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- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 22 hours ago:
To be fair, having authoritarian government means you’ll absolutely have an oppressive regime at some point.
If anything, Stalin was the one to cement authoritarianism as the system of power in USSR and make sure it cannot be reverted without massive issues in the form of separatism, civil disobedience, and more.
- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 22 hours ago:
Yeah, the Western world preferred to export violence, not keep it home-grown
- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 22 hours ago:
He kinda did, actually!
Not sure if this was the optimal way, but the country has seen unprecedented economic growth and improvement in the quality of life. Excluding fear of being sent to Gulag, that is.
- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 22 hours ago:
Paulus commanded a 360.000 strong army that was previously responsible for many atrocities, including mass shootings of Jews and Ukrainians at Babi Yar - one of the cruelest scenes of the war. His capture in the rank of field marshal was a major blow to the reputation of Wehrmacht command. He made the situation even worse for Hitler by switching sides and going for the Soviets, helping the anti-Hitler propaganda machine in the German ranks.
Conventional morals may question Stalin’s decision, and family values were strong in Stalin’s USSR. But he was also responsible for millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians, and any blow to Wehrmacht meant closer victory and less victims. Someone else’s sons and daughters.
- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 1 day ago:
Socialism plays just fine with self-interest and greed, it just limits what you can do in its pursuit.
Communism - yes, relies on your own self-control.
- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 1 day ago:
Eh, massively outperformed by capitalists on that end.
- Comment on YSK that Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified. 1 day ago:
Everybody was terrified
Not really. Many thought the charges are real, and that Stalin led them to a great future with an iron fist, that’s all. The problem was, there really was no due process involved, so many of those thinking it won’t affect them were indeed affected. My great grandfather has made some enemies at work, so they reported him on false accusations. The “investigation” was brief, he was arrested, never to be seen again. This was a shock to the family, who never expected to get into this, being law-abiding citizens.
Stalin decided to crush Ukraine
Also known as Holodomor, this topic is highly contentious among historians. There is no definitive proof that this was intentional and not a massive failure on the side of early Soviet logistics, which was a mess at the time, plagued with dishonest reporting, high latency, and other systemic issues. Still, this did lead to a massive famine killing millions, so it’s not to be taken lightly.
Stalin is indeed a highly contentious figure, and a lot of what he did has led to grave consequences. But it makes sense to set the record straight.
- Comment on I don't have money to pay premium to not see ads. What in the world makes you think that I have money to buy what you are advertising me? 6 days ago:
Because you still have to be inconvenienced for not paying the premium.
- Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US 1 week ago:
Prioritizing your comfort
No, prioritizing male survivability. Be it any other group of people, people would react much differently. We have to come to solutions where the basic needs of all are met, not at expense of others.
Purge dangerous men
Absolutely! No conflict here between us, harassment should not be tolerated in any way, shape or form. I just think that simply “removing men” is not a good solution even as a band-aid.
- Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US 1 week ago:
As a man, I genuinely wonder how much actual harassment women face vs how much they hear about it.
I get to feel that a lot of these fears are real, but many are manufactured. But I can be wrong.
- Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US 1 week ago:
A small percentage of women will ever face any sort of harassment from male drivers.
At the same time, all male drivers will be affected by this feature, reducing their life-supporting income through no fault of their own, simply because they have “male” in their documents. I think that’s the point.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 1 week ago:
Even though they were considered repairable, they are now better than ever at that, and they require as little expense as possible to replace certain parts.
I don’t know what’s so hard about that. They had it good, they made it better.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 1 week ago:
These particular models are about to be released, hitting the market. With all renown Lenovo got for good long-term support, this is their most repairable product as of yet.
- Comment on Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops 2 weeks ago:
One thing to highlight: T-series Lenovo laptops are mainstream business products shipped at a huge scale.
This is not a small-scale experimental product for the tinkerers. This may define the biggest laptop segment if it works out well. It might be the first time in a while that something like this hits such a huge market.
- Comment on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles 2 weeks ago:
Agreed! EVs are certainly superior to ICE cars, but they’re a band aid instead of a solution.
Bring back public transit!
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 2 weeks ago:
That’s some serious advertising for a plastic container with extra steps 😄
Will look into it, though!
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 2 weeks ago:
I’m glad to recommend the one I use if need be
Please do! I never pressed tofu before, only ate it as is, and yes, it isn’t dense enough to my taste indeed.
Looked up the air fryer recipe, nutritional yeast sounds like an obvious thing I didn’t try! Also, as mentioned in a different response, onion powder is an obvious thing I didn’t add.
Will also look into fajitas. Thanks!
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 2 weeks ago:
I’ll see if I can get something of the kind in my area. Thanks!
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 2 weeks ago:
Thanks! Didn’t try garlic and onion, despite it being an obvious choice!
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 2 weeks ago:
It’s fine lol, most of the time I use something like the mysterious “chicken spices” or something :D
But what you did tell me confirms some of my own insights. Thank you!
- Comment on 2022 was a bleak year 😢 2 weeks ago:
As a curious non-vegan who tried to cook soy meat at home: do you have any tips and tricks to make it actually resemble chicken?
From what I tried, I could not reach anything resembling meat. Yet, I’d love to give it a spin.
- Comment on women 2 weeks ago:
Other “stats” are also both exaggerated or omit nuance.
For example, men actually do commit 85% of murders (not 95%, though) and comprise 81% of victims, so it’s mostly men killing other men.
Not to mention the fact that among ~170.000.000 men living in the US, 13469 of them, which is 0,008%, committed murder in 2024 - and that’s in the country with high crime rate, high police violence, and quite a few gangs. The chance of a regular person to be a murderer is even lower.
- Comment on women 2 weeks ago:
True! But I’m concerned that, as more young people have Internet as their primary third place and communication platform, more will be dragged into this bullshit for real, so, whether we like it or not, it’s an important place to consider.
I believe moderators should take more care to eliminate such harmful content from discussion, while we as users can take greater care to neuter it. Then we could start reclaiming normality in our communication despite the efforts do distract and engage.
- Comment on i'll put in a good word 2 weeks ago:
Didn’t personally have issues with that, interesting
- Comment on women 2 weeks ago:
Beautiful
- Comment on Remember when the whole family had to share it because you only had one 2 weeks ago:
Nowadays I often wonder if more than 5% of people go multi-user
- Comment on prudish mom 2 weeks ago:
Essentially if you’re bi and find a partner of another gender, you don’t even have to do the explaining
- Comment on i'll put in a good word 2 weeks ago:
fedinsfw.app
There you have it
- Comment on women 2 weeks ago:
Y’know what, this stuff is sexist. It would be completely expected and socially supported for women to defend themselves against such odd claims, but when men do this, it’s because they’re “insecure”, or “whiny”. This is nothing but the projection of patriarchal approach to men as the ones shrugging it off meant to silence them against the clear gender war bullshit.
But then again, we’re in the shitposting community.
- Comment on women 2 weeks ago:
Ultraviolence