Hello, I've gone in phases of how much the constant height related things strangers say bother me and I have been at a point where im just so over it. My friends understand certain aspects of being so tall because they've been around me enough, but I just feel like letting stuff off my chest to others that can relate.
I'm 6'9" maybe 6'10" I honestly don't know because last time I was measured was years ago and I was 6'8" something then and know I've grown. But I honestly don't care what the actual number is. Probably from the amount of times a stranger just asks me how tall I am and that's it. Just defining myself as a number and that's all they cared to know. Just seems so superficial. I also really don't appreciate the "You're tall as shit" or "You're a tall ass motherfucker" or whatever else in that context. It's just never something I would say to a stranger and baffles me why people think I just want to be compared to that. I understand they don't mean these things in a negative way and defining something as "the shit" is considered a good thing, but I still don't like being called a motherfucker by strangers as the first thing they say to me. Is it considered acceptable to say even just the "You're tall" but put any other obvious physical description in instead of tall and say it to someone?
Then you get the ones that think they're hilarious and say some dumb joke that's been said millions of times. Or the really nice ones that just instantly say "why don't you play basketball?" I get that one more often than asking if I do play. Which I do, for fun. I play many sports for fun as an adult. In different leagues because I love sports. I was leaving a softball game the other day in my jersey so clearly I was playing. Guy in the parking lot "How tall are you?" I tell him 6'9 "And you don't ball??" Literally as I was leaving from playing "ball". But of course it could only be basketball because of my height. Really made me sympathize the very tall people that play sports other than basketball professionally. That's another problem it's a failure that I don't play professional basketball in some eyes. I had a guy yell at me across a crowded path last summer "You're tall as fuck! You should be in the NBA, you know that right?" I mean seriously, the audacity to yell at a stranger just walking by that they're basically living their life wrong. And the thing is how does he even know that I'm not? It was summer during off season. So often at work I'm reminded by strangers that I'm doing the wrong thing. And as I said before I love sports.
One of my previous jobs I could get up to 20 or more people where I say hello and they just say something related to my height in a 4 hour period. I worked with patients at a clinic 1 on 1. So this was a consistent thing for a while. It broke me. I couldn't respond to the same joke I heard the 12th time that day. My manager told me someone sent in a comment how I was too serious and took the job too seriously. I said probably someone that I didn't respond to their height joke. She replied by saying how I was sensitive to my height. At the time that just stung, but now I realize after all this crap I've dealt with in my life I probably just am.
The amount of people that have just told me as a stranger all the great things they would be doing if they were my height. Just have to listen to people's own self insecurities projected onto me and jealousy constantly. But they don't realize the struggles that come with it that I'm sure many of you understand. This society is not built for me. Are there pros to be tall, of course. Are there cons to be tall, of course. But in others eyes it's the greatest thing anyone could get.
Well there's so many other things I could rant about but I feel better typing some things out, even if they fall upon empty eyes. Especially since this is probably a novel and a half by now.
Everyone is great in their own right no matter their height. Everyone has great potential and capabilities in life. We all just vary in what those may be. Love ourselves for what we are (even though this can be tough for me) and don't hold jealousy to how you perceive others because the only person that truly knows one's life is themselves.
This all stemmed because someone called me an asshole for not being in the very back of the crowd during a concert. I'll admit I can be an asshole but I truly believe I mainly spread happiness and love to my best ability. But I'm definitely at the point where when I'm hearing things about my height being pointed out from strangers I'm not being my most vibrant self back to them.
Sorry for being a downer on my first time on this sub.
Peace and love, A tall man that's had enough for the time being

Took a chipotle order because it was $17 for 8 miles (a hand it to me) so I took it, finished the night and saw the contract violation. Is there anything I can do or just continue and do 100 deliveries?
The last contract violation I got the apartment number was in the picture and I use gpsmapcamera so support removed it but I don’t know what I can about this one

I'm selling luxury perfumes online. Now my keywords in google ads are mostly the brand names in my store. There is this one particular item marked as Sold Out that I'm not selling currently. I just included it to add to the number of my items.
Do you think it's a good idea to add this brand name marked as sold out in my keywords? For now I decided to add it because the average monthly search for they keyword is high. I just thought it could still result clicks, and they may find my other items appealing to buy.
Thanks in advance for the insight!

