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He was talking to two dudes who liked like tire mechanics. I saw him right when I was entering the building so I didn't really get a chance to check it out. Idk if it was a shirt for an org or what, as far away as I was it may have been an anti-communist shirt for all I know. I was hoping I'd see him again when I left but sadly he was gone.

Anyway I just thought that was weird.

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[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago

There's a dude that shops at the store I work at who has a hammer and sickle and star like the soviet flag tattooed behind his ear. When I asked him about it he told me that his father was actually a member of the communist party in soviet Russia. He looked like your average oldhead california skater dude with a shaved head and a bunch of other tattoos but turns out he's a comrade.

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

So I used to work in a store that was across the street from this parking lot where they had a weekly farmers market. This weirdo Trot group was always there trying to aggressively sell people newspapers, median age was like 55 if I had to guess.

Anyway I was a bit more public about my beliefs back then and I guess word got to one of them that I was the shop commie and he ends up inviting me to these "revolutionary" dinner parties he has. I went as a bit.

Dude was a fucking hoarder, there was like two other people there, again both in their 50s at least, and all he served was oven baked pizza. Also he showed off his art which was all like "I am 14 and this is deep" trash collage with really blunt political messaging. Like one was a pairing of Donald Trump with his head framed in an actual toilet seat bolted to the canvas. Used toilet seat mind you.

Anyway I didn't end up joining his trot group but I did bump into him one more time during a BLM protest where he was trying to aggressively sell news papers and he got into an argument with some PSL guy.

I kinda went a bit grill pill after this period in my life.

[-] Esoteir@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

one was a pairing of Donald Trump with his head framed in an actual toilet seat bolted to the canvas

holy shit he invented skibidi toilet

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

Dude was a fucking hoarder, there was like two other people there, again both in their 50s at least, and all he served was oven baked pizza. Also he showed off his art which was all like "I am 14 and this is deep" trash collage with really blunt political messaging. Like one was a pairing of Donald Trump with his head framed in an actual toilet seat bolted to the canvas. Used toilet seat mind you.

I'd watch that movie.

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

After the revolution there should be a historical sitcom about western leftists being cringe and having awkward encounters like this.

[-] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

How I Met My Comrades

[-] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago

I have a semi-joke that Costco is the closest thing the American middle class gets to communism.

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Get rid of the parking lot and build apartments over medical facilities, schools, restaurants, entertainment, post office, etc and you've got a fully functional town.

[-] Biggay@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

theyre going to do that in LA in order to get the city to not stop them from building it, theres like 400 single bedroom apartments above the costco

[-] Angel@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

I know; I was one of the tire mechanic looking dudes.

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Can you get me a deal on a tire rotation?

[-] asg101@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Boomers can be comrades too, don't let the ruling class divide and conquer strategy blind you to this.

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Imagining the collective Hexbear horror when OP reveals that the guy he saw was in his 30's.

[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago
[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

The old is coming from inside the house

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if it was black I was going to guess it was this deprogram shirt

https://deprogramshop.com/products/flowers-blooming

[-] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Cool design but a 40 dollar t shirt is bourgeoisie decadence

[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If its made to order in a union shop, shirt too, then 40 bucks is probably what it costs with some proceeds going to podcast and probably artist .

Most things are cheap now BC of massive exploitation. As multi polarity increases expect most things to become more inline with this shirt.

[-] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That might be true if the shirts were made to order in union shops with vaguely fair profit sharing. There's nothing I can see to indicate that's the case here, though, just bourgeois decadence.

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EDIT: I responded to the wrong comment here

Nah the shirt was red with a gold hammer and sickle on the back

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

yea sorry, I edited after I realized you said red

It's fine lol

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