/siberia/ - Off-topic

>>822354
I guess my problem is that I don't find fun that fun. Or rather that having fun tells forced to me like I'm supposed to have fun or something. Hobbies and games don't really seem fun they feel like work that I don't get paid for. At least with a job I get paid. Not that I like working necessarily but it helps pass the time. I suppose if I saw relationships as just something to pass time with then I could see them more positively. That or finding a way to profit off of a friendship or whatever.

>>822557
bro got domesticated by Capital

Yesterday I had a very promising job interview, an ideal position for me, the boss seems like he genuinely wants me there, and today I got an email from him that unfortunately they arent hiring anymore because the entire facility is getting closed. And of course all the employees there are going to be searching for a new job, so Im doubly fucked. In addition the place I am doing intership at, which looked like they might keep me there full time, is not going to happen either.
I knew this was going to happen, yesterday I was thinking that things are starting to go well for me, meaning something is going to happen to ruin it, and here it is.

Sinbad is the worst poster on this site

>>822688
<To win a Senate seat in 2012, candidates had to raise $14,351 every single day.
They don't "have" to - that's just how much is given in sponsorship; which is nominally said to act as marketing or advertising funds for voters. That's what people say; the masses will only vote for those who are advertised the most - in that case, most people are politically unserious, which is commonly known. My point is that an unserious group of voters gets you unserious candidates.
>not bug but a feature
It's a feature of partisan politics.
Much of politics is based around single issues, like abortion.
<The preferences of the average American
America is not a direct democracy.
Representative democracies vote in representative politicians.
A lack of good representatives must come from uninformed voters.
In all this, the buck stops with the electorate. They have the power - but with great power comes great responsibility - maybe too much?

>They don't "have" to
<the average member of Congress spends between thirty and seventy percent of their time seeking money
>that's just how much is given in sponsorship
gotcha candidates just burn money and dont convert it into votes
>My point is that an unserious group of voters gets you unserious candidates.
maybe voters are unserious because
<The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.
>It's a feature of partisan politics.
its a feature of bourgeois democracies and in the American context its amplified by gerrymandering, media monopolies and direct financial influence of elites benefitting from the status quo
>America is not a direct democracy. Representative democracies vote in representative politicians.
and its not really a democracy
>A lack of good representatives must come from uninformed voters.
>must
le lib Bible says so?
why would there exist informed voters in system opposed on all levels to such concept?
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>>822647
> As I say, please do some research.

There is it, the cry of a right-winger, whenever a right-wing liberal says "Do some research" they actually mean "Agree with me and my idiotic ideas". And people have already gave you evidence about how the system is rigged for the people who control the means of production in our capitalist system, you just keep ignoring it because you don't want to admit that you're wrong.

>>822725
Name a single thing I've been incorrect on.
You are all arguing from rhetoric, while I am being reasonable, which is also why all you can do is impotently insult, and never counter.
>>822709
You can't literally buy votes.
And if you believe this, you must support taking away suffrage from these people, because they have no political agency, obviously.
>its a feature of bourgeois democracies
No, its partisanship.
I request you look up the history of the two-party system.
A democratic socialist who is nonetheless a hardliner on abortion will vote for a Republican candidate. The same thing with immigration, etc.
>its not really a democracy
Hundreds of millions of citizens decide who is elected.
It is a democracy, even if you despise the results.
>informed voters
If the system is so opposed to political education, how did you slip through the cracks? All you are saying is that you are better than the masses, which may be true - but in that case, you're not a democrat. Democracies lead to moderate and unsatisfying compromises, since a democracy means managing millions of different types of people.

>>822896
>You can't literally buy votes.
you cant directly buy ELECTORAL votes because one main aspects of liberal "democracy" is illusion of how important voting is (surprise-surprise not really) as tool of placation

but WAIT there is
<picrel

also which votes exactly you cant buy? electoral or senatorial? cos lobbying exists

and even then you dont need to buy votes because money in this instance is participation fee for engaging in theater of le democracy
<To win a Senate seat in 2012, candidates had to raise $14,351 every single day.
<the average member of Congress spends between thirty and seventy percent of their time seeking money
elites sponsor politicians->politicians get elected via money converted into political power (the campaign, the ads, the consultants, the media coverage)->politicians defend and promote elites' interests
therefore you are buying the candidate and policies

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Posting this cute moth in the bunny thread :0

>>821714
moths are like the bunnies of insects

>>821714 OwO

>>821799
Bunnies if they had a submarine to chew the undersea internet cables:

>>822780
Yeah because unlike uyghurs we refuse to work in shit conditions for shit pay so capitalists export the industry to thirdies.

>>822788
see >>822531

>>822780
>>822850
you're both awful; long live dengism 2nd worldism

I think everyone in this thread needs to read Vladimir's book on this subject.

>>822531
We always have been addicted to bait.

I was on vacation with old friends in some foreign land, by the see. Cars were driving underwater through a strait because they did not want to pay for the toll of the bridge. My friends only wanted to sleep but the owner of our accommodation made fun of them for this for some reason.

I was trying to uncover some crime at a kindergarten but the suspects kept chasing me. Like in a car chase. I had trouble driving as I lost my shoes.

