Trying my hardest to be civil in this uncivilised world.

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Cake day: April 26th, 2025

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  • Yeah, Russia, the country that invaded, couped and otherwise subjugated the majority of the world, the country with almost countless military bases around the world, the country of Native genocide, chattle slavery, gunboat diplomacy, three letter agency destabilisation, etc etc. You’re dipped head to toe in propaganda, my friend, you just don’t know it but today you can begin to learn. So no, there’s no comparison, the closest American historical peers are the British and French empires, and then Rome, I guess.




  • When it comes to being a more prosocial, peaceful, emotionally stable person, I’ve made much progress (thank God!). I just don’t like feeling like a villain, knowing (because, for better or for worse, I see these things somewhat clearly) I was the cunt in the situation and that I could and should have “taken the higher road”. I was talking about it with my wife earlier today and I think it’s partly a function of my pride: being an overall negative influence in the world is simply for lesser men, and I am not/won’t let myself be one of those.

    For everything else, I’m a complete mess. Yeah, I have worked well and steadily, never been fired or even reprimanded, and have gotten decent results in academia despite the fact I worked full time whilst studying… but besides that idk, I don’t keep much track of things I could improve (but I should). Thankfully, I’m married, so I’m constantly lovingly coerced into betterment, lol.



  • “The Thick Of It”, if you wanna cackle. It’s three seasons (under 10 episodes each) and a TV movie. I recommend watching it with subtitles, especially if you’re not a native English speaker/not accustomed to the many accents of the British Isles. If you’ve watched Veep, it’s quite similar except much better in all aspects, lol.

    If you don’t mind animays (and, for whatever reason, you haven’t watched this masterpiece… the shame!) and are competently literate, I also enthusiastically recommend “Legend of the Galactic Heroes”. It explores the “honourable philosopher king” autocracy v. “decaying, corrupt, aimless democracy” issue, and the character arcs and very realistic reactions and interactions are just chef’s kiss. 👍








  • Not only does the “relationship” have no future, as he won’t go against the wishes of his racist family, but if I were you I’d feel insulted and used. He knew all of this in advance (he knows who his parents are and what they think and what his decision regarding this would be too) and he still went this far with you? Let’s just hope he’s immature and pre-PFC development, else he’s just plain evil. Come on, V… and, btw, every man has a dick, stop focusing so much on the sexual aspect of things. I know you’re young but there’s no point in wasting time and accumulating mistakes and bad experiences just for the fun of it.