it almost seems you are missing the point on purpose

Welcome to every conversation w @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world

I’m glad I’m not the only one. That account is truly bizarre (from the point of view of how they write and express themselves). I’ve engaged with them a few times and it’s like a weird loop. I know it’s a real person, but it feels like talking to a script or dialog tree because it always goes down the same 1-2 dialog paths

Zerg swarm VS marines

Ok, can we talk about the hand held steamer for a hot second? I got convinced into getting one. Now, can you explain how we do:

1. The collar
2. The seam along the buttons

Because it doesn’t seem to do much for either

Thanks

Yes, making movies is not an easy feat. But there’s plenty of good stuff coming out. Don’t know what to tell you.

Both are to blame as neither Hamas nor Israel benefits from peace. Before you start shouting “bothsidesing!!!” understand that I am not endorsing Israel. And don’t say “Hamas had no choice! They are oppressed and have to fight back”. That argument doesn’t hold water either as Hamas’s express objective is the elimination of the state of Israel. And before you say “Where does it say that???” I’ll ask that you familiarize yourself with the charter. And before you say “Well they don’t mean elimination of all Jews, just the state” I’ll point you to any Arab nation where Jews live freely and comfortably. And on and on we go.

Hollywood has been sucking ass lately, but lots of small indie films have been kicking ass. Everything from A24 has been fantastic recently. Lots of good foreign films too

Take Sneako too pls

Would be nice if they made ‘dumb’ EVs. Like the kind where even the windows are manual old school roll up. I don’t need to walk into a spaceship to drive to get groceries. But all they’re selling are luxury spaceships. For all the good Tesla did to rebrand the market, I feel it also did a lot of harm by creating an incentive for luxury vehicles.

This is correct and I wish was more widely known.

Does this mean I could install and run Blender on my phone???

• I didn’t ask which territory is being annexed.

• I didn’t ask about this particular ceasefire for this particular conflict which started Oct 7.

• I didn’t ask about Israel gaining or losing international support.

• I didn’t ask about the “illusion of civilized society” breaking

Original question, since we’re dodging as per usual: Is the tactic by instigating attacks leading to better outcomes overall for Palestinian people?

It’s been 100 years of Hamas (and other factions) instigating attacks and each time Israel retaliates with disproportionate violence. 30,000+ Palestinians are dead now. Is the condition in Gaza now:

[ _ ] Significantly better

[ _ ] About the same

[ _ ] Significantly worse

Each time Hamas attacks, Israel retaliates with extreme disproportionate violence and manages to expand settlements aggressively. So far, how would you say Hamas has improved the lives of Palestinians by instigating violence:

[ _ ] Significantly better

[ _ ] About the same

[ _ ] Significantly worse

As a follow up, what is a reasonable period Palestinians should endure Hamas tactics:

[ _ ] One year

[ _ ] Ten years

[ _ ] Another hundred years

Israel is going to keep doing the same shitty aggressive behavior and exploit every attack and thousands of Palestinians die. It’s almost like peace is not their primary objective (for either side). Should we keep encouraging Hamas do the same strategy of the past 100 years or should we try something different? What’re your thoughts, Link?

Because they are extremely selective of the articles they post and highly reactionary / vitriolic when anyone pushes back or challenges their arguments. They also offer zero charitability to any of their interlocutors. They are also ready to label anyone as a) defending genocide b) Zionist c) [insert derogatory label here] faster than you can say ‘Hamas’.

They are uneven in their media literacy discernment and extremely selective in what they post/how they present. An opinion blog post that favors Hamas is ok but a UN report that counters a claim by Hamas is placed under the most intense forensic analysis.

In other words, they are here for the cosplay.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with defending Palestinians. Based on my interaction with them, Palestinians are the last people Linkerbaan cares about. This is cosplaying online for clout. They are confusing the map with the territory where the aesthetic of signaling support for Palestinians has long ago superseded fostering actual solutions that will improve the lives of Palestinians.

Check out their post history and decide for yourself.

Some of us have a lot of experience with Linkerbaan. This person spam comments incessantly like it’s a full time job.

What is a reasonable length of time the Palestinians should endure this strategy? Fighting Nazis during WW2 lasted 6 years. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been going on for almost 100 years.

Has Hamas been able to improve anything using this strategy or has Israel gained an advantage over each intifada / attack in the course of the last 100 years? Who has benefited the most from the current Hamas strategy?

So, just to circle back to og question: Palestine (or what’s left of it) is on track to no longer be a concentration camp and hostages are being released? The conditions for palestinians have improved since Oct 7?

So what’s changed since Oct 7? Was Hamas able to achieve peace and remove the concentration camp conditions or has it worsened?

What does this even mean? Was that the end goal when they instigated October 7?