Yelp is an unethical corporation/mafia that extorts small businesses, refuses to take down personal info and false claims, and is a platform for crazy karens to complain when they don’t get their way while posting your full name, photo of your face and license plate number and lying about you. But Yelp won’t do anything about it when reported. They won’t delete your Yelp page even when you aren’t a consumer business.
Once you sign their terms and conditions, you can’t sue them. Yelp forces businesses to pay for ad subscriptions or else they will remove your 5 star reviews and write 1 star reviews for you. If you pay them, they remove the 1 star reviews and show all the 5 star reviews. Yelp Karen’s are driving customer service workers and small business owners to quit.
There have been over 2000 complaints about Yelp to the FTC. Watch Billion Dollar Bully, free documentary about Yelp Mafia on Tubi. We should tell everyone we know to boycott them. Feel free to write a review for Yelp to share how you feel about them and see how they like it when they get a bad review: https://s.yelp.com/AOvKKgP09W

Looking for a dataset containing cyclone/storm damage to apply machine learning. All the damage data that I can find is a single number for each event. Ideally, I would like to know the damage for each event split by region (by region, this could be by postcode/zip code, suburb, etc). To specifically describe what I am after:

1. Time period: At least for the last 20 years, but more the better.
2. County: Preferably Australia but happy for it to be any other county if that county has the required data available.
3. Event: As mentioned in the title, interested in cyclone and storms. Note, I use the term cyclone to include events such as hurricanes, typhoons, etc.
4. Damage: This could be total economic damage, recovery cost, lives lost, casualties or any other reasonable metric.
5. Granularity: This is the most important feature I am after. The more granular the better. Ideally the damage data would be by postcode/zip code. Though perhaps that is too much to hope for so will take what I can get.

Thanks in advance!

Hello! Please read, vote, comment and follow! \(//∇//)
Original story
Title: Tsunagari ("Bonds")
Author: Shu XianJi
Setting: Contemporary Japan
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Tragedy
Number of Chapters: 80
Status: Completed
When Hime Kirigakure, who recently moved in the City of Kokubunji, is sent on an errand by her grand-father to the Shigeizumi Mansion, little did she know that her life was about to take a fateful turn. She becomes acquainted with the young master of the Shigeizumi family and, soon afterwards, she obtains a scholarship to join Shigeizumi High School, a prestigious school reserved for the country's best students from upper-class families. Hime and Shunsui crosses path again and she makes acquaintance with his best friend, Gōjun Shoran.
From the first day of school itself, Hime is determined to avoid the two young men the best she can. However, her plan is thwarted by karma, or rather, Shunsui, who seems to have decided otherwise. Unbeknownst to Hime, it is thanks to Shunsui that she obtained the scholarship, the young master seeming to have some hidden agenda regarding her. After she accidentally breaks Shunsui's cell-phone, the latter judiciously declares Hime his 'slave', i.e., his personal assistant who is to follow him everywhere and accomplish all his wishes.
This is how Hime starts hanging out with these two young men. Slowly, she discovers their past and their intricate relationships with their parents. Will Shunsui be able to let down the wall he has built between his mother, Tsubasa, and himself? Will the distance Gōjun has set between his father, Kenren, and himself ever melt away? But also, why did Shunsui become a flirt overnight? Why did Gōjun stop dating girls completely when, not so long ago, he was the city's most famous playboy?
On her side, Hime is struggling in her relationship with her grand-mother. Will things be alright for her? And, will she, and her friend- Natsui- come out unscathed of the various plots devised by the latter's scheming cousin?
#brotherhood #bullying #comedy #drama-air #family #friendship #graduation #highschool #highschoollove #highschoolromance #japan #lostandfoundlove #love #lovestory #manga-air #marriage #originalstory #parents #relationships #romance #scheminggirl #scholarshipstudent #socialclass #teen #tragedy
Wattpad link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/340902264-tsunagari

So, I’ve begun exploring the “other” realm and found a few dungeons. Upon entering I noticed the mob spawn is outrageous! I’m playing on a buddies server and unfortunately I keep causing the server to crash while trying to destroy all the spawners. Is there a way to reduce the number of spawns? It seems really over the top and unnecessary! If not, is there a way to clear out these dungeons without having 100’s of entities spawn at one time?
Last question, if the server crashed with my character in a fight, when it comes back online and I don’t play for a few hours, is my character logged out or will I come back to him dead? Sorry have a lot of good stuff on!
Thanks!

