Balerion

joined 1 week ago
[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 66 points 1 week ago (36 children)

Remember how he ran on hope and change? How he presented himself as a progressive? Then how he failed to close Guantanamo, never even tried to codify abortion rights, didn't bother prosecuting the Bush administration for their war crimes, did a bunch of war crimes himself, and expanded the surveillance state? Because I do.

And like the other commenter said, he completely capitulated to the Republicans when they invented some bullshit about how outgoing presidents aren't supposed to appoint justices or whatever.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago

I'd say to pick something light-hearted that puts you in a good mood.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

Oh shit, I didn't know we had a day.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They aren't advocating to vote against Mamdani. They're pointing out that "blue no matter who" is almost exclusively applied to progressives who complain about establishment Dems. When it's the other way around, establishment Dems are quick to abandon their alleged principles and sabotage progressive candidates.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 147 points 1 week ago (89 children)

Jesus. You know it's bad when even a spineless centrist like Obama is calling them on their shit.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

I'm 29. My opinion on my parents has not changed much since I was a kid. My dad has a lot of practical knowledge, but his worldview is pants-on-head stupid. My mom is a far better person than my dad, but her technical knowledge is limited.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Too smol. Illegal. Must be confiscated.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I know I'm late to this, but I wanted to say congrats on being diagnosed and medicated!

For anyone who may be on the fence, I would definitely recommend at least giving it a try. Meds and diagnosis have made a huge difference in my life. Not everything is just fixed, unfortunately, but I do have some control over what I'm doing now, and my emotional regulation is better.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I was so disappointed with Contra's response to the Israel/Palestine situation. Like, I understand her not wanting to make a video about it. That's one thing. But her whole "the left shouldn't have made anti-Zionism its primary position" thing is just appalling. Zionism is a fundamentally cruel ideology and should be fiercely opposed.

I know she's had controversies before, but I found most of the criticisms I heard of her to be pretty foolish (e.g. "How dare she advocating voting as well as doing other things?"). Perhaps I should have made an effort to look into those controversies more.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

I journal pretty much at random. I want to do it, but I struggle a lot with habit-forming (ADHD), so it's not easy.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

I tried intermittent fasting for like a year. The hunger never went away.

[–] Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I went vegetarian 13 years ago. I lost a little weight in the beginning, then immediately gained it all back once I figured out what I liked. If being vegetarian makes you healthier, that's a skill issue, considering pizza and ice cream can be vegetarian.

Seriously, though, congrats.

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