Azeem

IDF offering African Jewish folks accelerated pathway to permanent residency if they join the war in Gaza who historically have faced more obstacles and scrutiny for PR. 

Tbh Israel isn't the only one, other countries with shortage of manpower also do that or at least thinking of doing that because young people now don't see military as an attractive option more like a last resort

Saturday 21st September, 2024
Sunderland 0-2 Middlesbrough, 12.30
Rangers 3-1 Dundee FC, 17.30
Fenerbahce 1-0 Galatasaray, 18.00
Lecce 2-2 Parma, 19.45

Sunday 22nd September, 2024
Austin FC 2-3 Houston Dynamo, 01.30
Preston 2-0 Blackburn, 12.00
Arsenal Women 2-2 Man City Women, 12.30
Rapid Vienna 3-2 Austria Vienna, 16.00
Inter Milan 2-0 AC Milan, 19.45
Lyon 1-2 Marseille, 19.45

made me smile ngl

1 minute ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

It's funny because on insta and other platforms my feed was immediately spammed with memes about it (because it combines my traditional 2 big brainrot favorites, pet videos, and edgy humor) but looking in comments you see soooooo many people talking about how it's a real thing and how trump must win. The cultural impact of him telling a bare faced (but funny) lie based on some bullshit he saw on CNN is outrageous. 

This Haitian stuff is even worse than post 9/11 hysteria imo. The latter started off after probably one of the biggest event of this century so far but this is being perpetuated out of straight lies over nothing

Apple  Sony

9 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Their proud ally Azerbaijan (who weirdly have closest ties with Turkey... who seem to hate Israel) has a history of celebrating rape and war crimes too. Maybe they learned it from them and saw the recent treatment of the Armenians they just displaced from Nagorno-Karabagh.

Yeah Azerbaijan is so random in geopolitics. Although the country is secular and not that religious it is still Shia Muslim majority but has bad relations with only other Shia majority country around it, Iran. They are very close to Israel but also in the Turkish camp who all despise Israel lol

4 hours ago, Spike said:

It sounds like bullshit but exactly the sort of bullshit organised religion likes to do, so I'm gonna agree with you despite either of us having no evidence for or against.

The question is asked on Quora as well and rule of internet is if it's asked on Quora it is notable enough lol

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-believe-that-Catholic-Charities-and-other-organizations-involved-in-assisting-migrants-enter-the-U-S-illegally

In 1940s Mass Communication was a nascent field and prevalent paradigm was that of powerful effects of media, that media has direct powerful effects on shaping perceptions. This was supported by an event in 1938 when a Radio Station aired an episode of an alien invasion on Halloween in New Jersey and many people actually believed it causing a nation wide panic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

But a study was conducted for the 1948 (I think) Presidential elections by Paul Lazarsfeld to guage people's voting preferences based on media exposure. It found that there were four categories of voters.

Early deciders, who made up their mind and voted accordingly regardless how media presented stuff. Waivers, people who thought of changing vote after watching media but eventually voted for their intial choice. Converts, as implied who changed vote after media exposure and crystalizers, people who just made up their mind on the voting day who to vote for based on media exposure.

Study found Early deciders and Waivers formed the majority and concluded media doesn't have powerful effects but rather limited effects on shaping perceptions.

The study also gave the idea of two-step flow of communication. It found that people were more influenced by how people around them interpreted media content rather than direct effect of media i.e Famous YouTuber doing his reaction of Trump Kamla debate might influence you more than watching debate yourself or even your dad or uncle giving his analysis might influence you more

This study was monumental as it brought a new paradigm in the world of communication studies and gave impetus to further studies that shape our discussions till today. 

This is Tom & Jerry stuff

Speaking of Latino-Americans being more religious I came across this talking point that Catholic Charity institutions help illegal immigration from Latin America bcz they want to maintain good number of Catholics in the country. How true is that ?

1 minute ago, Spike said:

You think it’s funny (because it is) BUT speaking from experience there are sections of the Hispanic community (Mexicans mostly in my experience) that are incredibly salty about ‘illegal immigration’ particularly against Venezuelans and are parroting the talking points of conservatives of the last forty year. Stealing jobs, criminals, drugs, not paying tax, etc.

Has any dog ever made anything extinct ?

Dogs > Bird murderers

Is the quotes thread also archived ?

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
 

– Otto von Bismarck

3 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Bullshit!!!Homo sapiens developed 300k years ago in Africa- Pangeae broke 200 million years ago. You would be surprised: Homo sapiens weren't a thing during dinosaur times. 300k years ago the continents were already the same as today.

Were you there ?

knowing when to retire

20 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

You know the difference between Millions and hundred thoueands of years? Just admit you didn't think through what you wrote two posts above!

Yes, steeming from Africa happened at millions and there were no continents back then.