Frogmanfromlake

joined 4 years ago
[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago

Is this the same one where he and Benny Johnson said women should focus more on being housewives?

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 4 points 14 hours ago

They aren’t really active in Central America. I think their Latin American presence is largely South America.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 8 points 14 hours ago

They had no real presence in Guatemala or our neighboring countries. URNG was Marxist and the other left parties nowadays are either DemSoc or M-L.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 45 points 21 hours ago (15 children)

Is this accurate at all? Years of engaging in Anglo (specifically American) political circles have told me the following: Social Democrat=Neoliberal, Democratic Socialist=Social Democrat, Communist=Democratic Socialist or Anarchist.

This seems to be what the average person using these titles end up being. Though the Communists are more often than not actual M-L’s. I have never met a Trotskyist irl before in my life.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 27 points 21 hours ago

God that’s hideous and to put that as a national emblem is embarrassing. I can’t wait to see AI generated national emblems in the future.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 11 points 22 hours ago

My wealthy gusano relatives told me they aren’t bothered by the BBB because the economy couldn’t afford to take care of people who didn’t work and expected the state to take care of them.

They also aren’t afraid of getting deported because they’re wealthy and even if they do they can just live in a nicely gentrified part of Guatemala City.

My disgust for these people never reaches a limit. They’re the side of my family that sided with the fascists during the civil war and only left because they wanted to make more money in America.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, everybody knows our elections are bullshit and cucky winning came out of pure dumb luck on his end.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This happened in Guatemala. We all know the elections aren’t fair but occasionally we get a surprise like with our current president. Only problem is that decades of right-wing buildup has made it damn near impossible to do anything good.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 7 points 22 hours ago

I find it funny that the people cheering on CECOT were absolutely terrified at the idea of us hosting migrants in our prisons. They hate the migrants but fear taking on the US’s unwanted will lead to backlash if a Dem gets into power.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 14 points 23 hours ago

Dinkins win wasn’t even that long ago. It’s remarkable how short their attention spans are and lack of history.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 24 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

Wow a discount Ross Perot

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 38 points 23 hours ago

The “history lesson” retort is also what Obama said about Latin American leftists whenever he went to South America.

 

These people love to accuse others of having a simplistic worldview when they can only view geopolitical conflicts as good vs. evil.

 

This is every incels idea of what marriage is like

 

I swear I came across every other couple being exactly this when I lived in the US.

 

This is from a "leftist" sub. This same user then says they're muslim and that everybody objecting to their take doesn't understand politics and is an edgy teenage tankie larper.

I'm fucking done with NATO leftists on these subs and sticking to TheDeprogram and SLS before I give myself an aneurysm

 

It seems that this is an attempt to gain favor with Latin American countries as they move more towards China. I have a feeling this is going to go the usual way of American-led incompetence by giving the private sector too much control and having every project take forever to complete.

Also to note that the biggest America worshipping countries joined this little forum while pledging themselves to their lord.

 

One of my childhood friends is finding himself in a tough situation. He's autistic and has struggled to make decent money for most of his life. He recently got a job working as a dishwasher while looking for a trade to get into.

His parents are when the issues kick in. They charge him rent (he's 31 btw) that's currently only $107. They used to charge him $300 back in 2014 and would have it go up by $50 every year to the point he was paying $600 before Covid hit. He still had to pay rent while in school and his parents refused to stop it during that time. The majority of his unemployment checks during Covid went into their rent.

They decided to change things by having him go on foodstamps in order to reduce his rent. He spends maybe $20 a week at the most for food because he's never been a big eater. Most of that foodstamp money goes to his parents who use it for groceries, including his. The thing is that they spend way more than he ever does and completely max out the card every month.

He's been under stress lately because he has to re-certify but his new job has a schedule that's all over the place and makes it so he keeps missing the calls when they happen. His parents insist that part of this process is to help him with his Autism and "become an adult." The stress got so bad for him with all the missed calls that he threw his hands up and decided to just not re-certify because it was adding too much stress in his life. His parents responded angrily by saying he would then "owe" them money in the form of $250 a month plus the $174 he already owes from a loan he took out five years ago.

The big kicker is that they're a pretty wealthy family living in a very wealthy part of Upstate New York, but they leech off what little money he has like vultures. The whole rent thing is said to be helping him with his Autism to become more self-sufficient but if anything it's made him more financially dependent on them than anything.

I know this was more of a rant than anything, but it's been difficult listening to this for years now and seeing him still stuck living with them. It's pretty clear to me that he's scared of moving out of their nice house and living in some sketchy apartment without a car because he can't afford one. I'm just not sure what else there is to do because I'm not living in the US and am unfamiliar with how social services work there.

Is there a way for him to get out and not be living on the edge of poverty?

 

This is in response to a post on Hasans subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Hasan_Piker/comments/174i8qt/libs_be_like/

Vaushites and Destiny fans are brigading like crazy and leaving behind their State Department logic.

 

Used to love this site for creepy factoids but it's filled with stupid shit like this

 

I can feel the neckhairs from all the way over here

 

Kind of a weird zinger. I thought leftists were stereotyped to be sex-driven heathens?

 

I've recently started to become interested in the sport, but find all the rules and stats a little overwhelming. Is there a way to ease yourself into the sport? Does understanding all those stats contribute to understanding the game?

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