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Isn't that more like pouring gasoline on a fire that Americans created themselves? These influencers already had long careers being fascist with much support from their audience before being contacted by Tenet media. It isn't Russia mind-controlling America, it's some chuds from RT signal boosting their fav celebrities.
Also there are many other unrelated outlets that spew the same bullshit: the Daily Wire, Breitbart, Babylon Bee, PragerU, etc. And they all throw around more money than ten million dollars (not that that isn't a lot of money, but it's definitely not enough to sway the politics of an entire country lol)
Americans place a lot of emphasis on Russian influence because it provides cover for homegrown fascism, justifies their war against Russia, and directs attention away from international American propaganda that is 1,000,000x more pervasive and effective.
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::: spoiler spoiling the fun It's still a washing machine but top-loading instead of front-loading. It'd be weird to have a rotom toilet because its whole thing is possessing motors, which toilets don't have. :::
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She's calling for a two state "solution" though. I guess this could be considered her hiding her power levels, on account of the US being right above her. Still sucks though
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Lastima que México está tan lejos de Dios pero tan cerca a los EEUU
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This brings to mind Sojourner Truth's Ain't I A Woman speech. She was a slave who escaped her master and became an activist. She gave that speech at a convention to a crowd of white women who didn't want her speak because they wanted to keep the feminist movement separate from abolition.
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the north star wars
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Y aún así, los yanquis se creen los protectores de democracia y soberanía mundial.
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Spanish has a word for USian that gets serious use, estadounidense, but it's long so most say americano/a instead
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Yeah I think what AI is exacerbating is the tension between creativity and commodity. Businesses don't celebrate art, they seek profits. Images, articles, music, and whatever else are all simply products to sell under capitalism. Turning every artist into a copyright lawyer won't change the fact that their creations are ultimately still commodities.
I see a lot of arguing over the definition of "art" but that's beside the point. The problem is the entire bourgeois concept of property and the way capitalism impoverishes the working class so that they must spend their lives selling their labor.
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Wasn't Australia couped in the 70s by one of those "ceremonial power only" royal henchmen?
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Yeah, by "natural" I didn't mean innate or absolute. All languages are made up and for some reason these languages made up the rule that you have to put The before certain words. People can get pretty worked up about language quirks like that. Iirc there was a thread on hexbear about exactly this some time ago (translating das Kapital into Capital in English)
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Isn't that just how the language works though? Like, it sounds unnatural to say certain nouns without adding "the" to the front. Spanish does that too, it's why Das Kapital is called El Capital in Spanish but just Capital in English.
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Charlotte
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Looks like a great person to command an army and teach at a monastery. Perhaps even brawl against Mario
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The fact that damn near 100% of Latin Americans speak Spanish and are Catholic speaks to how thorough Spanish colonialism is. Hell, the fact that "Latin American" as a racial category even exists is a testament to their indigenous erasure. There's so much Zionist apologia from Western powers about how Jews need a homeland to protect their religion and culture. Well, where's the fervor for a Maya state? And a Muisca state? And a state for the dozens of other peoples that also suffered genocide at their hands?
The damage caused by the Spanish empire is so extensive that reparations are never remotely entertained, or even fucking mentioned, because it would ruin smol bean Spain. And we can't have that! Not Spain!!!
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Has anyone else here played Yokai Watch? It always gets left out of the monster-collector discourse even though they're the best games on the 3DS. I wish it was more popular in the west so that the fourth game would get localized already.
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The gameplay of Tactics Ogre isn't similar to Ogre Battle even though they're in the same franchise. The former is like Final Fantasy Tactics and Triangle Strategy while the latter is like Unicorn Overlord.
