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Do you guys wonder if they allowed Navalny to run against Putin, and Putin got 55% of the vote while Navalny got 45% of the vote; would liberals still laugh, cope, and seethe at the “rigged Russian elections”? Despite that being identical to how western elections look?
Yes.
Yes. So would our homegrown libs. In fact I would imagine the internet to become unusable (more so than currently) for months afterwards
He rigged it and made it seem like it was equal to make it seem like he didn’t rig it
Entirely different thing/context. What’s wrong with your PFP?
the site crashed last year and it made my account weird, like I can’t change my username and stuff
Literally 1984
Apparently comrade Yogthos got banned from WorldNews@lemmy.ml. Couldn’t handle the facts, I suppose
We can show our support for lifting the ban here: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4037388
They hated him because he spoke the truth
Apparently the ban was a mistake, was from an instance admin of lemmy.ml, not a community moderator. They called it “fat-fingered” and lifted the ban
Yippie we have site taglines now
It does my heart good to see those back
I was just about to write that too. Now all I have to do is convince the admins to accept Sovietology books…
I feel I am in the minority herw but I prefer the no taglines
Is it just a minor aesthetic nitpick or genuinely annoying? I haven’t tested anything other than the full-size web UI (my only issue with it so far is that the quote can change when opening a new tab), but it might be obnoxious on other platforms
Both, when on my phone it is a major anoyance because it takes about 1/3rd of the screen, while on computer its just a minor nitpick about my personal prefrence
does Hexbear have the same problem on phones?
Just checked, they do, its not usually as bad given their quotes are usually both memeier and smaller. So with hex its much mor a roll of the dice. That being said for instance themeing our longer theory quotes make more sense here
So with hex its much mor a roll of the dice
Yea, there are like 2 or 3 that completely covers the entire page (on mobile)
perhaps adding a setting to hide taglines (possibly doing so by default) on the various mobile interfaces would be a good solution
They are kinda sucky in mobile because they take a lot of space.
But imagine once you become a true revolutionary and they put your quote on the tagline, that’s how you know you made it!I once dreamed that my face got picked as a Che style icon for socialism. Humble as I am, of course.
One of the great heads of socialism the inventor of Socialism with BeNeLux characteristics our glorious eternal chairman DankZedong
Youtube search officially fkn sucks. (or they might be censoring). I wanted to search for world economic forum video made by mintpress news. if i type ‘mintpress news world economic forum’ it never shows up. i had to find it from their youtube channel. anyway you should listen to this
Long link, it’s also tracking you or someshit
yet another reason to use Invidious, the first search result on yewtu.be is the video in question
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I hope you all have a nice week :D
You too :D
Im #2
But what am I?
Me.
Whatever you want to be 🥰🥰🥰
Sharknado
Very good
Just like you.
kat
We have emojis? Like in Hexbear?!
yes
But no Denguin.
Please include the Denguin. @muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml
It’s Oppo Rancissis!
You never miss the opportunity do you?
If you had one chance… One opportunity…
What you catch it?
Or just… let it slip?
Haha
A bit phoney but ok
How many “ha” would you need for me to correctly show you my appreciation for your excellent pun?
I had 2 puns
Oh I just got it.
I want you to know I think you are an amazing person and value youUnder capitalism, things are devalued so that counts for little.
Rule of Two
No more, no less.
the plural “ha”
excellent pun
What is this, One Piece 4kids version?
icwutudidthar
Say “Haha” backwards now.
ahaH
Same difference in the end.
you too
give my regards to the other Chinese phone manufacturersCapybara The other chinese phone manufacturers and I are not on speaking terms
Bit idea: horiffic dystopian imperialist army but they’re cutting corners everywhere, like instead of having prosthetic super soldiers they just cut their feet and replace them with wooden pegs
Sounds like real life, tbh.
That’s because we do live in a dystopian post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future. Those pretty neon and rain pictures you’ve seen in cyberpunk themed media? That was advertising, same as pictures of USian suburbs in the 50’s
Yeah, but USian suburbs are still a thing and they stink…
Exactly. They aren’t the neat little houses with white picket fences and smiling neighbours. That’s just the advertising - like in Back to the Future
Yeah, trust me, I live in one lol
Imperial Guard and Navy in warhammer 40k do that sometimes. Higher ups and nobles may get proper bionics, but rank and file? Shit outta luck
Star Wars also has physically disabled people that can’t afford prosthetics or upgrades.
Also happens in Starship Troopers. All the veterans are missing limbs and are confined to wheelchairs, crutches, arm slings, and prosthetics are all but unheard of because they are perversely proud and happy to have gotten their disfigurements and disabilities.
