#(german system means 1 is the best and 6 the worst)
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my bestie reminded me of my classmate who gets his asshair brushed by the teachers simply because he had a 'bad homelife' when he's just a piece of shit.
he doesn't live with his parents, his mom is dead and his dad is a piece of shit, I'm not here to deny that. But ALL teachers pity him so much!! They excuse all his behaviours with either 'his life at home used to be bad' or 'boys will be boys'.
He forgets homework and doesn't participate in class. That's fine, do what you want, i get that that can be hard.
My problem is that the teachers ALL give him better grades than he deserves simply because of pity. He always gets 5's(German system =grades 1 to 6, 1 is the best, 6 is the worst) and yet all the teachers up his grade to a 4 so he doesn't have to repeat a year.
Another classmate of mine had a 3 in one exam and a 5 in another, and my math teacher told him to put more effort in or else he'd get a 5 on his report card.like what??? That doesn't even make sense, he should get a 4, not a 5. WHY does he get worse treatment than the piece of shit guy who ALWAYS gets 5's???
Now, when I say 'piece of shit' i mean it. He's the dogshit on the sole of my shoe.
1. He's transphobic
2. He's homophobic, openly. And the teacher do NOTHING!! He literally said he'd would've shot (insert gay gay rights activist whose name i can't remember rn) and that queer ppl deserve to die. He also says the f-slur a lot. I literally wrote about this in my English exam( i said that i am not comfortable having irl friends because most of them turn out to be homophobic in some way, and homophobes literally face no consequences from any teacher) and guess what?? The teacher, who's the SCHOOL DIRECTOR MAY I ADD, literally just IGNORED that part of my exam. She just SKIPPED IT. Nothing. No comment. Even though i was calling her out specifically.
3. He's racist. OPENLY. He says the n-slur. he says the german slur for immigrants (k-wort for the germans). he said racist shit about east asians (regarding covid).
4. He literally destroys school property. He burned school tables. What does he get? He has to replace the table. Nothing more. Guess what? The teacher who teaches us the class he burnt the table in? Yeah, he doesn't give a shit. He jokes about it actually.
5. Right wing tendencies in general. Drawing swastikas everywhere. What does our HISTORY teacher say? "boys are like that during puberty". Shut the fuck up.
6. Sexual harassment. This was worse in 8th grade. But still. None of the girls every got an apology. He still denies it. He asked me how big my clit was. I wasn't the only one he asked. We told the teacher. He denied it. No consequences. He asks me if i could get pregnant if i fucked a dog. Teacher right next to us. No comment, just walks away. Oh? Was it too uncomfortable for him? How do you think I and LITERALLY MOST of the girls in our class felt when he asked us shit like that?? What the fuvk??
I'm literally so mad about this. Why do guys get special treatment. Why are the teachers like this. I hate it so much. He's such a piece of shit. I do not want to come into class and listen to him calling people f-,r- and n-slurs. I'm so fucking tired of the teachers helping him through class, even tho he shows them so much disrespect. He put his feet on the table today. Called us r-words and got mad at my art teacher. No consequences.
I was so glad he was leaving after this year. But surprise surprise. He's staying for the next 3 years until graduation. I'm so fucking done. I'm so glad the class organizer for next year asked us who we don't want to be in class with. God bless her.
But if everyone says they don't wanna be in class with him then someone's gonna get fucked. Someone has to be in class with him. Fml. Pray for me.
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hello :) just to clarify 1 = bad and 10 = good in termsof grades in Germany? It's confusing as in some other countries it's reversed!
Oh no sadly it’s a little bit more complicated. The point system is only used in the last two grades (=Oberstufe) because all those points will be added and make up a part (i think it’s a third everywhere, but I’m not sure) of your final grades.
Im gonna explain in detail how German grades work, so TLDR: The points go from 0 (bad) - 15 (good) and Mailin has the equivalent of a B- in the American system.
Usually in Germany we use grades from 1 to 6, where 1 is good and 6 is the worst. Similar to the American system where they use A to F, just with one grade more.
So now is where the complication begins. In some states like Bavaria those are usually the only grades. You get a 1 or a 2 no inbetween. In other states there’s usually steps between grades. And those can very well be different in every school you go to. I think the most common system nowadays is to use decimals. So can get a 1,1 or a 3,5 and that just means you’re between the two grades. This is also how your average in the end is written. So your points will at one point be translated back into this system!
The other common system of steps between grades is with quarter steps. These are indicated with a + or a - or with both grades at once. So for example a 2+ (2 plus) is a 1,75. A 2- (2 minus) is a 2,25. A 2-3 (2 to 3 or in German 2 bis 3) is a 2,5. And this system is actually used in the point system as well.
So how does the point system work exactly? So the points range from 15 to 0. To remember how they’re translate you begin at 15. This is the best one so it’s a 1+ (0,75). And then you go down with the quarter steps of every grade. BUT there are no half steps, so no 2-3 (2,5) or similar grades. And the last grade 6 has no quarter steps, because it just means you really did fail. (It’s what you get when you hand in an empty paper) So the points translate like this:
15 points = 1+ (0,75)
14 points = 1
13 points = 1- (1,25)
12 points = 2+ (1,75)
11 points = 2
10 points = 2- (2,25)
9 points = 3+ (2,75)
8 points = 3
7 points = 3- (3,25)
6 points = 4+ (3,75)
5 points = 4
Very important! Below this you fail. Where I did my abitur you could only have 5 grades below this point in the Oberstufe, or else you will not be allowed to do your Abitur.
4 points = 4- (4,25)
3 points = 5+ (4,75)
2 points = 5
1 point = 5- (5,25)
0 point = 6
Last bit about grades in Germay, then I’ll stop: I know there’s systems like for example in France or in some universities where the top grades are never given to anyone and a B+ would basically be like an A. That’s not the case here, the 15 is very rare in courses like History or German, where it’s the teachers’ judgement but it is used and it commonly happens in Maths, Physics or similar courses.
Hope this helped and didn’t confuse you more!! Also feel free to correct me if any of this doesn’t apply to Berlin!
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bro... you just know imma have to ask for all the questions....
I hope you’re proud of my dedication (also thank you for doing this every time lol)
london: when you visit a city, do you take in the tourist points or the more unknown places?
I like to do both, but more unknown places are fun to either discover myself or be shown by someone who loves the city.
paris: where did you last fall in love?
In a bedroom in Cambridge I think.
berlin: do you find history or geography to be more interesting?
History, I love learning about history, but I didn’t study either at school - I now do some history.
amsterdam: would you drink in a room full of strangers?
That’s just freshers week in a nutshell so yes I did.
prague: rivers or forests?
Forests with lakes, although rivers really make me think of home - in my home city my grandma lives next to a river, as does my dad, at uni I live near a river and in Vienna I commute across the river which I love.
vienna: do you enjoy classic literature?
Yes, definitely, I actually read a lot of classics as a kid but I’ve been slacking lately.
barcelona: beaches or cities?
Cities
madrid: who did you last attend a party with?
I’m assuming it would’ve been with uni friends, or many a zoom party.
budapest: if you could do anything and not have to face the consequences, what would you do?
ooh shit that’s such a good question, right now it’d probably be punch/get rid of our incompetent government.
rome: ancient rome or ancient greece?
oooh i think i’d go with ancient greece although i can speak some latin so i’d maybe fare better in rome.
copenhagen: how many languages can you speak?
5, to varying degrees, english and german are my best, russian is prob still my worst because i haven’t practised in forever.
dublin: where was the last castle you visited?
Old Sarum
stockholm: angst or fluff?
Fluff babyyyy
lisbon: if you had the chance to become a prince/princess, would you?
Hmmm I don’t think so, although the British monarchy have so much monarchy, maybe just to do good with that money.
athens: favourite greek myth?
Off the top of my head, Eurydice and Orpheus.
milan: what matters more: fashion or comfort?
Comfortttt
munich: why did you kiss the last person you did?
I’d broken up with someone not long before and he kissed me and took me by surprise, it was very sweet.
helsinki: when did you last visit a friend’s house?
Start of October I think, we don’t have bubbles in Austria but we made one with him so he wouldn’t be on his own.
reykjavik: do people usually have trouble pronouncing your name when you first meet?
Nope, they often spell it wrong though
florence: how did you discover your favourite artist’s work?
I really like Allie Brosh’s comics and books, my sister introduced me to her.
edinburgh: would you visit a dog park without a dog?
Probably yeah
oslo: what’s more important: work or love?
Love
venice: why did you last fall in love?
He provided me support when I really really needed it and made me feel valued.
glasgow: where were you going during your latest bus journey?
To work
liverpool: do you follow any sports?
I follow league one of British football for AFC wimbledon. I follow tennis sometimes too.
cologne: why did you last visit your grandparents?
To give my mum a break from looking after grandma.
moscow: would you rather perform in a circus or an opera?
Oh hell, probably an opera.
naples: if you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go and for how long?
Hmmm I’m gonna give a few answers - if there wasn’t the teeny problem of bigotry and safety I would love love love to go to Russia for like a month.
I also really want to go to Italy and Spain and the Scandinavian countries, so I’d like to do like a month or two of interrailing (which was my plan for March but obvs I can’t do that)
favourite
1 - season?
autumn
2 - classic film?
Men in black?? idk
3 - nostalgia-inducing possession?
my teddy bear - he’s called brownie and my sister got him for me when I was really little
4 - shade of green?
the dark bits of malachite
5 - gemstone?
amethyst
6 - hour of the night?
4-5am
7 - quote?
“The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.” - We Were Liars (E. Lockhart)
8 - type of dream?
dreams about being in love
9 - happy song?
Candlelight - Relient K
10 - sad song?
Tobacco In My Sheets - Lauren Aquilina
11 - character from a book?
Ohh I really don’t know I’ll go with Andy Skampt from the Carls.
12 - creative medium?
Pen and paper for writing
13 - memory?
belly laughs around the table with my family
14 - aspect of a person’s face?
smile or eyes
15 - decade before the 2020s?
2010s
16 - band?
Stornoway
17 - animated film/tv show?
moana
18 - constellation?
cassopeia
19 - poem?
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver.
20 - album?
right now its Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted by Passenger
21 - ending in fictional media?
The ending to Crazy Ex Girlfriend.
22 - shade of blue?
maybe baby blue because its on the trans flag
23 - part of being alive?
love
24 - holiday?
last time I came to Vienna actually
25 - kind of candy?
flying saucers are a classic
26 - person you know?
I’m real homesick so my sister at the moment
27 - musical movie?
Rent
28 - superhero?
Spiderman
29 - book longer than 500 pages?
