good evening/morning !bookworms! i am making the executive decision to change the bookclub book we are reading to Atomised aka The Elementary Particles because: a) u complained, b) i think it is more topical (drama surrounds this book, incel themes, etc etc i'm very tired), c) it is shorter and we will probably have more meaningful discussion about it, d) more of u will read it bc it isn't as intense, and e) i'm in a houellebecq mood and i feel like it. you're welcome or sorry.

chapter breakdown

Part 1: read ch 1-15 in week 1 and 2.

Part 2: read ch 1-22 in week 3 and 4, we can push this back if we need to, discuss in discussion posts to come.

Part 3: read ch 1-7 in week 4 or 5 (re pushing back)

i rly think this book will be a better fit and i'm more excited to read it and hear what everyone thinks about it. goodnight all, take a day or so to like download off libgen or buy it or whatever, i am usually a kindle-paperwhitecel bc books are expensive but i would rather read paperback for this so if u all need time before we start week 1 then that's ok. love u mean it gn

You can laugh about their no bananas policy and their third-night Passover seder, but these students at the UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment just humiliated a phalanx of advancing LAPD officers by forcing them to retreat.pic.twitter.com/xuiY69LPyo

— Louis Keene (@thislouis) May 2, 2024

There has been a lot on debate among Falloutcels inside the Fallout seethe threads so here's a poll

- 35 votes

- 12 votes

- 10 votes

!kino can someone pin this?

Bears.

I get this is a trending thing. I get a lot of people are tired of it. I get that a lot of people are glad the conversation is happening. I get that a lot of people have a lot of feelings about it. As for me, I'm burning with rage.

A bear has never intentionally spoken over me.

A bear has never punched out a window because I disagreed with it.

A bear has never voted against my right to a medical procedure.

A bear has never slipped something in my drink.

A bear has never said within earshot of me, that it intends to get me drunk enough to take advantage of me.

A bear has never ruined my credit score.

A bear has never chased me at full sprint through an apartment complex and laid down behind my car so that I could not leave.

A bear has never told me that it forgot I was a person.

A bear did not spend years harming my mother. If her father had been a bear, if her mother had been a bear, those bears would not have responded when they learned of the harm, “Be quiet. Don't embarrass us in front of the Church.”

I've never told a bear it harmed me, caused me mental and emotional pain and argued that it didn't.

A bear has never shown up at my apartment in the middle of the night and refused to leave “until it got to frick me”.

A bear did not park 3 blocks away from a clinic and let me walk to and from in 90 degree weather because it did not want to be seen with me, even though if the bear had put me in that position.

A bear has never required me to do it's laundry, clean up after it, prepare it's meals, organize it's social calendar, make it's doctor's appointments, find it's missing keys, cover it's bills, plan it's vacations, organize it's budget, and then feel entitled to be inside my body while failing to remember my middle name.

A bear has never forbid me from closing the bathroom door when I take a shower.

A bear has never blocked me from leaving until I gave it a kiss.

A bear has never scolded me for being hungry after a 12 hour shift.

A bear has never met me for a first date, and when I said I was not going to be physically intimate, pushed me against my car and pinched my inner arm hard enough to leave a black and blue bruise while shouting about what a stupid b-word I was.

A bear has never messaged me out of the blue “K👁️LL YOURSELF SLU✝️” “Go fck a goat, whre”

I do not have a collection of screenshots of lewd, unprompted, unwanted messages from a bear.

A bear has never touched me while I was sleeping, in our shared bed, in our shared home, and become enraged with me when I said “Please stop.” It was not a bear that then insisted I sleep on the couch and ignored me for days.

A bear has never followed me to my car, memorized my car and schedule and left terrifying notes and gifts on it.

A bear has never caused me humiliation, and certainly not intentionally because it could not handle being turned down for a relationship.

A bear has never told me it loved me, then dismissed every feeling or need I had.

I have never asked a bear if it could just treat me like it liked me, and responded with “you don't deserve that.”

