• Oppo@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      I joined hexbear when it was still called chapo.chat but stopped using it. Saw a link to lemmygrad on r/genzedong browsed it occasionally but only made an account once the sub got quarantine

    • Ocommie63 [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      I came here though r/thedeprogram there was a link to this site that was pinned for a time just in case reddit did what it did to r/genzedong to r/thedeprogram. And when reddit terminated my account I came here.

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      I used to lurk on the Marxist subreddits for theory discussions as I was feeling my way through the classics. There were always to many reactionaries and bad faith arguments for me to get involved other than reading. Then I saw a link to here and I’ve been lurking since the beginning. I made an account when I was confident enough with my Marxism to join in.

    • pinguinu [any]@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      Discovered Lemmy through looking at the Fediverse wikipedia page and just came across a Lemmygrad post(er) and thought the name was based. By then I had been in a radlib discord server but I knew something was off because they were very pro-ukraine (I’d watched the Boy Boy video about it and felt pretty convinced) and were skeptical of JT, calling him a tankie. Everything in my worldview was vibes-based. I stuck around and lurked this place and Hexbear for like 8 months until I made an account.

      Basically everything about communism I know I came to know thanks to the users here and in Hexbear, so I’m eternally grateful for y’all 🫡

  • proletarian_girlboss@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    I have no idea why I never post in this thread. Greetings comrades. Hugo Chavez was mentioned in the news today so I must post my favorite image of him.

  • Darkerseid@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    A lot of bombs landing here tonight

    Killing more resisters of your endless occupation

    You bomb Gaza every day and night

    The death they bring escorts a slew of martyrs to salvation

    You air-dropped food just yesterday

    Hoping to find some peace of mind by dropping stacks of MRE’s

    Now your snipers watch that food and say, ‘Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you!’

    Palestine’s become a human barbecue

    So many homes you’ve plundered and their families shattered too

    We live in pain under martial law

    Genocide’s the crime that undoes everything you have

    Your Yahweh feeds on hate and spite

    And he grows restless longing for some sanguinary gluttony

    His orders are to smash and smite

    As sure as murder and sorrow rises from the puss of your own history

    You cannot thrive with apartheid

    Try and you will meet the fire that comes

    Palestine’s become a human barbecue

    So many homes you’ve plundered and their families shattered too

    We live in pain under martial law

    Genocide’s the crime that undoes everything you have

    (musical interlude)

    ‘Hurry boy, food’s waiting there for you!’

    Palestine’s become a human barbecue

    So many homes you’ve plundered and their families murdered too

    Here stands Hamas here stands Hezbollah

    Here stands Hamas here stands Hezbollah (here stands Hamas)

    Here stands Hamas here stands Hezbollah (here stands Hamas)

    Here stands Hamas here stands Hezbollah

    Here stands Hamas here stands Hezbollah (here stands Hamas)

    Genocide’s the crime that undoes everything you have`

    https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/03/links-3-5-2024.html#comment-4006746

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Has anyone else been extremely burnt out, stressed, and depressed lately? I feel like I’m falling behind and I don’t know who to turn to. I can’t take breaks or vacations. I’m very tired.

    I wish there was more I could do for myself, my community and my health. I’m just very tired.

      • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        Thank you for the laugh friend : ) I’ll keep your offer in mind lol

        I guess it’s only fair for me to offer the same thing back, I can eat you if things get too stressful!

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      Sorry to hear that. I get like that sometimes, too. That’s when I post the most because I don’t have energy for much else. That feeling would be fairly constant at the moment, given the state of the world, Palestine in particular, if I e.g. read the papers or watched the news. I mostly stopped looking, for that reason. It’s okay to switch off from some things to gather your strength.

      Try to take it easy sometimes if you can. Your studies are important and you want to do well, but you won’t be able to keep it all up if you end up too burned out. Is there a more efficient way of studying? There might not be, but it’s worth thinking about, just in case.

    • DankZedong @lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      Yup 😎 just work and when I get back from work I don’t have the energy to do something so I watch brain dead television instead. It has gotten to the point that I was anxious before my workout yesterday, even though I usually love working out.

      I’m currently in a ‘what’s the point?’ period in my life. I’m not suicidal but I do wonder what more there is to life than work for the vast majority of the time with little to no positive developments when it comes to housing, climate, right wing extremisme etc. Like, why am I making this much effort for this messed up system? Why not just start living my life in a more meaningful way?

    • ☭CommieWolf☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      I feel the same sometimes, with everything shitty that life can throw your way. The way I see it, a lot of the time there is not much that I can really do about these things apart from occasionally finding time to distract myself with things I care about. Although it’s less and less often these days.

    • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      Basic necessities cost way too fucking much, let alone small luxuries. And your society is gaslighting you into thinking that the genocide you’re watching is actually totally cool and super normal. So get back to work, keep buying things, and stream some more pop culture garbage content.

      It’d be crazy if you weren’t feeling burnt out and dysregulated.

      • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        The news is horrific, conditions are rapidly deteriorating, the amount of homeless people I see everyday increases each time I commute to class, more stores are closing, the climate (especially in my area) has been royally fucked, etc.

        On top of that, I’ve devoted fully to the student’s life, and I am regularly pulling 90-100 hour weeks between classes, lectures, projects, assignments, exams, studying, and working to stay alive. Everything is online, everyone wants to reach you every single hour of the day. I force myself to sleep 8 hours a day, so the little time I she to myself is for the bathroom, eating scraps, and chores.

        I don’t have time to eat, let alone the money to do so. I just forget the eat many days, and I’ve lost a lot of weight. Don’t spend time with anyone except my partner whenever I get the chance, and if it wasn’t for them and my local party I feel like I would have snapped by now.

        I don’t have the energy to do anything, and I’m still falling behind. I don’t even have the time anymore to volunteer with my party anymore, or attend any meetings. I feel like I’m failing the cause. Ironically the thing in studying is probably the best thing a communist could be, so I hope my work can bring meaningful change, but it seems like a cope.

        Sorry if this was very venty. Things haven’t been good over here.

        • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
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          8 months ago

          All good comrade. Burnout is real. Be kind to yourself. More and more people join the movement every day, so don’t feel guilty for taking breaks where you can. Your health is important and someone will eventually be there to fill in the gaps.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Ive never been a brand guy for really anything but lately ive been kinda craving for one of those BYD hybrids lol

  • QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    I realized why turning off notifications works for some people and not me for reducing tech use. At one time I got many discord notifications, on another Instagram. Now all the notifications I get (on the off screen of my phone) are texts that I often don’t feel like responding to. Meanwhile I’m in the habit of constantly checking things like Lemmygrad because someone just might have replied to me. Lack of notifications don’t deter me because I’m used to opening my phone and refreshing. Suppose I should re-declutter.

    • commiespammer@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      omg same 😭😭😭😭 I just try to distract myself with writing fanfics or drawing stuff instead of social media.

      • QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        I just want to read actual books, but I’m far more drawn to this unfortunately. It requires less focus.

        • pinguinu [any]@lemmygrad.ml
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          8 months ago

          That sentence might as well describe me lol

          The worst part is that the only books I have are PDFs so I only read on my phone. Thankfully I don’t have many distractions, just the Lemmy app

          • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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            8 months ago

            Can you see the text of PDFs ok on your phone? I’d love to read them on mine but the text is usually too small for me.

            • pinguinu [any]@lemmygrad.ml
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              8 months ago

              I dunno, I made myself used to it tbh. It’s the only portable reader I have. Before reading books I read mangas and it was a real pain, still I had read a lot.

  • SmilingSolaris@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Man I just got dog piled on an argument over voting. I get it’s a hot topic in this community but having people call me a fascist and telling me to die in Barbara pit is a fucking mood killer. Is voting really deserving of such hate? Was it an argument that got too heated? Is it normal to experience this from fellow comrades over a small disagreement or is the issue really as defining of a person as it was made to seem?

      • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        You should check out the “discussion” if you haven’t already, they said some very funny lib things. Their final signoff was * chef’s kiss *

        thread can be found here: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3850932

        (And big surprise, they weren’t “dogpiled” for a slight disagreement, but for actively being pro-fash and pro-genocide, smugly ignorant, and refusing to actually listen to anything anyone said, all while demanding civility from everyone else while not returning it in kind.)

        • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          8 months ago

          About what I expected. Mods were insanely patient to only give them a few day temp, i’ve been permbanned from so many places just for my uncompromising antifascism, not just on lemmy but also on basically every platform I join. Libs get one whiff of that and go into a bloodrage.

          • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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            8 months ago

            Yeah, they cry about how “authoritarian” our mods are, but every time I look at another lemmy instance I see the mods abusing their powers far more than here, our mods are generally patient and willing to just give temp bans rather than permanent bans.

            Also hilarious to see other instances being nonstop “uncivil” with each other, the mask of civility slips off very quickly, they always bicker and argue in a way I just don’t see here. We actually seem to get along with each other and when we disagree, it’s time for education, not hurling baseless insults (insults are still hurled, but not baseless ones). I think that might be why their brains short circuit a little bit when they deal with us, because in lib to lib communication, they will just ignore what the other person said and pretend they said something else so they can argue against that instead. Then when they want to “win” they just announce “logical fallacy” and declare victory. But we don’t tolerate that here, we actually read what they say, and expect them to do the same.