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1. Hunky Dory 2. Random Stats Lewk:
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he just stared right into my deepest darkest desires.
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Containers You Can Drink From That Aren't Cups/ Glasses
Mer replied to Make me your Dream Life's topic in Games
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If a loved one died and your first instinct is to seek solace in a woman you’ve never met, you should probably get help.
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Iranian Woman Brain Dead After Arrest By Morality Police Over Hijab Rules
Mer replied to baddisease's topic in World News
I hope. We see these uprisings almost annually with no impact at all. Easy to lose hope. -
Iranian Woman Brain Dead After Arrest By Morality Police Over Hijab Rules
Mer replied to baddisease's topic in World News
Mass protests across the country. Could this finally be it? I’m hopeful but don’t want to get ahead of myself. -
Lana Del Rey course at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Mer replied to SalvaWHORE's topic in Latest News
Who wouldn't have a crush on you? -
given we can actually hear Lana’s vocals. Up until Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor’s female “collaborators” were glorified background vocals. Also, recently, Taylor’s “lead” singles are the ones that pull the numbers (ATW10, Cardigan, Willow) and I’m not sure if she’ll ever make a collab a lead. I think this will be a deeper cut for the overlap of Taylor and Lana’s audiences (which is quite big in itself), but I’m not sure if this would be a radio hit or a streaming success.
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-2021: Gold Rush -2020: illicit affairs -2019: Mariners Apartment Complex
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Two Iranians sentenced to death, including LGBTQ activist
Mer replied to The Siren's topic in World News
My point is it is not your place to tell Iranians what they want. I would take regime change (and btw, I said "influence", not "American lead") over what is currently happening in the country I so wish I could proudly have lived in. I am not suggesting that American soldiers helicopter in and hand out guns, but even just a bit of economic pressure and media scrutiny from the West could create a ripple effect that finally allows one of the many protests in the last 5 years to really take off. When was the last time a story like this was even mentioned in a visible way in Western news? That is a large part of the problem, you have to go searching for these stories. There is not enough pressure put on the govt from outside sources to rile up the protest inside Iran (which there were during the lead up to the 1979 revolution, with some ridiculous and false narratives that the Shah had his food flown in from Paris via Concorde and that the Empress bathed in milk). I'm also keenly aware that without a Pro-American Regime in Iran, the alternative is a Pro-China and Pro-Russia regime which would be disastrous for the Iranian people and the world. Yes the overthrow of Mossadegh was a mistake and the beginning of the end for Iran, but it would be foolish to think that The Shah's government would be worse than the current one. -
Two Iranians sentenced to death, including LGBTQ activist
Mer replied to The Siren's topic in World News
Do not use "we" if you are an American with no family living in Iran. There is no "we" and you do not speak for us. -
Two Iranians sentenced to death, including LGBTQ activist
Mer replied to The Siren's topic in World News
not at all. it's the backwards laws and definitions in Iran of these terms that confuse people. In a country like Iran, a "human trafficker" helping smuggle people out of the country is probably doing more good than any politician. Same with how an "enemy of the state" is usually just someone who's non-muslim. That said, unfortunately, even if what these two did were "good" in our eyes, I really don't see them appealing their case. Sadly, I think unless something dramatic happens, the story is already over. -
Two Iranians sentenced to death, including LGBTQ activist
Mer replied to The Siren's topic in World News
um. they're calling them a "human trafficker" bc they were helping other LGBTQ youth escape Iran to Turkey. I think that's pretty clear. Revolutionary Guards said that a “leader” of a human trafficking network “involved in smuggling Iranian girls and women” to neighboring countries and directing them to homosexual groups under “protection of [foreign] intelligence agencies” It's very clear to me what's happening here. -
Two Iranians sentenced to death, including LGBTQ activist
Mer replied to The Siren's topic in World News
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Two Iranians sentenced to death, including LGBTQ activist
Mer replied to The Siren's topic in World News
Regime change is needed. I cannot believe the democrats are willing to legitimize this backwards, hateful, theocracy by bringing them to the negotiation table. The Americans and the Brits started this mess, and they need to use their influence to change it. -
Albums: - COTCC - Red TV - Evermore - Punisher - Daddy's Home - Listen Without Prejudice - Lost On You
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That’s skirting around your initial comment wondering “how she’s different from trump and Putin” but whatever. I’m done. This is beyond.
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Are you for real? How are Putin and Trump (and their supporters) different from a constitutional monarch with no real powers and the people who liked her? It's different in that QEII was a figurehead. Sure she may have been a figurehead of a complicated institution, but did she declare war on anyone? Threaten to launch nukes at anyone? She did not, in her 70 years on the throne, even make a public statement supporting or defying a single political event. She was the closest thing to a totally neutral head of state the world has seen in 70-odd years.