A bear is not the reason I fear relationships, and have mistrust in others.

A bear has never shown up at my workplace, threatened to harm me, then returned and exposed itself to me and my underage staff.

A bear was not the one, who when I was young and experimented with alcohol, waited for me to pass out. It was not a bear that was a decade older than me, fresh from military duty, that used my mouth to pleasure himself while I was unconscious. It was not a bear's hair I pulled out of my braces.

A bear was not what caused me to spend my 31st birthday in court, because it saw me through a window and decided to return every day, making threats and throwing canned goods at me.

A bear has never choked me.

A bear has never shoved me, especially during a session with a photographer.

A bear has never lied to me, has never allowed me to plan a birthday weekend for it, then immediately cheat on me with its ex after its surprise party.

A bear has never dismissed and argued when I tell it I do not get drunk with bears.

A bear has never accused me of being disloyal because another bear said hello to me.

A bear was not the one that pulled a 🔫 on my best friend when he found out she was going to leave.

When my best friend needs help going through family pictures, I am not there because I'm filtering out photos of a bear that harmed her.

My aunt was not left in financial peril because a bear refused to pay child support, emptied the accounts, and left the country.

A bear has never brought a 🔫 into schools.

A bear was not the force that kept my grandmother from making her own financial choices until the 1970s.

A bear did not intentionally hit my car because the location tracker it wanted me to have was off by a street.

A bear has never said “Grab em by the 🐈”

A bear has never thrown anything at me.

A bear has never commented on my weight.

A bear has never denied me a raise that I had earned because another bear should be buying me dinner.

I have never had to ask a bear to leave me alone, give me space, respect my boundaries, don't grab my body, don't text me, don't try to drunkenly lift my skirt.

A bear is not seeing this question be posed and get defensive.

A bear is not going to pressure me to be in a relationship when I keep saying no, and if I happened to meet a different kind, caring, respectful bear later on, the first bear probably wouldn't start texting me about what a b-word I was rather than consider that being an adult bear who cannot drive, cannot pay his bills or do laundry, reeks of cat urine, gets blackout drunk and violent, lives in filth, and lacks emotional intelligence might be why I would rather talk to the other bear.

A bear has never approached me in public and ask “Can I just sit and stare at you?”

If I should choose to legally join this bear “for better or worse”, I would not have to consider that statistically, my lifespan will be shorter and I will be unhappier than if I remained alone. While the opposite, statistically, for the bear would be the case.

I've never had a bear intentionally do a task wrong so that I would just do it for them.

A bear was not who chose to keep playing a video game when my friend fell down the stairs while carrying their newborn and then complained about being interrupted by her crying.

It was not a 40 year old bear that snatched my 15 year old cousin off the sidewalk when she walked home. It was not a 40 year old bear that kept her in a tent in the woods across state lines when she was found.

A bear has never taken my jokes for their stand up comedy routine, then told me that women aren't funny.

A bear is not the reason my social media profiles are completely un-searchable.

A bear is not the reason I tell people to never share my contact information.

A bear was not the one that pushed my friend out of a moving vehicle because another bear liked her social media posts.

A bear was not the one that put bruises on my employee.

A bear was not the one that got my childhood friend out of being homeless, but instead hooked on hard drugs and tattooed his name on her face.

A bear never has cornered me on the street.

I could go on. I really could. It's just never been a bear in my experience.

!g*mers

Remember to always check IsThereAnyDeal to see what a game's historic low is.

Fanatical also gives you a spin of a wheel for every order over $12 you spend, and a 5% off your entire order coupon for your next order regardless of order size (you get another one for every order you make, so only your first order isn't discounted). The wheel is usually a 10% off coupon, but you can also get store credit and free games. So be smart with these extras to maximize savings. Each game will have multiple prices, this is because I have done the math with the 5%, 10%, and 15% off coupons.

FLASH DEAL (which ends about 10 hours from this post going live) ICEY historic low of $3.07, great buy to get that 5% coupon imo.

