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  • The only way leftist will win any political ground is by winning allies

    Screaming down every person who you have a disagreement with politically will only solidify their dislike for the people you claim to represent

    It’s funny to me seeing you claim that the other people lack awareness and empathy when you seemingly fail to grasp that people don’t enjoy the way you are portraying your political views



  • Hexbear is widely disliked due to their consistent bad behavior in other communities (among other reasons) in regards to takes they disagree with. They even have a community dedicated to organizing “dunkstrikes” on those they disagree with‡.

    I can’t go into too much detail for why they’re hated as the last time I did (using one of my alts) I was site banned on lemmy.ml for 2 weeks.

    Lemmygrad is basically Hexbear politically: they love authoritarians and hate anything “The West,” especially NATO. Their takes on modern China and Russia are also pretty bad. But again I can’t go into too much detail as a different alt of mine (and different than the one mentioned before) also netted a multi week ban for criticism of their takes.

    Honestly finding a more liked lefty space is tough. Too many of them profess their love of dictators IMO. Which given peoples love of democracy makes them pretty unpopular overall. My recommendation is basically social democracy spaces (if they exist on Lemmy).

    ‡ They’ll argue that this isn’t the case by saying, “it’s just a community to highlight bad takes.” But unlike other communities that exist to highlight bad takes: it’s stated mission is to “tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes”, they don’t forbid interaction (unless it’s an instance admin or mod), and they require a source for the post in question.

    I’ll probably get banned for this comment (or it’ll get removed) but that’s basically the best I could do without being too specific about them.






  • It’s kind of hard to describe really

    It’s like you’re lost in the movements, you’re caught in the flow, the strain is no longer a struggle, you just flow, you move and it moves.

    Your reps go on, your sets flow together, the down time ceases being a factor, you’re there.

    The presence of mind and body, you are there, you are now, you move.

    Numbers mean nothing but you know when the reps are done, the exercises flow together.

    Someone could call your name and you wouldn’t know it as it’s not in your mind.

    There’s only the movement, there’s only the flow.

    There is no you, there is no weights, there is no other, there is only movement and flow.

    And when it’s over you know it, yet feel like you could go a second time through the whole affair. And sometimes I do and then I feel Godly for the whole day and sometimes the next.

    And the sleep quality that night is beyond description.

    I’ve hit that state many times doing calisthenics (my typical workout), when out biking, and when out hiking. It’s always the same really.

    Hour long calisthenics routine? What’s a second hour really?

    20 mile bike ride? I could go another round, why not snag some dinner from that food cart I got lunch at?

    15 mile hike? Well tonight’s going to be even better with all the stars, what’s a second trip around the mountain?

    You don’t get there immediately, you won’t get there every time, but when you do it’s bliss.