I wasn’t aware that people having clearly stated reasons and citations for the things they believe constituted smugness now

Nobody’s shaming you into anything you self-righteous smuglord, we just think you’re wrong.

Explains why you’re the only one acting this way

Nobody’s telling you not to argue for your point of view here, but this “I’m always right” bit doesn’t make you sound confident, it makes you sound like a smug prick

and I don’t like their government

See, this is what it really comes down to, every time. You by your own admission have no idea where else Cuba might procure the things it needs to survive, but partnering with the Russians is verboten because you personally find it distasteful, regardless of the fact that no other willing assistance is forthcoming.

If you aren’t going to engage with what we’re saying regarding the necessity of what the Cuban government is doing, or even reckon with the historical realities of why Russia is the way it is, perhaps you would at least like to tell us what alternatives you see. Recall again this is all in the context of a world domimated by a hegemonic hyper-militarized state with nearly-unmitigated strike capacity that has proven itself eminently hostile to both governments.

did you take it more seriously when you thought an old white man said it

No, because it’s nonsense either way. Also it’s laughable that this person thinks communists are reluctant to argue with dead white men and call them mean names. That’s like half of what we do.

Apparently in the California that’s a pretty big deal

It’s not even a big deal in California. Not too long ago I saw the big solar farm out near Blythe, coming back from a trip to Arizona. It’s not even the largest one in the state, and it sounds like it dwarfs the one they’re talking about.

Aren’t they canonically the same dude?

Where did you see those numbers if I can ask?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXutg47BwEU

I gotchu bud

Either way, I read the first few pages of the deposition this morning, and it really just goes on like that. Musk’s attorney is a piece of work as well. My understanding is that he’s some kind of high profile celebrity attorney, but going by what I’ve read, he can’t possibly be worth the fortune that I’m sure he charges. Or perhaps I’m overestimating the difficulties of the legal profession, and it’s possible to make a living as a lawyer through sheer ignorant belligerence, I don’t know

Was literally just about to make a post for this, because how wasn’t there one before now, it’s so good. He’s just so fucking stupid

That’s pretty much literally what they did if I remember correctly

Not yet, but I’m sure most of us will at some point

And like the worst that comes their way is that they’re made to seem a tad bumbling and foolish at times. Which, no, it’s all their fault, all of it. The better ending would’ve been for the little girl to realize that Barbie herself isn’t a fascist, she’s just an unwilling arbiter of evil capitalists who sell a constrained, hobbling, heteronormative vision of femininity to women in order to make big bucks

It’s pretty hard for me to imagine what I would look like lol, tall and burly and hairy as I am now, but certainly nothing about that possibility bothers me. I’ve always preferred the company of women. Totally not incriminating myself further here, I know

Thank you so much, you as well! And yeah, this has been a weird, difficult year for me, and it’s come with a fair bit of introspection for sure. I finally admitted to myself that I’m bisexual, though I’m already committed and haven’t been able to really explore that yet.

At any rate, my most honest answer that I can give right now is that I’m probably cis, but not terribly interested in performing manhood traditionally. How far and in what fashion I want to break away from that is something I haven’t yet figured out. But I might also on some level be conflating those feelings with the deep envy and yearning I feel when I see the solidarity between women, particularly trans women, and other queer people generally. It’s made me realize just how lonely I’ve been for so many years. Part of that is on me, I’m terrible about putting myself out there, but I suspect it’s also to do with manhood generally. Whatever the case, I really am tired of it.

I play girl characters in games far more than I used to, but I mean, I don’t think I’m uncomfortable with my assigned gender(?)

However, I wouldn’t be truthful here if I didn’t admit that I’ve started to question how comfortable I really am with living life as a man. I can’t tell if there’s something about that I don’t like, or if I’m just dissatisfied with life in general right now. Or both.

One thing I do know for sure is that girl characters are just more fun to look at. Seriously, my favorite Tav on BG3 is just the most beautiful Amazonian tiefling, I love her so much

In an objective sense sure, but regretably there’s no such thing as an objective perspective. A thing is real when it’s taken to be real, and when broad swathes of human life and society are built around a racialized conception of humanity, and when people reductively classed as “white” place themselves at the top of the resulting heirarchy, you can’t just say it isn’t real and end your analysis there. I sympathize with what you’re trying to say, it’s well intentioned, but if you want to really reckon with this fucked up state of affairs, you’ll need a materialist understanding and analysis of why it exists, who it benefits, and the history of how it came about.