Seems like he's just holding it like that. But he also has that weird leather armor piece around his neck, so it'd probably be fine as long as there's no sudden movements.
Everyone around me always assumed I was a boy (or later: a man). I never really felt like a girl and, growing up, I didn't know there were alternatives. The performative masculinity of my peers never set well with me, I didn't like all of the things boys are supposed to like, and often got along better with girls than most other guys. I just thought I was an open-minded, quiet, and feminist dude who wasn't always great at performing masculinity.
Then I was really depressed for a long time and my gender wasn't something I thought about a lot. I learned what non-binary meant and met a couple of non-binary people, but I didn't hate being a man and figuring out how to live with depression had a higher priority than looking into my gender.
More recently my depression has gotten more manageable and I had more time and energy to look at other aspects of my life. Due to conversations about gender (with both cis and trans folks), I felt I should do some introspection. I didn't hate being a man, but I also never really enjoyed it. There's aspects of masculinity or my (rather traditionally masculine) body I appreciate, but not in a way that's connected to my gender.
This is all fairly new to me, so I'm not good at putting it into words yet. When I see my hands with bright nail polish on, they feel more like my hands. Wearing a skirt gives me energy in a way other clothing doesn't always do. When my girlfriend first referred to me as non-binary, I couldn't stop smiling for an hour. It all just feels more correct.
Since realizing I'm non-binary I've found each much easier to exercise and eat healthily. I've started taking more care of how I dress and of my personal hygiene. I just feel more like myself.
Belgium has five governments. All of them have been silent while the country is literally on fire.
The ruling parties have zero interest in even acknowledging the realities of the Climate Crisis and are more interested in brutally striking down climate activists.
Not the person you're replying to, but if you happen to miss a train or it gets cancelled you generally are already at the train station. Depending on travel time and conditions it might be safer or more convenient to wait at the station, even if it's for two hours.
I've never had to wait for a next train for longer than 30 minutes (maybe once it was an hour because it was a very small train station and during the weekend), but I live in a place with a pretty dense railway network and have mostly lived near one of the biggest routes.
If you're an anarchist, I see no point in "pretending" you're not.
Do you think the, by now century-old, propaganda efforts against anarchism couldn't be redirected to a new term?
Sure, some people are put off by the term "anarchism" because of its negative connotations. You don't need new vocabulary to counter that. You can either just correct their misconceptions or show their error by example. The people who aren't willing to listen to you doing so also aren't going to be convinced of your ideas of you package them differently.
I think people generally overestimate the extent to which "anarchism" being a scary term matters. Most people don't even think about anarchism as an active political force.
You would also be distancing yourself from historical and ongoing anarchist struggles and efforts, which I personally think are an important way in which people get to known anarchism in a positive way.
The general basis of anarchist philosophy is a rejection of all hierarchies. These can be explicit hierarchies, like governments or private companies, but also things like white supremacy or transphobia that aren't always formally organized (even if they're often enforced by more formal organization).
Social workers often have to deal with that sort of tension, because their work almost always exists within a hierarchical way of doing things. Even the most well-meaning social workers have to operate under the logic of government. That way, it's unavoidable that they place themselves in a hierarchical relationship with their clients. Anarchists would prefer more cooperative models, primarily based on mutual aid.
As anarchists, we similarly can't avoid those hierarchies. Part of the anarchist critique of governments or capitalism isn't just that they oppress us, but also that they force us to oppress others. Most anarchists have to come to terms with this in order to find a job that they find bearable.
Well, yeah. They don't really go anywhere and they don't have anything to say.
I just rewatched the prequels. Sure, they can be criticized but they do tell a rather cohesive story about a dying democracy's inability to deal with emergent totalitarianism, while also exploring Anakin Skywalker as a character.
The new trilogy starts with ideas that might be interesting to investigate but then completely fails to do so.
The Revolutionary May Day March is Brussels was pretty chill. After the police heavily escalated things last year, this time they kept their distance and the whole thing was as festive as it should be.
This is absolute nonsense that doesn't deserve an in-depth response.
These generated "arguments" only barely hold weight if you ignore the context in which the conversation is happening.
The harms of so-called AI are obvious. Its benefits are extremely limited. Its influence on our current society is extremely outsized given what the technology is actually capable of and gets used for.
I think they can help in a small way. If you're only ever meeting people online, you'll rarely face consequences for poor behavior or see people facing consequences for their behavior.
That being said, finding allies is probably a bigger aspect here. Where I live there's fairly few of those spaces, especially for non-electoral leftists but that also means the ones we have are always filled with different groups and individuals that might otherwise not have met. This leads to more cooperation and understanding.
Depression and poverty put hard limits on the extent to which I'm able to follow hyperfixations.
Other than that medication-assisted willpower to create and maintain a minimum routine that I rarely deviate from
Seems like he's just holding it like that. But he also has that weird leather armor piece around his neck, so it'd probably be fine as long as there's no sudden movements.
If you had to judge this episode as a game it would rate pretty poor. As entertainment is does rather nicely.
