I feel you. I’ve been learning Chinese and anything beyond basic small talk is currently impossible to me.

I just want people to stop pretending it’s some amazing sentient technology and treat as what it actually is. A very advanced search engine.

Edit: The fact that this is my most downvoted comment ever shows me that an unfortunate number of comminists also buy into the bs hype, IT’S A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE. IT DOESN’T THINK. IT JUST CANNIBALISES THE THOUGHTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND SPITS THEM OUT IN YOUR FACE.

I’m huffing the purest hopium with all of this winning.

Is this actually real or is it a cover for Iran destroying them?

Unfortunately common Max Blumenthal L.

Well well well. If it isn’t the consequences of their own actions.

Social media is designed to elicit the worst tendencies of people. Needless antagonism, faceless openents who can’t be hurt, distorted information. The end result is an unproductive space that prizes engagement and dopamine over any actual progress, either personal or communal. Honestly, getting banned from reddit was a godsend.

As an aside I’m also mostly an advocate of the strategic retreat position but I have some doubts, particularly around the normalisation or relations with Israel.

Following America’s war on Iran I’m not shocked to see the US aligned Qatari government pulling their media into line. They’d rather go down with the US than dare to live in peace with the Iranians

There are many languages, almost always indigenous, that have been revived. But of course the zionists can’t help but act like they’re incredibly special.