How bad do we all think things are likely going to get in the west/imperial cores? How quickly do we think the west's internal spiral to fascism is going to proceed?
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 6h ago 100%

    Agreed. Fascism forms to the superstructure of the culture it inhabits. Police’s history being rooted in slave patrols and their relationship to lynch mobs could become relevant again. Or on the less distributed and more centrally planned side of things (camps, etc) I don’t see us scaling up what we did to the Japanese in WWII, but I do see massive expansions of privately owned prisons with deteriorating oversight as being on the table. And speaking of lack of oversight, some cross between residential schools and the troubled teen industry could quickly become the “solution” to the existence of queer children.

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  • Just Classicist Problems
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 7h ago 100%

    He was trying to not get cancelled by the woke mob (derogatory)

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  • Cracker here, but maybe that wouldn’t do any good at all?
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 16h ago 100%

    Are there any tribes that, given sovereignty over their own land, would institute an electoral college? I don’t believe any of them are currently run that way.

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    5.6 million vacant homes and counting: There is a massive housing crisis brewing in America
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 17h ago 100%

    That’s a lot of vacant homes. How many people are unsheltered? That might help fill them.

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  • first as tragedy, second as farce.
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 1d ago 100%

    It’ll be Elon doing a forced irony poisoned meme on his behalf

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  • first as tragedy, second as farce.
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 1d ago 100%

    Dude’s too evil to die young

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  • first as tragedy, second as farce.
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 1d ago 100%

    2 vice presidents in a row would be pretty funny for sure

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  • What's the Hex Party Line on this??? (CW: discussion of sex)
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 1d ago 100%

    At what amount of friction does it become sex?

    Mormons have entered the chat

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  • The most virulent homophobes are suddenly fierce gay rights supporters whenever Palestine gets mentioned
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 3d ago 100%

    “I just imagined you getting hate crimed by brown people smuglord

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  • WinAmp's Open Source Story Is Over
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 3d ago 100%

    What did they realize that they open sourced their product a decade too late for anyone to actually revive it?

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

    Fundies: Humans were clearly intelligently designed!

    Human “design”: haha lead tastes sweet for some reason

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  • Make it quick
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 4d ago 100%

    This is unironically what my TikTok FYP has felt like ever since Madeline Pendleton got in trouble for pointing out that Angela Davis was part of the Communist Party and also for posting receipts that she (Madeline) had been approached by a company on behalf of the Democrats trying to pay her to promote Harris.

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  • Trans Megathread for the Week of 10/14 to 10/20
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 4d ago 100%

    An acknowledgement would be nice. I’ve had people compliment it before. That would be nice too. Just something.

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  • Trans Megathread for the Week of 10/14 to 10/20
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 4d ago 100%

    Wore a skirt in front of my mother in law for the first time today and I could see her see it and then pointedly not acknowledge it. Why is this the most common reaction that I get? It’s maddening

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  • weird questions from a supposedly drunk person
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 4d ago 100%

    Yeah most of their work on people who are actually organizing involves a broad range of osint and social engineering shit, not just correlation of IP addresses

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  • (cw: transphobia) So like... whats the angle here?
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 4d ago 100%

    This is an appeal to believers in American meritocracy. They’re saying that the presidency is for people who are competent and Trump is not that. He believes bad things but then he’s too incompetent to act on them. And that incompetency is bad.

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  • Jerry Seinfeld retracts claim that the extreme left is ruining comedy: 'It's not true'
  • TheDoctor TheDoctor 4d ago 100%

    The argument that he makes is essentially, “I’m an Olympic-tier comedian and I should be able to hit any goal that’s placed in front of me”

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  • I just wanna start DMing a game and I need to buy $150 in books to do so? The fuck. Edit: Lots of people telling me to play other systems. Here’s what’s up: * I want to play a 1-on-1 game with my wife * I’ve never DMed before * She’s never played a TTRPG, so this would be her introduction * She’s been reading a lot of fae-related fantasy, which has me thinking she may want to play roleplay heavy with some fae storylines present * Ideally the system wouldn’t be too crunchy or combat focused Edit 2: I’ve spoken with her and she actually wants a more modern setting

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    Not fair to the other instances tbh

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    Others’ humanity is negotiable to me because I only have to engage with violence in the abstract. In reality I avoid any and all confrontation no matter how egregious the fault. My friends and family don’t know the amount of unprocessed rage I store in my body. I am a very healthy and well balanced person who is good to be around.

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    https://www.tiktok.com/@itsdamag3/video/7405625701199678766

    ![is-this](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fac2cdcb9-03da-410d-833d-1d28a296df0b.png "emoji is-this") Elon’s daughter being indoctrinated into the trans cabal?

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    is when the loudspeaker comes on and says, “all the children have left the building, so we’ve flipped the switch that makes all the water fountains cold again. Enjoy.”

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    Why do all roads lead to upping the meds?

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    What do you call this phenomenon? I think of the kulaks burning their harvest and I think of schools shutting down during desegregation in the US rather than integrate. Are there any other good examples? Why do people do this?

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    How do I know? Because “wait, let me get my shoes” is classic prose. It was scripted, including the dead firefighter. Sacrifices had to be made. The SS would never let him pose for a photo op after an active shooter was shot. They are inherently competent just like all long standing US institutional forces. There is no other explanation.

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    Maybe he was shot in the wrong ear. All these news outlets are saying he was shot in the right ear and it just seems presumptuous for how early it is.

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    www.erininthemorning.com

    Who said they’d have to wait until the next dem administration to see Project-2025-But-Blue? Dems will happily throw trans people under the bus ~~as long as they get to fund blowing up brown children~~

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    Couldn’t find the megathread, sorry for the post

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    I just bought a handheld emulator (Anbernic RG35XX) and I’m now overwhelmed with options. I’m also expecting to be destroyed by the games some of you were playing as children, but whatever. Anything PS1 and older is appreciated.

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