Vampire

It's partly that Marxy idea that the ideas of the age are the ideas of the ruling class. People think if they spout liberal talking points that makes them a good person.

To be a good person you have to make self-sacrifices, e.g. getting up early to do things for your family when you don't feel like it.

People try to be moral by spouting ideas.

And it's often done in a competitive way, by means of a put-down.

People will talk about how pædophiles are bad, terrible people. Well of course they fucking are, we all know that. Just because you said, "I think pædophiles are bad!" doesn't make you good. It's not a brave thing to say. You're just trying to show others that you're on the right side of morality so they'll give you a free pass.

Why do you feel the need to say "I think serial killers are bad, anyone agree??" Probably because you know you're a shit person and you have to prove to society that you're less shit than someone; you are good by comparison.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6619930

When watching most shows, movies, whatever from the West, I feel like I'm slamming my head against a wall. There are a few exceptions that are at least better, but seriously. My head hurts because of how mad I am at blatant copaganda. The show was even portraying police in a negative light, but my sometimes-leftist sibling and bootlicker dad were spouting the copaganda. Sibling seems to think the law applies to cops, and Dad can hardly comprehend the US did things like genocide or police brutality. Sure Jim Crow wasn't that bad, right?? Ugh. And Law and Order SVU trying to pretend law enforcement and ICE aren't buddy-buddy. Or that those are bad cops, but we're the good guys. Tell that to your dude who just beat up a man with schizophrenia to get him to confess to a crime he didn't do, and you just went "Oops. Wrong suspect."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36083537

Decent article here for background: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/13/canelo-alvarez-terence-crawford-predictions

Crawford has an incredible record of 41-0 and is an ambidextrous switch-hitter. He can use stance-switching to open up angles that Canelo won't be ready for. He'll land, but Canelo has a good chin, and is naturally a much bigger man.

Crawford is the 2/1 underdog (1 chance in 3 of winning). They're both generational talents and technicians, but Alvarez's size and power are a big factor.

Spoiler-free Wikipedia here with the card: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canelo_%C3%81lvarez_vs._Terence_Crawford&oldid=1311087094

The fight is in Las Vegas, so will be evening their time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JwIkCgUZRM

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=8JwIkCgUZRM

https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=8JwIkCgUZRM

They were ynited until '05 apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_union_between_Norway_and_Sweden

I get that it's more of a nostalgic dream than a hard-headed practical policy. But if I did a poll would it be a popular opinion there?

Russia, Ethiopia: mostly orthodox

Cuba, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville: mostly Catholic

Burkina Faso: mostly Muslim

Asian ones: too obvious to discuss

I have an inkling of a theory why