The Messenger $4.99, $4.75, $4.50, $4.25. All time low of $3.99 on Stream from March 14th 2024 to March 21st 2024, wait.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion $2.99, $2.84, $2.69, $2.54. Was free on Epic Games Store and all time low of $1.49 on IndieGala, wait.

Before We Leave $4.39, $4.17, $3.95, $3.73. It's on sale on IndieGala right now for $3.99, all time low of $2.87 on 2game May 2022. Buy if you have a 10% coupon or better, buy on IndieGala if you don't.

Monster Sanctuary for $4.39, $4.17, $3.95, $3.73. It's on sale on GameBillet right now for $4.28, all time low of $2.78 on 2game in 2022. Buy if you have a 5% coupon or better, buy on GameBillet if you don't.

Monster Sanctuary Deluxe historic low of $6.59, $6.26, $5.93, $5.60. This version has the soundtrack and art book, which are weirdly expensive normally ($9.49 and $4.99 respectively). This is actually a compelling buy if you only buy games with all the goodies.

Broforce $3.74, $3.55, $3.36, $3.18. It's on sale on Humble Store and GOG right now for $2.99 which is the all time low. Buy on Humble Store or GOG, not Fanatical.

Katamari Damacy REROLL for $6.44-$5.47. It's on sale on GameBillet right now for $4.97 which is the 2nd lowest price of all time (all time low was $4.18 on GameBillet in 2020 and seems to have been a flash deal). Buy on GameBillet.

PAYDAY 3 for $31.19. Lol

OKAMI HD $8.39, $7.97, $7.55, $7.13. All time low of $7.38 on GameBillet (however it seems like another flash deal) and is often ~$8 there. Buy if you have a 5% coupon or better, wait to buy during a sale on GameBillet if you don't.

SteamWorld Dig 2 $2.99, $2.84, $2.69, $2.54. All time low, also $2.99 on Steam if you want to be able to use the refund system. Buy on Fanatical or Steam, depending on if you have a coupon or want to use Steam's refund system.

Growth $6.69, $6.02, $6.36, $5.69. All time low of $5.80 on GamesPlanet US in April 2024. Buy if you have a 15% off coupon, otherwise wait for a sale on GamesPlanet US.

Nova Lands $10.99-$9.34. This is an all time low, even with no coupon. However the Deluxe Edition is not on sale on Fanatical. Steam does have the Deluxe Edition for an all time low of $17.53. If you want the base game, buy on Fanatical. If you want the Deluxe Edition, buy on Steam.

Graveyard Keeper $4.99-$4.24. All time low of $3.04 on GameBillet in April 2024. Wait for sale on GameBillet.

Project Highrise $2.79, $2.65, $2.51, $2.37. All time low of $0.99 on Fanatical in 2021. Often goes on sale for less in bundles. Wait for better discount on Fanatical.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy $8.39, $7.97, $7.55, $7.13. All time low of $7.50 on GamesPlanet US in December 2023. Buy if you have a 15% off coupon, wait for sale on GamesPlanet US otherwise.

I'll add more games to this list tomorrow when the new Star Deals drop, going to bed lol.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1cji04o/obese_people_of_reddit_what_is_something_nonobese/l2gfx5n/?context=8&sort=controversial

>Unless you're a medical professional who specialized in weight-loss, there's probably nothing you can say to them about their weight that they haven't already heard or are not already well-aware of.

Yeah no shit, wobbling back and forth waddling damaging your cardiovascular and skeletal structure is as basic as knowing the flu is bad.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1cji04o/obese_people_of_reddit_what_is_something_nonobese/l2gb8vx/?context=8&sort=controversial

Just how much internalized shame we carry. If you've seen someone who was really skinny struggle with shame, with thinking that they are too fat, and feeling guilty about how they look….that same shame lives inside so many of us.

>And a lot of us are honestly doing the best we can with subpar health care and normalized stigma.

