I’ve literally said for years but the idea of mind control being real is more valuable as propaganda than actual mind control
“Brainwashing” as a concept was invented by Edward Hunter, a CIA-funded writer, to explain away why US troops captured by communist forces during the Korean War were so amenable to their Evil Totalitarian Captors. It definitely wasn’t that they were treated well (far better than the US treated its captives); with POWs allowed to cook their own food, organise sports competitions, and one black soldier even allowed to travel to Beijing to attend university - a privilege he wouldn’t have had back home - nor could it have been that any of these people saw any truth in communist theory. No, the real explanation must be that the communists had developed some nefarious means of controlling peoples’ minds, the same technology which they must have used on their own people to make them all support communism so wholeheartedly!
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My great grandfather was a Russian POW during WWII. He was sent to the gulag.
He was one of the “lucky” ones.
He got back.
The amount of FUCKERY his subsequent behaviour caused my grandmother, and therefore my father and yes, therefore ME cannot be overstated. Like. Encanto gives a teeeny tiny idea of what generational trauma is.
The reality is fucking worse.
He was tortured. He was broken. He behaved so atrociously that my great grandmother, a woman in a country with no divorce, had to leave him with 4 children, 3 of whom young to very young.
I won’t go into the details. But the trauma of that lived in his daughter behaviour toward her son, and in his grandson my father.
DON’T. Come to me. And. Praise the URSS treatment of POW.
Fucking don’t.
Signed: somebody who had to live among the ruins
damn that’s crazy. what did your grandfather do to end up in a soviet pow camp during wwii
this is legitimately the perfect copypasta
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Grueling labor camps for political dissidents in 20th century communist (Marxist-Leninist and subsidiaries) countries very much were things though, as someone whose grandparents actually lived through one, I can attest to the fact that you had to be very very careful about what you said in a public space lest you get sent to labor in horrible conditions with a chance that you won’t ever return.
While they didn’t have any problems because they never messed with politics… they were very aware of the cases where things went differently.
Get over it. Also stop trying to derail a conversation about ACTUAL NAZIS being captured by the Soviets.
This was a post made on February 17th… Do you not have post dates enabled? Obviously this was not the post to make this addition to, but by this point I’ve already realised that myself, you are far too late.
I’m sorry I’m going fucking insane over trans people in sports issues the anti trans crowd has lost the fucking plot and then has the audacity to act like its the trannies who are ridiculous
I used to be of the “well the sports issue isn’t really important to me its w/e I just don’t want it to be a gateway into other transphobia” but oh my fucking god we are so far gone. The fencing shit is sending me over the edge. What the fuck.
I can’t even articulate my words so I’m just going to tell a story in screenshots
I am so fucking tired of being gaslit about this
I’m also still so fucking pissed that we have to include “ooo the trans fencer only finished in X place” because its a reminder that trans women will never be allowed to excel at anything in the public eye without being cut down. Fuck OFF
She took a bribe to throw a match. Since when did that stop being a crime??
i think it’s really funny that most of the most popular and beloved companions of doctor who are young women from contemporary england… except for jamie mccrimmon, an eighteenth-century man from scotland
I was gonna make a joke about how I say “I need to go the circus again” the way people used to say they need to go to the sea to balance their humors. But I realized the circus balances humors too
how I balance my humors
I was gonna make a joke about how I say “I need to go the circus again” the way people used to say they need to go to the sea to balance their humors. But I realized the circus balances humors too
Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don’t, according to a provocative new study.
It’s the first time a species other than humans has been shown to have this kind of geometric intuition, says Andreas Nieder, a cognitive neurobiologist at the University of Tübingen in Germany.
“Claiming that it is specific to us humans, that only humans can detect geometric regularity, is now falsified,” says Nieder. “Because we have at least the crow.”
My mistress is a bumbling idiot. She’s been seeing a suitor who intends to buy her hand in marriage from her father, but she’s told me quite clearly that she doesn’t think this man is right. As her devoted maid, I cannot let her be wed off to some scoundrel like him. But all my efforts to save her from him have been foiled by her clumsiness. When I brought the tray to them with the poisoned teacup closer to him, in a breach of etiquette she reached for the far teacup and took the poison for herself. When I poisoned his wine, her ring got caught on the tablecloth and knocked over his glass. When I set up the armoire to fall and crush him, she tripped on the rug and made it go off too early. Once I even rigged one of the chandeliers to fall on his spot, and right before it did she violated table manners, got up, grabbed his wrist, and dragged him to the window because she “thought she saw a stag outside.” A stag?! There weren’t even any woods visible from that window! And after all these foiled attempts she has the audacity to complain to me that marrying this man will ruin her life. As if seeing her with any man wouldn’t ruin mine!
