u/Ordinary-Hair2527

I was reading some reddit posts, mainly from westerners about their oldest family heirlooms, with people talking about artefacts from the civil war, centuries old engraved bibles, chinaware, and so forth. I couldn't help but notice that most of my Korean friends, as well as my own family (for context myself and my friends are all Gen Z gyopo), don't really have many heirlooms or items dating back more than a few decades. Perhaps due to the unforgiving postwar conditions our grandparents lived under, which led them to throw out most of their antiquated furniture/items in favour of newer, more practical gadgets in the 70s and 80s.

I think it's sad that not many family artefacts with their own lore ended up surviving because I heard many stories from my grandparents (who were born in the 30s and 40s) of growing up in neighbourhoods where hanok was the norm, rice was cooked in big stone pots with firewood, laundry was done by the river on big stone tables, and everyone wore hanbok. My grandmother told me that when she was a kid, she recalls seeing Joseon-era coins with the square hole in the middle lying around in her house. If our grandparents grew up in a country with little electricity, running water, or modern appliances, where did the traditional tools and furniture they once used all go?

I'd love to hear stories of old family heirlooms people here have. Does your family own anything from before the Korean War or the Japanese colonial period? I feel that for many younger Koreans, there is a blackout regarding family lore from before the Korean war.

I'm sick of so-called social democrats, liberals, and "moderates" acting as though unironic Neo Nazis are the moral equivalent of Marxist-Leninists.

Neo Nazis (by this I don't mean right-wing populism in the vein of MAGA or Reform UK, but actual Nazis, like Groypers, Active Clubs, Atomwaffen) center their entire worldview off the core idea that society must be governed by a rigid hierarchy based on race and biological sex - and enforcing said structure through government force. Marxist-Leninists and various types of militant communists base their entire ideology around the need to abolish economic class structures, often through violent means. If the core goal of social democrats world-wide is to foster a more equitable society (in other words, gradually remedy the hardships brought on by traditional societal hierarchies - whether class, race, or sex based) through the framework of liberal democracy and well regulated capitalism, aren't the goals of the ethno-nationalist extreme right much more diametrically opposed to the goals of social democrats and liberals?

Don't get me wrong - the ethno-nationalist far right and far left have historically established totalitarian regimes and carried out genocidal policies (for an example of a supposedly far-left regime's perpetration of genocide, the holodomor or the Khmer Rouge genocide comes to mind). However, I see the main difference in that ethnic cleansing itself is never baked into any far-left ideology itself. I understood genocides such as the holodomor to be the result of Stalin's - and the Soviet bureacracy's - spectacular failures in collectivization policies and malicious intention to brutally crush Ukrainian independence movements, rather than a direct guaranteed outcome of following Marxist-Leninist ideology. The same cannot be said for Generalplan Ost (or to a lesser degree, the Gaza genocide perpetrated by the Israeli far-right), in which case the deaths, torture, and injuries of millions of victims are a direct implementation of the ethnic cleansing of eastern Europe Hitler outlined very specifically in Mein Kampf and the Lebensraum desired by Nazi idologues for decades.

This is just one example, but the core of what I'm trying to get to is that the far right's belief in biological essentialism is ultimately what could make them far more dangerous compared to the far left. At least on paper, you won't be shot to death or sent off to a concentration camp because of immutable characteristics according to any well-known far-left ideology (except if you are a "capitalist", you'll need to seek "re-education" and renounce all of your "bourgeogise wealth"). In the eyes of an Neo-Nazi, if you are a Jew, or Indian, or black, or a part of any other non "native" minority group by your ancestors - you don't deserve the same rights and freedoms as others in the country, and it cannot be earned no matter what you do, because you are genetically programmed to act and think a certain way. You can be a Jewish war veteran who earned multiple decorations for bravery, a staunch anti-communist, a nationalist, and even then, a Neo Nazi will never consider you a human equal and still assume you are subversive to the nation (which did happen in the past numerous times, such as in Theodor Duesterburg's case), because your very DNA must program you to act a certain way.

This is what I think really makes the far right terrifying. I mean look at Dan Bilzerian denouncing far right Jan 6th rioter and influencer Jake Lang as a traitor to America even though they share very similar beliefs - only because Lang committed the irredeemable sin of having a Jewish mother. No matter an individual's actions nor socioeconomic status, they are simply irredeemable and must know their place in the natural hierarchy due to their immutable characteristics. The world the extreme right wishes to foster is a world utterly devoid of societal mobility.

1950s NBA star Bob Cousy (still living at age 97!) reportedly refused to stay in his hotel room in 1950 when the first black NBA player - Chuck Cooper - was denied entry, instead (illegally) travelling with cooper to a "coloured" facility. Reportedly, his hatred for racism was a product of his multicultural upbringing in depression-era manhattan.