Hello, there! Please read, vote, comment and follow! \(//∇//)
Original Story
Title: Subaru
Author: Shu XianJi
Setting: Contemporary Japan
Number of Chapters: 90
Status: Completed
Six years after having been sentenced to life imprisonment for the massacre of her entire village, Shun Shutsuki is recruited by the master of Gushiken Paranormal Organization and taken out of prison. Shun is the possessor of the Godai Shakujō, a hereditary ability of the Shutsuki Clan, which appears only once in several generations and manifests itself in the form of a powerful anti-monster weapon. According to Kagami Gushiken, the master of the Organization, Shun wasn't herself during the massacre; she was possessed by a demon. However, this does not appear to be the entire truth; only Doctor Tsunan Hitachiin and the Master seem to know exactly what happened that fatidic night.
Evidently, the other members of the Organization are not at ease- to say the least- with the idea of having a "mass murderer" amongst them, with Tsunan's fan-club being particularly averse to Shun's presence within the organization. Even if monsters are absolutely real, none of them believe in the existence of demons and much less in demonic possession. Everything becomes complicated when Naoto Higaonna, an ex-member of the organization- who is now working as a high-school teacher- kills a group of students out of the blue before committing suicide. Things become even more complicated when the members of the Organization discover that Shun is constantly being hounded and persecuted by a certain Tadashi Honjō, with whom Shun seems to share a long-time bond. Who is Tadashi Honjō? Or rather, what is he? But, above it all, who is Subaru?
What is Shun hiding so desperately? Will she be able to survive within the Organization? Will she return safely from the missions assigned to her?
#adventure #clan #completed #deity #demon #demonicpossession #family #fantasy #hereditaryability #japanesefolklore #japanesemythology #manga-air #monster #mystery #originalstory #paranormal #relationships #romance #self-sacrifice #supernatural #weapons #yokai
Wattpad link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/336959617-subaru

Aluminium Composite Panels (ACPs) have gained immense recognition within the building business attributable to their sturdiness, versatility, and aesthetic attraction. Whether or not you are a home-owner, architect, or contractor, understanding the correct set up course of is important to make sure a profitable consequence. On this complete information, we’ll stroll you thru the step-by-step course of of putting in an aluminium composite panel. So let’s dive in and learn to obtain a seamless {and professional} set up.

What are the instruments required for the set up of ACP sheets?

Usually, to put in ACP sheets, the next instruments are required:

1. CNC Router or Hand Router
2. Blade Thickness of 10mm or 12mm
3. If we now have to roll the ACP then we might require a 3 curler bending machine
4. Measuring Tape
5. Leveller
6. Drilling Machine
7. Security gears: Gloves, helmets, building boots, security rope, security goggles and all vital security equipments are required

Understanding the design course of

Necessary notice – All the weather sizes and numbers have to be calculated in response to useless load, dwell load and wind load approaching the facade
Let’s take a look on the stepwise design course of –

1. Calculate the bracket measurement and the space between the 2 brackets.
2. Wind load determines the panel measurement calculation
3. Calculate the scale of mullions (Vertical hole rectangular aluminium pipes) and transom (Horizontal hole rectangular aluminium pipes).
4. If panels require a stiffener, the stiffener measurement and numbers ought to be calculated and often it’s of the identical measurement as that of mullion and transom
5. Load on metal bolts which might be connecting mullion and transom to brackets must be calculated which is able to resolve the sizes accordingly
6. Lastly, calculate the load on the anchor fastener and choose the actual anchor fastener suitably
7. Additionally we have to calculate the linear thermal growth of the panels to maintain the growth joints between two panels.
8. L Cleat sizes and numbers ought to be calculated
9. Measurement of screws and rivets to be calculated for becoming a member of the ACP to the again body with the assistance of L Cleats

Need to know the way your entire set up course of takes place? Right here’s a breakdown of the method of ACP sheet set up –

Set up:

1. Verify the extent of the floor initially by the leveller.
2. Drill holes to position the brackets on the floor
3. Brackets are hooked up to the floor by Anchor fasteners.
4. Mullions and transoms in response to the leveller values are hooked up to the brackets by metal bolts
5. On a levelled floor we’ll minimize the ACP to sizes by hand/cnc router.
6. Then, the ACPs are routed to type the tray.
7. A minimal of 25mm fold is required to type the tray
8. On the center of the fold i.e. at round 12mm, holes are drilled to connect L Cleats
9. The opening sizes will probably be in accordance to the scale of screws or rivets
10. The L cleats are hooked up to the ACP from one facet and the opposite facet is hooked up to the body.
11. Growth Joints stored between two ACP’s will probably be first stuffed by Backer Rod
12. A masking tape is hooked up on all of the 4 sides of the ACP earlier than filling the non-bleeding climate silicon sealant.
13. After filling the non bleeding climate silicon sealant, the masking tape is eliminated in order that the silicon sealant stays in a straight line.
14. If there are stiffeners for use that helps to make the tray at equal distances. Relying on the variety of stiffeners, double tape is positioned.
15. Stiffeners are hooked up to the again facet of the tray with the double tape and your entire course of takes place on the bottom itself.

