Since you brought up Yemen, it's interesting to compare Google image results for the Yemen genocide and the alleged Uyghur genocide. Search the former and you get pictures of destroyed towns, columns of refugees, mass graves, and starving people. But Google "Uyghur genocide" and it's nothing but pictures of protests in Western countries. You would think that the Uyghur people, being much wealthier than the Yemenese and receiving much more attention from Western journalists, would have an easier time getting those pictures out there.
“All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.”
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The fact that there is a small minority of Jews who identify as anti-Zionist does not make Zionism any less legitimate or opposition thereto any less antisemitic.
On a recently locked struggle session thread, someone made the claim that
>i love how people who hate my existence are just as evil as someone who doesn't care about eating a McRib
>meat eating is bad but I don't think im going to compare them to people who don't want me to exist
The user in question is a woman and I'm not, so I think the best way to respond to this is to discuss it in the context of an oppression that applies to me. Here's a post where I've already done so:
I think this warrants elaboration, though.
I had the misfortune of being active for many years in communities were "autistic" was considered an insult. Just as most people are offended to be compared to animals, it was seen as demeaning and shameful to be compared to called autistic - "you're like one of those inferiors!" I would be extremely suspicious of anyone who claims to be an ally to autistic people but who flies into a rage if someone dares suggest that a crime against us carries comparable moral weight to a crime against them.
Am I offended to have my struggle compared to our society's crimes our fellow creatures? Do I think it carries with it the implication that I'm beneath moral consideration? No, because I don't consider animals beneath moral consideration.
And carnists still have the nerve to act like they're the aggrieved party every time they're forced to remember we exist, lol. I can only imagine how they'd act if the positions were reversed and we were winning as hard as they are.
Actually, that did happen while I lived with my immediate biological family in my formative years.
To say nothing of the fact that we're forced to fund the torture and killing of animals in the form of federal beef subsidies. Or that in some cases institutionalized people (in prisons, asylums, etc.) are, in fact, made to eat meat and may very well be force-fed if they refuse to.
I must confess I have a personal vendetta against Yudkowsky and his cult. I studied computer science in college. As an undergrad, I worked as an AI research assistant. I develop software for a living. This is my garden the LessWrong crowd is trampling.
The carnist wants to believe that they are inherently superior to any non-human animal and that this superiority gives them the right to torture and hack up their fellow creatures for their own pleasure. One reason among many that veganism tends to offend them so much is that it strikes at their ego, their belief that by virtue of their birth they are the apex of creation, and thus entitled to consume and discard those with whom they share this Earth as they please.
Carnists: "Poor people can't be vegan because meat substitutes are too expensive"
Carnists: !wojak-nooo Vegans: !bean
!debate-me-debate-me "Ackchyually backyard chicken eggs are vegan" !debate-me-debate-me "Ackchyually honey is vegan" !debate-me-debate-me "Ackchyually horseback riding is vegan"
!i-voted SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU'RE NOT VEGAN AND NEVER CLAIMED TO BE, STOP TELLING ME HOW TO DO VEGANISM
Summary: The Venus Wars is a 1989 animated science fiction movie that takes place in a future where Venus has been terraformed and is home to two nations, Aphrodia and Ishtar. Ishtar invades Aphrodia and quickly occupies its capital city of Io. The story centers around two protagonists: Hiro Seno, an Aphrodian native and the leader of a bike racing team; and Susan Sommers, a reporter who recently arrived from Earth to cover escalating tensions between the two countries. The two join a paramilitary resistance organization to liberate the city while others around them deal with the question of whether to fight, flee, or keep their heads down.
The Good: Exciting action scenes. Good soundtrack. Cool machine designs - the resistance uses one-wheeled motorcycles converted into improvised anti-tank weapons. Expansive and well-done backgrounds bring the setting to life. Hiro beats the shit out of a cop.
The Bad: Ambiently sexist in a way a lot of media from this time period was. Rather homophobic portrayal of its only gay character, who's a creep who sexually harasses Hiro. The anti-war message can get rather preachy and heavy-handed in places. Some of the VAs for the English dub clearly didn't give a shit. A couple of mixed media scenes (animated characters on live-action background) that just look kind of bad.
Overall: 7/10. Not a must-see by any means, but you could certainly do worse. It's an enjoyable watch if you're into sci-fi and if the bad gender/sexual politics aren't a deal killer.
