I would like to talk about German Erinnerungskultur (culture of remembrance) and why I think it led to the objectification of Jews and the absolute unbearable hubris and delusion of many Germans when it comes to appointing themselves the vanguard in the fight against antisemitism
With my grandparents' generation Germany began to try to understand and come to terms with the holocaust and the actions of both Nazi leadership and "ordinary" Germans that made it possible. This led to a tumultuous re-negotiation of history all through the 60s, 70s, (and 80s)
May 15, 2024 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
The one about tourism in the Hindu Kush
I graduated high school around the tail end of the 00s and coming from a wholey uninspired middle class school I decided to do what everyone else in my peer group was doing and saved up for a gap year trip.
unlike most of my peers I had already spent a year wandering around the coast of west Africa having very blatantly abused a loop hole in my state's educational laws and so decided to ditch the pre-packaged tours of Australia and Vietnam and instead plan my own trip.
Oct 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
remember a few years ago all those "chose your own adventure" type movies and plays were really in style where the audience had to decide whether or not to shoot down a passenger plane that's been taken over by terrorists and is heading towards a stadium or something?
and it was meant to show you how you cannot rely on any framework to make that decision okay and it was really heartwrenching and difficult to chose in a narrative where dignity of life clashes against utalitarian ideals and blah blah blah whatever
Jun 24, 2023 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
A lot of you are confused about what is happening in Russia right now, so I thought, as an expert in the field, I'd write a little explainer!
🚨🚨 Thread 🧵
Russia 🇷🇺used to be in charge of loooooots of land 🌄. This made Russia 🇷🇺 super happy 😄! But then the evil capitalists 👿 took away a lot of Russia's 🇷🇺 land 🌄 with 'democracy' 🤮and 'self-determination' 🤬! So now Russia 🇷🇺is a little smaller 🤏 and very very sad 😭!
Jun 23, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
today my colleagues guessed my age and landed on 24 and i am now standing in front of my entire wardrobe spread out on the bed trying to figure out what i own that might make me look like...serious and grown up
and it turns out nothing, literally everything i own is ridiculous
"..once you are older you will"
bitch, i am older stop lecturing
Jun 22, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
about the time my grandparents turned 80 every conversation with them about what they're up to basically just became a list of their friends and acquaintances who'd gone to hospital/died/lost a loved on that week
like just funeral on monday, go visit someone in hospital tuesday, bring a friend some cake because her brother died wednesday, go to the cemetery to fix someone's grave thursday, check in on a fresh widow friday, funeral on saturday, and then sunday meet everyone at church
Jun 22, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
ist immer total peinlich, wenn man als Erwachsener feststellt, dass man das ganze Leben ein Wort falsch benutzt hat
zum Beispiel hatte ich immer so gedacht "Pazifismus" bedeutet Widerstand gegen Krieg und Gewalt
hab jetzt gelernt, dass das eher so "boah ja okay Völkermord hier da, stirb halt leise und nerv nicht, ich versuch hier grade das Wetter zu genießen" bedeutet
Jun 21, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
manchmal bin ich mir ja bei so Threads nicht sicher, ob ernst gemeinter Klimaaktivismus oder gesponsert von ExxonMobil
ja okay fahr halt nicht an den See oder in dem Urlaub, ändert aber am Klimawandel so viel wie die Farbe der Socken meiner Oma
Mar 17, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
ive been having the sort of anxiety where you get like nauseous to the point where throwing up may or may not become a part of the day its just gonna be a fun surprise
all day
its been going on all fucking day
again...for no reason at all
so thats fun
aaaaany second now the other shoe is about to drop and i wont see it coming and my entire life is going to be destroyed and ill probably die and the cat will die and probably you all will die because at this point its a mass casualty event and ill run over a kid in my car and th-
Mar 16, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
i'm definitely definitely not saying that the giant military of a western nation isn't like BETTER at running and shooting and stuff than your average middle eastern small town warlord henchman
im just saying we do spend a LOT of money and training and effort on a job that sorta seems like it could also be done with zero money and training and effort?
Mar 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
These bears as guys you date:
1. Gym Guy: will never wear anything else, wants you to "hang with the boys sometime", lasts about 4 seconds
2. Hawaii shorts guy: 23, he's a DJ, he's had access to his trust fund for two years and it ain't gonna last much longer
Golf Guy: someone's dad, pays for your car, makes you pretend you have opinions about wine
College Blazer Guy: threatens to sue you when you wont go on a second date after you found out about the rape allegations up in Boston his daddy made disappear
Mar 15, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
terfs cannot tell the difference between a trans woman and a gender non-conforming cis woman because identifying trans women isn't the point
the point is upholding systemic oppression by endangering anyone who does not perform gender to their standard
the 'gender is biology' crowd can wheel out as many aging feminists as they want and i will still not believe that the main goal is not upholding the patriarchy by trying to fight against anything that appears to threaten a gendered class system
