SattaRIP

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Don't worry, zakat is another Islamic concept the clergy (I think that's the right English word) abuse and twist to line their pockets. Zakat and khons are both about donating to the needy, but both ideas have been twisted so many times. Khons details are different but the word is related to the number 5. The first version I remember being told is that you pay one fifth of your yearly earnings' leftovers.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Also, not all Iranians are Persian. There are multiple cultures, despite nationalist attempts at cultural genocide.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

The boring kind of blast, bot the Danny Devito blasting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Important to the upper classes, but not important to the wellbeing and health of average people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I should mention that I have a habit even outside of writing to overcomplicate things. I want to still write about my complex ideas, like the inner life and philosophy of an Eldritch god, but it definitely won't help if I overcomplicate the language I'm using.

Recently I finally accepted that not everything I write is pure gold and that I'm allowed to rewrite or delete stuff. After all, it's the idea being expressed in a paragraph that's important to me, not the words and their layout.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

I'm an indie author. Idk how common my experience is, but here goes.

I've self published one book, but I want to go back and make a 2nd edition, after I finish book 2. My primary goal in writing was to get anyone to enjoy it. I realized onky after publishing that accessibility is important, and I've adapted my writing style. How I realized was that my relative who have English as their second or third language couldn't understand my writing.

The only people who managed to finish my book were all writers, I believe. In order to get through m book they needed to accept that sometimes my writing didn't make sense to them, so they continued regardless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Plenty of Americans STILL think their crumbs of democracy will save them from their own government.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Parasites at least play an important role in their ecosystems. I have no (or too many) words to describe my hatred for people like this that commit social murder all the time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you not notice how democrats helped republicans shift the overton window further and further towards regressivism? There was never any incremental improvement, just concessions made to distract you from how both parties serve the same masters.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lowering how much fucking sugar, corn syrup and palm oil go into all the food would be the proper thing to do. Can't mess with the oligopolies though. Growth for growth's sake, as always. This way the pharmaceutical oligopolies also get to expand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I used https://solvingprocrastination.com/

You might feel overwhelmed by how much advice it gives, but you don't need to adopt every suggestion or habit, just what you think works for you.

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