I think North Child is longer than 500 pages?
30 - book shorter than 300 pages?
We Were Liars
marvel character asks
iron man: first superhero you ever liked?
spiderman
spiderman: do you believe in hometown pride?
not really
black widow: would you rather be a secret agent for the heroes or the villains?
heroes
hulk: which approach to conflict do you prefer: analytical or physical?
analytical
thor: what’s your favourite kind of weather?
snow
captain america: how patriotic are you?
fuck not at all
black panther: what’s your favourite sci-fi movie?
the one i immediately thought of was I am Number Four.
ant-man: how tall are you?
something above 5′3″ but i genuinely don’t know
bucky barnes: do you have any hidden talents?
nope
captain marvel: on what topic do you and your parents most disagree?
how tidy my room should be kept
hawkeye: if you had to fight, what would be your weapon of choice?
something i can use at close quarters, maybe a knife
doctor strange: what’s an occurrence of everyday magic you’ve experienced?
Honestly some places and weather and animals are so magical
peter quill: is there anyone that underestimates you?
probably my flatmate
falcon: tell us your feelings on the armed forces.
oof that’s a rough one. My dad was in the army and definitely has ptsd from it. I don’t support the army at all but I do recognise that a lot of working class kids have few alternatives and are funnelled into that system.
gamora: if family and success were mutually exclusive, which would you choose?
family every time
nebula: do you believe a person can truly change?
yes
wanda: if you could have any superpower, what would you choose and why?
shapeshifting
deadpool: tell an offensive joke you feel bad for finding funny.
eh no thanks, i don’t really wanna put that energy out there rn
loki: greatest thing you’ve done on april fool’s day?
i mean probably something annoying to my sister when i was younger
venom: what non-mcu marvel character would you love to see in the mcu?
oh god i have no idea
nick fury: how do other people perceive you?
i hope as empathetic
thanos: do you believe in necessary sacrifices? give an example.
yes and no, not in terms of economy and shit, i don’t think people should ever be sacrificed for economic gain, but in terms of personal life i’ve sacrificed friendships to transition, and i’d do it again.
rocket: favourite non-domesticated animal?
tigerrrr
drax: would you rather fight with fists or knives?
fists
groot: how annoying were you five years ago?
i think i was growing out of my super annoying phase
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Here is 2nd prompt: 1 to 9, 11 to 14, 16, 17, 21 to 24, 28 to 37, 39, 43 to 45, 52, 55, 56(let me guess MGK?), 64, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75 to 81, 83 to 87, 90 to 92, 94, 98, 106 to 123, 125 to 127, 134, 138, 139, 143 to 151, 154 and 155 (cut it in two/three part we gonna have an headache if not) -Sarah
I´m gonna put a cut here lol this is gonna be a long post
1. Full name
I´m uncomfortable answering that one. My first irl name is Hope though
2. Age
18
3. 3 fears
spiders, lonliness, death
4. 3 things I love
my friends, my cats, writing
5. 4 turn ons
subs, lip biting, intense eye contant, praise
6. 4 turn offs
degrading, forcing control, belittling me, just being disgusting
7. my best friend
met him in tenth grade, best thing that ever happened to me. platonic soulmate, always there for me. Love him with all my heart
8. sexual orientation
lesbian, on the aro spectrum
9. my best first date
never had any
11. What do I miss?
Being able to get a good night´s sleep
12. What time were I born?
Around 4am
13. favorite color?
since black doesn´t count yellow, dark red, dark purple
14. Do I have a crush?
on irls no. On fictional men yes
16. favorite place?
Dublin (especially the pubs)
17. favorite food?
french toast, homemade burgers, pizza
21. Shoe size
38 in Germany (idk the size system of other countries)
22. Eye color
Dark blue, with a bit of green in the middle. My eyes look like the ocean, so when I say dark blue, I mean really dark.
23. hair color
Natural dirty blonde, but currently washed out dyed purple
24. favorite style of clothing?
grunge with elements of punk
28. favorite movie?
Lord of the rings
29. favorite song?
I can´t choose just one, but the one that really means a lot to me is You´ll Be Fine by Palaye Royale
30. Favorite band?
Used to be Creeper, but is currently Palaye Royale
31. How I feel right now?
Tired and in pain (just started my period)
32. Someone I love
My best friend
33. my current relationship status
single irl, but dating lesbian anon on here
34. my relationship with my parents
good I guess, though we don´t do a lot together
35. favorite holiday
Halloween and Pride
36. Tattoos and piercings I have
none
37. Tattoos and piercings I want
none since I have a low pain tolerance (it´s rlly nonexistent)
39. Do I and my last ex hate each other?
Well, I´m over it but he´s petty and spreading rumors about me so....
43. How long does it take for me to get ready in the morning?
An hour. I take a long time to fully wake up, so I do things very slow.
44. have you shaved your legs in the past three days?
nope. I don´t shave, my mom thinks it´s disgusting but I don´t care. My body, my rules
45. Where am I right now?
In my bed, as always
52. when was the last time I hugged someone?
A few days ago
55. what is something I disliked about today?
starting my period
56. If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
Nikki Sixx.
64. Do I believe in magic?
Not really, but I´m open to anything
67. What was the last book you´ve read?
I´m currently reading ´The Dirt´
69. Do I have any nicknames?
Lace, Ace, Hopi
70. what was the worst injury I ever had?
my self inflicted one I guess
72. can I touch my nose with a tongue?
sadly no
73. Is there anything pink 10 feets from me?
yup, my pillow
75. what was I doing last night at 12 AM?
listening to Yagami Yato´s audios
76. What do I think Satan´s last name is?
Mine since I´ll marry her when I arrive in hell
77. What´s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?
Na Na Na by MCR
78. How can you win my heart?
Make me laugh
79. What would I want to be written on my tombstone?
Fucking finally
80. What is my favorite word?
Cunt
81. my top 5 blogs on tumblr
@varia-venus @one-piece-dumpster-fire @miyaniacs @aomineavenue @hoe-imaginess
83. Do I have any relatives in jail?
Not that I know
84. I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?
Teleportation
85. What would be a question I´d be afraid to tell the truth on?
Why are you like this?
86. What is my current desktop picture?
It´s an edited Madara one my friend made me
87. had sex?
Voluntarily no
90. failed a class?
Luckily no
91. kissed a boy?
yup, 2 times and both times it was disgusting af
92. kissed a girl?
no, but she kissed me and that was when I realized I was gay. She broke my heart too.
94. Had a job?
no, but hopefully soon
98. played on a sports team?
no, I can´t play sports
106. been to a wedding?
only when I was little, so I don´t remember anything
107. Been on the computer for 5 hours straight?
that´s nothing to me. I spend my whole day on here. That´s why I spam with those prompt thingies, cause I get bored and am always active
108. Watched TV for 5 hours straight?
I´m a fucking hermit, of course I have
109. been outside my home country?
yes, mutliple times
110. gotten my heart broken?
yup and it hurt like a bitch
111. been to a professional sports game?
Me and my class went to a pro ice hockey game and it was amazing
112. broken a bone?
not yet fortunately
113. cut myself?
yup and not proud of it
114. been to prom?
no, got cancelled because of COVID
115. been in an airplane?
yes, but I´m afraid of flying and heights
116. fly by helicopter?
no
117. what concerts have I been to?
Katy Perry, Halestorm (2 times), The Pretty Reckless, All Time Low, Halsey, Waterparks, Palaye Royale, Kyle Gass Band, Hey Violet, David Guetta, Bring me the horizon, Macklemore (2 times), Rihanna, Panic! At the disco, Fall Out Boy, Twenty One Pilots (2 times), Amy Shark, Hayley Kiyoko
118. had a crush on someone of the same sex?
yes
119. learned another language?
yup. But I failed and can´t speak any of it. The only foreign language that stuck with me is English
120. wore make up?
yeah, a lot actually. I like experimenting with make up
121. lost my virginity before I was 18?
Not voluntarily
122. Had oral sex?
Not voluntarily
123. Dyed my hair?
A lot
125. Rode in am ambulance?
no
126. had a surgery?
only a minor one
127. met someone famous?
I met a German youtuber at the Halsey concert and I got VIP tickets for Palaye Royale, so I met all of them
134. What do I want for my birthday?
I don´t know. Probably some cosplay supplies
138. what was my favorite toy as a child?
I was a Playmobil kid
139. Favorite TV show?
Can´t choose. Will go with Haikyuu for now
143. Favorite pizza topping?
Ham and mushrooms
144. Am I afraid of the dark?
yes
145. Am I afraid of heights?
yes
146. Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?
no, but I never done any of that
147. Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end?
all the time cause I keep comparing myself to others
148. what I´m really bad at
social interaction
149. what my greatest achievements are
graduating and making it into uni
150. the meanest thing somebody has ever said to me
can´t really remember to be honest. People have always been talking behind my back rather than saying it to my face
151. what I´d do if I won in a lottery?
move to Ireland, buy a house, give the rest to charity
154. something I fantasize about
anime men
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Building A Zettelkasten In Typora
I stumbled across a reference to a note-taking system I had not heard of: zettelkasten.
In Zettelkasten — How One German Scholar Was So Freakishly Productive | David Clear writes about the notes box (zettelkasten) note system of Niklas Luhmann.
The Zettelkasten principles
A Zettelkasten is a phenomenal tool for storing and organizing your knowledge, extending your memory, generating new connections between ideas, and increasing your writing output. However, to make the most of a Zettelkasten, you should follow some key principles.
1 | The principle of atomicity: The term was coined by Christian Tietze. It means that each note should contain one idea and one idea only. This makes it possible to link ideas with a laser focus.
2 | The principle of autonomy: Each note should be autonomous, meaning it should be self-contained and comprehensible on its own. This allows notes to be moved, processed, separated, and concatenated independently of its neighbors. It also ensures that notes remain useful even if the original source of information disappears.
3 | Always link your notes: Whenever you add a note, make sure to link it to already existing notes. Avoid notes that are disconnected from other notes. As Luhmann himself put it, “each note is just an element that derives its quality from the network of links in the system. A note that is not connected to the network will be lost, will be forgotten by the Zettelkasten” (original in German).
4 | Explain why you’re linking notes: Whenever you are connecting two notes by a link, make sure to briefly explain why you are linking them. Otherwise, years down the road when you revisit your notes, you may have no idea why you connected them.
5 | Use your own words: Don’t copy and paste. If you come across an interesting idea and want to add it to your Zettelkasten, you must express that idea with your own words, in a way that you’ll be sure to understand years later. Don’t turn your Zettelkasten into a dump of copy-and-pasted information.
