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I gotta complain about this one somewhere, so a few weeks ago I applied for some medical receptionist position, got an interview, got turned down no surprise. Last week one of the interviewers sees me at my IRL retail job and per usual I’m like the only one able to ring up customers on a skeletal crew night and there’s a huge ass line of angry people, when she comes up she starts going off about how I’m in a bad position and she feels sorry for me. I’m thinking all sorts of rude things but say nothing and pretend to be too focused, such sorts are looking for a reaction. Probably the first customer in a while that realized I actually have an education rather than the usual ‘tee hee illegal tamagotchi never read a book, no habla ingles’ horseshit bigots I deal with day in and out. Still a bigot most likely, HR sorts are until proven otherwise. Yesterday I had a bunch of
having the time of their lives giggling as 60-some year old boomboom children pretending they didn’t understand me. Come on now, a San Jose accent isn’t incomprehensible to a midwesterner.I read long ago that hamsters may eat their babies to reduce the scent that could attract predators or to focus their energy on their own survival. I feel this sums up the relationship Democrats or libs in general around the world have with POC. Why not have a little genocide in gaza to delay the inevitable.
I decided to add more to the song.
I intend for this entire part to serve as a long proggy instrumental intro of some sorts!
Job hunting seriously continues to be depressing. I’ve been in this hole of unemployment for too long. I’ve had brief moments of hope, such as a time where I did have a job for a few months but got fired for no apparent reason and job offers that ended up being disappointing, misleading, or even scams.
I seriously just wanna be able to be an exploited worker like everyone else… at least in that case I can feel some level of “independence” and “freedom,” as they call it.
It feels like an endless hell, and I have many aspirations, like leaving this shitty state or being able to get the music equipment I need to record a debut album, but it’s hard for me to even see that end in sight. I’m confused and don’t know what more to do. I try to sit, research, and brainstorm ideas but get overwhelmed by how long I do it and come up with nothing in the process.
Are there more poc-friendly horror spaces anywhere? I’ve mentioned before how the gore community makes racial issues here look like Club Penguin, but it’s getting to be too much.
Constant uses of the f-slur and n-slur with the hard R being placed in various images because funny. Then there’s the edits featuring the most dated anti-black stereotypes imaginable.
I love horror and exploring the genre but so many edgelords make the fandom hard to be a part of.
Constant uses of the f-slur and n-slur with the hard R being placed in various images because funny. Then there’s the edits featuring the most dated anti-black stereotypes imaginable.
I love horror and exploring the genre but so many edgelords make the fandom hard to be a part of.
JFC, you just casually experience that?
Yes. This particular fandom is very niche and has its roots in 4chan from the 2010’s so I guess I pretty much knew what to expect. What kept me in was the niche topic itself and that there are genuinely good people who are pushing back against the bigotry. But every now and then the slurs rear their ugly head.
Edit: But the larger horror community has this problem too. Too many anti-SJW rants and prominent creators like David Firth of Salad Fingers whining about how migrants are ruining the UK.
A lot of horror stuff tickles the same as anti-immigrant panic, “humanoid figure with unusual proportions and skin tone kidnapping little girls” isn’t some racist stereotype about immigrants but Slenderman, there’s also a history of racism in it, like how Voodoo is depicted and the origins of Zombies.
Exactly this. Lovecraft being as prominent as he is doesn’t help. His stuff is great but it’s hard to ignore the xenophobic and racist undertones. Guillermo Del Toro is probably the best horror creative in the Spanish speaking world and I hope we continue to see more like him.
I personally enjoy topics of horror that involve the unknown or exaggerated forms of the supernatural. It’s getting better but there’s still a long way to go.
xenophobic and racist undertones.
Lovecraft called me slurs I didn’t even know existed. I’ve never had someone disparage my mom with such impressive and precise vocabulary.
I still can’t get over him going into an existential crisis, losing his shit, and then writing all his family members because he found out his great aunt or whatever the fuck was Welsh. Lovecraft had some big-brained 600 IQ views on race I will never understand.
React channels are bottom tier garbage. So whenever I see a POC react channel usually down the line they end up nodding with some shit that make the kkk blush.
You know how many of these chucklefucks big up Charleston fucking white? That mf has said shit even kanye does a double take on. Mf literally bragged aboutremoved women I saw a thumbnail for this family of brothers who were positively reacting to Jordan Peterson. “DR. JORDAN PETERSON GIVES GREAT ADVICE - BLACK FAMILY REACTS!”
Immediately put them on the block list. Wouldn’t surprise me if they were feds.
This happens with a lot of them. Their fans send them right-wing stuff to react to and it gradually radicalizes them. XQC is a good example of this.
A bro of mine who is muslim loved dr Peterson. I showed him in a couple of seconds what Peterson really things of islam. He was shocked.
oh shit
I know people IRL that like Charlston White
I’ve overheard some of his stuff, and even without having heard what you said about bragging about that, his shit is super fucking cringe. The guys I know that listen to him think he’s funny, but someone who trips over themselves as much as he does to justify the patriarchal white supremacy of America while doing as much as he possibly could to put down POC is not funny. And I don’t know how many followers he has, but the fact that there are react channels that also spread this garbage is depressing as shit.