Another instance that comes to mind is the Benny Goodman swing jazz quartet formed in 1936, which consisted of two white and black men (Goodman himself also being of Jewish descent). Goodman - who grew up in a multi-ethnic (Italians, Jews, Germans, Poles, Scandinavians) neighbourhood in early 20th century Chicago, personally supported desegregation, and nearly got into a physical altercation when someone called Teddy Wilson the n-word.

Bob Cousy and Benny Goodman were not activists nor especially political figures in their time, but rather a result of their particular upbringing and environment. This makes me wonder, if just like today, there were certain cities or neighbourhoods in the Northern United States during Jim Crow that were known to be "progressive" for the time? Were there certain neighbourhoods or cities where racial prejudice was largely looked down upon, even a few decades prior to the civil rights movement?

For context I'm 21 male and straight. Ever since I temporarily left college for a year to return to my hometown for work, I've felt a bit lonely and lost as to what kind of person I want to be. While I have my high school/middle school friends here (and I still absolutely appreciate them) I've found that our interests and personalities have diverged over the years. I don't really engage in the same passions and conversation topics my childhood friends are really into, such as video games, watching sports, occasional gambling, kpop, or Korean dating culture. I feel that I often struggle to make new friends and hold long conversations because I'm not really into hobbies/interests that most guys my age are interested in. Ever since I was in high school, I've spent most of my free time reading novels and creative writing. I'm also really interested in learning about various historical events and care a lot about politics. I hate that this sounds a bit pretentious when I write it out (and that is not my intention, as no hobby/interest is inherently "better" than another). But I truly feel that when I'm trying to hold a convo with a new coworker, or with an old friend, I just quickly run out of things to talk about other than work and life updates. I mean I tried getting into some of my friends' interests for mutual enjoyment, but I feel that it's really hard to force myself to get caught up on sports/video games because of how little free time I sometimes get lol.

I've tried getting involved in local politics and local book clubs in my neighbourhood, but found that most participants are a lot older than I am, usually in their late 30s-50s. Of course, there is nothing wrong with befriending lots of older folks, but it just isn't the same as hanging out or dating someone my age.

I feel that although I very easily make acquaintances, I struggle to form deeper connections with people because I struggle to find folks my age who share my interests and values. Often times I feel very awkward talking about my interests because I very rarely have a person to talk to about them.

The other aspect I wanted to mention is my lack of confidence. Although I try my best to set my boundaries and avoid being conflict shy when necessary, I struggle a lot with social anxiety when getting into arguments or when telling someone no. I keep getting these self-critical and self-deprecating thoughts come up during these situations. The ape-like part of my mind automatically starts sizing myself and the other person up and I really want to change this.

Growing up, I also never had much of a father figure or male mentor figure. I live in Canada and my parents are immigrants from South Korea. I was the only child, and my father struggled to get a job after immigrating here and worked endlessly to make ends meet, and as a result, I didn't get to talk with him much. He was unfortunately also a severe alcoholic with explosive anger issues while I was growing up, and I don't talk to him anymore as I could not handle his worsening verbal abuse every time I met him.

Often times I wish I had an older male mentor like figure I could talk to about feeling like I didn't fully belong in any friend group or just someone to ask advice for when I needed to stand up for myself at work or at school. I wish I had a father figure I could go to when I wanted to learn how to gain confidence or what I could do to live a happy life. I'm cognizant that a lot of Gen Z menfolk in my shoes unfortunately fall victim to the online manosphere and red pill ideology, and this, I personally feel, is a pipeline I would never want to go down in any circumstances.

What helped you find a sense of belonging, and better understand yourself and who you wanted to be? What did you do to accomplish this?

As always, any and all advice is appreciated. You guys are amazing!

Hi all,

So I’m a student who was taking a test in the form of a Canvas Quiz.

It was an open note/open book test, so I had the Canvas Quiz opened on one laptop, and had another laptop next to it with the class notes/formula sheet opened (which were also on Canvas).

Since it was an open notes test (but not open to Google/ChatGPT), I was using that other laptop to scroll through readings on Canvas and check my own notes as I did the test. I just learned that Canvas can track if a student clicks off a Quiz and opens another tab - and this is making me quite nervous because my personal notes were all on a google doc. While the Quiz was always open on one laptop, I used the other one to switch back and forth between Canvas readings and the google doc tab with my notes. But I don’t think I used the laptop with the quiz open to switch between tabs.

Even on a device that doesn’t have the quiz open (but has some other Canvas tab open) it possible for Canvas to track how I switched back and forth between tabs?

I’m very worried that my prof will see that I clicked off of a Canvas tab on another laptop and assume that I was cheating.

Any insights are appreciate, thanks!