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    What TV series are you watching at moment?

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    On 11/9/2023 at 1:27 PM, o00o said:

    Just watched the last episode of scavengers reign. Beautifully done. I hope they get renewed for another season 

    That was an incredible end to the season, let’s hope we get like 9 more. From what I see whenever I’m on the HBO max app it’s always in the top 5 for ‘popular now’ or whatever, which seems very encouraging. I never would have imagined an adult animation sci-fi series like this would be so well received but I’m very content being wrong in this case. 

    Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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    16 hours ago, usagi said:

    I think you're conflating a few things here:

    • atheism isn't synonymous with enlightenment and perfect worldviews/behaviour. atheists are just as susceptible to greed, selfishness, unconscientiousness and bigotry as anyone else. plenty of atheist hacks out there making money on speaking tours catering to bigots, adding no value to the world and solving zero problems.
    • christianity isn't synonymous with the right-wing. you don't have to adopt a different faith to be able to shit on another for $$$ and clout.
    • these topics are separate and not directly relevant to the issue being discussed here. I was just pointing out these guys' agenda and how they're misrepresenting a party to the conflict. the ex-Muslim community and its ins and outs are not what's important here - though I will just add that leaving the religion is not as terrifying an experience as it is popularly imagined to be, particularly if you're living in the west. this is a Palestinian issue, not a Muslim one. it's only because ignorant people insist on making this a clash of civilisations rather than a basic human rights and international law issue that the subject of Islam (and its supposed horrors and barbarity as personified by Hamas) even comes up.

    with respect etc


    100% on atheism not equating to being enlightened with a strong moral compass, or that Christians are all far right lunatics. I have way more familiarity with both of those groups and am not a part of either. What I was trying to articulate there, very poorly, was that I don’t feel like these guys necessarily are going after that western lapdog position you mentioned. To become a true poster child for the far right on a major media outlet like fox I personally believe catering to the far right as well as the Christian community would be the most lucrative path. I failed to acknowledge the opportunity for these guys to hold onto their beliefs (or lack thereof) and still chase the bag under the guise of offering a supportive and educative community.

    I’ve gone down the rabbit hole and watched a lot of different perspectives and am no stranger to the hands-on-head and mouth-agape thumbnail YouTuber with shocking, all caps video titles and manscape ads sandwiched in videos at the end of a cliffhanger. While I’ve definitely seen some strong anti-Muslim stances from Harris on how to approach Hamas etc. I kinda chalked it up more to him being jaded due to the backlash he received from the community that he decided to leave. Also, the whole ex-Muslim thing is new to me and I’m actually happy to hear that it’s being exaggerated by some of these people because from what I heard it sounded awful.

    No one here is getting fucked over harder than the Palestinians, and the Gazans even more so. They are being attacked by the enemy both outside and within their borders.  Netanyahu and his government are a fucking problem. Hamas is a death cult quick to be sacrificed on Iran’s chess board it would appear.  What I found most interesting and insightful in the video was the take regarding the facilitation of an already present movement within Iran’s borders that could potentially topple the regime and cut funding and training to the other terrorist networks. Everyone is talking about the million fucking problems that are evident everywhere. I just thought it was nice to hear a proposed solution to the situation for once even if it is long-term. It sucks to hear that, as you pointed out, the movement being mentioned and the sentiment in Iran may be exaggerated. Anyways, I’ll stop posting dude’s shit on here. My heart goes out to the people who have suffered on both sides of the conflict.

    my proposed solution to avoid future scenarios: anyone who wants to hold public office or be in a position where they look over children or vulnerable communities will be subject to a FMRI in order to determine if they have enough cortical real estate in their frontal lobe to process guilt and practice empathy. If not your high-functioning psychopathic tendencies can be put to use on wall street or something. 

