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Katrisia

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  • Not gonna lie, I kind like it

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  • 27 in the case of a friend of mine. He just had his birthday party.

    Yes, we (90s babies) are not that old, but teenagers and young adults apparently always feel that life ends at around 25. Then... life just continues and you realize you're just you, kind of young still, with a lot of living (and learning) left.

  • Not gonna lie, I kind like it

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  • I just wrote my experience, but you gave a lot of details. Exactly!

    2008 was terrible because we had the age to understand what was happening but not the tools to live through it healthily. My anxiety was through the roof. My health got so much worse.

    I also didn't vote the first time I could here in my country due to moving issues, attentional issues, etc. Life was hectic and I had no time (no brain) to get my ID, honestly, lol.

    COVID's lockdowns were a relief to me, I have to admit. I was so fed up of going outside, of 'masking' my obvious problems and differences (e.g., ADHD), etc. I was failing miserably. Zoom calls were a lot easier, still are.

    I hope you get better from the long COVID. I'm guessing you're neurodivergent too. Take good care of yourself, psychologically, physically... We need it.

  • Not gonna lie, I kind like it

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  • I'm not from the U.S.A., but yes, still terrible conditions in my region and obviously internationally. My older siblings and my cousins (all older) had great childhoods in the 80s and early 90s. I was a late child. Everyone was old and everyone was busy. My parents struggled more and more economically, and my aunts kept telling me how I shouldn't normalize what I was living, but... how? I didn't have the maturity not to do so. I internalized a lot of sh*t. I needed healthcare, but there was not enough money or attention for that; today I live with the consequences. I guess I was sort of neglected. It's hard for me to accept because my mom tried her best, even my dad did. I feel like I'm unthankful if I say it, but it's a sad thing that happened even though they tried to prevent it (they just minimized it, I guess, which is nice).

    I definitely don't want a long life. Add all this fascism and dark world that's always existed but now it's blatant and crushing. Now I am tired. I believe the world can be better, but that much better...? It seems that we always have peaceful or abundant times that, nonetheless, brew and cement darker times. Human vices never rest, they just get in check from time to time. It's a constant struggle against the greedy ones, the sadistic ones, etc. Of course I'm not having kids. You don't throw more wood into a fire, as some say. And I just hope that we can collectively achieve some better times, a better period in our history. I have little faith on that (and little interest to fully participate in it once achieved because I would still be tired), but it would be nice (and fighting for it is still a duty, so here I am trying to help as much as I can).

    Sorry for the oversharing. Just the perspective from a person born in the mid 90s.

  • Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users: Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"

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  • While I agree, there's also a risk in letting the hypothetical family cause alarm about something false around electricity or whatever (misinformation).

  • If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be?

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  • Europeans saw us that way. If it ever was a 'bad' thing, it was because of their elitism. It was a matter of time the reclaiming of our dignity and our validity. Many Americans (continent) did so during their independence efforts (mostly 18th and 19th century). I found this:

    In linguistics, reappropriation, reclamation, or resignification is the cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group. It is a specific form of a semantic change (i.e., change in a word's meaning). Linguistic reclamation can have wider implications in the fields of discourse and has been described in terms of personal or sociopolitical empowerment. (Wikipedia)

  • How Goth came out of Punk [crosspost] [Best Of Lemmy] [text image]

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  • Thank you for crossposting this. That's so nice.

  • How Goth came out of Punk [crosspost] [Best Of Lemmy] [text image]

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  • Hi! First time I've been tagged, he.

    Yes, I was on my phone. I know it's a bad habit, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I browse/scroll for a while until I get sleepy again. That night it took a while for me to get sleepy again, so I did that.

  • You always have to analyse a person's internet post about themselves or their life the same way you read a book written with an unreliable narrator

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  • We all are, yes. Also, accounts fall into the "cherry picking" problem. E.g., I'd had assume my friend's only interest is Warhammer if I only knew him by his posts.

  • I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany

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  • Because of an old rule (plurals get double letter), I believe the recommended way by the Academy is «E.E. U.U.». Not sure if they've said otherwise recently.

    It's also not uncommon to see «E.U.A.», «E.U.» or those same but without the dots.

    No confusion with the European Union, though, because that's «Unión Europa»: «U.E.».

  • I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany

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  • Entire nations: You cannot keep "America" for yourself. There is history, maps, books, the independence of other countries in the region called for the liberation of "America" (e.g. Simón Bolívar "the liberator of America"; "America for the Americans"; Sentimientos de la Nación: "America is free and independent of Spain and all other nations, governments, or monarchies").

    The U.S. of A.: Yeah... No. I'm America now. There's no other "America" because there's only North America and South America, 🤷🏼‍♂️ don't you know? And the land is The Americas because it's two in one. Duh. Erasure? I call it freedom! 🇺🇸🦅

  • I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany

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  • All languages do this to an extent.