Everyone around me always assumed I was a boy (or later: a man). I never really felt like a girl and, growing up, I didn't know there were alternatives. The performative masculinity of my peers never set well with me, I didn't like all of the things boys are supposed to like, and often got along better with girls than most other guys. I just thought I was an open-minded, quiet, and feminist dude who wasn't always great at performing masculinity.
Then I was really depressed for a long time and my gender wasn't something I thought about a lot. I learned what non-binary meant and met a couple of non-binary people, but I didn't hate being a man and figuring out how to live with depression had a higher priority than looking into my gender.
More recently my depression has gotten more manageable and I had more time and energy to look at other aspects of my life. Due to conversations about gender (with both cis and trans folks), I felt I should do some introspection. I didn't hate being a man, but I also never really enjoyed it. There's aspects of masculinity or my (rather traditionally masculine) body I appreciate, but not in a way that's connected to my gender.
This is all fairly new to me, so I'm not good at putting it into words yet. When I see my hands with bright nail polish on, they feel more like my hands. Wearing a skirt gives me energy in a way other clothing doesn't always do. When my girlfriend first referred to me as non-binary, I couldn't stop smiling for an hour. It all just feels more correct.
Since realizing I'm non-binary I've found each much easier to exercise and eat healthily. I've started taking more care of how I dress and of my personal hygiene. I just feel more like myself.
Belgium has five governments. All of them have been silent while the country is literally on fire.
The ruling parties have zero interest in even acknowledging the realities of the Climate Crisis and are more interested in brutally striking down climate activists.
"The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallow subcategory."
I just reread that intro and it's so over-the-top awesome
Not the person you're replying to, but if you happen to miss a train or it gets cancelled you generally are already at the train station. Depending on travel time and conditions it might be safer or more convenient to wait at the station, even if it's for two hours.
I've never had to wait for a next train for longer than 30 minutes (maybe once it was an hour because it was a very small train station and during the weekend), but I live in a place with a pretty dense railway network and have mostly lived near one of the biggest routes.
My partner and I had to pause this episode because we were laughing too hard.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Might have used an extra few content warnings around people unzipping or dropping their trousers. :::
Other than that absolutely wonderful episode. Not sure I ever laughed louder with Game Changer.
If you're an anarchist, I see no point in "pretending" you're not.
Do you think the, by now century-old, propaganda efforts against anarchism couldn't be redirected to a new term?
Sure, some people are put off by the term "anarchism" because of its negative connotations. You don't need new vocabulary to counter that. You can either just correct their misconceptions or show their error by example. The people who aren't willing to listen to you doing so also aren't going to be convinced of your ideas of you package them differently.
I think people generally overestimate the extent to which "anarchism" being a scary term matters. Most people don't even think about anarchism as an active political force.
You would also be distancing yourself from historical and ongoing anarchist struggles and efforts, which I personally think are an important way in which people get to known anarchism in a positive way.
In general, it does.
The general basis of anarchist philosophy is a rejection of all hierarchies. These can be explicit hierarchies, like governments or private companies, but also things like white supremacy or transphobia that aren't always formally organized (even if they're often enforced by more formal organization).
Social workers often have to deal with that sort of tension, because their work almost always exists within a hierarchical way of doing things. Even the most well-meaning social workers have to operate under the logic of government. That way, it's unavoidable that they place themselves in a hierarchical relationship with their clients. Anarchists would prefer more cooperative models, primarily based on mutual aid.
As anarchists, we similarly can't avoid those hierarchies. Part of the anarchist critique of governments or capitalism isn't just that they oppress us, but also that they force us to oppress others. Most anarchists have to come to terms with this in order to find a job that they find bearable.
Looking at that list, you might also be interested in the novel Walkaway.
Well, yeah. They don't really go anywhere and they don't have anything to say.
I just rewatched the prequels. Sure, they can be criticized but they do tell a rather cohesive story about a dying democracy's inability to deal with emergent totalitarianism, while also exploring Anakin Skywalker as a character.
The new trilogy starts with ideas that might be interesting to investigate but then completely fails to do so.
The Revolutionary May Day March is Brussels was pretty chill. After the police heavily escalated things last year, this time they kept their distance and the whole thing was as festive as it should be.
This is absolute nonsense that doesn't deserve an in-depth response.
These generated "arguments" only barely hold weight if you ignore the context in which the conversation is happening.
The harms of so-called AI are obvious. Its benefits are extremely limited. Its influence on our current society is extremely outsized given what the technology is actually capable of and gets used for.
If it doesn't already exist, you can always start your own.
I don't even mean in the hypothetical future in which you (or those you champion) would have power. I was talking about our current-day organizing.
Some Marxist organizations insist that everything they're a part of is organized in their preferred way. For example.
And as an anarchist I disagree with you, but on most struggles we're actually facing we're probably on the same side.
If you're polite and don't force me to operate within a hierarchical structure we can probably work together in a lot of real-world situations.
Sure, but that doesn't change my points in any way.
I think they can help in a small way. If you're only ever meeting people online, you'll rarely face consequences for poor behavior or see people facing consequences for their behavior.
That being said, finding allies is probably a bigger aspect here. Where I live there's fairly few of those spaces, especially for non-electoral leftists but that also means the ones we have are always filled with different groups and individuals that might otherwise not have met. This leads to more cooperation and understanding.