5 | Keep references: Always add references to your notes so that you know where you got an idea from. This prevents plagiarism and makes it easy for you to revisit the original source later on.
6 | Add your own thoughts to the Zettelkasten: If you have thoughts of your own, add them to the Zettelkasten as notes while keeping in mind the principle of atomicity, autonomy, and the need for linking.
7 | Don’t worry about structure: Don’t worry about putting notes in neat folders or into unique preconceived categories. As Schmidt put it, in a Zettelkasten “there are no privileged positions” and “there is no top and no bottom.” The organization develops organically.
8 | Add connection notes: As you begin to see connections among seemingly random notes, create connection notes, that is, specific notes whose purpose is to link together other notes and explain their relationship.
9 | Add outline notes: As ideas begin to coalesce into themes, create outline notes. An outline note is a note that simply contains a sequence of links to other notes, putting those other notes into a particular order to create a story, narrative, or argument.
10 | Never delete: Don’t delete old notes. Instead, link to new notes that explain what’s wrong with the old ones. In that way, your Zettelkasten will reflect how your thinking has evolved over time, which will prevent hindsight bias. Moreover, if you don’t delete, you might revisit old ideas that may turn out to be correct after all.
11 | Add notes without fear: You can never have too much information in your Zettelkasten. At worst, you’ll add notes that won’t be of immediate use. But adding more notes will never break your Zettelkasten or interfere with its proper operation. Remember, Luhmann had 90,000 notes in his Zettelkasten!
Clear goes on to show how he has implemented a digital note box (that what zettelcasten means in German) in markdown-formatted text files, like this:
# 201912161352 Zettelkasten is amazing
#notetaking #writing #productivity
The Zettelkasten notetaking system is the best notetaking system ever.
## Links
- [[201912070830-Zettelkasten-principles]] - [[201912080935-Niklas-Luhmann-short-biography]]
From the top: a title, a series of tags, the actual content which is a single sentence in this example, and a list of links to related notes.
The double-bracket notation is a feature for cross-file linking supported by 1Writer for iPad. The rest is plain vanilla markdown.
Dropbox Paper Fail
I tried to build a note box in Dropbox Paper, but tags don’t work as they should. Dropbox Paper supposedly supports tags, but the search functionality simply ignores the special characters. So a search on ‘#platform-capitalism’ finds all files that have either ‘platform’ or ‘capitalism’ in the contents. Not good.
I haven’t been using tags in Paper, and now I know why. They don’t work as they should.
Typora to the Rescue
But my favorite markdown tool — Typora — works pretty well for zettelkasten. Typora starts as a great markdown editor so that covers the note side of things.
Tags are not a core aspect of markdown, and not an extension built into Typora. However, the two sides of tags – marking and finding – can be pulled off.
I use markdown footnote, supported by Typora, to represent tags. For example, see this:
Each tag is formatted like this
[^#tag]: [optional text description]
Here’s the text of the file:
I opted to use footnote formatting in order to avoid Typora treating the ‘#’ as an indicator of a heading, at first. But it also means I can tag sentences in the contents with the tags, as in this example with ‘#auction’ in the second paragraph.
Typora’s search for ‘#auction’ leads to this:
Both the footnote indicator in the text and the footnote definition in the document footer are found and highlighted. Clicking on each opens the document and centers on the location where the tag is located. This works really well.
Creating links to other documents should build on search, but there’s a little snag. Searching for ‘platform-capitalism’ brings up the two docs that have that in their contents. With Typora I can simply drag a file reference from the file list into the Links section of a document, and it creates a link to that document.However, this can’t be done with files in the search results! So I have to search, then remember the files, and pull them from the file list in the folder view. [It would be helpful if I could drag a file reference from the search results: I have suggested that to the Typora folks, and we’ll see.]
The Bottom Line
Typora can support creating a zettelcasten in markdown, clearly.
But this presents me with a larger question. I have been managing my daybook journal as a chronological series of files, one for each day, in which I paste all sorts of information related to each day: things I’ve read, things to do, things I’ve done. Perhaps I can continue with both techniques? A journal for one and a notes box for the other?
I’ve already learned that I can’t effectively search through my Dropbox Paper journal – at least until they fix the search functionality – so I will revert to journaling in Typora, since I need to remember things, not just capture them. I guess my zettelcasten and my journal coalesce into one giant folder, neatly time-stamped.
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Top 10 Personal Favorite Hit Songs from 2009
20 to 21 years old. And so the 2000s end, not with a whimper, but with an explosion of upbeat, great pop songs.
Only one third of these lists left to make!
Disclaimers:
Keep in mind I’m using both the year-end top 100 lists from the US and from France while making these top 10 things. There’s songs in English that charted in my country way higher than they did in their home countries, or even earlier or later, so that might get surprising at times.
Of course there will be stuff in French. We suck. I know. It’s my list. Deal with it.
My musical tastes have always been terrible and I’m not a critic, just a listener and an idiot.
I have sound to color synesthesia which justifies nothing but might explain why I have trouble describing some songs in other terms than visual ones.
First to second and final year of my Master degree in Contemporary History. Also got two summer jobs that year. I was basically only researching and writing my master thesis at this point and trying to survive on a 50€ per month budget to pay for transport, clothes, driving lessons, and food apart from one meal a day. Needless to say, some corners had to be cut and my health wasn’t the best. I was also trying to register to pass some concours d’Etat to be a government worker considering there was 0% chance I’d be able to find a job otherwise with my qualifications and my mother had been trying to find an excuse to throw me out for more than four years at this point. Basically I was broke, stressed out and in panic mode.
Thank god, the music was mostly energetic and upbeat on the radio. I can’t imagine what my mood would have been like if the charts had been as horribly depressed as in 2018 or 2019.
This was also the year when my favorite music reviewer ever, Todd In The Shadows, started to make his first videos, so you might think his lists are going to influence mine, but as it turns out we have very, very different tastes for the most part (I mean come on, the guy hates Depeche Mode), so... not so much. But he helped me discover a lot of songs I would have ignored otherwise, so yeah, godspeed, Todd.
It should be mentioned that the two songs that I wanted to put at the top of this list before looking at the actual year-end lists turned out to be non-elligible and that is extremely frustrating. Obviously, as I mentioned in the previous post, there’s Life In Technicolor II by Coldplay, which has an incredibly fitting name since it’s one of their most colorful songs ever. But I’m not even sure I would have put it at #1 since this was the year of Mika’s second album, and oh my god, We Are Golden was FANTASTIC. It’s my absolute favorite song from the guy, the music video is incredibly fun, and I listened to that shit on a loop as soon as it dropped.
I usually don’t put such large links for non-elligible songs but the fact this isn’t elligible is nothing short of criminal. Check it out if you’ve never heard it.
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As for albums from bands I liked... eh. Lacuna Coil dropped Shallow Life, which was not as good as KarmaCode, Pet Shop Boys dropped Yes which wasn’t nearly as good as Fundamental, Depeche Mode dropped Sounds of the Universe which was DEFINITELY not as good as Playing the Angel (I liked Wrong, though. But it’s not elligible), Eminem released Relapse which was joyless and pretty bad and he was kinda dead to me at that point (even if it wasn’t as terrible as Encore AND he had that song with Drake that was very good), Placebo released Battle for the Sun which was pretty great but still not as good as their previous two albums, Paradise Lost had Faith Divides Us Faith Unites Us and basically same thing there, and Indochine had La République des Météors which is imho their worst record in the past twenty years, by far.
Long story short, every single one of the bands and artists I loved who released an album that year let me down (except Placebo, maybe).
And then VNV Nation released Of Faith, Power And Glory, I listened to it, and suddenly I had a new favorite band, and everything was good and beautiful in the world again. Album of the year for me, hands down.
With that out of the way, a few honorable mentio-HOLY SHIT HOW MANY OF THESE ARE THERE, WTF
Replay (Iyaz) - A perfectly good and innocent little earworm.
Run This Town (Rihanna) - I don’t like the original very much (Kanye’s verse is atrocious) but I've had a mashup of it with Bach’s Tocatta & Fugue in D minor (yes you read that right) on my mp3 player for years now, so this has to count. The mashup is called Run This Town In D Minor. It’s one of my favorite mashups ever. I even made fanart of it once! Look it up if you can, the original video has apparently disappeared.
Circus (Britney Spears) - You know it’s a good year for pop when even Britney Spears makes music I like.
Magnificent (U2) - Wait, even U2 was making decent music? I had zero use for them since at that point Linkin Park had more or less taken over their ecological-musical niche of “mainstream epic-sounding pop-rock music with tortured vocals and Emotions(tm)” but that one was still kinda nice.
Même Pas Fatigué (Magic System & Khaled) - I’ve said that before and I’ll say it again but they always bring a smile to my face and I don’t get why it’s ‘cool’ to hate their songs in my country. Yeah, they often sound the same, but I’d listen to ten similar-sounding Magic System songs in a heartbeat whereas you’d have to pay me to listen to ten similar-sounding Nickelback songs.
Day n Nite (Kid Cudi) - This had a tendency to get stuck in my head, but not at all in an unpleasant way.
21 Guns (Green Day) - Much better than I remembered.
When Love Takes Over (David Guetta), Stereo Love (Edward Maya ft Vika Jigulina), Evacuate the Dancefloor (Cascada) - That year was full of catchy, stupid, energetic songs, wasn’t it?
Greenlight (John Legend) - If I had better taste, this would be on the list. Alas, you’re reading the top 10s of someone who once put Blue (Eiffel 65) in a #1 spot, so yeah.
In Your Hands (Charlie Winston) - Same thing, basically.
Like a Hobo (Charlie Winston) - “Like a hobo from a broken home, nothing’s gonna stop me”, said this very useful song. Now is a good time to remind you that my nickname at the public university was The Hobo. So yeah. I liked this song a lot and I still do.
Forever (Drake) - Drake and Eminem are both amazing on this track. Unfortunately there’s also Kanye West and Lil Wayne on it. But. Like. “I'm Hannibal Lecter so just in case you're thinking of saving face / You ain't gonna have no face to save”. Dude. Duuuuuude.
You Found Me & Never Say Never (The Fray) - Did I mention I really, really liked this band. I think I did. Several times.
Paparazzi & Love Game (Lady Gaga) - Would both have had a chance to land on the list without the incredible amount of great, catchy tunes that year had to offer.
C’est Dans l’Air (Mylène Farmer) - Mylène Farmer had THREE singles on the French year-end list and this is the ONLY one I like. Good electro, mediocre verses but a great chorus (and a weird and kind of hilarious music video). Basically a song saying we’re all going to die and she can only sing about it. It’s strange, it’s a bit dark in a fun way, but it’s sadly not enough to land on the list, and it was the last cut from it.
