[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 days ago

I am also certain these apps have hidden systems designed to work against most people.It's not the first time I give a dating app a try. In my past attempts, I always got a few matches in the first few days, then nothing. I believe the app matched me with people that liked everyone (or at least did so at that time) in order to give an initial 'high' that I would attempt to chase by paying.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 3 days ago

Installed a dating app and got no matches, I know this is a somewhat frequent experience for men but it still feels bad

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago

It could be that he took HGH and then didn't train, so he didn't get muscular but still suffered the palumboism side effect. It would be a stupid thing to do, but then again it fits with the persona he's displaying

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[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 59 points 2 months ago

Cuba is not facing an invasion but they are facing a strangling embargo, aligning with Russia is preferable than withering away in isolation.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 49 points 4 months ago

Just like the commies would drag out the mayor to the town square, but let grocery stores sell everything at inflated prices

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I'd like something that goes over the American interference in the region, debunks myths about the Shah's government (for example, I've seen people here mention that only the wealthy dressed like westerners) and explains how the Iranian revolution happened.

Is Targeting Iran any good? I know Chomsky has some shit takes but he usually does a good job dismantling US narrative & propaganda

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If someone doesn't know what I'm referring to, 996 refers to working 9am-9pm 6 days a week, which some Chinese companies enforce (or enforced) on their employee. Jack Ma, for example, has spoken in support of it.

Wikipedia says that the Supreme People's Court deemed it illegal in 2021. I don't know about China's court system in detail (or any country's, really) but my understanding is that cases go to a higher court if someone successfully appeals the decision of a lower court. Shouldn't something like a 72 hour workweek be stricken down before reaching the supreme court?

I've heard that Huawei still enforces this, for example. I don't have sources because I've heard it from someone with Chinese acquaintances, so some fact-checking is appreciated.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 61 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

expand NATO to meet Russia's borders

cry that the russian army is right up to NATO's border

???

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 53 points 8 months ago

Communist China’s growth practices are well-documented in the public domain, from cooking blogs and home magazines to YouTube videos and documentaries. These practices include such offenses as fertilizing garlic with human feces and forms of sewage, growing garlic in sewage, bleaching garlic to make it appear whiter and cleaner to the eye after its growth in unsanitary conditions, and stripping the root end from garlic before it enters U.S. markets as to make it appear more appealing and also to comply with U.S. laws regarding prevention of soil-borne diseases and contaminants.

God forbid Communist China ... complies with our regulations?

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 9 months ago

It's weird how people can recognize that the government and the rich control what you see, know the terrorist and propaganda pushing actions of the CIA, but will not put two and two together and realize how it follows that they're not getting the complete story on the USSR, AES etc from them.

I know because I was one of them and I still struggle with holding opposing opinions than what is constantly broadcasted by media and propagated by others.

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[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 10 months ago

should've cleared them better

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Mobile Games (lemmygrad.ml)
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Do you play any games on your smartphone? I'm looking for single player ones to kill some time when waiting for the bus. Ideally they should work without an internet connection, so I can disable network access for that app and play without ads.

I'm currently playing Words of Wonder, but it gets repetitive after a while.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 52 points 11 months ago

but at what cost

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 55 points 1 year ago

I use the "Bypass Paywalls Clean" extension for Firefox. I'd post a link to it on mozilla's add-on store, but I found out they had to take it down.

You can still install it manually by downloading the extension file.

You can also achieve the same thing with ublock filters, instructions here (in the "How to bypass paywalled articles using uBlock Origin" section)

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In The State and Revolution, Lenin (and Engels, whom he is quoting) disagrees with communists using "People's State" or "Free People's State" as a programme goal.

If I understand correctly, this is because a) it creates a misunderstanding on the final phase of communism, which is stateless and b) it goes against the Marxist understanding of states as forces of oppression. On the other hand, it seems logical to me that a state following the dictatorship of the proletariat principle would call itself "People's", since the proletariat is the majority.

So, I've been wondering if the existing socialist states have an official line about this, or if there's a consensus amongst M-Ls.

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