I’ve never used Plex before, that’s a huge turn off. Though tbf I’ve still not watched the episodes I already have, so I’m in no rush to put myself through that annoyance lol
It’s good to know they’re there though, for now anyway, and that at least someone has them and is making them available.
I’ll give it a look, thanks! Though I was really looking forward to having the entire collection safe on my own machine. :/
So I was going to say thanks for the reminder to go check if more episodes of the Drew Carey Show had been uploaded to archive.org since the last time I checked, only to find that those that were already on there (first 2 or 3 seasons I think?) are now all gone (apart from the Improv-A-Ganza episodes, which I will be downloading before they disappear too). Nowhere is safe.
I think that’s the point, just like with “a few bad apples”, the original intent of the saying has been subverted to help those in power keep the rest of us down (if you just do this impossible thing, you’ll be just like us! Why don’t you just do that impossible thing already, you useless lazy bastard? And so on. It’s part cognitive dissonance to make themselves feel like they’re “self made”, part gaslighting convincing us we’re just not trying hard enough).
I will remember survivorship bias
The just world fallacy is another one worth remembering, in the context of your post, but also generally.
Also
If hard work led to success, then a poor person working three jobs should be rich.
You got George Monbiot’s quote almost exactly word for word:
He didn’t have to work three jobs to pay rent, but he is set up as a rags-to-riches story, using elbow grease and grit to become the mogul he is.
Lastly, you’re right, but it’s important to remember what he does have, and why - privilege, and lots of it (being a white man from a rich background, with a supportive family to boot? They all put his starting points miles ahead of most others), which he is given by white supremacist patriarchal capitalism, which is why he (and many others, even without the billions, privilege is one hell of a drug) will never work to end those systems and work towards creating a world where everyone has equitable access and opportunity.
Capitalist propaganda.
“Aspiration” to be more precise, it’s one of the ways capitalists convince large segments of the public that they’re temporarily embarrassed millionaires, who just need to pull their bootstraps up hard enough, and they will make it, like the people in the programme did (conveniently they never address things like racism, sexism, queerphobia, ableism, and other barriers that many people have to face just to survive, never mind thrive, and the fact that all of these barriers are artificial and created by people who benefit just as much from dividing society up and pitting us against each other, as they do from selling us rags-to-riches bullshit to get us to work harder to make them money).
I’ve not tried that, but I’ll keep my eye out for some, that sounds delicious!
I rarely ever drink, but I would try this, it sounds amazing I love melon.
False neutrality
All neutrality is false.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
-Desmond Tutu
E: Also, if you knew anything about leftists, you’d know that we’re our own biggest critics. I also bet that you don’t demand anywhere near as high a standard when you consume your main stream centre-right media, which almost exclusively speak against the left, so it’s not like your short of sources for the criticism you want so desperately to confirm the (centre-right) bias you like to pretend you don’t have.
And you, asking for neutrality:
Death to Smoochy
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else reference this film, ever. I watched it far too young, my parents got it in a pile of cheap DVD’s thinking it was a typical Robin Williams kid friendly comedy, and it scarred me… 😂
Oof, that sucks (the doxxing). I guess here is like retirement for you lol
Oh yeah, that’s hardcore 😂
What’s the saying, hit dogs holler? Take it as a sign you’re hitting a nerve lol
Honestly I don’t know how you deal with all that crap 😂
Np. Thank you for the time and effort you invest in posting!
So I’ve not visited some of these for a while, and I know some have issues (like swinging in to either liberal or tankie territory), so I’m not guaranteeing they’re all perfect, but these are the news sites I have saved to my bookmarks:
And the entirety of Africa is framed as nothing but both of theirs pawn and playground… 🙄
Hey, at least it was clean!
Depends how well trained/organised they are, I suppose?
Not blaming anyone, just don’t want to watch content with ads, so I won’t…