Phew. Making this list was like a Hunger Games of catchy, upbeat, stupid songs to find which one was the best. It’s not #1 but I’m still shocked I had to put it so high.
But first, the runner ups.
10 - Fire Burning (Sean Kingston)
US: #33 / FR: Not on the list
Yes, ALL these honorable mentions were kicked out to give the last spot on the list to this guy and a chorus that goes “somebody call 911, shawty fire burning on the dance floor, WOAH!”.
The fact that I don’t feel bad about it means this was the right pick for that spot.
9 - Rain (Mika)
US: Not on the list / FR: #22
Anybody else thinks Mika looks like the Fourth Doctor on this screenshot from the music video or is it just me?
Anyway. So yeah, as I said, We Are Golden would have topped this list if it had been elligible. Sadly, it isn’t, but Rain is. I don’t like it nearly as much as We Are Golden, but what can I say. It’s still Mika. I’ll take whatever I can.
8 - I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
US: #4 / FR: #17
I lost about 80% of the respect I had for this song the day I realised its untouchable, marvellous beat was very probably stolen from Take a Dive. I still love it though. Had a few actual parties in 2010 and early 2011 and this was garanteed to make everyone dance, even people like me who don’t know how to dance.
And then the dancefloor died instantly anytime anyone tried to put Boom Boom Pow on because it’s impossible to dance on that one. But that’s another story.
7 - Poker Face (Lady Gaga)
US: #2 / FR: #5
Needless to say this was absolutely everywhere and overplayed to death and beyond, and the fact I still wanted to listen to it and put it on my playlists really tells you how good I thought it was (and still is).
6 - Ça m’énerve (Helmut Fritz)
US: Not on the list / FR: #1 (...yes.)
This is a novelty song with a singer pretending to have a thick German accent, complaining about various things in France, like the fact he doesn’t fit the dress code for a club, that he wanted to buy a sweater with “Rock” written on it but it’s out of stock, that some girls can fit in a size 34 blue jean and not him, that there’s a queue of people trying to buy macarons at the Ladurée shop, and so on. And every time he concludes “that gets on my nerves”, said in a very flat tone. Here’s a translation.
It was overplayed as f█ck here. Think Despacito levels of overplay. But the beat is great and it’s still hysterical after having heard it about a hundred times that year.
Fun fact, while I was making this list and relistening to this song, my s.o said “haha that sounds great! What is it?” and I stared at him in disbelief. Somehow, he was completely serious. That’s like someone escaping the Great Macarena Onslaught Of 1996. What happened. How.
5 - Waking Up In Vegas (Katy Perry)
US: #36 / FR: Not on the list
Again, I must remind you that my s.o is a Katy Perry fan and that I’ve heard this song even more than the average radio listener did at the time, and it’s STILL #5 on this list. What can I say. It’s a ton of fun and one of my favorite songs from her.
4 - New Divide (Linkin Park)
US: #61 / FR: Not on the list
Is this their best song? Not by a f█cking mile. I thought it would be much lower when I started to make this specific list, but what can I say. Linkin Park is like that one old friend that you kept no contact with for years, and once you meet them again, it’s like they never left. Who cares if that wasn’t nearly as good as Numb or In the End? Not me, that’s for sure.
Also, “In every loss in every lie / In every truth that you deny / And each regret and each goodbye / Was a mistake too great to hide / And your voice was all I heard / That I get what I deserve”. Holy shit, dude.
3 - Good Girls Go Bad (Cobra Starship)
US: #43 / FR: Not on the list
BEHOLD. THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE 2009 ‘CATCHY UPBEAT STUPID SONGS’ HUNGER GAMES. THE CATCHIEST, UPBEAT-IEST, STUPIDEST OF THEM ALL. HERE IT IS AT LAST.
The thing I love about this is that it’s a song made by nerds for nerds and that the singer looks and sounds completely non-threatening. As Todd said in his own list back in the day, “that guy couldn’t make good MILK go bad” and that’s what’s so endearing about the song, I think.
Also yes, this is, in fact, placed above Linkin Park.
2 - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)
US: #14 / FR: Not on the list
This was my #1 at first. I LOVED it. I even bought the album, even though, as you know, my funds were very low that year. That music is soaring. It’s majestic. Well, the lyrics aren’t that majestic and soaring, it’s about loving someone and trying to catch their attention, but the rest? Damn this is intense. It was also elligible for the 2010 list, by the way, where I ALSO wondered if it should be #1, but in both cases, it wasn’t meant to be.
And so this list of 2009 hit songs comes to a close.
It began with the forging of the Great 2009 Upbeat Songs. Three were given to the Punk Rock hits. Seven to the Dance Tracks. And nine, nine songs were gifted to the Radio Friendly Pop Songs, which above all else desired power.
But they were all deceived, for another song was made. Deep in the forgotten land of Synth Pop, in his Parents’ Basement, the Dark Lord Adam Young forged a master song, and into this song he poured his joy, his talent and his will to dominate all charts.
One song to rule them all.
1 - Fireflies (Owl City)
US: #60 / FR: Not on the list (76 the next year)
I know. It’s a meme nowadays. But still. Have you any idea how satisfying a song with an initial beat that looks like small pulsing yellow and blue lights in the dark ACTUALLY titled “Fireflies” is? How gentle it all sounds and looks, even when the music soars? The number of drawings and paintings I made just based on the colors of THAT song? It’s like a synth pop version of one of my favorite Mike Oldfield tunes ever, Weightless.
And then, on top of all the rest, how relatable was that guy’s body language and general attitude?? Before even knowing he was on the spectrum I was like “oh BIG mood.”
Also following his twitter was one of the best decisions I ever made.
So yeah. I would have loved to put Coldplay or Mika in that #1 spot, but I’m not too mad about it thanks to this wonderful little song and its author. Such a shame Deer in the Headlights and Alligator Sky aren’t elligible for the 2011 list.
Next up: Johannes finally moves out and finds a great job and starts living a little, plus here’s a #1 that will be difficult to justify
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How to overclock GPU
Do your games stutter? Do your multimedia tasks (like video rendering or 3D animation) run slowly? If so, your graphics card isn’t up to the task. You could upgrade to a better graphics card -- but that will cost you. Or you could squeeze a bit more juice out of the one you already have by overclocking it. This step-by-step guide will show you how it’s done.
What’s GPU overclocking?
Your graphics card typically runs at a fixed performance level or “clock speed”, which is set by the manufacturer. It’s a bit like a car, which has either 50, 100 or 500 horses under its hood. And just like an engine, you can tune your graphics card for better performance — this is called “overclocking”. The higher you overclock your GPU, the more processing power you get — which translates into faster rendering for multimedia files and smoother-running games.
What you need to overclock your GPU
Overclocking is fairly easy and doesn’t cost much.
Don’t worry, overclocking is not too difficult or time-consuming. Some of these steps are automatic using various tools like MSI Afterburner.
Read on to learn what you need to overclock your GPU, or jump right to our step-by-step instructions.
1. An overclocking tool
There’s a bunch to choose from, but the best one is MSI Afterburner — it’s easy to use, includes a skinnable interface if you like to mix things up, and it’s constantly updated to include the latest GPUs. You can get it from the official MSI page. There’s also a beta channel you can try out if you’ve just bought a card based on brand-new architecture, like NVIDIA’s Turing. You can always get the latest beta releases on Guru3D.
2. A benchmark/stress-test utility
Overclocking pushes your card to its limit (that’s the point!). To make sure it’s stable while gaming, you should stress-test it. For this, we recommend these two tools:
The classic 3D benchmarking software 3DMark. It has a very useful stress test functionality.
Furmark, which simulates millions of little strands of hair to push your graphics card to its limit.
3. A bit of patience — and nerves of titanium
We did say overclocking is fairly easy, but finding the perfect blend of performance, temperature, and compatibility with games can take a lot of testing until you get things just right.
For example, you might think you’ve reached a perfect overclock based on stress tests — but then your favorite game crashes after 30 minutes. So you go back to the drawing board and try out a slightly lower clock.
Is overclocking safe?
These days? Big yes. Overclocking does increase the temperature and stress on your GPU, but don’t worry — its failsafe mechanisms will kick in before it bursts into flames. The worst that can happen is crashes, freezes, or black-screens. If that happens, go back to that drawing board and lower the clock a bit.
However, running at significantly higher clocks could in theory reduce its lifespan — just like anything else when you push it to its limit. But we’re yet to see any statistically significant data on the impact of GPU overclocking.
Personally, we’ve been running our Titan Xp’s with a constant overclock for about a year… and so far, so good.
How to overclock your GPU
We’re going to use the MSI Afterburner we recommended earlier to overclock the GPU. Go ahead — install it and launch it.
The main dashboard will display your graphics chip’s current clock (GPU Clock) and its memory (Mem Clock). On the right-hand side you’ll see the temperature. These values will differ from PC to PC — but as a rule of thumb, avoid temperatures above 90°C. You can also change the skin of MSI Afterburner by clicking on the settings cog icon and going to User Interface.
The sliders you see control the basics of overclocking :
Core Voltage: The voltage level that goes into your graphics cards. Usually not available on newer cards.
Power level: This slider allows your card to draw more power from your power supply unit (PSU). For example, if your card is limited by default to draw 200 watts, you can increase this to 240 watts by setting it to 120. You may need to do this if you want to overclock your card further (this will definitely drive your temperature up).
Core clock: Here’s where you specify your desired clock. You’ll play with this a lot.
Memory Clock: Same as above, but of your GPU memory.
Step 1 - Benchmark your current settings
Run either 3DMark or Furmark (the stress-test tools we recommended earlier) and check your current performance:
This gives you a great reference point for your performance, temperature, clock speeds and FPS. Write down these numbers, or take a screenshot — it’ll help you compare later.
Step 2 - Overclock the GPU chip
Start slowly: raise the core clock by 5% and see whether you’re running into any weird graphical artifacts, glitches, or even crashes. At this level it should stay stable, but you probably won’t see much improvement. It’s really just a quick check for potential issues.
Step 3 - Overclock the memory
Memory is as important as the GPU clock — more so in games with gigabytes of textures. Try 10%, or a 50-100 MHz boost. Anything around or below 10% should still give you a stable performance.
If your computer crashes or if games show weird artifacts at these low overclocks, either your hardware isn’t designed to be overclocked at all… or you need to increase the temperature limit. More on that later.
