Lack of success of non-far right (and non-right) in many areas where only far right provide answers, plans or solutions. Instead of accepting this people instead suggest it’s illegal to have different ideas to them. Lemmy is one such place. And then congratulations, you’re making the problem worse.

Also consider that the regime needs or thinks it needs a “far right” and “far left” so it can posit itself as the “reasonable centre.” Maybe when we analyse some things proposed by so called far right and far left they don’t look so “far” after all, and can even exist in synthesis with one another. But when you say far left or far right you think of the worst thing that you’re told to associate with that movement.

I’ve heard stories of people who’ve been overweight that’d never see lengthy lives because the burden of weight would be too much.

Absolute fear mongering! I see lots of people who comfortable being fat their whole lives and live a normal lifespan.

The hardest part from my experience of being slightly overweight is that it is harder to feel ready for any type of exercise, and I also got tired more quickly just from pulling the weight around when I walked to places.

It sounds very tough!

You are at least the second person to mention IBS/other stomach issues and interestingly I made this post because I’m suffering the worst stomach pain of my life, which i think must have been bought on by lifting with bad form. So I guess this is a sign I really need to see the doctor about this? I will.

And best of luck with seeking employment. Hiring cafe is good for finding remote work

I cannot self-terminate. If I could, I would have.

I have learned this too. It’s like the darkest sentence ever, lol. (Assuming you replace the middle period with a ; semicolon or dash)

But I’m proud of you and super impressed. Interested in the math and science courses if you have them to-hand

I loved watching the hobbit in the cinema, but i was a kid and I don’t think I will ever sit down to watch it all again.

The first one felt okay to have as one long film, i.e natural, but it’s weird that it would end with the eagle rescue after Goblin town.

If i think about it off the top of my head, some scenes they stretched out in film 1 (“An Unexpected Journey”) were:

• The “prelude” scenes of E r e b o r, which were very beautiful and cinematic, but most movies would convey in one or two scenes.
• confrontations such as with the trolls and the goblins
• CGI sequences like Radagast leading the wargs away from the dwarves

I’ve not thought about it before but it really is a shame because as soon as a shorter version comes along, people will prioritise that film instead.

Socialism!!! That’s socialism, how dare they!

That’s fair enough, but I guess the premise of star wars is that they’ve always known about the force since pre-space times (Though literature outside of the movies explains the opposite), so to me it seems more like just the fantasy premise of the series.

Honestly the only Bradbury novel I’ve read so far was Fahrenheit 451 (I loved it). That’s probably not sci fi, because tho it is set in the future, the futuristic elements which couldn’t exist today are spoke about in vague terms and it’s more a story of highlighting what’s wrong with our current society by extrapolating where it will go from here

One of the best documentaries I watched was Brian Cox’s Solar System, so yes that’s a very good example of how the purely scientific can create a pretty fantastical impression!

It strikes me as very sciencey.

• The space travel, for instance, is “how could space travel actually work?” And even when they have a satisfying explanation for planet to planet travel, they need one for longer distances, so they introduce those wormhole gates? I haven’t read very far into it
• it tries to make space colonisation as realistic as possible, including the body horror

And therein lies the balance. Real science for where we know (or think we know) the boundaries of science, and completely theoretical fantasy for things we don’t know about (the existence of alien life and what shape it might take)

Yes but I’m interested in other people’s views on this. Thought it would cultivate interesting discussion

Okay so even if that is how the idea was originally formulated, it’s obvious that !SupraMario@lemmy.world is correct in his re-application of it.

Then, even if you for some reason ignorantly assume super regressive Muslim groups cannot take power in sections of European society (if you need an actual example of how this would happen, please consult Rotherham, in England, where racist Pakistanis formed human trafficking groups and infiltrated social services as well as having the local police force completely subservient to them by using Epstein-style blackmail and inviting the police officers to rape kidnapped children, then utilised their positions in social care to acquire more victims to rape and pimp out) - if even then you do not believe they can take political or administrative power, therefore it’s all okay because only political and administrative power is real power (this isn’t the case), do you not think that such a group can influence other things in society with their behaviour?

I believe that if there is visible presence of highly regressive islamic practices, you might see a rise in reactionary behaviour among christian, jewish or even atheist groups - these groups might organise to oppress women in the same way having seen that Muslims can “get away with it,” they might make moves to increase the visibility of their own faith, seeing that Muslims go the extra mile to make their practices highly visible and infiltrating into daily public life.

We have seen this happening everywhere. Literally just asking Muslims to integrate better in your secular society does wonders to prevent other groups from spinning out of control in reaction. But none of you ever think to do that - your first instinct is to nanny-state them, as if Islam were some condition to be politely danced around, no other ways about it. If they’re normal people, treat them like normal people - we ask basic things of our citizens like don’t turn your wife into a second class citizen covered in thick layers of fabric whenever she leaves the house.

Don’t get me started on “women might choose it for themselves,” because there’s obviously a lot of religious corrosion in their childhood to unpack before we deal with that.

Well, for certain reasons they’re definitely not. I think what happened is they will have called ahead/ emailed to say “we’ll be covered up, here are our ID’s” or checked into a private room beforehand so as to not need to be searched in front of people.

I would honestly argue that seeing someone’s face is important in all jobs unless working from home. Burkas are designed and intended for people who are supposed to be homemakers. A relic of the past in my opinion.