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On this day in 1945, Hồ Chí Minh announced the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to a crowd of thousands at the Ba Đình flower garden (now Ba Đình Square).

The Proclamation led directly to war with France, which concluded in the country being divided between French and self-rule at the 17th parallel. Vietnam would not achieve a unified, independent rule until 1976.

The Proclamation quoted heavily from the American Declaration of Independence and was vehemently critical of French rule. An excerpt reads:

"'All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among them are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free.

...Nevertheless, for more than eighty years, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow-citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice. In the field of politics, they have deprived our people of every democratic liberty...They have built more prisons than schools. They have mercilessly slain our patriots; they have drowned our uprisings in rivers of blood...They have robbed us of our rice fields, our mines, our forests, and our raw materials.

For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country - and in fact is so already. The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilize all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty."

Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam uncle-ho-2

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

shinji-screm my 1080 TI refuses to run baldur's gate for more than 30 seconds in the character creator before locking up entirely

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

got a new bike today arm-L hexbear-chapochat arm-R (imagine these are my legs)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

They couldn't possibly burn a man after a bunch of rain. Clearly a sign from the gods

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i like that little butt wiggle my kitten does before lunging after a toy. Hunter in training

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

hey you

yeah, you

the girl reading this

stop calling yourself dumb. you are not dumb. Karl Kautsky was a real person and people took him seriously. you are never going to be a fraction as dumb as him

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tomato, mayo, pepper, and salt.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

i actually enjoyed starfield enough to purchase it. this past month i've bought more games than ever: bg3, ac6, and now starfield... what the fucc is wrong with me?

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

music is spells we cast with each other

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Still sick pikmin-carry-l:ralsei-splat::pikmin-carry-r: 🛏

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

okay i'll sleep now, i finished my giant venus terraforming essay of autistic origin

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

actually nope its still loading, its big enough the site is struggling to post it

I shall wait until it posts, then leave, copy it for safe measure too

bah perhaps i should separate it into parts

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

holy shit i pasted it to google docs and its 9 fucking pages what am i doing I need sleep

good night hexies

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

Has anyone found all the Elon easter eggs in Starfield yet? There's bound to be some Musk brainworms considering the game was in development for almost a decade and he hadn't revealed himself as a complete moron yet. my-hero

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Men who look like 🥸 are cute. This is not a joke post. I've seen several men who look like it, e.g. Eddy Burback, and they're cute

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The moustache makes em look like silly goobers

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Got an extended history lesson on imperial violence from a dude outside a nightclub

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

Whom amongst us does not enjoy an ice cold beer and 2 heated dogs while attending a based ball game

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Me when when the bear is hexagonal: walter-breakdown

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

Starfield now rhymes with Garfield garf-troll

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe it's just depression but I can't bring myself to care about new game releases. I think the last games I've bought on release have been

  • Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (I was part of a clan and everything, quit a few months later)
  • Elden Ring (Fromsoft enjoyer, so duh)
  • Shadows Over Loathing (only ~$20 and I loved West of Loathing)

Baldur's Gate 3? I've got 450+ hours in Divinity: Original Sin 2, but nope, will grab it on sale in a few months to a year from now. Starfield? Bought Fallout 4 on release but nah, wake me up when the complete edition and all the necessary bug fix/QoLmods drop.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

@[email protected] Saving 80,000 Gold In Another World For My Retirement is indeed my kind of slop, thanks for the rec

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what if it was bather's day and we all washed our stinky ass

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

Ate a subway sandwich and cookie while listening to trueanon fogle files episodes

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I will not respect other people's opinions. Respecting other people's opinions is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my cowardly desire to concede to others. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the desire to genuflect has gone there will be nothing. Only the true self, the unburdened self will remain.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

it is september 2 and stalin saved the world from fascism

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Today was the big wake up call to get a new PC. Downloaded Starfield and got sub 30 fps. Thats okay, it was free and I expected as much. I decided to pop in my copy of MGS3 and run it with PCSX2. Motherfucker, I am lagging. I am a peasant. I need to give my fucking Lord the GRAIN.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

::: spoiler serendipity

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

very crunchy banana fritters for brekky feral-hog am happy how they turned out feral-hog

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Watched my friend play the opening of Baldur's Gate 3, the first 1-2 hours or so and I'm not gonna lie it seems incredibly generic. Like, this is what I'd get if I asked ChatGPT to create a fantasy world.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I assume the game gets more interesting when it becomes more about the actual characters but wow that opening was unimpressive. If I didn't hear so much praise for the game I would probably refund it after that.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dry rubbed my first barbecue pork ribs today with some salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, cumin, chipotle cinnamon seasoning, mesquite barbecue seasoning, a shitload of paprika, some cayenne even though the chef told me not to, chili powder, and some fresh ground dried mustard.

I was explicitly told not to put any sugar in it so don't @ me about that but otherwise that was just me freestylin' with them spices

Everybody fuckin loved em

I've been told that the rub was great and the sauce was too sweet (i didn't make the sauce, that was the chef, lol, i win)

Made 120 pounds of those fuckers

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

olimar-point pikmin-carry-lhexbear-specterpikmin-carry-r pikmin-onion
FWIIII ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^ ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^ ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Hello comrades mao-wave

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Drinking a squid ink margarita to mourn jimmy buffet

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