Its insane. He litetally hung out with nick fuentes, talks about he wishes asian children were killed. I’m not joking. People say he’s trolling and he has a deeper message to say about hood violence but wtf does doing nazi salutes accomplish on that front? The internet has absolutely done a number on critical thinking and its no wonder react are reactionary. I bet if there was a reading of mein Kampf done by someone and it ghost video not revealing the source, they’d be like “yo but he’s spitting some knowledge here” I would stake my life on that.
The internet has absolutely done a number on critical thinking and its no wonder react are reactionary. I bet if there was a reading of mein Kampf done by someone and it ghost video not revealing the source, they’d be like “yo but he’s spitting some knowledge here” I would stake my life on that.
Oh no question. I would say your life would be as safe as could be if you were staking it on that. And its a sad truth. People listen to all the shit Kanye says about Jews controlling the world and they’re like, “wow, Kanye might be a bit messed up in the head, but he’s speaking the truth there”. Like, no, just fucking stop. People will twist themselves into pretzels to justify fash/Nazi ideology, but then you hit them with a well thought out explanation of why capitalism has fucked things up for everyone and then you’re the crazy one. I know too many POC in my own life that think like this and shit legit makes me a doomer.
Where do I begin with this one. Even the justification for the holocaust spreading on youtube. I’ve seen people talk about Jewish people controlling the prices at that time and goughing them is the reason the Germans retaliated. I’m like jfc is this really what time some people on? Mind you these are otherwise normal folks. Guess where they got that info from… Swear down I fully understand the Chinese government putting the clamps on the internet. This shit spreads fast. Mind you alot of people I mentioned also have an issue with capitalism but don’t think there is much of an alternative
I hate seeing news articles about trumps racism and racist policies. We all know he’s racist, why do we keep clutching our pearls everytime he does something he’s known for. Also this country was always racist so what is there to be surprised over. Come back to me when you’re ready to get guns
Black men are very unlikely to be born rich and even less likely to be born white
FD Signifier winning quote of the month
After the last 6 months I realize the site team was extremely correct to try to get rid of /c/the_dunk_tank
Did horrible at my physical training yesterday, was just uncoordinated and not good at cardio. Hope I improve with time and am able to balance more, as it was pretty embarrassing.
I really wish that leftist homies would stop pulling their daggers out on each online and go plug into any sort of real world organization. Something as small as dungeon and dragons group to a straight up leftist org. I hate the internet so much it’s really got people backwards. Go link up with real people leftist homie, link up and and be a part of something.
It’s feel this doubly for my fellow PoC-homies. Like I hate seeing PoC lefties doing weird online flame wars over nothing. Feels bad to see.
I love computers and computer nerd shit, but I still think the internet was a mistake.
Even irl I find US anarchists to be the most insufferable people. Most of them are radlibs who spend their time talking purely on culture war bs and lecturing you for not being fully in-line with them.
Guatemalan anarchists are okay for the most part. They’re mostly helpful but tend to swallow the anti-China bs a little too easily. Most of their best work is involved with disrupting government operations in the cities.
Online sectarianism does nobody any favors, IMO. It’s unproductive at best and wrecker behavior at worst. Seeing online leftists argue over shit that happened before anyone was alive makes me nope out.
We’re in the “people are being disappeared by the government” stage of collapse and terminally online dorks are getting into flame wars over nothing. Like go punch some nazis or something instead of getting upset and arguing with the two Marxist-Leninist-Maoist-Hoxhaist-Dengist-Trotskeyite-Moo Dengist anarchists that exist in the United States.
I’ve generally stayed away from places where I’m going to see this much, but a few weeks ago I checked out an anarchist song that was posted here and decided to read the youtube comments… uh. Big mistake. But also it really was just some petty historical shit. Like why not look towards the past to learn from mistakes that were made rather than rehashing an argument that should have died out ages ago?
Well I’m back from El Salvador and my break. I gotta say it feels good being around leftists who can actually analyze the situation using our own history and not ww2. They understand how hard the 20th century was for the region and how much Bukele is resembling Maximiliano Martinez.
My own family are mixed on him. The men are unsurprisingly die hards who see him as some sort of tough guy while most of the women respect him cracking down on crime but want him to leave migrants alone.
You have to remember that the things he’s doing didn’t start with him but he’s making the largest spectacle out of it. The whole targeting people with tattoos was a thing that started with Honduras in the 2000’s and Guatemala has a long history of disappearing people in US backed prisons, including American citizens. One of whom the Clintons mocked.
I still think Bukele is a regional issue. Mexico and Colombia are welcome to get involved with their countries being linked to Central America but that’s as far as I’m willing to go.
