Naw I want to stay a virgin

Me in 10 years

Nice Rudy cosplay!

This is very relatable haha. I don't have much time though, so I'll keep it short.

For 2, don't hesitate to reach out to mutual aid groups. A lot of trans people help each other getting money to combat homelessness or afford HRT. DIY HRT groups are also more supportive in that regard.

For 3, I'm not sure how to fix that either. It's hard, but to make connections, I usually open up about my hobbies or inquire about theirs, and get into it too. I still end up feeling alienated to the group in the end, so I'm not sure if it's that great of an advice.

For 4, I'm not sure if I'm reading this properly, you seem to have a pretty deterministic view of things. Existentialism is scary, because it gives you full agency. It's what made me realize that I had the power to chose for myself. It feels daunting, but sometimes, it's what you need. Your a person in certain circumstances, and now you can chose what to do about it.

It's a flaw with the censors. If you stick bit chat together, the b word can be found inside, which lemmy.ml censors.

I don't think "someone was mean to me" is a valid explanation for systemic murder of dissidents.

Well good thing that's not what I said.

It would be great if Iran's government wasn't executing their citizens for bogus reasons. All of us in the thread are against that. We can also point out that so long as America goes around destabilizing other regions, this will keep happening. Not just in Iran.

For example, "Think about the reparations Germany had to pay" would be a bizarre comment in a thread about Holocaust remembrance.

Yeah that would be weird, especially since the Holocaust and the rise of Nazi Germany was due to capitalism as a whole, and the rise of antisemitism, racism, xenophobia and homophobia in the west.

It would be strange if I were to write something like the bottom paragraph, encourging others not to repeat the same mistakes that led the Nazis to be a thing, and then for you to say "Just because the people were affected by capitalism doesn't excuse their behaviour".

Isreal isn't acting in a vacuum. But thinking it's just because of October 7th is looking at the genocide and colonization of Palestinians with no historical analysis. Saying that October 7th is the catalyst WOULD be looking at the situation in a vaccuum.

Israel is doing these things because it is a colony, so it should cease to exist.

It's not an excuse, it's an explanation. The thread started with asking how Iran even got to this point. So long as the US exists, you're gonna get destabilization in countries with resources.

Speaking of Gaza, usually, killing people is bad, right? But would you focus on the October 7th incident, deploring Hamas and their attack? Or rather look at the historical context that lead to that point (Israel's colonialism and genocide) and focus on the fact that it is still active?

No, but hardfocusing on Trump instead of analysing the circumstances that propped him up and his entourage is useless. So long as the material conditions of the Americans aren't adressed properly, the anger they feel towards said issue can be misplaced and used for nefarious means

You're missing the forest for the trees.

Your argument is more akin to focusing on October 7 rather than examining the bigger picture.

I don't think you understand how destabilizing a region over and over again leads to a lower education, more religious dogma and higher animosity in its people and government.

This also happens in neocolonies in Africa, for example.

This reminds me of a nosleep story a youtuber I watch read.