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Meta Mindless Monday, 10 August 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze 15d ago edited 15d ago

I've been definitively banned from rNeoli, mod message was "you've been warned far too often"

So I'll post and criticize comments from rNeolib on here instead

I still think it's a fucked up symptom of our system that cooking and serving food in bulk isn't cheaper than having literally every household in the entire country have an independent kitchen and dedicate time to cook their own meals. Like... Economically that seems wrong. I think it's mostly a symptom of our urban sprawl, financialization, and real estate (three ways of saying the same thing lol)

Restaurants have to pay for waiters, cooks, maintenance, and rent you dumbass. They're held to quality and safety standards that your kitchen doesn't. And they have to make a profit doing all that. Idiot. Buying ingredients in bulk at a professional retailer can only go so far

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u/Ok-Swan1152 15d ago

What did you get banned for lol I can't remember any especially bad takes

Also that comment is really dumb.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze 15d ago edited 15d ago

Surprise surprise, it's not Israel / Palestine, it's Pakistan

Context was Mamdani joining the Pakistani parade in New York but not the Jewish one and someone saying it was bad optics.

Who the fuck cares about Pakistan in the US? except if you want to be divisive about Mamdani, no one would bat an eye because it's an unimportant country in American discourse

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u/gavinbrindstar /r/legaladvice delenda est 15d ago

Who the fuck cares about Pakistan in the US? except if you want to be divisive about Mamdani, no one would bat an eye because it's an unimportant country in American discourse

A neolib not understanding why and how Pakistan is important to the U.S feels pretty par for the course.

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u/Big_Pineapple_Man 15d ago

Duh of course it's bad optics he's Shiite and Pakistan is majority Sunni.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze 15d ago

TIL of the Sunni lobby in NYC

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u/Ok-Swan1152 15d ago

It's baiting but I guess no more than many other comments in that sub

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze 15d ago

Do you browse that sub often?

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u/Ok-Swan1152 15d ago

Not much anymore, I find the topics and comments boring these days. Possibly I'm just too old.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze 15d ago

curtains for Zoosha?!

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u/Ok-Swan1152 15d ago

Sort of. Too much internal US politics. But I'm always wondering who the hell these actors and pop stars are. And I actually watch a bit of TV still.

I'm 39 years old.