     

     

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    Films Recently Watched

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    watched Farha, the story of a Palestinian girl during the 1948 nakba when Israeli forces expelled thousands from their homes. It’s loosely based on a true story of a woman the director (Jordanian woman with Palestinian ties) heard of growing up. There was a lot of backlash and even something like a petition with 30,000 people on it in Israel that wanted to prevent the movie’s release as it had been branded as fictitious and likening Israeli soldiers to Nazis. Given the context and our current situation I felt compelled to watch it. I’m not sure how much of it is real but it was a sad watch to say the least. It definitely captured the despair and harrowing reality a child would face as a persecuted people in an active war zone. Some of the acting was a little spotty (particularly the father during the darkest moments of the film) but overall I think it was well shot and that the lead girl and the rest of the supporting cast did a good job.

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    Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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    4 hours ago, usagi said:

    this is bullshit. it should concern you that you haven't seen through it. though this is harder to navigate for people not from the Muslim world, I'll concede.

    this is projection and spin by a minority of dogmatic, co-opted (or trying to be co-opted) ex-Muslims living comfortable lives overseas, not representative of Iran or the Muslim world as whole. I know this type of ex-Muslim well. they're desperate to align themselves with the west, mostly out of self-interest. the kind who publish books catering to Islamophobes about their 'journey to enlightenment' and become writers for right-wing media outlets, hoping to be poster kids for the west's cultural superiority. they're not interested in actually bettering the lives of anyone, certainly not the people who are, on an undeniable physical level, still their own blood. rather they whitewash themselves as hard as they can and cheerlead for western causes that will bring them money and attention, eventually getting so good at it that they become indistinguishable from any other right-wing hack. we have a great Iranian example here in Australia - she's quite far along the hack lifecycle, you'll notice.

    these types can have some facts correct about extremist/jihadi ideology but the way they employ these facts, their arguments and their overall aim are all fundamentally untrustworthy. the picture amongst ordinary Iranians on this specific issue is certainly more complex: ordinary Iranians, even if they're tired of the pernicious influence of the theocracy on their day to day lives, will still be mostly anti-Israel for cultural reasons if not religious ones.

    this is the kind of misrepresentation that you will be fed if you get suckered by the algorithm.

    You obviously are more in touch and have a better understanding of the ex-Muslim community than I but how then can you even establish a community or support network for such people without having such discussions, putting out videos or publishing books to reach the public? Also these guys are atheists, if they really wanted to cater to the right wing western ideology converting to Christianity would be a way more opportunistic on their part. Both are smart enough to realize that and would have passed up on a much easier cash grab by going the atheist route. Why?

    I also don’t think that the fact that dude is a Pakistani born Muslim who gave up his faith in an obviously much safer country like Australia should be a strike against him. It was still was an incredibly isolating and fucked up experience by the sound of it (being disowned by family, death threats for giving his opinions, etc.). Who then, in your estimation, are the vocal ex-Muslims that are helping to grow the community without chasing clout, money and whitewashing themselves in the process? And that’s not a snarky reply or anything, nothing in this reply is intended to sound that way. I’m genuinely curious if you could recommend some channels. 
     

     

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    Films Recently Watched

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    Four Lions. As hilarious and strangely heartwarming as I remember it being. Cool to see it’s free to watch on YT except for when the ads kick in at a 275% decibel increase. Fuck. Also I’m sure most of you know but it’s got a bit of Aphex Twin added in at the end for good measure. 

     

    After that I saw in the comments that Riz Hamed was also the lead in Sound of Metal so I gave that a watch on prime. Much lighter subject matter than Four Lions but way heavier in tone. Not sure why I slept on it for so long. Great film and great performance.

     

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    What TV series are you watching at moment?

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    On 10/24/2023 at 3:29 PM, o00o said:

    Scavengers Reign is one of the best animated series I have seen for years

    Max Teases Original Sci-Fi Adult Animated Series 'Scavengers Reign' | Animation Magazine

    Checked it out last night, wound up watching all six of the available episodes. Such a cool and imaginative sci-fi series. Also, it’s nice to see some animation outside of Japan that’s not targeting adolescents. I was pretty skeptical about it after hearing how HBO’s Velma turned out, but this is really cool so far.

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    birds

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    On 10/3/2023 at 7:06 AM, iococoi said:

    Red-winged Blackbird

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    Pretty aggro critters. They’ve divebombed me while out biking and I’ve seen them attacking crows and bald eagles on numerous occasions.

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