Step 4 - Fine-tune
Increase your GPU clock by about 10 MHz and test it again. Is it stable? Crank it up by another 10 MHz. And again. And again. And again. Run a benchmark, stress test (see above), or a game for a few hours and check for stability issues and also performance improvements.
At some point, Windows might freeze or reboot: that’s your limit. Go 10-20 MHz below this limit. Running an overclock so close to the crashing point means you’ll hit a wall after hours of gameplay.
For example, our Titan Xp runs great at +200 MHz on the core clock, but it gets too hot after 2-3 hours of playing Final Fantasy 15 or Witcher 3 in 4K. So we usually run it at 170 MHz to be safe. Those 30 MHz aren’t something we really notice, but we *do* notice a crash — and so do our neighbors when we shout profanities at 3 am. In German.
Once you’ve found a stable core clock, do the same with the memory clock. Not at the same time, though, or you won’t know which one has an issue if something goes wrong.
Step 5 - Increase the power limit
Once you’ve hit your wall, you can go the conservative (a.k.a. boring) route and say “OK, that’s enough, I’m happy”.
Or you could crank up the Power Limit and Temperature Limit toggles in MSI Afterburner, and see what happens.
Start your game now. Even without overclocking, you’ll likely notice the fans might get a bit louder and the card won’t reduce its clock as fast or as drastically. You can see this using MSI Afterburner’s RivaTuner, which comes with the overclocking tools package. Check out this video guide on enabling and configuring the onscreen display so you can see it during a game or while using your benchmarking tools.
For example, by default both Titan Xps clock up to 1823 MHz when playing the Witcher 3, but reduce the clock to slightly above 1600 MHz after an hour or so (when the temperature is at its peak). However, when using a higher power limit and temperature limit, we don’t see this throttling anymore and - with the right overclock - we never drop below that magical 2000 MHz.
Step 6 - Fine-tune (again) and test
Now that we’ve unlocked even more power, it’s back to the good overclock’ “increase it by 10 MHz” trick.
Your card will probably soar past its previous crash point. As we said earlier, instead of a measly +100 MHz/200 MHz we now get a whopping +170 MHz/+450 MHz. Finding the sweet spot took us a lot of fine-tuning, so be patient.
Once you achieve a stable clock, benchmark your system again with the aforementioned 3DMark and Furmark. Benchmark your favorite games too. You’ll see a difference in numbers — and in the actual gameplay. You can also use a number of other tests to determine your PC’s performance when overclocked.
Does GPU overclocking really make a difference?
In most cases, yes. Of course it depends on the type of games you play and the hardware you have — if your games already run at a smooth 60 fps, you’ll have to squint hard to tell the difference when the overclock gets you up to 69. But if a really demanding game struggles to run at 60fps and dips into the 40s or 50s, an overclock will definitely help you smooth things out.
Overclocking can let you play games noticeably smoother at higher resolutions. For example, when pushing Far Cry 5 to 6K resolution, even the two Titan Xps struggle. As of mid 2018, these are NVIDIA’s top end consumer/pro graphics cards that outperform even NVIDIA’s flagship gaming card, the 1080 Ti.
Running two in tandem gives us 60 fps in 4K across most games. However, Far Cry 5 looks significantly better when using the upscaler that renders everything at a higher resolution and downsamples it to, say, Full HD or 4K. In this example, when using 6K resolution, the framerate dropped to a measly 37 FPS. After overclocking, this figure improved to 45fps — which is a lot less stuttery and easier to play:
However, when playing in “normal” 4K resolution, Far Cry 5 runs at solid 60fps — which is synced with our display, so overclocking doesn’t improve anything.
In other cases, we saw little benefit: Nier: Automata doesn’t run particularly well on our Surface Book. We’re talking roughly 24fps here. Overclocking brought it to 27fps — so yeah, yawn. You couldn’t tell the difference (though you could definitely hear the cooling fans of the Surface Book screaming for mercy).
What are the most common mistakes when overclocking?
If you follow our guidelines you’ll do just fine, as one of the more common overclocking mistakes it just cranking speeds up and playing with the sliders willy-nilly - which will end up in crashes! However, there are a few things to consider:
Avoid overheating: Keep a close eye on your GPU temperatures and invest in proper cooling - ideally you already have a custom made card with proper cooling or even watercooling.
Don’t auto-overclock: Since overclocking puts on “stress” on the GPU, I would suggest you only overclock when a game actually requires it. Use MSI Afterburner’s profile system — see the “Save” button in the screenshot below? Click that after you’re done with all of our steps, assign a number to your final overclock and use it only when running a demanding game or application.
Don’t expect it to be a game-changer (ha!): Look, if your GPU is 10 years old, overclocking won’t catapult it to the levels of today’s high-end GPUs. That’s unfortunately a fact. At the most, you can expect performance to increase by maybe 10-20%.
Can you overclock a laptop?
Yes, you can! Mobile GPUs are limited in performance, so overclocking can really help improve frame rate or rendering performance. We were able to squeeze out roughly 20-25% more FPS out of our Microsoft Surface Book, which uses a GeForce 965 GTX.
Big but: while you usually have pretty decent cooling in desktop PCs and full-on desktop graphics cards, mobile GPUs produce a lot of heat in a much smaller case. You will push against the thermal limits soon. Also, running at higher clock speeds increases power consumption, so your battery can get drained a lot faster. Them’s the breaks.
Can’t I just google the overclock numbers for my graphics card and skip all that?
Sure! But you’ll find hundreds of people with the exact same graphics card getting different numbers that might or might not work for you.
It’s called “chip lottery”, and it boils down to the fact that not all GPU and memory chips are manufactured identically on a microscopic level. Sometimes the material quality and the lithography are so different from one chip to another that higher temperature or voltage can’t be achieved.
As Redditor carlose707 puts it:
Basically, your mileage may vary. So you’ll likely end up going through the steps we laid out for you in order to find your sweet spot.
Can’t I just buy a pre-overclocked card?
Sure. But you’ll still want to overclock them.
Alongside the “official” graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD, such as these ones...
...the bulk of graphics cards are manufactured by third parties like EVGA, MSI or Gigabyte. They use the same NVIDIA or AMD chip, such as a GeForce 1080 TI, but their cooling, power supplies, transistors and boards can be quite different and usually designed to clock up higher. That’s why you see a 1080 Ti from about a dozen different vendors — and even the same vendor might sell you numerous different versions:
These cards range from identical matches to the NVIDIA reference boards, to high-end models with mad cooling, higher quality power supplies, and RGB lighting. These are usually “factory overclocked” by 10-20%. However, even those cards can be overclocked manually — so the same process applies. You won’t usually achieve another 20-30% on top, but we’ve seen even higher clocked cards go up by another 15%.
Now, have fun!
Hopefully, this overclocking guide got you to the perfect clock in under an hour, and it’ll run stable for all your games no matter how long you play. Or maybe you’re still looking for your sweet spot.
If that’s the case, know this: we’re now able to run Far Cry 5 at 1.2-1.3 resolution scale (=roughly 5K resolution) at a smooth 60fps at the absolute highest settings, which yield this goose-bump level of realism:
Tempted? Go on, give it a go. It’s well worth the effort.
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11/11/11 Tag
Tagged by @fatal-blow, thank you!! <333
there are so many tag things waiting for me and I’m procrastinating everything but this looks fun so here we go!
1. How many wips do you have going on right now?
Uhhhh.....in terms of active wips I have two! As Dreams Collide and Like Dragons of Old. Though Dreams is more active than Dragons, right now, because dammit I have to finish something once. Both are the first in a trilogy, but Dragons is probably going to escalate very badly and be 400k long. I hope Dreams stays under 200k XD
Counting on-hold WIPs all in all I have ... 9? I bet none of them will stay standalones, so ... far too many. :’D Whyyyy can’t I do short things.
2. Loud clicky keyboards or quiet keyboards?
Hmm I started typing “quiet keyboard” but then realized that mine clicks pretty loudly so I guess.... I like keyboard sounds? XD
3. Who was your first OC?
That is a very good question. I don’t really remember? I’ve never written fanfic so all characters in all my stories were original (well, sort of, some were very similar to characters from my latest fave book.... xD) I told myself stories long before I could write... I think it might have been a tiger xDDD
I think my “first proper” OC is Ilien, who’s been ghosting through my stories for a pretty long time now. He’s now one of the main characters in Firewings, an immortal, 500-year-old sort-of-mercenary who is known by others as “fog rider” (It sounds better in German...) and most people think he’s a myth. He wears only white and runs around at night killing poeple-eating monsters and saving those stupid enough to be caught by them. Firewings sort of grew around him and his accidentally-adopted-daughter :D
4. Are there any common themes that come up in a lot of wips or characters?
I really, really love hope punk since its creation last year! I think the theme in that would be ... weaponized kindness and compassion and hope? xD
Grey morality is 100% my thing
I usually have some sort of dragon in any given story, does that count as a theme?
Also, really mean, creative magic systems and the cost of power
I love the found family trope :’3
platonic love!!!!!!! (but also all other kinds of love)
stories!
uhhhh probably more but I can’t think of anything
5. Are there any genres you currently write for now that you never thought you would write for when you first started?
Uhhh not really xD I’ve always loved fantasy stories and my stories are still mostly fantasy xD
6. Do you typically spend more time developing/creating protagonists or antagonists?
Hmm I think it’s definitely protagonists xD I usually start developing them far earlier, too, and then the antagonists sort of come after xD
7. Do you have a line you’ve written that you really like? Post it if you do!
I can’t think of one right now, probably because the only thing I’ve written during this past month has been an “Overly Detailed Outline” of As Dreams Collide. XD
8. When you’re coming up with a new wip, where do you usually find inspiration?
There are so many ways! Usually it starts with a character, or a place, or a concept, and then it grows around that. Or “what if”s! I also really like pinterest for character/place/mood inspiration :3 I’ve found that my most creative ideas usually come from non-fiction talks, novels, or documentaries (or travelling). Especially when these things are about something connected to nature :3
As Dreams Collide started with a certain “mood” and an image I had in my head back in 12th grade, which I then wrote down, made a short story out of, and then it turned into a novel during NaNoWriMo 2014. It’s something completely different now and even that original mood and image are gone, but it’s grown with its characters and the world and I really like where it’s going. The original idea was quite similar to a lot of other things, which was fine... but it’s much more original now, and I really, really like that :3 Also it’s much more me than that original idea would’ve been xD
Like Dragons of Old started with the idea of a half-feral kid being raised among towering stacks of books in a library, with stories being a very important theme. (I got that idea from listening to a talk by Neil Gaiman about the importance of stories and, specifically, libraries).
