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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • I suspect media focuses on the deserts for two reasons: it’s where a lot of conflict happens, and it makes it easier to alienize.

    This is the cradle of civilization. Iraq is home to Sumeria and Babylon while Iran is the modern name of Persia. And yeah these places have always been depicted as deserty, and they have desert, but they’re deserts like Arizona is; and much like there’s a forest surrounding the Grand Canyon there’s much greenery in Iran. After all, where there are mountains there are usually both forests and deserts. Iran has projected power as far as Europe on and off for the whole of recorded history.

    This isn’t a defense of the caliphate, I hope to see it fall to a secular republic. But holy fuck I’d love to visit a secular republic of Iran. The country is gorgeous.



  • I think you really hit one of my concerning points. A lot of people who defend spanking seem to be over enthusiastically defending spanking. I know parents who regret that they have to use physical force at times and struggle to use the minimum amount, and they shouldn’t be judged if they’re only using it to prevent immediate harm. But I regularly see people talking about spanking like they’re looking for an excuse. So often it seems to be a means of demonstrating power over a child or getting immediate relief from a child being frustrating.

    And personally as a former little shit, I don’t think that the time my parents spanked me was on the list of things that fucked me up, hell I’m pretty sure I deserved it that time. But it also wasn’t what got me to behave. That was my mom creating an environment of trust and giving even handed punishments alongside discussions about why.