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this. damn. film.

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literally, the only thing that doesn't induce a panic attack rn is that bastard green bird on duolingo

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So I've been thinking about Rishi's National Service bullshit and I have some thoughts... I'm sorry... My brain is struggling right now and I don't want to bore the people I love anymore.

So buckle in, lads.

The thing with national service is old folk are going to be creaming themselves over it because, in my view, they believe this will emulate their unfounded 'pride' in their country into younger generations. I think they think the decline of national pride is somehow a design flaw of newer generations as opposed to being the result of a government that actively shows disdain for their future.

The problem is that it clearly isn't going to fucking work, is it?

And yeah, whatever, you can pick to go into a military position for a year or volunteer in the community every weekend. However, how will this induce pride and how will this induce a sense of community when most of these people will NEVER own a home and can't afford a fat wad of Cathedral City or tub of Lurpack?

Frankly, you'd assume it's blatantly obvious that any contempt that younger folk hold for the UK comes from the government's contempt for them and their future.

Even when young people speak of the desire to own a home or be paid adequately for their work, they are told they are simply spunking too much money on avocados and not working enough hours...

Why the fuck would young people like this country when it's quite clear the people who run it fucking hate them?

You're going to have a hard time telling a generation of young people who grew up on the internet that it's just to go to another country and murder people for a bunch of rich pricks in suits. Especially when they're growing up seeing the government's complete disinterest in the suffering of select groups of people...

Whilst not popular for the 'voting class', perhaps monitoring the private rental system, and building more social housing as opposed to just letting private developers build flammable buildings wherever the fuck they want might be a shout.

Making higher education free and not limiting universities' international intake might be a shout too. Abolishing private schools would be DELICIOUS, as opposed to having a two-class system of people who are given the majority of opportunities and those who aren't. Taxing corporations despite the fact they're your 'mates' and you'd reaaaaaaally like to go on their yachts and ask whether you can 'jump in on the line'.... Gove I'm looking at you.

It'd be really nice if the shame was removed from families' struggles and there were free school meals for every child. It'd be even nice if it wasn't a fucking debacle that just makes kids feel worse and aware of their difference. Another idea might be to not fucking close down community hubs that support young people regardless of what is going on with their home lives, they know they have a network of people who gives a shit about them.

Popping more pink men in police uniforms isn't going to reduce crime... because everybody fucking knows rises in crime almost always correlates with a rise in poverty. It's fucking obvious why crime is going up.

This is a very unfleshed-out opinion at this point, but I also can't help but feel the grave disdain for politicians and media isn't helped by the fact we know what's going on.

Yet if we turn on the TV or have a gander at mainstream news, they're more concerned with talking about Eamon and Ruth's divorce... It's maddening and also makes you feel like you are living in the Truman Show.

Anyway, this has been a bullshit hour with me... living exhibit of why mental health waiting lists should be reduced xoxo

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Also if you want to burst a blood vessel with rage, the first 5 minutes of this video ought to do it for you.

Also, I only knew about this article because of my love for The Horrors (lol), but this is also a really beautiful piece.

The idea that Israel has faced any real criticism or consequences is fucking moronic. There are no sanctions on the Israeli government. Little-to-no mainstream media coverage of the Palestinian experience. And if there is, not without the headline including October 7th as if that is where this started...

Israel still receives ungodly amounts of money and arms from the UK and USA whilst stifling its own citizens right to express support to Palestinians.... not fascisty at all.

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The videos coming out of Rafah are horrific.

To live in a world of 'leaders' who have nothing to say and blindly justify the actions of the IDF is so infuriating I can't even put it into words.

Knowing that the likelihood is there will be no consequences for the Israeli government because 'they fired rockets at us'...

So, I guess just bomb the UN camps then without any moral questioning.

That makes sense.

If this was happening to a country in the West there would be sanctions. There would be SOMETHING done. Instead, we saw a British aircraft hovering about the scenes and American missiles being used.

The thing that I find so short-sighted about the people in power is that people will not forget. People will not forget what is being done to Palestinians right now. And they shouldn't.

What's the plan for when government leaders realize they can't turn a blind eye to genocide any longer and then EVERYONE will quickly remind them they were fine to do nothing when thousands of Palestinian children had already been murdered.

Do you think people are just going to shrug their shoulders and say 'oh well'?

Unlikely, hey.

See section: Public backlash on the Iraq war. Only now the British public have even greater access to what is going on.

If Israel were not so emboldened by the blind support of America and the UK, then perhaps things would be very different.

Perhaps the justifications for a genocide won't always be 'well, we got one or two Hamas chiefs'...

Right...

So the IDF is either grossly incompetent as a military body or are the embodiment of pure evil.

And the retort of 'just return the hostages'... what about the ones the IDF killed with their hapless, amoral, and erratic military efforts? FYI you don't eradicate terrorism by bombing UN camps.

So perhaps, pressuring the Israeli government to act with a moral compass might be more fruitful than commenting on Tumblr posts.

I would argue how the Israeli, British, and American governments are acting right now is a good tactic to ensure a rise in 'terrorism', frankly.

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Gonna get this piccy tattooed on the inside of my eyelids x

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I hope I can still chat bollocks on Tumblr when I inevitably end up in hell.

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britain would be a fundamentally different and better place if we simply abolished public schools and the house of lords

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Well as an aggrieved lefty I can confirm we are days into an election campaign and the left are, obviously, eating themselves.

I can’t be fucking bothered.

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I've always been very class-conscious because I grew up in poverty dealing with all the not-so-subtle ways the middle class expresses tedium whilst pretending they're being kind and accommodating. It's a whole load of microaggressions that honestly, I've never gotten over and don't think I will.

I can't even make a joke about it all, because it just makes me so angry thinking of this shame my Mum carries every day.

I see it in 'online discourse' about a myriad of social issues. It feels more like morals and politics act as a means of the middle class distancing themselves from the privilege they grew up with.

Yet people like that domineer online conversations, as they do in the mainstream media and it's TIRESOME. I don't want to hear about poverty from a middle-class woman whose identity is surfing in fucking Cornwall.

I want to hear from the people who EXIST in these worlds, not just see it through TikTok or Instagram and it makes them feel an *ickle* bit angry.

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Buzzing for a general election. Not so buzzing that every social media timeline is going to be filled with middle-class white girly pops saying 'Labour are no better' whilst the over 4 million children living in poverty in the UK right now might like the option of finding out xoxo

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LMFAO I'm so confused why are Chelsea getting rid of Poch now?

Not that anything Todd Boehly does regarding football makes any sense.

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listening to this song was an absolute rookie error on a day when I'm so anxious it feels like my skull is vibrating

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I'm sorry but why do so many Tory MPs look like villains from Spy Kids

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platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!

[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]

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what if we all killed ourselves