u/Electrical_Addition9

What's up with the weird revitalization of Analytical Marxism, and GA Cohen in particular? Is it solely that Ben Burgis guy?

DSA obviously has a very eccentric bag of ideology - there's even a Maoist Caucus, but there still seems to be some milieu of which important figures WITHIN that orbit articulate a seemingly(?) coherent position. I'm talking specifically about Jacobin/Bread and Roses/and the media ecosystem aligned with those things - Majority Report, This is Revolution, etc., (there's a ton more, that's just what came to mind).

Ben Burgis has appointed himself the "people's philosopher' and philosopher in residence at Jacobin, so I'm curious just how far the analytical framework is being used to justify the current iteration of DSA/Jacobin and the insurgent electoralism we've seen the past year or so.

Hey friends!

After getting into recovery a couple years back, my wife and I got into video games (good, clean fun, right?).

Im 39 (36 at the time) and hadn't played video games since childhood and I've really enjoyed it. After playing a ton, my wife and I decided to expand our interests and play table top and board games.

We've really only played two, though we both have experience with Settlers of Catan, Carcosonne, etc.

Anyways, my question is we have zero experience in rpg or table top games but want to learn. Is there a place in town where we could just learn how to play? I'm mainly talking about D&D, though we're very open minded. We really need experienced people to patiently walk us through. We're very chill people. We also would just like a chill, nonparty environment to get to know people better with similar interests. Not drinking makes it really hard to meet people!

Hi! I’ve had psoriasis my entire adult life, starting with a small patch on my chest that then transitioned to the classic manifestations - elbows, knees, scalp, and now when untreated it spreads to most of my legs and arms as well as torsos.

Anyways, that’s not exactly what my question is about. For some reason, for maybe the past 6 months, I’ve started to experience deep tissue itching on my palms and feet (both top and soles) and a little bit in my groin area. It is EXTREMELY uncomfortable.

It’s incredibly uncomfortable and seems to affect areas near my psoriasis. When I put anti inflammatory steroids (clobetasol) it seems to stop.

So my question is, do yall experience this, and is it related to my psoriasis?

I was raised by a single mom. No dad. No Nannies. Full time job she had to clock into. Lindsey absolutely pulls the single mom card and in my opinion it’s stolen valor. frankly Whitney should have doubled down and called out her privileged reality star bullshit. Lindsey is so gross, she literally makes money off showing her daughter’s face on camera for likes.

I’m sick of rich celebrities pretending to be like regular working people for credibility, or sympathy or whatever the fuck.

If you think raising kids as a truly single working mom is anything like what Lindsay does with a wealthy partner that she shares full custody with and pays for full time Nannie’s, then you my friend are the true misogynist.

That it's it. That's the post. I've played all Fromsoft games, lies of p, etc.

Just came here to rant that because of a glitch with the auto save feature I just lost over half of my first play through ever. I’m so upset, genuinely. I fell in love with the game and the series and this has bummed me out so bad that I’m probably just going to quit and go watch a streamer play through it. I don’t want to do all of that again. I feel robbed.

Hey y’all!

I haven’t used in quite some time (almost a year) but I’m struggling so hard. I know it’s not the 7, but something I need to work through. My wife still hates me, understandably. She married me, a total dud. I fuck everything up, my job sucks, I haven’t seen my sister or met my new nephew in 6 years, I don’t see my mom, I’m lazy. These days I wake up at 6-7 and just lay there in a panic until my wife wakes up. Those are the worst moments, when I’m most scared of everything, included myself.

I think I come here because I miss a little bit of that newcomer hope. That and I love to help those folks. I know my psychiatric meds need adjustment and I have an appointment but in the meantime it’s been so dark.

I met my pastor but there’s still a part of me drifting to the end. I’ve ideated since I was a teenager. It always felt like a relief, a safety valve. Now I’m 38 and thoughts I used to be able to control have taken on a life of their own. They only have up to go, and now I have plans and letters and all that. I never thought I would.

Crying brings me relief. I’ve reached out to so many people. I guess I’m here bc I need help and this place has helped me before.

I’ll tell you one thing though - I am never going back to that shit. We can do this. We have dignity, we have love. We have each other.

In love,

P

:edit:

Thank you so much to everyone who commented, it’s all great advice! I could tell this was a good community when I stopped by and I look forward to trying all of them out! Woohoo!

Hey folks!

I won't make too long of a post, but basically I got into gaming about 2 years ago after being in recovery from drugs. I love it. I haven't played since I was a kid (I'm 38) and there is just so much to get into and I'm learning I absolutely love all of it.

I started with what I was familiar with, what looked most interesting, so I started with action rpgs, shooters, a few platformers, and mostly the classics (I have a ps5, a retroid handheld and an anbernic, oh and steam).

Now that Ive cleared most of the obvious titles (dark souls, elden ring, rdr2, horizon, etc) I'm ready to get into vintage and rpg. They've always interested me but the turn based thing seemed like such a hurdle for me as a kid, so I always watched other people play or never tried at all. Interestingly, now that Im through with all the soulsborn games, I truly am ready for something as different as a jrpg.

So my question is how do I start. I started ff6 and love it. I will probably finish it next. Then I have chronotrigger, but what else, and in what order? When should I play modern jrpgs (modern to me is ps3 and beyond). I saw people playing that game octopath and while Ive never played a game like that, it looks soooo good!

I really want to get into this and am excited for so much content.

This may not be the right forum but I need help. Myself (38 m) and my wife (33f) are incredibly codependent. Things are bad and have been for a while. The problem is that we’re both so sick neither of us will leave. We both have major trauma, depression, anxiety. She’s gotten so depressed lately and frankly has been for years and she’s developing agoraphobia. I have to take care of everything and when I’m depressed (which is often) I have to shove my emotions down and comfort her. Oh and she refuses to get treatment for her psychiatric issues or her chronic health condition.

I don’t know if I want to leave, but I know that if that’s the best alternative, I would literally rather die. I don’t mean that figuratively. I’ve been really suicidal lately and the thought of having to leave is unbearable. I don’t want to meet someone else. I don’t want to do this again with someone else. I feel so small. She speaks so abusively to me, yet I love her so desperately. She’s suicidal too and I’m worried about both of us. She howls that she wants to die. How dark can things get?

There’s so much more but that’s the gist.

Tl;dr

Marriage struggling but we’re both too codependent to leave and I feel my only option is suicide because she won’t get help.