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I’m finally making the switch from Reddit. The Voyager app seems like a pretty seamless transition, but I’d love to hear any tips about using this platform, or what quirks distinguish it from Reddit as a whole.

American Militia Members. Where the hell are you? THIS is what you exist for and you are doing NOTHING!

Edit: I've only heard "defense against tyranny" as justification for these militias by these militia

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27773720

not only about presidential and parliamentarian elections, but opinions about the war, raising or lowering taxes, corruption perception, integration in both the EU and NATO, preferred language used at home, prohibition of russian in Ukraine, prohibition of the russian aligned Orthodox church of the moscow patriarcate in Ukraine, capping the armed forces, at what number should that be, trusting putin to respect any ceasefire he promises to respect, how to deal with trump, where do they see Ukraine in 5 years, is it a Ukraine free from russian interference, how to deal with its soviet past...

I don't speak any Ukrainian and don't know any reputable Ukrainian source, but I could translate it.

English speaking media only treats these questions superficially.

Does anyone have a pair? How do they compare to generic ear plugs?

Hi all! This is an alt for anonymity. Please be gentle, this is a hard topic for me to discuss.

I'm a progressive United States citizen who is looking to get out. I'm of Italian descent so I'm working on getting Italian citizenship through jure sanguinis, but it's going to take some time, if it works at all (gotta substantiate some relations) and won't extend to my husband until he completes a citizenship test, which he can do after living in Italy for two years.

Here's my big question: is moving to Italy even a good idea?

I know there's a significant element of fascism there, but that seems to be the case to varying extents throughout Europe. I've visited a few times as a tourist and everyone was very kind. I also have a US cousin that lives there as a permanent resident near Napoli and she is very encouraging, saying people will be welcoming. We don't want much, just to make a living and maybe have a kid.

If you are currently needing help OF ANY KIND on your student loans it just isn't available. You have no option but to default. This is an intentional situation created by the current administration.

WHY? What purpose does this serve? What possible use could it be to ANYONE, conservative, liberal, communist, or fascist to have people in this situation? Could someone please explain what is happening?

I know I'll get a lot of "They just like hurting people" or "They're just bastards" and that sort of thing, but surely, they must care about their "legacy?" Burning down the country isn't what anyone should look for on a resume.

What the hell is going on? What's the end game?

UGH. Just found this...

Palingenetic ultranationalism

Palingenetic ultranationalism is a definition of "true fascism" proposed by political theorist Roger Griffin. The phrase was first coined by Griffin in his 1991 book The Nature of Fascism. A key element is the belief that fascism can be defined by what Griffin posits in his book to be the true core myth of fascism, namely that of the need for a social revolution to occur first before a "national rebirth", palingenesis, could then take place. Griffin argues that the unique synthesis of palingenesis, populism and ultranationalism differentiates fascism from para-fascism and other authoritarian, nationalist ideologies. He asserts that this is the "fascist minimum" without which, according to his definition, there can be no "true fascism". Griffin himself describes fascism as a political philosophy built on the "perverse mythic logic" of destruction, which the fascist believes will then be followed by some form of political rebirth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palingenetic_ultranationalism

Why can’t any government in the world aim to tax ultra rich more whilst making easier for small to medium large businesses to thrive. And policies on property supply rather than property buyers like all sorts of first time buyers programs.

Why are only same old policies keep being peddled when the world is still going to shit?

That doesn’t involve reducing the government size and budget entirely or subscribing to any extreme left or right?

Mozart

When I want to study or be a little activated, been getting into Mozart, its zippy like a if hummingbird got stuck inside a pianoforte

Satie

Relaxing and the quintessential chill music, very unobtrusive and puts me at instant ease. Fantastic for intimate meals and gatherings also. A room is nothing without pleasing furniture music

Sounds like some made-up bullshit to me. Let's throw a flag on this motherfucker and stop the game for a review.

EDIT: Even if it's a thing, how can it have the superpower of closing entire government agencies, opening new ones that supersede national security laws, and nationalizing a voting system that resides in the states?

Is it because I use the taboo words 'zionist' or 'jew'?

Do they understand and actually bona fide engage in trolling?

If not linguistically than in what they do?

Just curious. As far back as I remember I only hear about them destabilizing countries that aren't fully in the pocket of American powerplayers. Sometimes they assassinate people, sometimes instigate coups, subvert media... and the #1 way to encounter them seems to be to try and take back control locally of one's country's oil and other valuable resources.

So my question is, have they ever done anything good?

I see a lot of people saying online that "forums are dying off because of discord and reddit"

yet other people reply: "Well, I'm still using my forum/IRC."

So I have to ask, what forums that are decently big still exist? Only one I can think of is Nomutantsallowed for fallout related content.

I'm sure this must sound stupid for many, but I never get any responses, until like 3 days later when I check my spam folder and realize my scheduled interview appointment came from some random server that got deleted as spam mail.

How the hell do people get jobs online? I've only ever landed a job in person.

In Germany, there a several characteristics which only exist in youth language. First of all the vocabulary partly is different, words like "Digga(h)" (bro) were introduced into German by youth language and have now partly become widespread terms. But there still are specific words only younger people use and these words constantly change while only a minority stays part of the German (youth) language. On the other hand there are some words which already exist in German but are more widespread in youth language, for example the North German greeting "Moin". The gramma also partly differs since the youth language tends to accelerate the process of language simplification. There are also exeptions for that. The youth language is influenzed by different actors. First of all probably by other languages like English (many, many anglicisms) or Turkish. But also by people who are known among young people and by more complex structures. All these characteristics differ from region to region and only a minority actually applies to the whole of Germany.

Which country are you in? Are there any characteristics of your country's youth language? Does the youth language maybe differ from city to city? How did it change over the time? By what is your youth language influenzed?

First term a lot of people considered leaving but frankly it didn't feel like this.

Mods: I am unsure if this question goes against rule 2 or not. I mean to ask this as the general situation but of course it is political. The wording of the rule makes it unclear if politics are allowed or not...

Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.

I guess the simple question is, is burning rubber illegal?

I kinda wish there was a way to get tap water fortified with whatever magnesium it is thats in spring water or failing that magnesium glycinate.

My understanding is magnesium deficiency is a common thing and that lack of it causes several musculo-skeletal and nervous system problems and in general a less relaxed state of being when deficient

San pellegrino would be interesting to look at since it has a good deal of magnesium in its spring water, those lucky bastards got that good stuff on tap😋

Is there a (non-medical) word for the border/skin fold between butt and thigh?

I have a feeling there is one.

I blame society for telling me to use drugs. I went along with it to fit in. I don't care about fitting in anymore, but I don't think it was my fault for partaking given the social atmosphere. So why do I have to suffer these dreams that torment me about it? Do I have unresolved trauma related to it or some shit?

PS. I am straight edge now, I haven't used drugs in a long time and don't think about them while I'm awake at all. I prefer to be sober minded. The only part they play in my life is in occasional dreams apparently, which are usually negative and unpleasant.