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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 61 points 10 months ago

For my own sanity, I refuse to believe this is not a bit.

[-] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 64 points 10 months ago

It’s a bit. Checked the guy's posting history. Here’s another banger:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IRstudies/s/fIT5ovLwYu

[-] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 39 points 10 months ago

Thank you for your through provoking response. I have not considered the existence Air People (Aetherocracies ). I will continue not to.

incredible

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 36 points 10 months ago

Anyway, while I was explaining my point she rudely hits me with the Thalassocratic stare (Sea person stare)

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

when someone says something so inlander that you just gotta hit them with that Thalassocratic stare

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[-] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 10 months ago

Apparently geopolitics follows the plot of the 3rd gen pokemon games.

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[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 51 points 10 months ago
[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 26 points 10 months ago

I was desperately trying to find a way to view deleted reddit posts, but couldn't figure out a way to make it work. I must know what the idea was.

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

Change the domain from "www.reddit" to "reveddit" -- note that you have to remove the www. subdomain while you're at it. That will work if the post/comment was indexed before being removed, and only if it was removed by a mod or admin. Self-deleted stuff is gone forever.

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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 51 points 10 months ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/jedi/comments/17g5gzu/update_joe_biden_jedi/

I (32M) am a researcher in international development, and made a post last week about Joe Biden being a Jedi, and unfortunately I dont think a lot of people agreed. However this is okay. Academic disagreement is really important to having a lively debate about Global (Galactic) Politics.

I also have a change of heart. Much like Ben Kenobi, I have a mentor. Professor Ballard and I had a lively discussion on this topic. Continuing with the aid (force) debate, I think that we can look at it like lightside (aid to Israel from the Global Elite (Jedi Council)) and darkside (aid to Hamas from the Dark forces(Witches of Dathomir)). This analytical framework has a lot of explanatory power, and really aids in constructing a foundation for understanding Regional Politics.

Even though Joe Biden is a "Catholic", I know he supports Judaism (Jediism) in the Middle East (Tatooine). When Air Force One (Warp Speed) landed in Tel Aviv (Alderaan), I really thought there was a new hope for a different ending for Israel than there was for Alderaan. If we flip the theoretical framework around, we may see that the structural threats to Israel have similar plans for Alderaan as Abu Obaida of the Al-Qassam Brigade (Darth Vader and Stormtroopers), even though they are Muslims, unlike Vader who is a Sith.

What do you guys think? It is important to understand our world through the lenses of theory. In this case, Star Wars.

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 56 points 10 months ago

We've got a poster here folks che-smile

[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 45 points 10 months ago

aid to Hamas from the Dark forces(Witches of Dathomir)

michael-laugh i am fucking sent

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 32 points 10 months ago

Let him cook

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

oh man, I was worried this was real, but i feel safe knowing this is shitposting.

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago

from the Dark forces

unbelieveable that dark forces isn't the star wars reference

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[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 48 points 10 months ago
[-] Kestrel@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago
[-] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 18 points 10 months ago
[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 41 points 10 months ago

aid (The Force)

This is 100% a bit. Not a great one but definitely a bit.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hamas (Empire)

...

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 36 points 10 months ago

"Balance to the Force" has multiple interpretations and most of them involve a reasonable amount of mass murder.

Fuck the magic cops.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

That one always confused me. Like, there is no good amount of evil, right? But people all across popular media prattle on about evil being necessary as though it makes any sense.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Speaking of "there needs to be a balance of evil" enlightened centrist bullshit, every single self-described "Grey Jedi" I ever ran into in college, the kind that were Star Wars fans and most of their discussions were "who would win in a fight" fantasy football drafts regarding midi-chlorian count estimates, became some kind of chud afterward, such as working for a military-industrial corporation, a surveillance startup, or even joining the Air Force. pete

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago

I always hated that grey jedi shit. You cannot use your magic powers to hurt people for your own selfish goals just litte a, as a treat. The whole narrative around the force, at least in the better stories, is that the dark side is inherently corrupting - the more you use magic to hurt people to get what you want, the easier it gets to cross that ethical line.

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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

I think they had to retcon the dark side philosophically because of the whole balance thing. In the original trilogy it seemed more like the dark side was just fear and anger and hate. In the prequels they added stuff like passion and ambition, which are good emotions in moderation.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

A generous reading of the prequels is that the jedi were wrong, and their fossilized view of the force is what made them blind to the Sith operating right in front of their faces.

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[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 25 points 10 months ago

researcher in international development at florida state

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 25 points 10 months ago

Getting that degree in advanced gusano studies

[-] MarxGuns@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago

Wrong. The Luke Skywalker parallel is some old Vietnamese veteran who merced US soldiers during the war and was instrumental in bringing down some US base.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They do this with every media they like, but at least this is a bit

[-] NewDark@hexbear.net 17 points 10 months ago

Media literacy is dead

[-] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 16 points 10 months ago

remember when the US went to Vietnam to blow up the death star?

[-] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

when your understanding of politics is based on vibes.

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago

it would make far more sense to call Russia the empire.

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[-] Umechan@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When you're too busy to read another book so you watch a movie instead.

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[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

The best part is how he misrepresents what happens in the movie lol this guy's awesome

[-] Buchenstr@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

tbf mark hamil is unironically like this.

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