Nitty-gritty of the ACP Sheet Set up Course of:

Put together the Floor:

Be sure that the floor the place the ACP will probably be put in is clear, dry, and free from any grime, mud, or particles. Make any vital repairs to realize a easy and even floor.

Take Correct Measurements:

Measure the realm precisely to find out the panel sizes required for the set up. Use a measuring tape and stage to make sure exact measurements.

Lower the ACP Panels:

Utilizing an electrical noticed or panel cutter, minimize the ACP panels in response to the measured dimensions. Comply with security precautions and the producer’s pointers for slicing the panels.

How the ACP panels are hooked up to the Wall?

Select both mechanical fixing or adhesive fixing technique for attaching the ACP panels:

a. Mechanical Fixing:

• Place the minimize ACP panel onto the ready floor.
• Safe the panel by drilling holes by means of the panel and into the floor.
• Insert screws into the holes and tighten them appropriately.
• Repeat this course of for every panel, making certain correct alignment and spacing.

b. Adhesive Fixing:

• Apply a high-quality adhesive tape or adhesive sealant to the again of the ACP panel.
• Rigorously place the panel onto the ready floor, making certain correct alignment.
• Press the panel firmly to make sure a robust bond.
• Use clamps or brackets to carry the panels in place till the adhesive units.
• Repeat this course of for every panel, sustaining uniform spacing.

Ending Touches:

Examine the set up for any gaps, misalignments, or imperfections. Make vital changes or corrections to realize a seamless end.

Clear and Preserve:

After the set up is full, clear the ACP panels utilizing a light detergent and a smooth fabric. Recurrently examine and preserve the panels to make sure their longevity and efficiency.

Backside Line

Putting in an aluminium composite panel requires precision and adherence to particular pointers. By following the step-by-step directions outlined on this information, you may obtain an expert and flawless ACP set up. Prioritize security, use the correct instruments and supplies, and seek the advice of the producer’s directions for particular suggestions. Embrace the flexibility and great thing about aluminium composite panels whereas remodeling your house with confidence.

Greetings!
Are you in search of a flexible and player-focused gaming experience? Look no further than The Oasis! Our game follows the West Marches format, meaning that anyone can join at any time. Whether you have a few hours to spare each month or can commit to multiple sessions, the choice is yours. Join fellow adventurers as they embark on daring expeditions into the mysterious and untamed island of Oasis, which is nestled between Wildemount and Tal'Dorei on Exandria.
While we don't heavily rely on the Critical Role lore, it still exists within our world, with factions shaping the background and timeline. Our setting offers a myriad of gray areas, free from rigid concepts like "orcs are inherently evil." Think of it as similar in tone to Tal'Dorei: Reborn or Explorer's Guide to Wildemount. We're a friendly community where everyone is welcome!
There are no restrictions on the number of participants, and you won't feel left out if you join later. There's always something exciting for players of all levels, whether you're at level 3 or level 10. Currently, we have three Game Masters running D&D 5e games, one in a European Time Zone and the two in North America. We are also just starting a beginner-friendly Pathfinder 2e version of Oasis, playing on the same island and sharing lore with the 5e counterpart with two additional Game Masters for Pathfinder 2e that are quite new to the system (again, one in the EU, and one in NA). This is a great chance to learn the system!
If you're eager to join the adventure, head over to the Exandria Discord server, where we host and chat about the games. Find the "looking for a game" channel and let the fun begin!
Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/Cj47Qgs
Tags for this game: [5e] [ONLINE] [DISCORD] [WEST MARCHES] [LGBTQ+] [18+] [pf2e]
System: 5e, pf2e
Setting: Exandria + homebrew
Tech: Online (discord) for A/V and game chat, Owlbear.app plus dndbeyond for rolling (we will be swapping to Foundry soon)
Game Style: we're trying to stick to rules as written, and base our games on the three pillars of d&d - exploration, social encounters, combat.