If you think these games have terrible names then I'd agree
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The gameplay is the same as Ogre Battle, a franchise that has been dead for decades until now. I played Unicorn Overlord's demo and didn't really get it. It's a really technical autobattler with really tropey characters. I was bored when I wasn't confused
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If this happened in bad country, we'd be using it as a talking point for decades to come
I noticed that the Spanish versions of FFXV make several creative decisions that set them apart from English. But I couldn't find mention of this anywhere so I've spent some time compiling a bunch of noteworthy changes to share. Espero que les interese! ### El don Lux The most prominent change in the Spanish versions is that Noctis's hereditary powers are in Latin. It's called "the gift of Lux" and every teleportation-related ability has that title. I checked, and this is unique to the Spanish versions of the game. Not even the original Japanese does this even though the main characters's names are Latin in every language. It's a truly inspired choice that's canon as far as I'm concerned - it adds to the light vs. dark themes, it sounds much cooler, and it's literally Noct's family name (Noctis **Lucis** Caelum). Every gift of Lux and its lame English equivalent: Español | English | - | - | Lux Impetus | Warp-Strike Lux Itineris | Point-Warp Lux Evasio | Warp Out Lux Mortis | Warp-Kill Lux Contra | Death Drop Lux Fatua | Warp Decoy Lux Custodia | Impervious Lux Vigilosa | idk but it's real i swear ### El Coro Espectral The weapons that Noct robs from the tombs of his ancestors are collectively called "the Spectral Chorus" instead of "the Armiger." And the group attack when you press L1 + R1 twice is called the "Spectral Nova" instead of the "Armiger Chain." The English names are accurate I suppose, but the Spanish names are more poetic. What's more, each individual weapon is named after the monarch that it belonged to. I don't know where these names come from because they're not mentioned anywhere else in-game, I think? This is also unique to Spanish. Other languages give the weapons wordy names that are more of a description, really. ::: spoiler Every Royal Arm (spoilers!) Español | English | - | - | Salomón | Sword of the Wise Deva | Axe of the Conqueror Vaiu | Bow of the Clever Jano | Swords of the Wanderer Iaksa | Blade of the Mystic Fukuryu | Star of the Rogue Goliat | Sword of the Tall Galatea | Shield of the Just Ragnar | Mace of the Fierce Bautista | Scepter of the Pious Vajra | Trident of the Oracle Beatrix | Katana of the Warrior Caelum | Sword of the Father ::: The titles for these monarchs are different too, but I want to highlight the three associated with Prompto, Ignis, and Gladiolus in particular. In Spanish the connections make perfect sense, but in English they really don't (What's clever about Prompto? When does Iggy ever wander? Gladi is tall tho I'll give you that) Español | Translated Spanish | English | - | - | - | el Diestro | the Dexterous | the Clever el Inquieto | the Anxious/Fretful | the Wanderer el Indómito | the Indomitable | the Tall ### Juegos de Palabra In English, some quests rhyme while most have generic titles. In Spanish the opposite is true - every sidequest rhymes with few exceptions. Spanish added a great pun to diners too: you can order "Batidas de caza" from them which means "Hunting raids." It's pronounced the same as "Batidas de casa" meaning "Homemade shakes." The fact that chefs tell you to hunt monsters makes no sense in other languages. Here's some more text changes that I think are improvements, funny, or otherwise cute: Español | Translated Spanish | English | - | - | - | los Sidéreos | the Sidereals | the Astrals la Sideralia | the Sideralia | the Hexatheon la Santálita | | the Crystal la Chocoberiza | it's a play on Chocobo + stable | the Chocobo Post Academia de Eos | Eos Academy | Tutorial Álbum de Prompto | Prompto's Album | Auto-snaps Caldo Curacrudas | Hangover-curing Broth | Quillhorn Soup la Cocina de doña Quina | the Kitchen of Mrs. Countertop | Iron Shelf Recipes Nocberto | | Noct Gar Also, it's adorable how the Pop camera filter is named the Prompto filter in Spanish and the Random setting is called "as much as Prompto wants" (al gusto de Prompto). Also also, I like the Spanish description of Cid's hammer more: Español | Translated Spanish | English | - | - | - | A quien ni a martillazos se le ablanda la cabeza | For someone whose head can't be softened even through hammer-smashings | Property of Mr. Hammerproof Thickskull ### Errores In Latin Spanish, the node that increases attack incorrectly says it increases health. Spanish Spanish doesn't have that mistake. A more substantial error is the description for the healing nodes: both Spanish versions describe Gladiolus's nodes differently than Ignis's and Prompto's. That is, they say that Gladi will heal himself automatically when he's at low health, but Iggy and Prompto will heal only when they trigger an assist skill or when Noct commands them to attack. In English, all recovery nodes have the same description and they all say that the healing is automatic. I don't know which of these are correct but they can't all be. But by far the most interesting mistake is the names these languages give to the Aztec bosses: Español | España-ol | English | - | - | - | Quetzalcóatl | Quetzal | Quetzalcoatl Mictecacihuatl | Cihuatl | Mictlantecihuatl As you can see, Spain-ish abbreviated the names. But Nahuatl is a language like German in that its big words are composed of smaller words. So by chopping them in half, Spain changed their meanings entirely. Here are all the relevant words: Nahuatl | English | - | - | quetzalli | big, beautiful, green feathers coatl | serpent Mictlan | Hell cihuatl | woman So Quetzalcoatl means "Serpent of Beautiful Feathers" and Mictlantecihuatl means "Mistress of Hell." But in Spain those gods aren't the bosses you face. No, instead you fight against a pile of pretty feathers and some random woman LMAO And if you're curious why the goddess of Hell has different valid names, that's because there are different dialects of Nahuatl and variations of spelling. [El Gran Diccionario Náhuatl.](https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/) ### Español vs. Españaol Besides Spain being wrong about Mexico, it also has different descriptions for all the lore. I skimmed it ngl so the only difference that stood out to me is that the havens from the endgame dungeons were made dry. They don't have unique names or poetic rhyming though they do in both Latin Spanish and English. Also for some reason, Spain calls the Bestiary the Database. Spain is also weirdly specific for the outfits without jackets. English and normal Spanish simply label them all as (No Jacket) or (desabrigado) but Spain will specify (sin levita), (sin guerrera), (en camiseta), (sin casaca), (sin chaqueta), etc. ### Otras Cosas - The highest rank you can get after a fight in Spanish is ⭐. In English it's A+ and in Japanese it's S - The main menu is in ALL CAPS IN ENGLISH but not in either Spanish - In English, the text above each character's experience is "To Next Level: " and in Latin Spanish it's "Siguiente nivel" without a colon and in Spain it's "Nivel ⬆" - Bandersnatch and Jabberwock are Zamarrojo and Galimatazo in Spanish. What are the hispanic names referencing? Beats me. The date formats used in the Ω-files are wildly different: Español | Españaol | English | - | - | - | 24-10-745 | Día 296, Año 745 | M.E. 745-X-24th 25-11-745 | Día 328, Año 745 | M.E. 745-XI-25th Finally, the line Noctis says to his bros in the last camping cutscene is more or less the same between these languages. ::: spoiler spoiler for the thing I just said Español | Españaol | Spanishes Translated | English | - | - | - | - | Bueno... ¿Qué quieren que les diga? Chicos... Son los mejores. | Bueno... ¿Qué queréis que os diga? Tíos... Sois los mejores. | Well... What do you want me to say? Fellas... You're the best. | Well... What can I say? You guys... are the best. ::: I heard he's more affectionate in Japanese, but I don't know the language so if anyone could translate what he's saying, I'd much appreciate it!!!! Please tell me what he says in all the other languages too! I really want to know! If you've read this far and know Japanese, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, or Russian then I obligate you to tell me.
I don't dream. No nightmares either. I have no problems sleeping and I'm not on drugs so it isn't a health thing - I've been like this all my life. The only times I've managed to dream are when I nap while already well-rested, but even then I still usually don't. Like I might get 1 or 2 dreams a year in total from when I go back to sleep immediately after waking up, but *never* from normal sleep. Anyone else like this?