I think you should replace whichever comma is between “are confined to” and “are all but unheard of” with a full stop (or maybe semicolon?)
Good idea.
Yeah. Class is still a thing.
Note to the admins: The spammer @ThuleanPerspective2@eviltoast.org is using images hosted on lemmygrad:
I believe the dev team is working on a tool that’ll delete all unused images hosted on an instance, so we’ll be able to get rid of images like these (although you may have to remove the links unless the tool explicitly only counts embedded images) as well as the legally important ones (like CSAM)
Oppo cake day, there’s like 4 or 5 people with today as the cake day, was genzedong private on this day?
Maybe we are all the same person
I once was active on a Habbo forum during my teens. I got along greatly with everyone. Suddenly, a troll comes up. He was being annoying and eventually he decided to act like I was behind all this. He got what he wanted when we coincedentally logged on at the same time. Everyone was convinced it was me and I got banned from the community. This cake thing randomly reminded me of that lol.
Yes happy anniversary
On this day in 2022, or a day before that idk, GenZedong was purged from Reddit, causing an exodus to here.
Wow, it was almost a year till I joined? I remember lurking on the Reddit for two years, then lurking here without an account for almost a year to test the waters. Time flies.
My account is older than yours? how
I lurked for over a year and so when I joined I jumped in quickly and hit the ground running. Might have made me seem like I was an even longer term user.
What happened on March 23, 2022?
r/genzedong got fucked by reddit
Who’s the person being held at gunpoint in the picture?
the General Discussion thread currently has as its thumbnail a cartoon of a shotgun being leveled at Ayn Rand’s head with “Class Consciousness” written on it
I’m pretty sure this hexbearian is actually talking about Lemmygrads General Discussion, and not something on hexbear
it is indeed Ayn Rand, from this comic
Took my cat to the vet just now. She had dental issues, so we went to get it checked with a dentist. Dentist said it’s tooth resorption and can’t be cured, so she needs surgery. Which will require sedation. And since she’s overweight, sedation will mean intubation, because she wouldn’t be able to breathe otherwise. Wish her luck.
Good luck 🫡🫡🫡
good luck cat
Good luck
I hope the surgery went well, wishing you and kiska the best of luck!
good luck ❤️
Good luck comrade cat, you can do it
Who in your opinion is most likely to succeed Xi Jinping whenever he retires as head of government? No I’m not asking who the “CCP” will “imperially appoint,” but who is likely next. I’m looking to learn more about Chinese political figures! Also, who would you choose?
I think they’ll likely elect someone that’s a “hard-liner,” even compared to Xi Jinping.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD or rest in piss bozo
banger remixes
Which one? Who?
Noice.
“The death of her majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second”
Proceeds to drop the beat so fucking hard it shattered the UK.
My favorite comment
afaik von der leyen is still alive
Yes. It’s a part of the remix.
I found YouTube links in your comment. Here are links to the same videos on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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What news sources do you all use for non-imperialist core daily updates?
The Convergence Magazine
People’s Dispatch
People’s World
Liberation News
CGTN
Fight Back News
Morning Star
The Real News Network
Counterview
Geopolitical Economy Report
Global Times
Prensa Latina
TeleSUR English
Frontline News
The Nation
In These Times
Novara Media
Common Dreams
Canary
Truthout
Monthly Review
MR Online
Portside
Also, use an RSS feed or Feedly to keep up with 'em. @RedCheer@lemmygrad.ml
Hey guys, can you share some good quotes on liberal “neutrality?” IE, excuses to not stop the nazis, so the nazis will kill the Soviets for them. Basically quotes that reinforce a ‘negative peace,’ it doesn’t necessarily need to be about the above example.
“If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don’t want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances.”
Harry Truman 😐
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class. Under capitalism, particularly in its imperialist stage, wars are inevitable. On the other hand, however, Social-Democrats cannot over look the positive significance of revolutionary wars, i.e., not imperialist wars, but such as were fought, for instance, between 1789 and 1871, with the aim of doing away with national oppression, and creating national capitalist states out of the feudal decentralised states, or such wars that may be waged to defend the conquests of the proletariat victorious in its struggle against the bourgeoisie.
At the present time, the propaganda of peace unaccompanied by a call for revolutionary mass action can only sow illusions and demoralise the proletariat, for it makes the proletariat believe that the bourgeoisie is humane, and turns it into a plaything in the hands of the secret diplomacy of the belligerent countries. In particular, the idea of a so-called democratic peace being possible without a series of revolutions is profoundly erroneous.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/feb/19.htm