/siberia/ - Off-topic

>>726995
birds are very important

>>726970
>As ludicrous as some American nationalist history can be, the reaction against it has produced contrarian theories that make the nationalist history seem almost reasonable in comparison. For instance, the idea that the American Revolution was fought to preserve slavery
Nobody says that the American revolution was fought to PRESERVE slavery, you are misrepresenting that. People say that the American revolution was fought because yank booj resented paying taxes, and wanted faster westward expansion, which the brits were restricting the yanks from because the brits had treaties with the indians that the yank colonists did not want to respect. Also, the brits objectively legally abolished slavery in their colonies 30 years before the burger civil war, so people rightly point out that burger slavery would have ended earlier if they had stayed a british colony… also the british did in fact arm slaves against the yank colonists, such as the ethiopian regiment, promising them freedom. Also Jefferson hollered about freedom and needing to refresh the treet of liberty with the blood of patriots and tyrants, but he seethed at the Haitian revolution living up to those words, and the US government in general supported French claims for reparations from the Haitians, which kept the Haitians economically bankrupt even after earning their emancipation, and now the entire "developed" world mocks Haitians for their economic underdevelopment and imply it's a product of their race (being racist is a sport for them you see) while ignoring the history of the 120 years of reparations payments, with interest, the trade embargoes against them , and the yank occupation in the 20s and 30s which saw their national bank get robbed of its gold reserves by uncle sam back when gold still mattered.

So yes, preserving slavery was on the agenda of the colonists, even if emancipation wasn't on the agenda of the brits, and their arming of slaves against the colonists was mostly opportunist, it still scared the colonists.

>>727046
>Nobody says that the American revolution was fought to PRESERVE slavery
A LOT of people say that and I am pretty sure you know it.
Anecdotally, I would guess over 3/4 of people I talked about it even believed that was the only issue involved.

>>726970
>greatest genocide ever committed, even worse than the Nazis
It absolutely was more destructive and effective than Nazism, look at how many indigenous North Americans are living today compared to ex Soviet people and Jews. It was a truly successful genocide campaign.

Your comparison with anti Germans is accurate though and the Gerald Horne 1619 counterrevolution theory is complete horseshit.

>>727055
The Native Americans were mostly wiped out by European diseases. That is, literally 95% of them. There really weren't all that many left to genocide. The largest Federal mass execution of natives was like 22 people. The Wounded Knee Massacre, which is one of the more heinous examples of genocidal killing of the native tribes, killed 90 people. Perhaps the greatest act of genocide committed against the Native Americans was the Trail of Tears, which killed between 2000 and 6500 people. Of course, these are all tragic events, but they don't even fit within the statistical margin of error of the shit the Nazis did.

>>727053
ok if people actually think that they are dumb but respond to these points:
< the American revolution was fought because yank booj resented paying taxes, and wanted faster westward expansion, which the brits were restricting the yanks from because the brits had treaties with the indians that the yank colonists did not want to respect. Also, the brits objectively legally abolished slavery in their colonies 30 years before the burger civil war, so people rightly point out that burger slavery would have ended earlier if they had stayed a british colony… also the british did in fact arm slaves against the yank colonists, such as the ethiopian regiment, promising them freedom.

>>723543
I like it

how do i get myself out of the shithole that is imageboards and into furry circles
i'm a 4/10 artist, a recluse pushing 30, and my natural personality is deeply unpleasant. i want to fix all of that. ideally without openly telling everyone that i'm unpleasant. (i won't express any unpleasantness openly)
shy and reclusive and autistic i can be open about, but i don't want to express it in a way that discourages people from interacting with me.

i've tried joining discords before (without sharing art) and it goes badly. i have nothing to say. furaffinity, obviously, draw some shit and upload it but who wants to look at inoffensive but not-good sfw art? not many probably. that won't get me that far. i need more guidance. how do you talk to people. how do you interact. how do you express interest in being friends without being a creep. how do you respond to comments without being a jerk or weird. what do people do all day. how do i get hobbies and interests i can talk about. how do i express interest in the hobbies and interests of others, which i know nothing about but would like to be talked-at about, without being weird? how do i stop overthinking? how do i be like the other people?

i don't mind being openly left wing but i don't want to talk real politics. my real political opinions are stupid annoying bullshit which frankly, i'd like to unlearn down to the level of the average furry leftist on twitter/bsky.
(frankly, that's all i want to be. well, the average leftist artist, anyway.)

>>726502
Fedi is pretty low maintenence. I don't talk much on there but people are nice to me. Instance I use even has an oekaki feature in the post composer for on the whim doodling.
There's even a site for finding good furry instances: https://www.furryfediverse.org/
>obviously, draw some shit and upload it but who wants to look at inoffensive but not-good sfw art?
I did a bunch of drawings of my fursona doing chores I needed to get done as a way to get myself out of art block, and people liked them. I imagine if they were more skillful peices they'd catch more attention, and later on I may revisit the idea with more skill, but it got me out of art block and was acknowledged by a couple friends, so I'm happy with them.
There's an artist on misskey (https://misskey.io/@necosuke) that makes really cool pics of anime women with specific bikes. Not naked or anything, just both subjects drawn well, and they consistently get a lot of interaction.
>how do you express interest in being friends without being a creep.
Never got good at that either, but a mixture of people approaching me with that intent and me just hanging out with mutuals has resulted in me having a healthy number of friends. Much easier to be approached and just maintain than to approach and maintain.
>how do you respond to comments without being a jerk or weird.
If it's a question then you can answer. I find small talk difficult but liking a post a sufficient substitute.
>how do i get hobbies and interests i can talk about.
I think a lot of interests I have now are a byproduct of me getting into Linux or me trying to self-teach stuff the burger education system failed me on.
- drawing: learned about krita when I first got into linux mint, and I remember there was some assignment I failed in kindergarden where you had an obfuscative paper on your pencil, and needed to draw a square spiral that didn't intersect itself without looking under the paper, and my child ass had no motor skills. I feel like if I get good at art I'll have recovered from that.
- math: wasn't good at math classesPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>726502
>>726533
you two should post some of your art, immediatly.