We have to also remember that climate change is hitting El Salvador hard. Harder than it is with Guatemala. I think Guatemala will survive by the end of the century in a very fractured state but I think El Salvador will be one of those countries that will no longer exist.
westerners really like to compare everything to ww2, its like its the only history class they have
i dont think claudia or petro will get too involved with bukele besides maybe a comment here and there, it seams most of the deportees are from venezuela and central america, plus it seams the main strategy of the latam pink tide is ignore the right wing govs and push for more regional integration
glad your travel to el salvador went well
It does seem that way and Bukele has expressed interest in Central American integration. Arevalo seems less enthused than our previous president so I guess we’ll see if it ever comes to be.
Final update: we decided not to talk anymore, not even as friends, and I respect that.
She’s genuinely a good person, and even though things didn’t work out how I hoped, I’m grateful for the time we shared. It showed me my heart’s full capacity to love and proved that the kind of person I’m looking for in a relationship can exist, even if it’s not her.
This was different from anything I’ve felt before. Looking back, my past “love” I had other people was built on potential. I idealized people, loved who I wanted them to be, not who they really were. With her? No illusions. I loved her exactly as she was. That’s why I couldn’t settle for anything less than something real and lasting. Since that’s not mutual, walking away is the right call.
I hope our conversations brought her even a little joy or warmth. For me, the experience was priceless, and if it brightened her world in any way, that makes it even more meaningful.
No regrets. Just gratitude.
Also, still a thug!
In good news, my freeform dreadlocks just keep getting better and better. Nothing will teach you patience like growing freeforms, damn! Birthday’s also hella close.
I share a birthday with a very famous abolitionist, go figure. If that hint doesn’t help you, also consider the piano man.
Holy shit I just tried to make a POC character in Oblivion Remastered and it looks like a cracker wearing blackface/yellowface/brownface
:yea:
It’s worse than before, what the fuck
I wanna get back into writing but when I wanna make my characters speak spanish I realize how limited I am. I speak it fluently but I never bothered to learn writing it, mostly because I refused to learn the spanish taught in schools. There is something that for sure is gonna be lost if not kept, all the euphemisms and idioms I wanna use would give my characters the sauce.
The nice thing about Spanish is everything is spelled exactly how it sounds. AFAIK, accent/dialect differences in Spanish are where they put the stresses in their words, unlike in English where accents are vowel shifts. That means it’s easy to sound things out. Mexicans may stress part of a word differently than Peruvians or speak at a different pace, but both pronounce their A, E, I, O, and U’s the same way.
The most challenging is going to be Peninsular Spanish vs. Spanish spoken in the Americas.
Latin Spanish is is the only one I’ll acknowledge
but for it is useful how you could sound it out most of the time. I have looked for one phrase though that my parents have said and I seen in the old DBZ Latin dub and found nothing, calabaza de fortnoce I know what calabaza means but the last part no real clue how to spell or what it means and parents don’t know eitherFortnoche? Like fortnight?
You prob spelled it better than me all I know is you call some one calabaza de fortnoche when you mean dumbass we call our cats this sometimes and I remember piccolo called krillin and Gohan that so I lost my mind when I heard it in the dub
Hmm, I’m curious how you got that impression? In Spanish, the syllabic stress is completely set in stone. Words ending in n, s, or a vowel get a diacritic accent if they have their stress on their final syllable, otherwise they get the accent if they have a stress on the second-to-last syllable. All words with the stress before then get the accent.
Examples:
arroz: ah - RROZ (no accent, ends in z and has stress on final syllable)
atún: ah - TOON (accent because it ends in n and has stress on final syllable) año: ahn - yuh (no accent, second-to-last ending in vowel)
huésped: WUHS - ped (accent because stress on second-to-last and ends on d)
esdrújula: ess - DROO - who - lah (always accent because stress comes more than 2 syllables away from ending)I’m not a linguist but afaik the distinction between Spanish accents is really more about slight differences in how letters are pronounced and the flow between syllables, more subtle than stress.
Maybe I’m not using the right terminology? I’ll try and explain with “I have work tomorrow,” as an example. Capital letters are the letters in the accent/dialect that are emphasized/stressed/IDK what it’s called (I think you’re right it’s probably flow).
Mexican Spanish: “tEngo trabAjo mañAna.”
Peruvian Spanish: “tengO trabajO mañanA.”
Cuban Spanksh: “tEngO trAbAjO mAñAnA.”
Compared to English accents:
Received Pronunciation (all letters are spoken, consonants are used clearly): “I have work tomorrow.”
Boston English: “Ahh hev werk tamar-rah.”
Australian English: “Eh half werk tamaroh.”
West coast American: “Ai halve werek tomarow.”
Vowels get shifted into other vowels while entire consonants dissappear. Other examples include “button” (Americans don’t say the O) and “aluminium” (Americans don’t say the second I). Compare that to Spanish, where accents are where pitch in a word changes, but the vowels are still the same. Maybe a long A turns into a short A, but it doesn’t randomly shift into some dumbfuck combination like “ER” (“wash” vs. “worsh”).
Yeah I get what you mean, it’s a different kind of emphasis that has a bit more to do with flow and the rhythm of speech than stress.
