Tbf, the diver that took this picture is doing the same thing

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I like the jaunty angle and tasteful lack of cropping on the viewfinder pic, really gives an authentic “good enough” vibe. /lh

The pic itself is really cool tho! :3

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If you can’t tell the difference between calling a command economy communist (when that’s what it was historically referred to as both by allies and enemies) and calling a dictatorship a democracy, I can’t help you.

Oh, you’re just being intentionally dense, ok. “Communist era Hungary” is a perfectly valid way to describe the period of time in which the government of Hungary professed itself to be communist, whether or not it’s “real” communism by anyone’s definition. Also, if you want to be pedantic, they were never directly part of the USSR, at most being a puppet government propped up by the Soviets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_People's_Republic

Same, but alas, I’m a tea drinker. Irish breakfast blend builder’s tea with a bit of honey and a splash of almond milk is my go-to morning beverage.

It’s phenomenal bait if they’re not being genuine, but Poe’s Law is in full effect here.

I’m interested!

Or “Not necessarily” to leave the nonbinary option open :)

I’m Gen Z and I use lol as punctuation at the end of a sentence to indicate a lighthearted tone, just like a ? or ! indicate their respective tones. It’s very useful, and I think I’ll keep using it lol

It fills a similar niche to tone tags but somewhat less intrusive imo.

Raw?

☝️🤓 The Rayleigh-Bénard convectioning surface of the sun

Guess I’m nobody, because I like them.

We have such radically different conceptions of the world that I don’t think continuing this discussion will get us anywhere. You have an interesting perspective tho, and I hope you have a lovely day :)

No. Money can be demonstrated to exist in a capitalist society. Elohim cannot be demonstrated to exist, period. That’s what makes it not real. Thus, the only people who believe gods exist are religious people, whereas even communists believe money exists as a real social construct. That is all.

Again, not a valid example. Palestinians do not practice or believe in Judaism, even if they are forced to live with the actions of some of its adherents. The religion is real to them, not the god.

Because I am forced to operate within capitalism. I work to earn money, and I exchange it for goods and services daily. I don’t like capitalism, to be clear, but that doesn’t mean I don’t live in it.

Now you’re the one not being consistent, what do you mean by “believing in it without believing it’s real”?

That is not a valid counterexample. I repeat, no one here is arguing that religions or political philosophies aren’t real or that they don’t have tangible effects. The fact that the religion exists does not make the fictional characters in it real to those outside the religion.