>>726558
Here's an roughly ten minute doodle I made while sick today.

built for bbc

>>727066
exactly. most people are talentless and dont give a shit about hobbies

>>727064
You can get a usable acoustic for less than 200 bucks american or an electric for the same price and a good amp for forty to eighty. After that, you're at least started up. Also, if you're spending money on hearing aids as a musician, you already fucked up, if you're doing it as a bedroom guitarist you're just an idiot.

>>727052
Left wing terrorism

>>727101
Cool but not really something to brag about.

Learning how to suck yourself off

He did drugs that makes him cool

>>727093
Another reaons why drugs must be opposed on all fronts
drugs and consumers are reactionary
proletarian/red war on drugs now

I think he shows that even the most fucked person in the world could attain all that power and cause all that damage. A guy who should've been a nobody becoming a significant part of history is something. Of course it could've been somebody else not Hitler but if you look at alot of the other top Nazis like Goering, Goebbels and Himmler they all came off looking like subhuman trash. Hardly any of them had any redeeming qualities and were only good at destroying. But I guess there's something to be said about causing so much carnage.

>>727096
people appreciate destruction a lot more than construction
how many famous architects are there? now compare to famous military commanders

he was a camp fancy lad just like modern fascists
normies simply can't resist a "charismatic leader" (messy bitch drama queen)

>>726850
Moooooooo

>>726850
Somebody remove his thumbs and big toes.

>>726850
i think that cows would rather live under hindu rule than white rule

>>727089
>He didn't read the schizo nazoid lore of Nordic Prussian germanic aryans invading india and creating Hinduism and the caste system out of thin air

Also I was today years old when I found out this pic didn't come from a history book despite appearing in actual American schoolbooks or from an archeology magazine, it came from a Slot machine in Vegas. Some dude paid 3 dollars for a pic to be later used by cunnyborean 1488 in a meme about the white Egyptian civilization.

>>727097
I always see Steve Martin in that pic and he's got a piss taking grin on his face.

>>727004
>I was in a miserable marriage before
For one second I was worried I'd gone on a date with you irl, but she was closer to my age.

>>727045
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't. I've been really lonely and dating blows. The last time we split I wouldn't have gone back to her, but I had a date that I thought went really well where the girl told me after she just wasn't interested. I hooked up with her again and ended up back in a relationship. I wish it was as easy for guys to find casual hookups as it is for women, but I also get why you're not into that.

>>727045
>>727051
The essence of the problem is being in this relationship makes me feel less miserable than dating and I'm trapped in a local minimum.

>>727049
He's a man, so yes?? As a woman, every guy thinks you are open to fucking them if you hang out 1:1. In this case he happened to be somewhat right, but that's not true for me 95% of the time so yeah. Firm boundaries like "Don't flirt with me" and "This isn't a date" are needed for friendships with men, or they're probably gonna try for more eventually, and things will get awkward. And I know people with autism usually appreciate directness so there's no real downside to doing this.

>>727051
>>727067

Yeah I see what you mean. But just think that by settling for something that's less than fulfilling, or even upsetting and difficult, you're robbing yourself of potential future happiness with someone who makes you feel fully loved. There's only a set amount of years we get alive, does it benefit you to go through your limited time with someone who sometimes makes you feel like shit? Especially when some or more of living life is generally a pain in the ass or excruciatingly mundane already? (Working for a living, dentist appointments, figuring out what to have for dinner ever day, doing chores, deaths in your family etc)

I have to believe that we can all do better than that, because I've seen better relationships in my friends and family. They are genuinely happy together, and improve each other's lives, and not just keeping up a front. I want what they have. :/

>>727086
I think everyone settles eventually and everyone becomes resentful.

But even the people at the top don't get happiness either since they constantly are bombarded with options…that is until they get old and then resent all youths.

>>726783
this is how I learned to have SEX with demons

tomorrow is monday again

Does anyone here ever wonder if they washed their hands after they used the toilet? It frequently happens to me and it just happened to me. I'm pretty sure I washed my hands but I always wonder if I really did. I usually try to rub some hand sanitizer on my hands just in case even I'm also certain I did wash. Yet I'm never sure?

why is peeing felt in the toes

>>718652
a few times
>>718870
i mean, generally. i used to like making music, i spent hours and even days making some shit in some random free daw. not anymore, way too depressed to enjoy the process of creating and the feeling of stupidity when trying to (though i want to experiment making some thing in a tracker)
>>719056
>But I also don't want to keep them inside all day.
this. i like birds (specially crows and ravens) but i'd never put them in a cage for the rest of their lives
>>719147
i kinda do something like this; everytime im outside i think people are making fun of me. im pretty insecure about my face with a heavy focus on my jaw. meanwhile, when i see other people outside i generally find them cute or beautiful in some way, even if there is an evident assymetry/"""uglyness"""
>>727009
no? at least ive never did since my hands stay wet for a few minutes

biology is gross