View Poll

Been a long time, maybe a few months now since my stats have updated. Things like KDR, match win ratio. Not really the biggest concern for me but the numbers have not changed for many weeks. Is there anyway to manually update them?
I know there was talk about them not updating a week or so back but my stats have essentially been frozen in place for at least 6-8 weeks now.

Hi guys, I’ve received a text message from an Australian number (which is where I live) but it’s written in Chinese, I’ve translated it and it says the below:
[4PX] Dear customer, the value of your package is too high (relevant taxes and customs clearance fees will be incurred), you need to verify whether you agree to pay taxes and customs clearance fees; if you agree to pay taxes and customs clearance fees, you need to You provide: 1. Screenshots of actual payment of all Taobao transaction orders (including GST details); 2. Photos of the front and back of the Australian driver's license. If you do not have an Australian driver's license, you need to provide your passport and water, electricity, and gas bills (bills) that can prove the customer's address The address must be consistent with the receiving information); 3. E-mail; please send the information to: [email protected], please be sure to indicate the shipping order number in the title of the email. (Reminder: The system is unable to receive text message reply content, please contact our email [email protected] for details, thank you!)
I’ve searched this email up and can’t find it on the 4px website so I’m not too sure what to do at this point? Any advice?
Mod delete if not allowed.
Thanks in advance.

It’s only my second time ordering from Needljuice and first time pre-ordering from them but I can’t find the CD anywhere. I saw a picture of somebody who got their tracking number for it and they’re like 2000 where can I find it

I've been making builds for all of the islands on cool isle, but today when I went to the blue birds shop, everything else was there but all the sub-space boulders were gone. Not even out of stock they're just non existent even tho I saw them a few days ago! I went to chubbys shop and he has them but I have to wait for the ones I want to come back. So is this a bug or is there a limit to the number of a specific furniture you can buy before it goes away forever? pls help...