Crop yields are only going to get worse as climate change intensifies
The admin who runs lemm.ee has been shockingly amenable to us for an Estonian anticommunist.
I'm visiting my parents, they watch a lot of copaganda, and in every episode I find myself instinctively rooting for the criminals
I'm really curious as to what she thinks capitalism and socialism are.
Awesome, best of luck!
CW: Violence
That one in particular is like two steps shy of how the Nazis justified Aktion T4
Highly developed capitalist countries tend to have low birth rates because people are alienated and atomized and having children is an untenable burden for workers who are already working themselves to exhaustion and barely getting by.
To be fair to our autistic women and enby comrades, Its pretty much always been autistic men
Oh God, this line jogged a memory. On the Something Awful forums, there's a user named Pick who became infamous for posting vile and dehumanizing shit about autistic people despite being on the spectrum herself. Being reminded of her inspired me to go back and dig up some of her quotes, and wow, they are... certainly something.
CW: Ableism
Bit idea: an account that does nothing but respond to posts that mention "tweets" or any variant thereof with "Um, they're called xeets now."
Is there such a thing as boomer anime, I thought boomer knowledge of anime extended to "Those weird Japanese cartoons all the young'ns are into"
Everyone fucking hates this country, even libs are starting to see it.
It's still hilarious to me that in 2016 they thought "America is already great" was a winning message
Before the Corruption, the Phoenix was the embodiment of wisdom and justice in the land. But just like the four other Guardians, she has been driven to a mindless rage, and she now isolates herself in her Sun Temple, raining terrible fire on any who dare approach her. The hero will have to weave between her fireball patterns to get close enough to strike her with his sword, but every few hits, she flies across the room and tries to keep him at bay with another barrage of flames.
Once the hero defeats the Phoenix and purges the corruption from her, she gratefully bestows upon him her divine flame. This grants the hero a powerful projectile attack that can be used to safely clear out enemies from a distance as well as burn away thick bushes that block off parts of the world.
Happens to me at least once a week. I'll dream I get some horrible irresistible craving and end up eating a meatball sandwich or something. Makes me feel like shit every time.
BeamBrain here! If you know about me as a game developer at all, it's probably because you played Xenologist. My current project is something more ambitious - I finished most of my previous games in under a year, but I expect this one to take several years, and I'm doing it in part to shore up areas I haven't gotten as much practice in - those being level design and graphics.
The project you see in the screenshot above is a Zelda clone - more specifically, from one of the dungeons, the Phoenix Temple. I'm taking heavy inspiration from titles like Link to the Past and Link's Awakening, but limiting myself to four "main" dungeons and one final dungeon to keep the scope manageable. Gameplay will include the staples you'd expect of such games - venturing into dungeons, battling enemies, avoiding traps, solving puzzles, defeating dungeon bosses, and gathering new abilities that allow them to better fight and explore more of the world. Standard stuff, but I'm not looking to make anything groundbreaking, just competent and enjoyable - if I can make the Zelda clone equivalent of plombir, I'll be happy.
The game takes place in a fantasy setting in which the hero's homeland is invaded by a conquering empire. The empire begins digging into the earth and exploiting the land's resources, and in doing so, releases a corruption that drives the native creatures to mindless rages. The poison works its way so deep that even the land's guardian deities - the Minotaur, the Gryphon, the Phoenix, and the Unicorn - become maddened, isolating themselves in their temples, warping them into deadly labyrinths designed to keep out or kill the ones who they once protected. If a hero can defeat these gods in battle, though, they will return to their senses, and out of gratitude bestow the hero with a portion of their power. If anyone can gain the power of all four gods, they just may become strong enough to drive out the empire and liberate the land. And one young man, after ambushing an imperial soldier and stealing his sword, sets out to do just that.
I haven't thought about music yet, but I'm leaning more toward something in the vein of Brain Lord or other Enix RPGs of the era than the music style of zelda games from the era.
So, to return to the title: what the hell should I call this? I'm 7 months into development and still can't decide.
I find that, ever since going vegan, I miss dairy more than I miss meat. Sure, there are decent-to-good vegan substitutes for most dairy products out there, but I have yet to find a vegan restaurant that offers milkshakes - which is surprising to me, since they're ridiculously easy to make. So I figured I'd post the recipe I use here.
You need:
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 pint non-dairy ice cream in the flavor you want the shake to be
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup crushed ice
Drop all the ingredients into a blender, set to puree, blend until you're happy with the consistency, pour into a tall glass.