>>733934
analysis: sounds kinda fun, if it's bad ppl i guess?????? very sus though
score: 55/100 🤔

>>733935
analysis: very boring!!!! hope u get cool dreams eventually
score: 0/100 🥀

>>735109
analysis: very romantic very cool!!!! i'm detecting that the universe is telling u that a manic pixie dream girl is AROUND THE CORNER so watch out
score: 65/100 ✨

>>736786
analysis: das crazy!!! sussy subconscious though
score: 70/100 ✨
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>>737834
analysis: very cool happy ending but still stressful!!!!!! means u'r gay
score: 40/100 🥀

>>737840
analysis: very hot!!!!!!!!! means u'r the chose one
score: 90/100 ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

>>739202
analysis: that's very cool for ur health and stuff but this is a dream reporting thread goddamit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
score: 0/10 🥀

>>738908
analysis: that's fucking nasty i hate it!!?!?!?!? i think it means u'r overworked
score: 30/100 🥀
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>>739600
analysis: sounds like a very cool dream and immersive, i like it!!!!
score: 85/100 ✨
>>739852
analysis: stressful ass depressing nightmare, i hate it!!! your nightmare can go fuck itself
score: 5/100 🥀
>>740435
analysis: another stressful nightmare. garbage nightmare!!!!! means u'r gay
score: 4/100 🥀
>>740440
analysis: that's a stressful nightmare, but it's also haunting and cool in a way that I like, so I'm giving it a high score!!!!!!!!!
score: 87/100 ✨
>>740562
analysis: wtf this is literally the worst kind of nightmare gang
score: -10/100 🥀
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🚨 REAL ALERT 🚨
Someone just posted some real shit in another thread: >>822668

>>822665
reading shit like this genuinely fills me despair

>>822665
What about the small joys of life like petting animals, smelling flowers, eating a good meal or reading a book?
Dissasociation is not control, it is willingly participating in your own alienation. It is having less control than ever. Even if you lose yourself in your daydreams material reality will remain the same.

Real tho

i just farted very loudly

the years you "waste" hanging out online, discovering weird shit and interacting with freaky strangers who'd be frightening to meet in real life are, for most of us, the only parts of life that are actually real. everything that comes after is just even more vapid. everyone who settles down and becomes a responsible adult is living life completely on autopilot. they learn nothing, do nothing interesting and don't evolve in any way. they're "happy" because they have stability and a family, but their lives are finished and the only change and excitement comes from their children whose vitality they attempt to vicariously experience. but even then, it amounts to being side characters. the real stuff is not being lived by them. their lives are like a book that's 1000 pages long but has said everything it has to say by the halfway point.
even the most boring white-bread people you know display some passion and vitality and have real experiences in their youth, if only because they don't know what they're doing and haven't had time to fully internalize life-numbing ideas and behaviors. inexperience forces them to do things wrong and end up at least occasionally off the beaten path. that doesn't mean it's pleasant or fun, but it's vivid. life is transformation, stagnation is death.
the only people over the age of 35 who are truly alive are the great artists, leaders and criminals, and most of them are insane and horrible people.

I don't go to that board.

>>822535
So what, fnglish speaking third worlders are all hitlers

>>822511
idk haha maybe someone oughta try it? 👀

>>822551
>fnglish speaking third worlders are all hitlers
*Bordiga Respect*

>>822862
wow i thought you were stupid but then your meme made me realize you are very smart

the epicurus quote is alright but I prefer carl sagan's 'dragon in my garage'

phew i was seconds from becoming an atheist but then a really dumb child on youtube made a bad argument using a book in the bible that didn't exist and now i'm christian again

>>822596
>the epicurus quote is alright but I prefer carl sagan's 'dragon in my garage'
the religious cope for sagan's garage dragon is that god is not part of the universe, the universe is an artifact of god. the universe itself is their proof that god exists. every single thing in reality is proof god exists. there's no need to throw flour on the floor to catch the dragon's footprints or spray it with paint to catch it floating in the air. for the religoid, god is not a dragon in someone's garage, he's the very principle that made the universe possible. he's the only explanation for how something could come from nothing. now when you start probing about why he has a gender (male) and a name (yahweh) and a chosen people (jews) and arbitrary physical appearances (burning bush, pillar of fire, etc.) in some stories… well then they start pulling out the allegory cope, or they just say god can do whatever he want, including decide his own gender (which is funny because that's pretty trans if you think about it, even though religious conservatives don't usually think humans, created in gods image, can pick their own gender even though god did).

>>822197
There were critics of the Greek notion of God in ancient Greece, like Xenophanes.

>>822858
never thought of the gender thing before. i cannot wait to use it on some chuds (they will ignore the point and call me a jewish beautiful lady😍🥰 shill)

>>822404
cute

>>822421
I also made this a couple of days ago but my IP range is banned from 4chan so I guess I'll post it here instead

does this do anything for you furries

>>822579 lmao

>>822853
he has kind of a dad bod, not really my thing

i can kindof see it

>>822739
>How is snoopy a beagle? He's the least beagle looking dog i've ever seen!
Black and white beagles are real, just very rare. Besides, drawings are not and can not be a 100% reflection of reality.

The droopy ears you moron

>>822822
A lot of dogs have droopy ears

what else would he be?