We're also judged!!! No shit unhealthy habits are judged. At least anorexic and bulimics just understand that they refuse medical advice and not just blame others for their health issues.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1cji04o/obese_people_of_reddit_what_is_something_nonobese/l2g7l26/?context=8&sort=controversial

It is really easy to gain weight over time. You get a sedentary job and you snack occasionally, and in the evening you watch TV or read a book instead of going out. So you weigh three pounds more than you did at this time last year. No big deal, right?

>Now, multiply that by fifteen years or so. All of a sudden, it is your fortieth birthday, and you somehow weigh fifty pounds more than you did in college. It isn't because you always eat two boxes of oreos a night -- you just gained a little, year after year.

>Also? It is a lot harder to lose weight when you are heavy. When I was 25 and thought I had gained a few pounds, I'd start jogging. Pretty soon, I'd be able to run two or three miles at a shot, and hey! Problem solved! Now? I'm older and heavier and that means I'm a lot more prone to injury. So I try to work out, and my knees start hurting (again) or I aggravate an old foot injury, and it gets frustrating. There are workarounds, of course. I can swim, and I can lift weights. But it is all harder than it was when I was young. 

It's so easy to gain weight that it's something I just ignored for over a decade instead of taking proactive measures in my life to prevent this when noticed. Instead let's just blame it on the fact that I made no lifestyle changes in this period even though diet adjustment is still the main factor so let's just b-word about things not in control.

Just take semaglutide like every other fatty and stop shoving your mouth with garbage.

Linguine with clam sauce and some garlic bread, a massive Caesar salad made fresh at the table, a couple fingers of Macallan 12 whiskey and a tall, ice cold A&W rootbeer.

Either this youtuber regularly browses rdrama, or regularly browses multiple sites which are 1 step away from rdrama.

https://youtube.com/@StoicStick/videos

Hey everyone,

I'm here seeking advice. I have $10,000 to live on for the next six months, and I came to Cambodia to kickstart my online business. However, the sweltering heat has me seriously regretting my decision.

Do you have any suggestions for other places where I could use this time and money more effectively for my online business?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

no drama i just thought it was funny

Why did you post this?
Are you a true Indian?
If yes, Pls delete it!

What you have done is a crime under the following sections :

153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.),

153-B (imputations,…

— Faisal Rizvi (@sf_rizvi) May 3, 2024

Lemmygrad.ml is communist lemmy. Lemmy is like reddit but federated. It's pretty popular, with the top posts getting above 1k upvotes.

Here are things you can do on Lemmygrad:

1. Look at the latest and greatest communist memes

Wait is North Korea communist too??? someone help me out here

2. learn all about praxis

3. learn all about theory

A lot of times communists compare theory and praxis. Theory is when you about communism. Praxis is the communist word for touching grass communistically to further communism.

lemmygrad has nice sidebar links to stuff that can help you learn about communism: https://prolewiki.org/

I turn this theory into the praxis of making sure I am well rested!

and yes, going to the bar can be good praxis as long as your comrades are there and you are building comradeship in pursuit of true communism

4. read their hillarious public modlog

https://lemmygrad.ml/modlog

This is the infinite drama fountain I spoke of, but it has a limitation It seems to only show the content of a removed comment for 24hrs:

This is why it's an infinite drama fountain and not a drama river

too bad, it would have been funny to keep reading all these

Mark Hamil has no idea he has joined the darkside. pic.twitter.com/wsjWD7Aspm

— Mad Bull America (@america_mad) May 3, 2024

Here the full conference:

https://twitter.com/america_mad/status/1786485704760951266

Blacku womanu:

Mark Hamil learned NOTHING from Star Wars. Not a darn thing.

https://twitter.com/sabbysabs2/status/1786486242567196703

please, i just want to to be brain dead for like 10 minutes a day, that's it

18 yrs ago I met my wife, 13 yrs later I lost her.

3 yrs ago I got her back and built @HostageTape into an 8 figure business. (#Thread 🧵) pic.twitter.com/I59pbp7Az6

— Alex Neist (@AlexNeist) May 3, 2024