my co-worker, a british woman who moved here (USA) with her husband, is a perfectly nice person. i have no problems with her, but talking to her opened my eyes to how insanely ignorant and brainwashed your average person is

she’s the definition of just a normal ass regular ass type of person. progressive but not overtly political and just kinda floating through existence. which is fine.

we were talking and she was saying all of this negative stuff about china. i of course told her my point of view which is that im very very pro china and don’t think anything she was saying was actually proven. she then went on to say maybe im right and that she doesnt get why china is bad but japan is our ally “because its the same country isnt it?” so this tells me many normal people are walking around with negative opinions about china meanwhile they literally dont even know china isnt a part of japan.

she then went on to clarify, “wait maybe im thinking of korea. which is the bad one again?” IF YOU THINK SOMETHING IS SUPPOSEDLY BAD, SHOULDNT YOU KNOW WHAT THE BAD THING IS? how is that not a light that goes off for her and makes her consider “how tf do i think a place is bad when i literally don’t even know what place im talking about?”

i just said “well it depends on your perspective” and then changed the conversation to be about the tv show Tulsa King lmao

i know it's a video but i feel like it's still slop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdCXow1Pexg

really enjoying the game despite having to do a bunch of shit to get it running properly since the PC port is dogshit

but as im playing it, a few questions keep coming up in my head.

firstly, i dont really know what type of ruler Emily was, there are little pieces of lore that kind of hint that she was a benevolent ruler who spared people who wronged her but prior to finding any of this out all i hear is her constantly talking about how she should have tortured and killed anyone who questioned her or detracted. granted this is in response to a coup, its giving “i was nice why didnt she give me any pussy” vibes

secondly, she keeps talking about elites and aristocrats with contempt, which is good, but also that’s literally you emily. so it kinda takes me out of the game because she’ll make a comment about the delusions of the rich and ruling class and its impossible not to think “what about you tho”

i guess in general i just hate media where you’re forced to side with royalty. its always some bullshit like this. even when the royalty isnt the main character the story will be about some lowly poor who was noticed by a royal and got swept away into that lifestyle and now they get to be rich. it makes me feel like im consuming propaganda thats meant to pacify me thru escapism

what does this have to do with being single? your wife didnt let you drink beer and eat beans? quit shitting yourself then ☠️

now i wonder if them getting help from THEIR government will require they sign a loyalty pledge to pissrael

it couldnt be because israel didnt exist in 1936 could it? is steven spielberg antisemitic?

i was reading this comment thread pretty pleased until i got to the bit where they say “in 20 years”. my friend the middle class is gone NOW. any illusion of a middle class is built entirely on credit card debt. in amerikkka you have people who are poor as fuck, slightly less poor, a bit less poor than that, and then the people earning 500k/yr+ who are wealthy yet call themselves “middle class” while being the literal statistical 1%, and then you have the obscenely wealthy. and then anyone under that 500k/yr mark is basically just buried under various amounts of debt. there is no “20 years from now”. there is no “if wages keep stagnating”. the shit they think will happen in 20yrs is the current condition and even people who almost get it still dont realize this

not posting to ‘dunk on’ or anything, its just kinda sad and frustrating really

regardless of whether or not you agree with this evan person's take here (i do and don't. i will say, if she planned on not getting shot, stabbing a cop in the face was a bad move, not that i care about the cop, just that if she planned to keep her life) no one is even pointing out how all of this is only what THIS "body cam actually reveals", out of the thousands you can go look at of cops unjustly shooting unarmed black and brown people, this one time someone might have provoked no other option they act like this is every case when it's definitely in the tiniest minority of cases.

literal just basic level empathy. imagine if you were an ultra wealthy CEO whose wealth was entirely gotten by denying healthcare to sick people and condemning them to death, and you got shot. how would you feel then?? not so funny anymore now is it?

not that he’s wrong but my brother thats ALSO you. what democrat in power is calling for the abolition of these bullshit companies or the amerikkkan health insurance scam industry?

what did LE EBIC WHOLESOME GRAMPA TIM WALZ have to say about this again? oh that’s right he called it a tragedy lmao. who owns the most stocks in private health insurance companies? oh that’s right its nancy pelosi. who told them all to their faces nothing would fundamentally change? oh shit that was joe biden

it just gives me big “lib in a RBG stylized to look like che” shirt energy

https://rdrama.net/post/322167/hexbearnet-home-of-former-rchapotraphouse-attacks

no clue what this place is. looks like a kiwifarms type thing or some shit

sources are claiming the president elect has locked himself in the bathroom with a gun and is refusing to come out