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One of the great unwashed.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p_TLzmjbhG0&t=1368 I couldn't do this, but the philosophy is correct.
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a) Normal people don't have time to do this shit for 20 years. They are almost certainly sponsored by someone top-down.
Not 'normal people', but I've met career protestors working line level paper pushing jobs in the local government. They just take sick days to go and protest. Plenty of retirees out and about on the streets at these things blowing rape ICE whistles.
These aren't organisers though. They're what Yuri Bezmenov would call 'useful idiots' and would be lined up and shot come the revolution.
Edit: Sorry I was meant to be replying to the poster above you. I need some rest.
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1d ago
Jeffersonian and a filthy filthy centrist.
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1d ago
This kind of tracks. There's a floating body of knowledge that gets spread around left wing direct action organisations and its likely organically evolved over decades. Activists wear different hats depending on the protest of the week and which 'organisation' is best assigned to it. Being nebulous is part of their playbook.
It does make sense that there would be an interest by rival foreign powers to fund and support activist infrastructure in Western countries, but an incentive doesn't necessarily dictate that it is omni-prevalent.
I do think security services should investigate though. If I was the FBI I'd create a task force that includes ex-Green Berets and CIA SAD 'color revolution specialists' and go digging if they haven't already. If its American citizens acting autonomously, then fine, but if there are foreign agitators then pull them out root and stem.
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1d ago
Does the bottom of the back protect the laptop when you're putting it down? Are you pretty gentle with the bag when you put it down? How do you generally handle it?
That guy had an interesting interview on Rumble talking about identifying this as an insurgency. (Starts at 35:30 or so)
Edit: "Your average person on the street doesn't know how to do this. There has to be a cadre teaching them."
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2d ago
I think its very important to get a mirror held up against yourself, and that's what I was looking for here.
There are certainly close friends in my life that are progressive that I'm holding detente with. I don't think I'm the only one here doing that.
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2d ago
I'm not an expert, so you'll have to do your own research with reviews unless someone chimes in here that they've gone through a few different brands.
I don't have a reference point for what is more comfortable. I would presume its just normal earbud vs over ear headphones.
Something I do like is that I can tolerate earbuds in bed with audio books before sleep if I'm on my back and for short periods on my side.
That's me though. I'm not ultra sensitive to physical discomfort.
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2d ago
I should have replied earlier.
The movie I want has unexpected twists and perhaps an unhappy ending. I'm expecting to be challenged and for them to hold a true mirror up.
Reality always wins, but its sometimes a bitter pill to swallow.
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2d ago
Well, I did the relationship therapist thing.
She was very competent and nothing I had to say surprised her. Very professional even though she was covered in tattoos. She knows her stuff, at least as far as I can see, and I can see pretty far for an amateur.
I'll post again once I get a result. One way or the other.
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2d ago
I see this all the time as a Principal/Agent variant. Something very useful that gets cut because it has no champion. Either that, or a load-bearing pillar of long term profitability gets cut for short term gains and some shark's KPI bonus. They then ghost before the long term consequences hit the company.
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2d ago
Do you carry a notebook in your satchel?
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2d ago
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2d ago
Yep, I'm having all of the issues you've described, including problems with receiving audio from discord and games at the same time (even in 'AG' hands free mode).
I've made my peace with it. Pure noise cancelled audio with no comms is worth all of the problems.
I'd say in-ear earphones with solid ANC are up there
Haha, I read your first line, settled on my Quietcomfort 2 Bose Earpods and then came back to see I was 'right'.
The sound is awesome, but I found it degrades to take calls as perhaps it needs bandwidth for the microphone.
Anyway, they had a pretty big QoL impact for things like commuting on public transport, or other environments where I could afford to sacrifice some situational awareness. The noise cancelling really allows for moments of peace (although I've had a girlfriend have to punch me on the arm to get my attention when I'm using them before sleep).
Edit: Some honorable mentions -
- BPA free 2 Liter handled water bottle to carry around the house with me to stay hydrated.
- Kindle Paperwhite is an amazing ebook reader that eliminated a lot of eyestrain. Its backlight lets me read in the dark without disturbing others. It finally sold me on ebooks over paper (although I recently read a hardcover when I was on holiday and I kind of miss it).
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3d ago
He doesn't talk about the why. Perhaps he truly believes it is self evident. 'I was just on holiday and then the nazis came, so I became the resistance.'
Something that stuck out for me was the 'only arresting the worst of the worst 5-year-olds'. The father abandoned the 5 year old to abscond from ICE. The author pretends that ICE is killing people randomly, arresting the innocent (including children) and otherwise being horrible people.
People really believe this? Its truly 2 movies, 1 screen.
Peace will eventually come. Reality always wins.
Thanks for this. The impact on a laptop is probably the primary concern I have of buying this style of bag. I've got this weird association between carrying bags and dumping them down, probably from bad habits picked up back in high school. Which is more of a problem with 'me' as compared to the bag.
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