Then another kid emerged, who’d been born in the library, and LDOO evolved into a story of two children who loved each other more than anything else in the world, but would grow up to make a single different choice under the very same circumstances which would set them on drastically diverging paths, and who would end up as terrible enemies one day, while still loving each other.
I realized quite quickly that it would have to be a trilogy, and I also really liked the idea that they’d start out as kids and grow up in the first one, be apart from one another in the second, and be around 40 or 50 years old during the last book, when everything had escalated to its worst point and they would meet again on opposing sides.
Timbre and Selandri slowly turned into people, and the world(s) they would live in mostly emerged from inspirational photos and art that I found on pinterest :D
The magic system and gods came from a long brainstorming session, with me deciding in the beginning that it would be sound/music magic and tree gods, and then trying to figure out how to make that into a cool thing.
Onii, the phoenix who chooses to look like a chicken, happened because I really wanting a chicken in the story, but one who wouldn’t die from old age during it, and then she was suddenly a POV character x).
It’s grown out of a bunch of random ideas and images that have next to nothing in common which I really loved, and it’s now my fave WIP ever. I have all of those random mini-ideas and concepts written on small pieces of paper, and all of them are stuck together so I don’t loose them in the chaos XD
Usually my best ideas are things that have nothing in common, get put in a big pot, stirred thoroughly, and are somehow “cooked” into a coherent story x)
Hm, this escalated a bit whoops
9. Would you ever want to have writing as a career?
Yessssss
10. What is your ideal writing environment?
I have a desk and there I sit and type XD Bonus points if I can listen to film/game scores, or instrumental music. Extra bonus points when there’s a thunderstorm outside and I don’t have to leave the whole day and can just write. :’)
11. Pick your favorite question that I answered and answer it!
Well, you gave me the same questions, so... XD
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I’m an idiot and also lazy so you all get the same questions because they were very good questions and I want to know your answers :)
instead of question 11 you get: What are your favourite 3 books and why? (it’s a great way to find new books hehe :D all the unread books in my bookshelf sigh in horror)
I’m tagging @romenna @fynniana @madmoonink @kittensartswriting @raiswanson @paper-shield-and-wooden-sword @wilde-writing @theprissythumbelina @cirianne and anyone else who wants to x) Only if you want to, of course! :3
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In response to Mr. Prager
If you haven’t seen it, this is the video that this essay is in response to
So, obviously I disagree with this video. Let’s go through it: welcome to my ted talk.
1. Universities - First of all, let’s get this out of the way: just because one professor has an opinion about his school becoming a “laughing stock,” doesn’t mean that all education is going down the tubes. In reality, more people of colour and women are being educated than ever before. Kids are graduating high school more than ever, and education is more accessible than ever, at least according to the National Centre for Education Statistics. I don’t know if Mr. Prager has ever been to a modern, public university, but the only people that shut down vs debate are people who are not open to new ideas, who feel overwhelmed and persecuted because their opinion isn’t the only one in the school. Also, Christopher Columbus (pictured in the video as a pillar of education) was a genocidal lunatic. He murdered the Tainos people, didn’t discover America, and didn’t prove the earth was round. Go read about that.
2. The Arts - “The primary purpose of art was to elevate people.” I don’t know if there is a single time in human history when this stands true. This is a topic I’ve personally studied and so I’m going to tell you that, for most of human history, the primary purpose of art was for the rich to show off their money. Portraits were paid for by wealthy people to immortalize themselves. Selfie culture who? I also want to point out that, in the animation in the video, an example of “classic art” given is a painting by Monet, a modern artist who’s work was seen as shocking at the time due to it’s non-photorealism. The only reason we see it as beautiful now is because of time and the art prestige classifying it as such. I would also like to point out that the urinal in the next bit of the video was actually “made” around the same point in time. By no means is it something anyone would consider a current piece of art. I would also like to point out that Mr. Prager is being a hypocrite here, employing the imagery of “urine and feces” for shock value, the very thing he had just criticized. Pablo Picasso said, “What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.” Art isn’t for beauty, it’s all politics, war, sex and money.
3. Literature - “The English department of the university of Pennsylvania replaced the portrait of the greatest English writer who ever lived, William Shakespeare, with a picture of a black lesbian poet.” Yes they did, and that poet’s name is Audre Lorde. First, William Shakespeare’s work is not prestigious. His work was not considered refined when it was produced. It’s full of lewd and ridiculous jokes. “Much ado about nothing” roughly translates to “everyone wants the pussy”. “Nothing” was slang back then for vagina. But let’s go back to Lorde. Mr. Prager said that they replaced Shakespeare with her because they value diversity over excellence. What he’s implying is that Lorde is not worth revering, despite being a very important writer of her time, five thousand times more serious than Shakespeare ever was, and her writings are much deeper than Prager gives her credit for. In fact, he gave her no credit, didn’t even say her name.
4. Late-night television - “In America, late-night shows were completely apolitical” This is completely wrong. Late night TV started in the 1940-50’s, and often they were based on politically charged comedy, just like they are now.
5. Religion - “In many churches and synagogues, one is more likely to hear the clergy talk about political issues than about any other subject, including the Bible.” First of all, I would like to point out that political issues were what Jesus mostly talked about. “Love your neighbour” was a direct comment at the racism Jews experienced and held towards others. “Turn the other cheek” was about how to make your aggressor look like a total jerk. What is the point of church if not to give people usable tools in our modern world? That’s what Jesus did. I would also like to point out that, again, this is Prager’s opinion, and it’s clear what kind of content he thinks should be taught.
6. Freedom of Speech: “Yet the whole point of free speech is that it allows people to express any political or social position, including what any one of us considers hate speech.” Except that it doesn’t. Freedom of speech is described: “everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference” by the International Human Rights Law, but it also states that the rights carry “special duties and responsibilities” and are “therefore ....subject to certain restrictions ... for respect of the rights or reputation of others ....or the protection of national security of public order or of public health or morals.” Freedom of speech is not absolute, and common boundaries are hate speech, food labeling, pornography, obscenity, slander, copyrights, etc. I would also like to point out that him arguing to be allowed to use hateful words is pointing out the obvious: that he hates us, ie: people that he describes in or agrees with this video.
7. Race - “America has become the least racist multiracial society in world history” ding dong, this is so unbelievably wrong. Let’s talk about “systemic racism” for a minute. This isn’t some “angry diatribe,” but a legitimate and historically accurate concern. It is a form of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions, reflected in disparities regarding wealth, income, criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power, and education, among others. It is a reality that millions of North Americans (yes, Canada’s not clean on this issue) experience daily. For example, Caucasian people and black people consume the same amount of pot on a national scale. Black people are way more likely to be arrested and receive convictions for it. In America, once you receive a criminal conviction, you are no longer able to vote. So even though equal amounts of white and black people use marijuana, black people are arrested and convicted (and therefore cannot vote) because of a system designed to take away their voice. Let’s also touch on the “red lining” from a half-century ago which allowed banks to not lend money to people of colour which created ghettos, which is now home to an overwhelmingly poor and coloured population. That’s systemic oppression and it has been going on for decades. Mr. Prager is the epitome of White Privilege. I’m as white as he is and even I can see that this man hasn’t had to question his good fortune a day in his life and instead chooses to blame others for not “working hard enough” even though they’ve worked harder than he ever has.
8. The Boy Scouts - “They’re not even the Boy Scouts anymore, they’re just the Scouts. The left forced them to admit girls” - So? “The Boy Scouts have helped shape tens of millions of boys into independent and strong good men.” Okay, so wouldn’t you want your girls to grow up strong and independent? How is adding MORE PARTICIPANTS destroying the Scouts exactly?
9. Male-Female - “In New York City, parents do not have to select male or female on a newborn’s birth certificate.” Again, so what? How is that going to affect anyone other than that family. Also, designations of gender at birth on a certificate aren’t set in stone, they can be changed later. It’s not a big deal. Allowing a child to grow up unrestricted in gender norms, won’t create confused people. Letting your boys play with dolls isn’t going to make them want to be a girl, and letting your daughter roll around in the dirt won’t make her a lesbian. Mass confusion doesn’t just happen because of an “x” on a birth certificate.
“America is only bad compared to Utopia.” No, America is bad in comparison to most other first-world countries. The only thing that America excels in is making war. It spends billions of dollars occupying other countries while its people can’t afford health care, food, education, and other basic human rights.
What i find really interesting about this video is that it is completely his opinion. There’s no facts or sources given, he’s chosen his quotes very carefully (even taken them out of context), and I have to conclude that a video like this is only meant to drive the “us vs them” mentality. At it’s best this philosophy is unhealthy, at it’s worst it can kill millions of people and has started countless wars. Mr. Prager isn’t well-educated on most of what he’s talked about. He has an undergraduate in Middle Eastern Studies. Everything else he’s studied appears to be related to orthodox religions. He hasn’t done his research, got some of the most basic ideas completely wrong, and nobody should be listening to a word he has to say on any of the topics he’s talked about in this video.
As someone who used to go to a radical church and was part of the “us vs them” mentality for a number of years, I know that my words aren’t going to change many people’s minds. But what I will say is that we have more in common than we have differences. He said he wants us to debate, so here’s a rebuttal. You can have your opinion but only if you can defend it (not using religious texts). Videos like this are just dividing our culture even more than it already is. My uncle referred to “leftists” as vultures. How awful is that? To dehumanize people so extremely is a great first step to calling for their destruction.
Just ask your German Jewish friends, Mr. Prager.
#leftism#conservatives#conservative#trump#christianity#government#prageru#racism#white privelage#education#systemic racism#omg shut up
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I was tagged by: @xrattrap, thank you so much for that!
I’m tagging: @uglyvillagersims @baieyu @literalite @liliithvatore @caacti @blurri-sim-kid, I’m sorry if you’ve already done it or don’t want to do that!
Rules: make your simself, put some info about yourself and answer questions.
Answering was fun, but a little tedious. There are 125 questions soo:
1. What is your full name? No way in hell I’m going to spell it in english. let’s just stuck to Sam, shall we?
2. What is your nickname? i have none
3. Birthday? December 25
4. What is your favorite book series? All for the game, i’m weak for mafia and gays
5. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts? If I believed in myself as mush as I believe in aliens
6. Who is your favorite author? I don’t have one
7. What is your favorite radio station? ????????
8. What is your favorite flavor of anything? Anything with chocolate
9. What word would you use often to describe something great or wonderful? ahuitel’no, ahuet, ebaaaaaaaaaaaaaat’
10. What is your current favorite song? The last album by Y&Y and Brockhampton basically
11. What is your favorite word? Blya! It’s not my fav. word but I say it too much
12. What was the last song you listened to? Exid I love you..... LISTEN I CAN EXPLAIN
13. What TV show would you recommend for everybody to watch? I don’t watch TV shows that often. so my judgement is too biased. In the Flesh mb?
