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How would you say you're a communist without saying you're a communist? (hexbear.net)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Examples that come to mind:

  • saying your favorite video game is Disco Elysium
  • saying your favorite TV show is Star Trek DS9

The two rules are that:

  1. It has to be to do with a category that is socially acceptable to talk about with most people in a casual setting. So no politics or philosophy.
  2. Nothing too on the nose, ex, no "I love the music of the Red Army Choir" or something.
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[–] [email protected] 92 points 8 months ago (4 children)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Skill issue, I have "communist" in my dating profile and I do fine

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

yep theres a designated segment of women that only wanna date commies

the sex is that much better

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

A designated segment of everyone! When your lust and desire is powered by the revolutionary vision of true human connection, sex becomes transcendant.

Once you've had that connection, there's no going back.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Apparently academically proven by East Germans

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Elaine Marie Benes: Oh well nothing wrong with that. Gotta make those big bucks... money money money money money money money... ha ha ha ha ah... are you a communist?

Ned: Yes, as a matter of fact I am.

Elaine Marie Benes: Oh, ah! Oh! Wow! Whoa! A Commie! Wow, gee, man it must be a bummer for you guys, what with the fall of the Soviet empire and everything.

Ned: Yeah, well, we still got China, and Cuba.

Elaine Marie Benes: Yeah, but come on...

Ned: I know it's not the same.

Elaine Marie Benes: Well, you had a good run. What was it 75, 80 years? Wreaking havoc, making everybody nervous.

Ned: Yeah, we had a good run

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

you're missing the best exchange from that episode:

Elaine (gifting Ned a shirt, which he says is 'too fancy'): Just because you're a communist, does that mean you can't wear anything nice? You look like Trotsky

Ned (excitedly): Good!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

COULD NOT FUCKING BE ME bursting at the seams with half-remembered quotes from the Manifesto every time some normo lib complains about inflation or cops soviet-huff

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Me irl soooometimes. It's a double edged sword, I've got the passionate about meaningful things and can discuss them with a good level of understanding and explain them without coming off like a jerk usually, buuuuuut I will IRl UlyssesT people's cringe tastes