Examples that come to mind:

  • saying your favorite video game is Disco Elysium
  • saying your favorite TV show is Star Trek DS9

The two rules are that:

  1. It has to be to do with a category that is socially acceptable to talk about with most people in a casual setting. So no politics or philosophy.
  2. Nothing too on the nose, ex, no "I love the music of the Red Army Choir" or something.
  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    9 months ago

    One time, a coworker - who I’ve known for roughly 10 minutes throughout the span of 1 month - and I were shooting the shit at lunch and just ranting about work and customers. Then the topic of plastic bags being taxed came up.

    Then we talked about how systemic problems are laundered to the individual. Then how most of our taxes are being used for the military. And how the military was committing imperialism and spreading suffering.

    Then how imperialism is being turned inwards with the same security tactics and mindsets are being used against Americans, and an example of which being COINTELPRO during the civil rights movements. And finally, with MLK in mind, we talked about how Lenin described the capitalist appropriation of revolutionaries and the highest stage of capitalism.

    Then we clocked in back to work