Let me preface this lecture by stating that I *am* a communist and have been for over a decade and that before I can get into what I think the Claires are supposed to represent I need to address why Kurvitz & Co. chose a videogame as the preferred medium for their metafiction. The reason Disco Elysium was made the way it was wasn't simply to entertain people with the funny antics of an alcoholic, superstar, hobo cop or to strive towards critical acclaim so the game would sell better. It wasn't even a game made by communists for communists (I mean it was made by communists it's just not preaching to the choir as much as some might think). In fact it's quite the opposite. The story was injected with nihilistic humor and offered up to the general public in the form of a video game to sugar the pill so to speak. That's because Disco Elysium is, at its core, a highly controversial political treatise and social critique "disguised" as a video game. This was so as to get as many people as possible to actually engage with its core messages instead of reflexively rejecting or ignoring them the way they would've if those messages had been presented in the format of non-fiction literature. To put it bluntly the main message of the game is how self delusion reinforces the very things it seeks to escape whether those be personal problems like loneliness or societal ones like the anxiety inducing political limbo of Revachol/the real world. Included in the delusions of a political nature Kurvitz wanted people to confront were many held by the bulk of the contemporary left. Sadly, judging by what I often see in this sub, the results of this novel approach at polemics has been mixed.
I have to admit it's disheartening to see how many fans of the game only engaged with that social and political criticism to the extent that it was leveled at their political enemies, especially when the "authorial intent" was to confront players who might delude themselves about the future implications, present realities and/or history of their own real life politics, whatever they may be. In some cases this ignorance is forgivable; it's easy to miss subtext in a game that's so text based that it has a habit of spelling things out for you and tbf many of the allusions to real life figures, events and ideas are subtle and without a solid grasp of 20th century European history and theoretical Marxism most of the satirical references will go over a typical player's head. What's not forgivable is how many people in this sub are in denial of or otherwise consciously rationalize the criticisms of their own side presented by the writers of DE. I'll get around to how centrists and right-libertarians are guilty of this in future posts but for right now I want to address "my comrades" because, frankly, some of you scare me with your naiveté, hyper-partisanship and blithe hand waving of corruption and needless violence.
Now there are two kinds of leftists I often see who want to view Evrart as a crypto-communist figure and despite being polar opposites in most respects they have two things in common: they're both childishly naive and they're both in denial about the realities of how vicious social democracy can be in practice. The first leftist is a social democrat who thinks that because Evrart is a machiavellian strongman figure that he must be an expy of Stalin and/or Mao (who in their minds are genuine representatives of communism) because "never, ever would a real social democrat do such things, after all we're unassuming trade unionists who want nothing more than to work things out democratically, through the existing system!" The second leftist is a communist who thinks that because Evrart is a machiavellian strongman figure that he must be an expy of Stalin and/or Mao (who in their minds are genuine representatives of communism) because "never, ever would a real social democrat do such things, after all they're unassuming trade unionists who want nothing more than to work things out democratically, through the existing system!"
The truth of course is that prejudices aside Evrart is a social democrat AND a tyrannical strongman. As for his plan to seize the harbor, while it's certainly threatening to Wild Pines' bottom line, the RCM's authority and the union's enemies in Martinaise, it does not in any way pose a genuine revolutionary threat to the capitalist system as a whole and, as weird as it may sound, is still reliant on working within the existing system. After all the union didn't seize the means of production in an armed rebellion against the capitalist state so much as Wild Pines legally handed over some of its corporate property to the union to avoid the bad PR of the merc tribunal which in the end was only tangentially related to the strike. By the end of HBD's investigation all that has changed for the (surviving) workers of Martinaise Harbour Terminal B is their employer. They went from being the unionized employees of the Wild Pines Group under which they had to smuggle drugs in secret to get by to becoming members of a de jure workers' co-operative under the Claires' control where they can now smuggle drugs more openly. That's it. Is that better for them? Maybe, probably, but even so they're still reliant on a global system based on commodity production and exchange and the selling of their labor power (and hardcore drugs) for money, they've just cut out a few middlemen so to speak. Once the strike is officially declared over La Puta Madre's henchmen, not the soldiers of the Coalition, are going to be the union's most immediate threat. Wild Pines itself probably isn't even that hurt by Evrart's plan as the value of what was lost in revenue and real estate can be mitigated by the amount the company will save from no longer having 2,000 + employees on its payroll every quarter.
Oh and to those pragmatists who think Evrart is just a well intentioned man willing to step up and get his hands dirty for the sake of his fellow workers because no one else would or as Call Me Mañana puts it "The old man is corrupt for our benefit" this next part is for you. We know from interviews that Evrart was partially inspired by the character of Frank Sobotka from the second season of the HBO hit TV series The Wire. That said Evrart is in many ways a sort of anti-Sobotka insofar as he's not just reluctantly working with mafiosos; he *is* a mafioso. If you haven't already seen The Wire you need to stop reading this and go watch it to not only understand my next point but because it's literally the best TV show ever made. For those who have seen The Wire I'm 100% certain you'll agree with me that neither of the two hypothetical leftists from earlier could seriously claim that Sobotka was a secret communist or anything other than a reformist labor leader even though he's guilty of most of the same things that supposedly make crypto-commies of the Claires. I also don't think anyone who's seen the show would strongly hate Frank for getting involved in those criminal dealings the way they would the Claires even if some might still think both are wrong for having done so. Most importantly I don't think anyone who's seen all of season two of The Wire and played Disco Elysium to completion would ever claim that the Claires cared more about the Martinaise dockers than the Sobotka family did the stevedores of Locust Point, Baltimore. So what explains the gulf between the two unionistas (besides murder)? Why was it less bad when Frank Sobotka engaged in labor racketeering than when Evrart and Edgar did it? It's simple really, Frank Sobotka demonstrated more authentic labor solidarity, internal conflict, selflessness and above all self awareness than the Claire brothers ever did.
So to summarize: the Claires are written as a counter to those players who have what Lenin called trade union consciousness (meaning social democrats, progressives and center-left, reform minded liberals) who think that the problems of capitalism can be solved simply by increasing the number of trade unions, by legally incorporating more worker co-ops, by expanding strike funds, etc., in a word, reformism. Additionally DE's writers, who're communists, want to knock reformists off their high horses so as to get them to stop lying to themselves and recognize that there is corruption, hypocrisy, violence and even a small presence of incipient fascism in many real life unions, both past and present, and that existing reformist movements, organizations, etc. are just as susceptible to being hijacked by populist demagogues as revolutionary ones are/have been and moreover that they're not always the politically correct, morally unimpeachable, nonviolent alternatives to revolution that they present themselves as. In the end class conflict and its resulting violence goes on whether anyone wants it to or not. It can be and often is a totally subconscious process driven by need at both the individual and group levels. That said the longer class conflict goes on without being consciously directed towards the abolishment of the socioeconomic system whose inherent contradictions bring it into being in the first place, the more chaotic it will become until the point where the mutual ruin of the competing classes is all but guaranteed as a result.