    Exactly. In Spanish, we have some 'curious' names for Germany and its states and cities. «Alemania» is the name of the country. «Renania-Palatinado» is Rheinland-Pfalz, Bayern got turned into «Baviera». «Colonia» is Köln, «Friburgo de Brisgovia» is Freiburg im Brisgau...

  • Satire rule

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  • In videogames, the latest I've seen is the protagonist of Vampire Therapist (and probably other characters too). Give that game a try, you all.

  • Satire rule

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  • Many Robin Williams' characters (e.g., Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Awakenings...).

    It depends on the version, but often, Gomez Addams from The Addams Family.

    Waymond Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

    From Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts, Hagrid and Newt Scamander, respectively.

    Good-hearted heroes such as Captain America, Colossus, etc. The new Superman, probably. The Doctor from Dr. Who. Big etcetera.

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  • Its successor is the Kobo Clara BW and I've heard wonders about it too. I think I might get one.

  • Ska ftw

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  • Basically, some people started incorporating gloomy aspects to punk aesthetics and music. Gloomy aspects from literature, film, tropes. Some were looking to express similar political sentiments but in a more metaphorical way, I suppose; that's my impression, that there was an added element of artistry/artsy there. Some were looking to add also subjective themes (madness, unlove, etc.). Example (Bauhaus - In the Flat Field).

    This gave us post-punk and similar sounds in the very late 70s and mostly early 80s. You probably know some bands that were influential. Example. (The Cure - The Hanging Garden).

    Anyway, the mohawk grew longer, blacker. Still teased, often shaved, but creepier. The leyering in clothing also became blacker or creepier (transparent layers, protagonism of the net layers). Theatrical and extravagant outfits emerged, inspired by the decade's fashion too. Example in music video A. (_Alien Sex Fiend - R.I.P.).Example in music video B. (Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)

    Famously, the night club called "The Batcave" started reuniting bands and listeners, and in the 80s many countries had similar venues. A little more aggressive or punkier sound persisted with a genre called deathrock. There was now post-punk, deathrock, goth rock, darkwave (inspired by the synth-driven genres of the 80s), etc. Example A. (The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia my Reflection)Example B. (The Frozen Autumn - Is Everything Real?).

    The subculture was consolidated around these genres, and then the name "Goth" stayed, and then more communication and inspiration... And nowadays social media keeps many things alive through teachings in video and, I guess, text, like this one. Why? In part, because [context] a person that is new to all this world is called a "baby bat" and [/context] most Goths are protective and integrating of baby bats.

    And that's it. There was a good deathrock revival in the late 00s and early 10s. Example. (Cinema Strange - I Remember Tendon Water). And today there's an obsession to bring back the original elements but it's all still very different (and often cliched, which I don't like, personally).

    Here's some Goth music from 'recent' years. (Lebanon Hanover - Gallowdance).Another one. (Boy Harsher - Fate).And another one. (The Cemetery Girlz - Broken Teeth)

    More knowledgeable Goths, correct or add as needed...

  • Someone took a photo of me in the Miami airport and posted it on reddit

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  • So... you sound like a nice dude, so just so you know, there are people in the goth subculture that do not appreciate that joke (and its translations). For different reasons, but the majority find it fetishizing and sexist. I opened saying you look like a nice dude because I don't think that's your intention, or the intention of most here commenting, but that's how many goth people feel and... well, in case you really want to meet goth people, that might be actually causing the opposite effect (that is, your shirt driving them off).

  • It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects

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  • The second one is not a big problem. Within the Spanish speaking world, only a couple of accents give 'universal' problems, really. Some Chilean variants, some Caribbean variants, some Andalusian accents... Otherwise, it's fine.

  • It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects

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  • I've got virtual friends or acquaintances in different parts of Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, etc. They all conjugate some verbal times 'weirdly' or say 'funny' things, but yeah, pretty normal communication. I actually adopted some words from their regions.

    (No, I still won't celebrate a fucking day for the Spanish speaking world, friend from Spain that leans a little heavily into Hispanism...).

    Are you talking about Arabic? I understand it changes a lot. It must be amazing to speak Arabic. The oceans of culture, of old philosophers, poets, etc.

  • Does anyone else miss traditional forums?

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  • Sorry, I just saw your reply. I was addressing the thing you said about forums, where people identify frequent posters; their profile picture is big, there is often a signature, a big nickname, etc. I like that we (here on Lemmy and similar sites) do not often read the little nickname above. I'm sure no one or almost no one can say which other comments I have made without going to my profile. There's nothing behind my words but my words: no reputation, no prejudice from an accounts' aesthetic, etc. I mean, my grammar betrays me, and someone might remember me from a previous encounter. But yeah, like I said, I'm like a blob for most people, and that's comfortable.

    I was going to end the comment there, but there are so many reasons why I prefer to be a blob, a little text box. First, traumatic experience. Second, when there's a reputation, it starts to weight on how people receive your messages and I hate that people misconstrue me (and I guess I'm easy to caricaturize). Third, no social drama, no social nothing. Peace... ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵒˢᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵃⁱⁿ ʳᵉᵃˢᵒⁿˢ.