I 'member.

So last year while I was in China, all my vpns were super busted, so I spent a long time watching bilibili. And I was able to soak up quite a bit of knowledge about the average user there by doomscrolling the comments.

Contrary to what one might think, the average Chinese person isn't actually an expert in Marxism-Leninism and dialectical materialism. Most people, as in the west, don't care much about coherent ideology and just go off vibes. And as anywhere, that can lead to some pretty wacky beliefs. In this tierlist, I'll go over some of the more common ones I've seen/heard about, and rank them based on their wackiness and stupidity, and place them in a tier. Keep in mind I'm approaching this mostly as an outsider, and apologize in advance for any mistakes or oversights, and welcome any corrections. With that being said, let's get into it.

F tier

First we have the conservative westhaters. As you might imagine, these people hate the west, which is good. They also hate gay peopl

In the Warring States period, the state of Wu had invaded the state of Yue, and carried off its duke Guo Jian as a prisoner with them.

Guo Jian was held for three years by the state of Wu until he was released back to his home. When he returned, he started planning his revenge.

For seven years he ruled with benevolence and generosity, making a reputation as a wise and virtuous ruler. Accordingly, he assembled his loyal forces on the eight year and attacked Wu, swiftly beating them.

The king of Wu had to flee, but hurt as he was, fleeing on foot and alone, it was only a matter of time before the forces of Yue would catch up to him. Fearing the worst after running all night, he quickly sent ambassadors to Guo Jian when the morning came, begging for mercy.

The ambassadors reminded the duke of how he had been treated as a prisoner of Wu. That even though he was under their grasp, the king of Wu eventually allowed him to return home unscathed. Our king now asks to be granted the same fa

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Incentivizing SNAP Fraud

The Mass Shooter Subsidy

Handouts for Chinese Steel Companies

Tax Breaks for Puerto Rican Rum

A Tax on Gambling Winnings

Really cool documentary, popped up in my feed randomly. Greatly recommended :)!

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/8423327

I'm thinking of wordsmithing myself. I have an unfinished work that I just want to publish online.

Well, what do you all think of the video?

I agree especially with the point about analog and physical media.

I have little doubt that we have all heard the line that transphobes use, that your gender is what you're born with, you can't change it, etc, and needless to say this is stupid, almost as stupid as the time I saw someone on reddit trying to convince someone diagnosed with NPD they didn't actually have it (the stigma surrounding that condition is absurd). But while I'm assured most of us know that this is wrong, I still think it's important to know why, and what better way to do this than by using the very same 'basic biology' these people try to uphold?

To begin with, it's quite easy to see that the very concepts of 'male' and 'female are vague when you get into the specifics. As I have mentioned several times in the past, 'maleness' as we usually think of it is not in fact determined by the entire y chromosome, but by only a segment of it. If that segment is lost, as it sometimes is, the person in question develops as female but is chromosomally 'male', by the definitions of transph