For a “winner” he’s doing a lot of losing

Almost every American WWII film for starters. U571 was especially awful.

Section 28 in the UK which banned the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools fucked up a lot of kids in the 90s including me. Thankfully it was repealed.

Don’t let America go that route. You’ll cause more harm by restricting discussion of sexuality.

As a young teen I thought my attraction to my classmates meant I was a paedophile. It resulted in me cutting, burning and hitting myself whenever I wanked to anything gay as a form of ‘DIY conversation therapy’.

I still have the scars at 40 and I only properly came out as gay at 38 after years of self hate.

All I would have needed is a person in authority like a teacher or parent to say “same sex attraction is normal” or “fancying your same sex mates doesn’t make you a pedo - you may just be gay”.

I know it sounds fucking dumb to hear as an adult but as a confused, angsty, pubescent teen who grew up pre-internet* it made sense that I was perverted, evil and broken.

*The internet doesn’t necessarily make it easier for teens to confirm themselves. They could just as easily fall into the same mindset as me due to misinformation rather than ignorance.

Hvordan har du det?

I’ve heard Germans say it’s terrible in German too.

It was surprisingly nice! I’ve never been a fan of cooking. Food is more of a chore to me so I just throw whatever I need together into a bowl and eat it.

I noticed I’m not getting much protein so decided to chuck my 2 highest protein foods into a bowl with a waffle to dry it a bit.

The mackerel and cheese went together quite well. A kind of sour-sharp flavour with a slight sweetness from the sauce.

I’d eat it again. 👍

Ive just this second opened the worlds first meth bank! Freely and securely deposit all your meth in me.

I don’t understand their use of the term “log cabin”. Is there something gay about log cabins?

Similar happened to me. I got banned from 2westerneurope4u and another mod unbanned me a few weeks later. So I commented again.

Permaban from Reddit for evading a ban.

Any time I created a new account it would be banned for ban evasion.

So I can’t comment on Reddit unless I set up an account with a VPN.

Fuck all that.

It’s a concept in Japanese martial arts that I read in a book by Takuan Soho.

Wiki:

Fudōshin (Japanese: 不動心) is a state of equanimity or imperturbability (literally and metaphorically, “immovable mind”,[1] “immovable heart”[2] or “unmoving heart”). It is a philosophical or mental dimension to Japanese martial arts which contributes to the effectiveness of the advanced practitioner.

I was training in Jujutsu and kenjutsu at the time and the concept clicked. I know it sounds very ‘weeb’ but it was an epiphany and quite profound for me at the time.

There’s a Shingon Buddhist deity that encapsulates the concept too and he holds a sword to cut through ignorance and delusion.

There’re some related concepts like Mushin that come together with marital arts.

• Fudoshin - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fudōshin
• Takuan Soho - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan_Sōhō
• Mushin - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushin_(mental_state)

Excellent source. Thank you

Great video! I used to live near a place called Alcester and got the piss ripped out of me for my pronunciation.

It’s pronounced ul-ster!

Friendship and happy-ha-ha it’s strictly prohibited!

I ask my mate in Shenzhen what he thinks of China and Xi.

He hates Xi and so do most of his friends. His wife is even a member of the CCP.

If you don’t fully commit to the party line and pay increasing fees you don’t progress in the CCP. Sounds a lot like Scientology tbh and they see it as more of a tax. Because leaving is a huge no-no. She wishes she never joined.

I take his (Chinese) opinion of China much more highly than a bunch of angry Zoomer kids on Lemmy.ml posting puff-pieces by the CCP.

I prefer to walk mine in the park on a lead.

He wasn’t very powerful. All he did was make his staff flash and set off some fireworks.

He says he killed a balrog, but can we be certain?

Gandalf is a conjurer and nothing more.

Nim is cool

“Just”

That one word has done a fuck ton of lifting over my career.

“Can’t you just make it do this”

I can’t “just” do anything you fuck head! It takes time and lots of effort!

I’ve got a friend from Shenzhen who thinks Xi is the worst thing since Mao. If I said that to a lemmy.ml user I’d be banned from the instance.

Hell, I got suspended for 4 days (and trolled to fuck) when I suggested someone was a tankie (literally a communist who believes in using tanks to kill people).

Silly thing is I’m a fucking socialist! I believe in all the key tenets of socialism. But heaven forbid you criticise DPRK or China. They’ll chew you apart.

There’s plenty of fucking countries where from socialism has worked and there’s plenty where some level of socialism currently works.

I mentioned the Nordic Model and instead of them agreeing it was a good step they spent their time ‘educating’ me on how it’s not true socialism and it’s just as bad as the US.

Fucking boggles the mind. They genuinely seem to think Stalin was a saint and Kim is a benevolent, democratically elected leader. If anyone thinks otherwise it’s due to Western propaganda.

I know people living in China - they ain’t fucking happy!

Dunno about anyone else but personally: I don’t care because I can’t afford food each month. Worrying where your next meal comes from focusing your mind somewhat.