I fat fingered the options menu and accidentally tapped on block. How do I unblock? It only gives me the option to block even harder hahaha
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The Department of Justice recently released their report on the Minneapolis Police Department (the one that murdered George Floyd) and this video goes over their findings. It's cartoonish how brutally excessive their use of force is and how little these cops are held to account, even now. Some examples are: - Pursuing a woman for jaywalking then grabbing her arms behind her back and slamming her face into the curb while stating, "You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes." - Putting a man who was calmly walking in a park in a neck restraint and pinning him to the floor for 13 minutes (later needing intubation). - Shoving a peaceful protestor to the ground and causing traumatic brain injury, only to later claim that it was a "slight push" and that the protestor "walked towards [him] with her right hand up and clinched." A fellow officer corroborated this version of events despite contradictory body cam footage. No consequences have been enacted against the MPD yet, only proposed. [Here's the full report.](https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/06/16/minneapolis_findings_report_2023.06.15_0.pdf)
At the start of the pandemic when libraries were closed during lockdowns, the Internet Archive temporarily allowed users to loan books unrestricted (usually only a few people can check out a book at a time). Some book publishers took issue with this and sued them for mass copyright infringement and won. The Internet Archive is going to appeal the judgement. [Here's the statement from the archive team.](http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/)
Koalas and other endangered species are being driven to extinction right now by logging publicly owned forests. This video shows the desertification of the logging sites.
A hilarious overview of all the official and unofficial explanations of who was responsible for the JFK assassination. Very thorough and based.
The IMF can literally conjure any amount of money out of thin air whenever they feel like it wtf how have I never heard about this And before you ask, yes, almost all money created goes straight into the coffers of western countries instead of to the global south
I know it's a really long video (play it at 2x speed) but I thought it was fantastic and the part from 25:33-27:17 was particularly insightful: "The impact of sanctions on Iran or Zimbabwe or Venezuela or Syria is something that those who may oppose western governments don't really ever discuss. So imagine if instead there was a NATO attack on Iran, you would have immediate clarity of what's happening. But the impact of sanctions on the Iranian people is not something that generates any sort of political mobilization in the core. Instead, actually, what it enables is a representation of imperialist states as humanitarian states." "It's not like you're bringing home people in body bags. It's not like people in the US see the outcome of sanctions because it's not like CNN is going to cover the fact that Iranians of dying of rare diseases because they can't access certain pharmaceutical medications that they aren't able to produce in their own country and can't buy because of sanctions. That's all out of sight out of mind ... you'll have almost no public backlash"
They straight up can't locate 61% of their assets, including weapons, planes, ships, and even buildings. In total, this amounts to several *TRILLIONS* of dollars since 1998 that are completely unaccounted for.
The history of how the USSR got rid of kulaks as told from their own point of view
Spoilers: 22,500 Australian Dollars
In these pressing times, the magnanimous United States has decided to celebrate the holiday season by imposing some new sanctions against Zimbabwe. This vid explains the long history of Zimbabwean debt to western powers. P.S. It's so difficult to find more information about this because literally no one is reporting on it. [This press release from the US Treasury](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1158) is all I got.
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An insightful video assessing the origins of our modern western genders and why defining womanhood is such a contentious dispute. (this video is over 40 minutes long but it was so interesting I didn't even notice)
I just discovered this right now and I've never heard anyone mention it so I thought I'd share. For some reason, collapsed comments get expanded once they're offscreen though.
The war in Ukraine has caused a split recently among leftists and this video discusses the history of similar splits. It's very long, but the first 20 minutes are particularly relevant so I recommend watching through at least that much on 2x speed.
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⚠️ Content warning for transphobia, homophobia, misogyny, ableism, and racism ⚠️ This video series is an investigation of the anti-trans "gender critical" cult. It details how they recruit people, abuse children, and manipulate the public. Apologies for the serious topic, but I think comrades here would appreciate Caelan's videos!
Like, Maoism/Mao Zedong thought or Dengism/Deng Xiaoping thought. This distinction seems to matter but I don't understand why.
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-refers-to-tough-putin-q-a-talking-points-during-press-conference