I'll probably check it out later! :> sounds comfy...

If you want, the Hexbear traaa group has a awesome matrix channel :) (https://matrix.to/#/#tracha:chapo.chat)

This. The South Korean military is literally subordinate to the US' (on paper, "only in times of war"). Maybe they could break free, but until then the idea the US wasn't involved in the motions of declaring and enforcing martial law, etc. is pretty laughable.

What an absolutely beautiful smile. It must be protected 🫡

Must admit, for all the tactic was cursed I can't claim any pity on Pavlou, maybe his mother (if she isn't as wretched as the son she shat out). Definitely kick-out-of-party material but if this were the only questionable thing about Hinkle I can't claim I'd not salute him and give a grin as he were on the way out.

Ay lelkins o7

Agreed, if it must be (actual) liberty or death, there's only one option (though the entire world other than the west is constantly seeking peace, and whatever conflict happens is entirely and infinitely the west's fault). Some things are worse than death, and the west has proven time and time again to offer exactly that, a slow death with no dignity, no humanity, no decency given.

I hope if the world does head down this path- hell, even if it doesn't- that a hell of some sort exists, and if not that future humans or other sentients will create it. "Eternal torment" is more mercy than the ghouls of empire deserve.

I get it sucks that they are walling us off from there users, however we cannot do much

Does it suck? Personally it sucks more to breathe the same air or exist in the same spaces as these libs. Let them wall themselves off, eventually they will be walled off from the vast majority of humanity that is looking on in disgust at them- and then hopefully in time that wall will close in, and those who cannot develop the human decency to leave their wretched spaces will go straight to the dustbin of history.

Agreed, liberals always are a direct enemy of the left- and not merely a "lesser evil" to fascists, but equal and with no meaningful difference from fascists (which just happen to be their mask-off honest selves).

Happy bday! :D

Kindred Spirits on the Roof is an absolutely cozy yuri VN! And for a more- interesting one I have to infinitely reccomend Seabed, which is a kinetic (linear) novel dealing with- mystery and grief to best explain it without spoilers (I think). Seabed is so absolutely lovely, I played it on the Switch and had to get it on Steam as well and- IDK, it just sticks with me even years later.

We Know the Devil is another wonderful, if short, queer VN.

Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business is also peak goblin merchant energy and queer AF.

And Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is awesome as well, with working-class and (accurate history to what I recall? anyways touching on the ugly subjects so CW maybe) Americana IMO.

Other than that have to agree with 999... played it literally over a decade back as a kid but it was fun. I have a few of the other games mentioned here on my to-do list or wishlist.

Others on my to-do list (good enough I already own no less) among many others would include: Amelie, Heaven Will Be Mine, Scarlet Hollow, Mamiya, I was a Teenage Exocolonist, Lay a Beauty to Rest: the Darkness Peach Blossom Spring, and Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. And AI: the Somnium Files, which my partner really enjoyed from my library, though I've not played yet 😅

And while you probably also know them already, I gotta recommend the Ace Attorney and Monster Prom series. And while it's not quite a VN, I have to infinitely recommend Disco Elysium (but you've also probs heard of it)

Mood ^^ well we both know where we were presumably raised at, so- yeah. Like recognizes like

Honestly seems like the world's best weather to me, but then I am a creature of the cold

Lolicon isn’t just porn, but attraction towards children in general, is it not?

Yes and no, "loli" is the.. genre if you will. The terminally online/creepy/anime way of calling it. Calling people or kids it in general is just plain wrong honestly IMO. The "attraction towards children" is pedophilia

There’s no gunning for undertones. If you replace the cartoon image with an actual photograph of a child it should be obvious.

Once again, cartoon. Not to say that makes "everything ok" but at some point you need to touch grass

The age of the commenters is irrelevant.

As for this... seriously? They were cringe but this is equally cringe. Basically at some point... you get my gist

c) The OC was likely created by an adult

I don't see how this has anything to do with the subject matter?

Even calling it "loli" is problematic and if anything the creepier thing, but IMO

(A) in the genchat we talked about the age of those two posters (my comment on the other hand was "sure kill me" but less explicit as it's the grad)

(B) the line drawn is iffy with age (not an Evangelion fan so didn't know she's 14) but even then at some point, considering the artstyle and that we're literally gunning for "undertones" at this point I think we need to touch grass.

(C) I agree the grad is really not the place for this sorts of things though

I know that... it might have been bilibili or something that did a literal "Marx" anime. I downloaded it but gonna look it up... here it is (The Leader)

Ah, big oof

While they certainly exist, the Communist Party of Britain thankfully is not among them: https://archive.ph/F1Ow4

The Communist Party of Britain affirmed that it supports transgender people’s right to “live equal, full and meaningful lives” after J.K. Rowling, almost as well known at this point for her hatred of trans women as for penning the mega-popular Harry Potter series, expressed tacit support for its candidates. On Saturday, Rowling encouraged her social media followers to vote Communist, a move made in response to the anti-trans feminist group For Women Scotland tweeting that a party spokesperson had told them it stood “in support of [recognizing] the nature of biological sex.” A day later, a statement was released on the party’s official X account clarifying the matter. “For avoidance of doubt, the Communist Party supports the right of trans people to medically transition, to have access to healthcare and live equal, full and meaningful lives, socially, economically and politically,” it said. “We believe that such liberation will only be possible under socialism.” Rowling’s blessing, likely now to be rescinded, came after she published an op-ed in The Times of London on Friday disavowing the Labour Party over its support for trans rights.

True. Though (while this doesn't contradict) I'd argue that they had to have the- inclination, or interest inherent from the start (which is entirely natural and nothing wrong nor extreme- it is their perception of it that is extreme).

*Edit: if you think about it, it would be more absurd and unlikely for someone to, say, only be interested in one extreme or the other of the stereotypical gender spectrum, presentation, or identity. Being a p-do, or liking violent or non-consensual sex- those are all genuine abnormalities and extremities, to which those people with such issues need to control and work against internally- ie. nothing alike.

Some of the most bigoted people are internalizing their own insecurities or self-hatred, for instance. Back as a kid (thankfully when confronted with it I learnt better and rapidly and was decent by 16-17 onwards) I used to be vocally homophobic for instance myself, beyond what even I was raised to be (literally talked about "killing gays and racists..")

This, 100000%.... and this is as a trans POC who has been exactly that, even did a small talking bit once for (insert certain corpo here)...

Even if some, or many people might have sympathies with all the minorities (LGBT minorities, religious and ethnic and racial minorities, etc) or for the developing world, womens' rights, or the working classes, etc. they ultimately are part of the system that's the problem, that churns up our lives (and particularly and with discriminatory preference, our lives) for profit. We're menu items, and nowadays we're also items which they use to absolve themselves of guilt and convince themselves they're not monsters, though they won't end the broader system of exploitation (they'll just create plausible deniability/distance to the direct exploitation at best, and when pushed they'll mostly go fascist as they always do).

Capitalism has always commodified those it oppresses, but now it also sells indulgences, just like the Catholic church of old.