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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)


1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here


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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Overnight oats are really good for my digestion and diet. What, you want me eating steak and eggs?

[–] thatKamGuy 20 points 2 months ago

It’s more mocking the rebranding from something terrible, to something more appealing.

Meanwhile, I have a black coffee for breakfast to help concentrate my hatred in order for me to get through the day..

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you eat overnight oats for your tummy troubles the post clearly isn't for you. If you eat it because you can't afford other meals it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Well if you eat it because youb can't afford anything else you're quite bright as it's quite the savings comparitively, most would spend more money on a worse meal!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not surprising, our gut flora love the stuff. My old microbio lecturer used to always get his class to run an experiment where people would test the growth of different types of good bacteria found in the gut using different food sources. Some would be random foods, others would be bio active drink made for the task and, ever present, was porridge (about the same thing). Porridge always won.

It also has one of, if not the lowest glycemic index of all carbs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Gruel is top tier

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And they're amazing for your diet in general. M-F such an easy no brain option for a meal. Make individual containers Sunday night. Food for the rest of the week.