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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.
How did u all end up in lemmygrad?
that implies there was a time before the grad
The internet was miserable before the grad 😩
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.
I'm a commie.
Through GenZedong
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.
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
My disillusionment in Mormonism and subsequent embrace of atheism is what set me on the path that led me here.
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 🫡
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.
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.
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 have 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 I’m 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.
Got an interview with a job on Malta. Lowest possible pay is too low to accept, but if they offered the highest one, it may be an option (a financial blow still tbh). The rents are higher, but there's SO MUCH MORE housing than in Ireland and the quality is also much higher. I'd probably get super skinny from the lack of convinience vegan meals (or at least it's implied it's not very available through an online search).
The recruiter referred to people like me as expats. I hate the term. I don't consider myself having a native country. I am culturally and ancestrally mixed. I am always seen as non native wherever I go. I am an immigrant, not an expat.
Congratulations on getting an offer, I hope you can get the high end... and find vegan meals...
I still have the first interview to go through. One one hand I wouldn't see my Irish friends, but now that I know many of them are likely to get deported, while I'd be jobless and homeless... Fuck, I wish I just found a place where I can stay-stay. ._.
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.
Marvellous how some rays of sun can change your mood. Have a nice week, comrades.
from a protest
fuck landlords
fuck cars
spoke with my dad about israel today 🫠
you commie fellas are kinda gucci
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
Why is my only choice between medical "care" rude-and-inefficient people or nice-and-inefficient people.
The aussie boys have proves that doing covert espionage is kind of easy lmao.
The epitome of human progress that is the Dutch Green/Labor fusion posted a poster for Womens Day yesterday. On it were a satisfyer, birth control measures and a clitoris.
Needless to say people were mad.
Kind of funny that there are those in West that still cling onto the notion that Chinese production is inferior while over here people say if you want shit done you call China lol
Just saw a humongous dodge ram pickup, with a Z painted after the "ram" (in font the size of my head), and a "Biden is a Schmuck" sticker on the rear window. I live in Russia, not USA.
Bourgeoisie nationalism, not even once
American cultural imperialism has melted the minds of billions worldwide.
Some of my Belarusian family living in deep woods 100km from the nearest population center, isolated from most of humanity, have MAGA hats and try to talk to me about trump “draining the swamp” and “fighting the immigrants”. Fml
Throwback to my previous surgery in Germany. The surgical site was infected making the healing impossible. At some point I was bleeding so hard I decided I'm gonna try to sleep it off, because I thought I'd die if I tried to get to the hospital due to the movement possibly making the bleeding worse. The next day I went to the hospital. I lost so much blood I was barely functioning, but they did a blood test from many vials regardless. The surgical site looked awful. They found it was infected... And then didn't get me anything for the infection saying the infection rate was too low. So I spent over a month not healing because my body was cut up trying to recover from that AND the infection. I had to go to a regular doctor to get something for the infection, but he couldn't prescribe me the right treatment... Because it can only be prescribed by a hospital. I still have issues with the surgical site to this day.
Oh, and they prescribed me sitting in very shallow baths. When I said I don't have a bathtub they recommended me to get a plastic bowl big enough to sit in. Like I can magically spawn one at my home. I could barely move. Not to mention how hard it would be for a person in my state to get up from something like this or even to lift it to empty it. Ironically, the whole ordeal was by far my best experience with German healthcare. :)))))))))))))))
this is glorious
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