14. What is your favorite movie to watch when you’re feeling down? I don’t watch movies whem I’m feeling down, I just cry
15. Do you play video games? Yeah
16. What is your biggest fear? height, death of my loved ones
17. What is your best quality, in your opinion? I do what I’m told to
18. What is your worst quality, in your opinion? I can’t say no and I’m a chatterbox
19. Do you like cats or dogs better? Cats
20. What is your favorite season? Summer
21. Are you in a relationship? no
22. What is something you miss from your childhood? The feeling of not worrying
23. Who is your best friend? One girl who has already best friend and it’s not me lol
24. What is your eye color? brown
25. What is your hair color? light brown
26. Who is someone you love? My cat, my family
27. Who is someone you trust? my cat annd my friend
28. Who is someone you think about often? my cat and family again. i’m paranoid, so
29. Are you currently excited about/for something? i wish
30. What is your biggest obsession? I’m too lazy to have one
31. What was your favorite TV show as a child? Pokemone, def
32. Who of the opposite gender can you tell anything to, if anyone? My best friend
33. Are you superstitious? nah. but I have a cursed tongue haha
34. Do you have any unusual phobias? i might have!
35. Do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it? behind i’m too ugly for the front
36. What is your favorite hobby? games
37. What was the last book you read? die Nacht von Lissabon....... listen, i should be getting ready for my german class, but here I’m answering questions
38. What was the last movie you watched? ugh.. devil’s advocate?? it was for my engish class so
39. What musical instruments do you play, if any? none :c
40. What is your favorite animal? caaats
41. What are your top 5 favorite Tumblr blogs that you follow? ummm i don’t like answering questions like that
42. What superpower do you wish you had? time manipulation
43. When and where do you feel most at peace? home at night
44. What makes you smile? my cat
45. What sports do you play, if any? ......none
46. What is your favorite drink? water
47. When was the last time you wrote a hand-written letter or note to somebody? does notes such as: “our prof. sucks” count?
48. Are you afraid of heights? yeah
49. What is your biggest pet peeve? juvenile people
50. Have you ever been to a concert? no
51. Are you vegan/vegetarian? not anymore, health issues
52. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? I i wanted to work in a circus or as a vet
53. What fictional world would you like to live in? dragon age or mass effect universes
54. What is something you worry about? my family, my future, everything
55. Are you scared of the dark? no
56. Do you like to sing? nah
57. Have you ever skipped school? always, but now im in the uni and i never miss classes, yeah, can’t believe it either
58. What is your favorite place on the planet? somewhere outside the planet
59. Where would you like to live? norway?? finland?? anywhere but not here???
60. Do you have any pets? a cat
61. Are you more of an early bird or a night owl? night owl
62. Do you like sunrises or sunsets better? nothing
63. Do you know how to drive? no
64. Do you prefer earbuds or headphones? earbuds
65. Have you ever had braces? no, but i need one
66. What is your favorite genre of music? honestly? i listen to everything these days
67. Who is your hero? my mom
68. Do you read comic books? yes, i would die for Dick Grayson, but i can’t stand dc....... (and marvel too these days)
69. What makes you the most angry? ignorance
70. Do you prefer to read on an electronic device or with a real book? electronic device
71. What is your favorite subject in school? amma out of this shithole, too biig for it
72. Do you have any siblings? yeah
73. What was the last thing you bought? snacks
74. How tall are you? 5′2 or not? i’m not good with american system
75. Can you cook? yeeea
76. What are three things that you love? sleeping. cat and reading
77. What are three things that you hate? intolerance, ignorance, straights
78. Do you have more female friends or more male friends? female
79. What is your sexual orientation? i guess i’m gay
80. Where do you currently live? russia
81. Who was the last person you texted? my friend
82. When was the last time you cried? a month ago?
83. Who is your favorite YouTuber? ughhhh
84. Do you like to take selfies? nope
85. What is your favorite app? -
86. What is your relationship with your parent(s) like? hot and cold
87. What is your favorite foreign accent? german-like, idk, my own maybe?
88. What is a place that you’ve never been to, but you want to visit? europe
89. What is your favorite number? 56
90. Can you juggle? -
91. Are you religious? no way in hell
92. Do you find outer space or the deep ocean to be more interesting? space one
93. Do you consider yourself to be a daredevil? u tell me
94. Are you allergic to anything? I’m allergic to myself
95. Can you curl your tongue? no need more.... practice
96. Can you wiggle your ears? ?? what’s with this question?
97. How often do you admit that you were wrong about something? Often enough
98. Do you prefer the forest or the beach? beach
99. What is your favorite piece of advice that anyone has ever given you? shut your month when no one listens
100. Are you a good liar? yeah i mean, everyone thinks i’m smart, and i’m not
101. What is your Hogwarts House? i hate hp, but the green one looks nice
102. Do you talk to yourself? always
103. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? i’m looser.....
104. Do you keep a journal/diary? no
105. Do you believe in second chances? depends on the person
106. If you found a wallet full of money on the ground, what would you do? first of all, i wouldn’t even take it from the ground, so I won’t know if it’s full of money
107. Do you believe that people are capable of change? yes
108. Are you ticklish? yes
109. Have you ever been on a plane? yes
110. Do you have any piercings? yeees
111. What fictional character do you wish was real? hard to say
112. Do you have any tattoos? no
113. What is the best decision that you’ve made in your life so far? my life is full of bad decisions and no good ones
114. Do you believe in karma? no
115. Do you wear glasses or contacts? no but i need to
116. Do you want children? no
117. Who is the smartest person you know? me myself and i (joking, my friend)
118. What is your most embarrassing memory? ohhhhhhhh boi!!
119. Have you ever pulled an all-nighter? yea
120. What color are most of you clothes? black and white
121. Do you like adventures? yea
122. Have you ever been on TV? yea......
123. How old are you? 21
124. What is your favorite quote? ugh i hate u but I would blow u??? listen i can explain
125. Do you prefer sweet or savory foods? sweet and spicy
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Fierce Historical Ladies post: Vladka Meed
Part 9: Meanwhile, in Poland...
Part 1: The Ghetto • Part 2: The Aryans • Part 3: Vladka, on the Wall, with Dynamite • Part 4: Uprising • Part 5: Aftermath • Part 6: The Labor Camps • Part 7: The Red Army • Part 8: Not an Epilogue
NOTE: This post is about the construction of Holocaust memory in Poland between about 1946 and 1983. The issues addressed in this post informed much of Vladka’s later career, and are freakishly relevant in light of laws passed in certain countries, certain murders and rhetoric taking place in others, the results of certain educational surveys, and the very uncomfortable cab ride in which the driver told me that all Jews should be killed. Odd time to be posting this, tbh. Anyway.
As you will remember from Part 8, Vladka and Benjamin left Poland for good upon as resurgent anti-Semitic violence made it clear that they had no future in the country of their birth. For, in the immediate post-war years, Polish Nationalists had finally achieved their dream: a Poland in which Roman Catholic ethnic Poles were the majority. But, this dream only came to fruition under Communist rule within the Soviet sphere is influence, not within the bounds of Polish self-determination. With the destruction of the Polish Nationalist underground during Operation Tempest, and the 1944 withdrawal of US and UK support for the Polish government-in-exile, the Communist regime could operate with interference from neither the West, nor the Polish Nationalist parties.
1946 ceremony memorializing the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Yitzhak Zuckerman stands on the left-hand side of the speaker. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem.
As the 1940s rolled on, the Polish government set out to craft a narrative of the war years which downplayed the contributions of Polish Nationalists to World War II. Government officials memorialized the Jewish dead and set up monuments to their martyrdom, while persecuting Poles who had fought the Nazis as representatives of the Armja Krajowa and similar groups.
1948 unveiling of Nathan Rapaport‘s Ghetto Heroes Monument. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Memorial service at the 1948 unveiling. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem.
Monument close-up. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem.
In the eyes of those Poles who fought and/or supported the fight against the Nazis, this indicated nothing less than a Jewish takeover of the government, intended to suppress all memory of Polish action and oppression under Nazi rule. This led to a period of what was perhaps the worst anti-Jewish violence in the history of Polish-Jewish relations.
Between 1944 and 1947, Poles murdered between 1,500 and 2,000 Jewish survivors as they returned to their homes. Poles bombed the few remaining Jewish institutions in the country, and perpetrated pogroms against their Jewish neighbors. In Kielce, July 1946, a Polish mob attacked a communal residence set up for Holocaust survivors, murdering 42 and wounding more than 100 people. After the Pogrom, many Jewish survivors—like Vladka and Benjamin—concluded that they had no future in Poland, and left. The Jewish population of Poland shrank to under 80,000 individuals. When the government sentenced the perpetrators of the Pogrom to death, Poles protested, arguing that the Pogrom and others like it had been nothing more than Zionist plots to stimulate Jewish emigration. Anti-Semitic violence continued through the 1950s. Between 1956 and 1960, another 40,000 Jews left Poland. By the 1960s, only 30,000 Jews remained.
In 1956, an official named Mieczyslaw Moczar began to accumulate power. A member of the Polish United Workers Party and General in the Polish People’s Army, Moczar was influential in the parts of the government which controlled the police and security forces. In the 1960s, he became leader of the state-controlled veteran’s association, the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy (the Związek Bojowników o Wolność i Demokracje, or, ZBoWiD), an organization with at least 300,000 members. At the same time, Polish political culture was moving away from the hard-line anti-Nationalist Stalinism of the 40s and 50s, to a climate more open to Polish nationalists. In this new climate, veterans of the Armja Krojowa and similar were now able to assert themselves in public. They took up government positions, many of them in the same departments which fell within Moczar’s sphere of influence, and, as the changing climate moved to the ZBoWiD, its ranks swelled as it opened membership to all veterans of Polish organizations which fought the Nazis.
Through his roles in the government, and in the ZBoWiD, Moczar built a power-base for himself made up of newly accepted and emboldened Polish nationalists and Home Army veterans. With this base, called the “Partisans,” behind him, Moczar launched a campaign to take control of the memory of the war years, pulling it from the custody of the earlier hard-line Stalinists into the hands of the Polish Nationalists. This meant pulling it away from a body which emphasized the plight of the Jews, to a body desperate for recognition of Polish action and victimhood.
