and there’s no Stalin in the “Marxist-Leninist”.

“Marxism-Leninism” is Stalinists’ preferred term for their political ideology. They endorse the genocidal tyranny of Stalin, while claiming that Stalin’s tyranny is justified by Lenin’s and Marx’s theory.

If someone calls themselves a “Marxist-Leninist”, just ask what they think of Stalin’s genocides (plural). Then stand back.

Fax may outlast landline telephony.

I’d rather have aphids than have no pollinators!

Ladybug larva — and if you see a lot of these, that’s a really good sign. It means that there’s an actively reproducing ladybug population, which in turn means that the area isn’t heavily poisoned with insecticides. Let’s keep it that way!

September kids eventually figure out we were probably New Year conceptions.

Usually, “shit” is worse than “ass” as a swear word. And yet, in “this shit is ass”, the negative sentiment is carried by “ass”, not “shit”.

“I’ve looked at love from both sides now…”

Dude. Trees. Dude.

Trees, dude. Trees.

Ender’s Game came out before the Web. But like many science fiction authors of the time, Card was a very early Internet user and would have been familiar with Usenet newsgroups.

With a little bit of Hellboy.

You just started reading this sentence and it’s already over.

Etymologically speaking, “engine” means any invention, whereas “motor” means specifically something that makes things move. A gasoline engine is a motor; an electric motor is an engine.

motherfucker → m10r
asshole → a5e
buttmonkey → b8y
scumbag → s5g
spankmankerjankwanker → /s(.ank(er)?)*/

This is a personal method for making up words for things; you won’t find it in a dictionary. Feel free to use it, though; maybe someday you will!

There’s the -dooj suffix, which means “a familiar thing that should be around here somewhere, and that has such-and-so quality.” This is useful for asking questions like “Where’s the … the clickydooj?”

• clickydooj — TV remote
• stickydooj — roll of masking tape, wad of blue-tack, etc.
• pokeydooj — sharp tool, digging stick, etc.
• dogwalkydooj — leash
• scoopydooj — ice cream scoop
• pinchydoojes — tongs

(The variant spelling -doodge is also acceptable.)

They caught all the fish and put 'em in a fish museum
And charge the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em

And you should!

I was talking about Maoist and Stalinist dictatorships, not socialism.

“Communism” was the brand name that these dictatorships used for their artificially red-dyed flavor of fascist mass murder. This name was stolen from the original Communists, and falsely & deceptively used by the fascist mass-murderers. Neither Stalin nor Mao had any intention of ever living in a classless society. Like all fascist leaders, they demanded obedience beyond that accorded to feudal kings, and erected new forms of hierarchy and class for their servants to populate — while they murdered the common people in whose name they claimed to rule.

The “dictatorship of the dictator pretending to care about the proletariat” murdered the proletariat by millions.

However, when people today say “Communism” — as in the title of this post — they are often referring to those dictatorships, and not to the earlier Communism of Marx and Engels, whose name the fascists misappropriated.

Hence my response, which distinguished Maoist and Stalinist fascist dictatorships from the theoretical communism of Marx and Engels.

Do not bother making excuses for fascist mass-murderers. There are none.

Tree jizz makes me sneeze.