• SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Probably going to quit my job this week. Will have to work for like 3 months before it will stop though. Just sick and tired of it. But also nervous to quit lol.

    • CommieKhinkali@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      i got fired 1 month ago and just recently left. i was very tired of work tbh. i wasnt enjoying what i was doing i didnt have any time for myself and i returned home very tired every day for a year. im actually looking forward to being “unemployed”(i still have another part time job and some freelance stuff) i could work on personal projects and finally rest and read some books, the only minus in being fired is not getting paid lol, but i still have enough income to be comfortable for a while. im a 3d artist motion designer btw but i was doing soc media posts in that ad agency lol it was more like spam content and i rarely used any 3d programs i just used photoshop lol, so yeah the only minus it has is not getting payed but other than that its great. btw you wanna know why i got fired? i asked for a payraise lmao and instead of them saying no they just fired me like wtf? eh whatever employee rights are fucked in my country fuck them

      • NotMushroomForDebate@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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        7 months ago

        i asked for a payraise lmao and instead of them saying no they just fired me like wtf?

        I wish I was surprised, but I’m not. A friend of mine got fired from a job for not wanting to work overtime, and another had half their department laid off with 4 days notice. Absolute bullshit.

        I hope you could make the best of it, and find something better when the time comes.

  • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    repost but: my two kazakh friends repeat anti-soviet union talking points and say that famine was intentional (well one says it was just to send food to frontlines but still said ‘intentional’ suggesting malice, and was the one to use the word empire). how do u approach conversations like these when they have familial experiences that are very bad but also without validating perspective that this was intentional? didnt have sources + things that disprove common narrative off top of my head, but yeah

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      “The Kazakh (and Ukrainian) bourgeoisie destroyed food production during the counter revolutionary war. “If I cant have it no one can.” Massive herds of cattle were slaughtered rather than being handed over to public ownership. That is a major part of why there was a famine. The famine was also world wide. In america the excess mortality rates among indigenous people during the great depression were twice as high as the average, excess mortality of African Americans was also much higher than the average, but nobody says it was an intentional act of genocide. The poorest people are harder hit by famine and the destruction of wealth in the form of cattle in Kazakhstan made the region significantly poorer than it had been.”

      "The USSR made tons of mistakes for sure, I assume overall they had good intentions but it is possible that certain people didn’t. One of the mistakes the USSR made was to support communists in places where the people were not yet ready for it. The USSR was shaped and molded by its material conditions and the war against fascism forced them to occupy territories that were fascist strongholds. It looks like imperialism at a quick glance but had they not acted the way they did fascism would have been left to flourish in eastern europe.

  • Astrius@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I’m so sick of this system man. I want to be able to afford shit again. I should have kms when I had the chance.

  • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Learning about why so many German socdems and theory noobs support Palestine’s occupation almost depresses me. I know that atoning for the Shoah was never anything more than a pretension, but I can think of so many better ways to support Jewish people that are easier and more effective than cheerleading a decaying apartheid régime and wasting dosh thereon.

    Attending synagogue services? Attending holidays or festivals? Learning a Jewish language or dialect? Trying a Jewish cuisine? Educating others on Judaism or Jewish history? Asking tasteful questions? Nope, nope, nope. All that you gotta do is support Palestine’s occupation and you are good to go! You can even act antisemitic while you are at it!

    While I hate to use religious comparisons, I can’t help but think of antinomianism because the principles are so similar: just do this one little thing and after that, you can do whatever you want. Imagine how many settlers would unkiddingly say that I am worse than Anders Breivik.

  • Jeanne-Paul Marat@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    Imo people always crack eggs wrong

    1. You want to crack your eggs on a flat surface like a countertop, not an angular one like a pan or bowl. When you break it on a bowl, you’re really just punching a hole in it, and you use that to get leverage to break the egg in two. But the rest of the shell has its structural integrity, so it’s still difficult and causes problems. When you break it on a flat surface, the entire shell cracks which makes breaking it easier.

    2.You want to twist the two halves, not split them. This isn’t something ive heard anyone do, but I dont see why not. Twisting them breaks the shell in two while keeping the contents inside, which then allows you to pull them apart and dump them. This way you don’t have to worry about doing both in the same move.

    This is anecdotal of course, but I wanted to share this somewhere cause I feel like it’s wierd that people break eggs in the most inefficient method

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    The ‘probably quit this week’ turned into overdrive as I decided to rip the band aid right off and turn my resignation in today. It’s done. Few weeks left at this place and then it is… nothing? No idea what I’m gonna do but I believe in myself.

      • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
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        7 months ago

        Unless I am mistaken, these are movements that were originally formed to fight the gentrification within CDMX, GDL and other cities.

        Sadly, due to the worldcup, evictions of vulnerable people have skyrocketed and, now that this people are fully organized in collectives, they have also joined the solidarity rallies for Palestine and Venezuela while including their usual agitation against gentrification.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Thoughts on the superbowl? I find it interesting that the NFL took this stance, some years ago they banned an athlete for protesting the national anthem due the police brutality and now they’re hosting publicly anti-ICE artists.

    There is also the chance that they saw this chance to target the latin women market, it was very succesful, many girl groups i know hosted superbowl parties just like men do to watch bad bunny lol. I myself don’t like bad bunny at all but the girls adore him, i can appreciate him taking a stance on the issue, not that he took any risks since he literally got invited to perform at the superbowl, the top goal of any artist.

    • DefectingToDPRK@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      I think you’re right about the marketing audience angle. Even all the christian nationalists who were pissed about Bad Bunny’s inclusion still watched the Super Bowl, just not the half time show. The NFL gets the best of both worlds this way vs. having a halftime performer that appeals to the crowd who is already watching the Super Bowl for the football anyway.

    • star (she)@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      7 months ago

      its definitely trying to appeal to liberal sensibilities, while hundreds of people that pass as latam are being arrested and deported

    • PleasantPeasant@lemmygrad.mldeleted by creator
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      7 months ago

      ultimately i think it’s much much more disruptive to society and really to the NFL to have the players trying to spread a message about social justice than the superbowl halftime performer. Like, think about it this way: the halftime performer will be lucky to perform for the superbowl even twice, i think the most anyone has ever been on stage was 3 times from a quick search and even imagining some performer who first performs in the super bowl as like, a 12 year old i struggle to imagine them performing more than 5 times. meanwhile a player who takes a stand will be able to do so week after week for years, maybe even a decade+, and since he is an athlete he could inspire many other athletes to take a stand over those years, who could themselves inspire other athletes, etc.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      That’s an exaggeration.

      From Tehran Times, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Miao Deyu:

      China is opposed to unilateral bullying and coercion in international relations and interference in other countries’ internal affairs. China is willing to boost engagement and cooperation with all parties, including Iran, so that the principles of the UN Charter as well as fundamental norms ruling international relations would be respected and international justice would prevail.