to whenever it’s relevant. I think so many more people would think of themselves as socialists if they simply understood it better.

Change my mind guy is Stephen Crowder. Funny how many people have been making that mistake

Alive 2007 is the best daft punk album and it’s not even close

Love this album, and I still sometimes jokingly shout “shut up! I’m trying to be funny” at my friends if they interrupt me. The songs are amazing but the crowd interaction is just as memorable for me

MLLLM is gonna be the next big thing

That was the voice of the people the Dems failed to sway with their centrist militaristic bullshit. They tried to court the right and it was a bad plan that made them lose. I voted for Kamala because I was worried about Trump. That was the last time they will earn my vote that way. Fuck them.

The Democrats ran a bad campaign and lost. It’s not the fault of people who didn’t vote for them, it’s theirs.

Can this meme format die already? It was mildly funny 10 years ago but at this point it’s the equivalent of writing “meme:” in the top text

Sanest shitlib

I installed mint on a new laptop recently and it was completely painless. To be fair I’ve used Linux before but it’s been over a decade and I didn’t have any major hiccups. I installed steam and was playing games within 15 minutes of finishing the install. The UI is very familiar and comfortable for windows users and the entire ux seems to be designed around not making you use the terminal unless you have to. I highly recommend trying it out.

I see, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for deciphering it

I’m not getting the Cinco de Mayo thing mostly

Edit: also the lint thing, the Formica thing… It’s giving 4chan parentheses but you’re on hexbear talking about anti fash so I know it’s not that.

This reads like genAI gibberish but I fear that I’m just old and not hip with the slang kids are using. I hate the future

Not so much a quote as a poem, but it’s brief so here’s the whole thing:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man, It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself.

• “This Be the Verse” by Philip Larkin

As for what it means to me, I think it speaks for itself. It’s bleak and devastating, yet beautiful. I love the elegance and simplicity of the writing. It’s the only poem I have memorized because it’s so aesthetically pleasing and emotionally resonant. It has stuck with me since I first heard it over 10 years ago.