My head maid is adorable, and I am in love with her. She’s served me for many years at this point and, although I wouldn’t admit this to my peers, she is my closest companion. Yet here I am enduring courtship for an arranged marriage to a man I despise. My darling maid is so hopelessly devoted to me, that she keeps setting up “accidents” to kill my fiancé. Every time one of these accidents is about to occur, I cannot help myself, I have to ruin her plans. When I grabbed the wrong teacup, I felt the warmth of her hand brushing against mine as she took it from me before lying that she spotted a fly in it. When I spilled the wine on myself she whisked me away to my chambers and gently removed my stained garments. When I tripped on the rug she took my hand in hers as she helped me to my feet. Seeing her go to greater and greater lengths with her assassination plots just to protect me, and then getting her to care for me in the aftermath of their failure, I cannot resist. One time she cooked up a scheme to “accidentally” treat his laundry in such a way to make it extra flammable, and then she altered the buttons and buckles to be very hard to remove once fastened, it was such an innovative attempt, but I still couldn’t stop myself from happening to sneeze at just the right moment to blow out the candles she set up. After that she claimed I must be sick, made me stay in bed in my chambers away from my fiancé, and pampered me tending to my every need for a whole week! I truly don’t wish to marry this man, but you have to understand. The thing I need most is to push her to her limits, make her show the deepest depths of her devotions, and let her show me just how far she’ll go to keep me for herself… I really did see a stag though!
Okay so I found the most incredible horse statue while doing research for my job and guys. Are you ready for this. Are you sure you’re fucking ready for this thing
sometimes I wonder why y'all are obsessed with specific characters and I’m like “why them” but then I remember that sometimes its literally not your choice you just look at them wrong and all of a sudden they’re taking up your every thought forever
My coworker said he was having a bad day and I said ‘it can’t be that bad you haven’t started howling like a sad dog yet’ and he let out the saddest most pathetic little howl I’ve ever heard and I was like 'damn ok do you need to have a break?’
Banned from manager training for making my coworker bark.
LGBT people, I need you to know that any “pedophile execution bill” passed in the US is meant to put you, personally, to death. When the right says “groomer,” they’re talking about you. When they say “predator,” they’re talking about you. When they say “pedophile,” they’re talking about you. Any actual child sex abusers who are convicted and executed would be, to them, a happy accident, a cherry on top of a law that’s meant to exterminate anyone who deviates from the cisgender, heterosexual norm.
“but they can’t possibly think we’re all really child molesters”
if you haven’t already figured out that facts don’t matter to these people I don’t know what to tell you
me, having deeply fallen out of the practice of writing poetry: I can’t write any more, I am now a Talentless Hack
the voice of my 11th grade journalism/12th grade creative writing teacher who rly did know everything: if you stop writing for a while the words will build up and stagnate. to clear the water, you will have to open the dam completely, and accept the fact that what initially comes out will not be palatable
This. This is so true. Starting again is more important than what you actually write. You are rusty. You’ll build up momentum again. All you need to do is start.
it’s imteremsting how you can post mostly art on the internet without telling much about yourself but people will create a picture of your personality in their heads just from seeing your art. and most of these assumptions are wrong. and they will never change unless you uncover something about yourself. thousands of versions of you live in people’s heads. you became thousands of different people you will never be in real life
we used to have normalized whump. remember what they took from you….
back in the day you could write about the most sickeningly vile atrocious war crimes happening to your blorbo and everyone was like. kyaaaaaaaa >w<. they just got it. they understood
not joking though. lets be serious for a second. hey team? lets get serious for a second. *turns my chair backward and sits on it like an english teacher about to “get real” with his class*. every single time i brush my teeth my gums bleed
everyone in the comments misunderstands . this is good..this is a good thing. the more blood the better its working
there was a well-meaning international student (learning english) in my workspace who came up to me and asked “how is your handsome white boy?” and it took me a few seconds to realize she was not in fact asking about my twink spouse but my white dog
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it’s a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can’t. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it’s okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they’re capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded “you’re the child, I’m the adult” in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person’s experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it’s a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can’t. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it’s okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they’re capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded “you’re the child, I’m the adult” in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person’s experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it’s a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can’t. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it’s okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they’re capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded “you’re the child, I’m the adult” in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person’s experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it’s a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can’t. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it’s okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they’re capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded “you’re the child, I’m the adult” in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person’s experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it’s a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can’t. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it’s okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they’re capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded “you’re the child, I’m the adult” in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person’s experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
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