The campaign began in earnest in 1966. In that year, the prestigious Wielka Encyklopedia Powszehna, the Great Universal Encyclpedia, printed an article which differentiated between Nazi labor camps, in which prisoners were worked to death, and death camps, which existed solely to exterminate prisoners, the majority of which were Jews. The state-controlled press picked up on this, and pundits from every corner of the country were incensed. They accused the Encyclopedia staff of erasing the history of Polish victimization during the War, while emphasizing suffering of the Jews. As a result of the controversy, a new article was printed, this one presenting all Nazi camps as inherently similar, and all existing to murder all victims equally.
In June 1967, days after the Six Day War, Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka, having noted that some of Poland's Jews seemed excited about Israel’s victory in that conflict, made a speech warning of the presence of a “fifth column” in Poland.1 A little over a week later, he made a speech which containeing references to the consequences of the presence of a people with “two souls and two fatherlands” within Poland. The result, as intended, was a widespread perception of Polish Jews not as Poles (not that they every truly were viewed as Poles), but as untrustworthy “Zionist” agents. In 1968, an official named Tadeusz Walichnowski, one of the leaders of the Nationalist faction of the Polish United Workers’ Party, published a highly influential, best-selling books called Israel and West Germany.
The book.
In this book, Tadeusz Walichnowski accused the State of Israel of committing genocide under the tutelage of 1,000 former Nazis. This relationship between the Nazis and the Zionists, he argued, dated back to the pre-war years. The Zionists, he continued, needed the Holocaust to happen in order to build support for the creation of a Jewish State, and collaborated with the Nazis to make it happen. Therefore, the real victims of the Nazis were the Poles, while the Holocaust had been nothing more than a German-Jewish, I mean ”Zionist,” conspiracy against the Poles.
Ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 1968. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem.
In March 1968, in a seemingly unrelated turn of events, the government banned a production of Adam Mickiewicz’s play Dziady, due to perceived anti-Soviet themes. Students at Warsaw University went on strike in protest, and the police—rife with Partisans—came down hard on the protesters, jailing or exiling many of them. Seizing on the moment, Moczar made his move. Taking the rage of 1966, the “fifth column” fear mongering of 1967, and the conspiracy theories of 1968, he tied them all together, and placed the blame for the student protests on Zionists.
In his framing of the situation, these Zionist agitators were representatives of an anti-Polish conspiracy in which agents, both at home and abroad, actively worked to to mutilate the memory of the war years, defame the actions of the Polish Nation, and erase wartime Polish martyrdom. Major actors in this conspiracy, he argued, included West Germany, historical institutes in Israel, and centers of “Zionist” activity in the United States—you know, like the organizations Vladka worked with while giving Holocaust lectures. Under Moczar’s leadership, police and security forces instituted a search for Polish officials of Jewish descent. Tadeusz Walichnowski created a card index of all those in Poland of Jewish descent, using a system potentially stricter than that used in the Nuremberg Laws to determine descent.
Beginning in March 1968 and continuing through 1970, across Poland Jewish employees were “unmasked” and dismissed from jobs. Afterwards, it was impossible for them to find work in Poland. Further, these Jews were only allowed to leave Poland under the condition that they give up their Polish citizenship. From there, the government gave them only one thing: an exit permit valid only for travel to Israel.2 As a result of this expulsion-in-all-but-name, another 20,000 Jews left Poland. The Partisans perceived this as “proof” of the Jews’ true, Zionist, allegiance.
The legacy of the Anti-Semitic Campaign lasted through the mid-1980s. In accounts of the war published between about 1968 and 1985, the fate of Polish Jewry during the war was presented as indistinguishable from that of the Poles. Even the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was discussed only in the context of Polish aid rendered to Jewish fighters.
By the late 1970s, early 1980s, there was a new generation in Poland, one removed enough from the war that it could look back on Polish history not as something personal, but as something to be learned. Slowly, students and members of the intelligentsia became interested in Jews, Judaism, and Jewish History in Poland. The silence of the post-1968 era was replaced with a collective interest in a long-gone, multinational Poland past. This younger generation of Poles fely comfortable mourning the Jews, and Polish historians and intellectuals felt as though they were able to engage in dialogue with their Jewish and Israeli counterparts. However, this was not simply the product of a generational shift. In Ocotber 1978, Pope John Paul II, born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in the Polish town of Wadowice, ascended from Archbishop of Krakow, to Pope. During his tenure as Archbishop of Krakow, he had been an important figure in parts of the Catholic community interested in learning about Jewish culture and history in Poland.3 As Pope, he visited Auschwitz and spoke specifically about Jewish victims of the Nazis, identifying them not as enemy nationals, but as the older brothers of the Catholic people.4 He pushed for interfaith dialogue, and remembrance of the specific Jewish experience of World War II.
In 1983, the Polish government, now long past the anti-Semitic campaign, and operating in a new atmosphere of inquiry and dialogue, arranged an elaborate commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The government invited thousands of Jews and Jewish organizations to attend. However, Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ZOB, called for a boycott of the proceedings, arguing that Poland's martial law and censored press went against everything the Uprising stood for. A state-organized mass commemoration of the Uprising, therefore, could never be anything more than a propagandic farce. As a result, an unofficial memorial ceremony was organizaed, with Edelman’s blessing, to take place a few days before the government’s. Several hundred people attended. Standing before the monument, they made and listened to hurried speeches, laid flowers, and said Kaddish. And then they were dispersed by riot police.
Days later, in front of an audience of thousands, a Military Guard of Honor laid a wreath at the base of the monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Fighters.
1983 memorial ceremony. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem.
This is not where the story of the Polish relationship with Holocaust history and memory ends, but that’s where I’m going to end the the present discussion. Because, in January 1978, right before new forces took hold of the the memory of Poland's Jewish past, Vladka and Benjamin returned.
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1 The “fifth column,” for those unfamiliar with it, is a form of xenophobic, racist, and otherwise bigoted rhetoric used to target minorities, immigrants, refugees, outsiders, and anyway else deemed unworthy of membership in the nation-state. As applied to Jews, it cast them as inherently untrustworthy, loyal to each other (“International Jewry”) over any state in which they resided. It led to a lot of scapegoating during the Dreyfus Affair, the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, and the Hitler-era American nativist line that Jewish refugees were German spies. After 1948, the trope shifted to convey that Jews living anywhere outside of Israel were loyal to Israel before all else. To illustrate how this works, allow me to give you an anecdote: at a grad school happy hour I toasted “l’chaim” before downing my shot. A colleague across the table sneered at me and toasted “Free Palestine” before downing his shot. This colleague was making assumptions about my politics and loyalties as a Jewish person despite knowing nothing about me or my politics. This is fifth column thinking. And then, of course, there's our best friend, the cab driver. This all dovetails nicely with Jewish Conspiracy, and Protocols of the Elders of Zion type shit. To provide examples of how this applies to other groups, the 45th President of the US likes to insinuate that all Hispanic immigrants represent MS-13, and that all Muslims are anti-American terrorists. This is fifth column rhetoric in action. It's gross and highkey ethnic-cleansey.
2 Subtweeting all of Eurasia and North Africa here okay like if you hate the State of Israel and do not want it to exist, then maybe don’t kick out your Jews and/or treat them so horribly that their only choice is go to Israel as a result of international immigration policies/your fucking exit permit???? I mean, I know why, but...
3 In the late 1970s, liberal, educated classes of the Polish Catholic community began to take an interest in Jewish history in Poland. One of their organizations, the Warsaw Club, organized annual Weeks of Jewish Culture. On these Weeks, they would pay visits to the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw and work on restoring its tombstones, attend lectures on Jewish culture, and participate in similar activities.
4 There's a whole clusterfuck involving a convent opening in a former Auschwitz gas chamber because Lol Memory, but that happened outside of the 1946-1983 time frame of this post, so that's a memory clusterfuck I will not be discussing here.
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hi, thought about doing this for a long time since I'm not the best at interacting with people on here so I hope you like me a little more! I found some of these questions online!
name - ellie
age - 17
country - austria
1. What is your middle name?
I don't have one •_•
2. What is your favorite color
rosè
3. Who was your first best friend?
mhh, that's hard I don't remember
4. How tall are you?
5,4 or 167cm
5. Cats or Dogs?
dogs, I have a dog myself
6.Funniest moment throughout School?
when we played a musical and a kid in my class sad mr.schnidel (meaning penis) instead of mr schindel and got called out the whole year.
7. How many countries have you visited?
mh. germany, Italy, the czeck republic, hungary, romania, greece, Italy, sylt. 9 :)
8. Are you in/have you gone to college?
in austria we have another system, I've gone 11 years now. idk if that would be college tbh
9. What was your favorite/worst subject in High School?
math
10. What is your Favorite drink?
coke & strawberry milk
11. What is your favorite animal?
seals & dogs
12. What is your favorite perfume?
mh, I don't get to wear like expensive brands so I take what I can get. it's always different.
13. Tea or Coffee?
coffee
14. What would you (or have you) name(d) your children?
oh god, idk. I don't want to think about kids
15. What Sports do you play/Have you played?
I'm unsporty. I don't do sports.
16. What is your favorite book?
ah, ps. I love you
17. Who are some of your favorite YouTubers?
I love asmr youtubers like tingting asmr. she does great asmr videos
18. What is your favorite movie?
mh, the lion kind & alice in wonderland for sure (ofc the old versions)
19. Are you Single or Taken?
single as a pringle
20. Whats your idea of an ideal first date?
oh god idk
21. How many Girlfriends/Boyfriends have you had?
4 (all of them were plain idiots)
22. Favorite memory from childhood?
when we drove home from somewhere and I was just so happy that I cried for the whole day because I love my family so much. I was filled with so much love that I couldn't do anything then cry out of happiness. that's great memory.
23. Do you speak any different languages and how well?
mh, I speak german fluently (my native language) & dialect (idk if that counts)
english fluently
korean (very weak)
french (from school)
24. Do you have any siblings?
yes! one sister
25. How would you describe your fashion sense?
lazy, trying to pick up trends but forms it in own thingies, too big to function
26. What is your favorite restaurant?
a chinese restaurant called "Panda wok"
27. What are some of your favorite tv shows?
grey's anatomy, stranger things & private practice
28. PC or Mac?
PC I ain't no rich bitch
29. What phone do you have? (iOS v Android?)
Samsung
30 Tell us one of your bad habits!
I eat too much & I go to sleep to late
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If the dealer has an ace, and counting it as 11 would bring the total to 17 or more (but not over 21), the dealer must count the ace as 11 and stand. Most multi-roll bets may fall into the situation where a point is made by the shooter before the outcome of the multi-roll bet is decided.The desire with this poor holding is to let the dealer hit and hopefully go over 21. Individual players, however, will likely define price as the cost of the spin.
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