Coleman Barks - Wikipedia
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this mf is a bit on Trillbilly's podcast lol

  • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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    6 months ago

    mayos like this really be translating all the text from every single non-european culture and gatekeeping every single english-language Wikipedia article and then you wonder why there are unsourced quotes about Genghis Khan being white lmao

    • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      westerners are only able to view the world through a western lens, and is probably one of the reasons why all the "bad country watchers" are always so incredibly wrong

      • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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        6 months ago

        What are you talking about? China's 700th collapse is imminent! They only got like a week left! It's any day now!

        • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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          6 months ago

          there's no way the inferior russian military could match up to superior western wonder weapons, ukraine will win any day now