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#amnesia

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Years ago, I knew a professional wrestler who used to come over to my place to hang out and watch movies. He did a lot of hardcore matches in the ring: fluorescent light smashing, wrestling in thumbtacks or barbed wire, and all sorts of other bouts which resulted in a lot of blood.

I love wrestling, but not that kind. This guy was all sorts of fucked up. I'm pretty sure he was a masochist and this is how he fed that need. He couldn't raise one of his arms over his head because of all the damage done to his shoulder. He also had some significant brain damage from multiple concussions. He told me this manifested in amnesia.

As an example, he woke up in bed with a woman one morning. He looked all around and saw a bedroom with evidence of them both living there. "I guess she must be my girlfriend," he figured. He had no memory of her at all, but just went with it.

He used to visit me about once a week. Then he stopped without warning. I suspect he forgot he knew me.
#Wrestling #CTE #BrainInjury #concussion #amnesia #wrassling

Weird thing. Just had a business meeting with a production company at Gelupo Gelato in Soho, London.

This is me with my double-scoop cone. There’s a scoop of Colomba cake ice cream and a scoop of Liguria, which is Mascarpone, basil and whole pine nuts.

I can’t remember anything else about the meeting.

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⬆️ @billiglarper @Lassielmr @EugeneMcParland

>> if cooperating with #fascists and waging #imperialist wars against the self-determination of peoples is the standard that makes #Stalin unsuitable for glorification: How can glorifying #Churchill be a thing according to these same standards?

These are not the same standards. #Fascism and #Imperialism are not interchangeable.

People who credit #Soviets in bringing down #Nazi #Germany are either not aware of #MolotovRibbentropPact or have #amnesia

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⬆️ #EcstasyAndAmnesia #GazaStrip

It’s remarkable that since US media kicked up a shitstorm over #Biden’s age (and only Biden’s age), the calls for Biden to step aside BECAUSE of alleged #genocide in #Gaza have virtually disappeared, even though war rages all the same in the #MiddleEast and #Palestinians are once again being displaced.

#Ecstasy and #Amnesia indeed.

apnews.com/article/israel-pale

AP News · Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza CityBy WAFAA SHURAFA
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⬆️ @davidbootster @xs4me2 @vosje62 @veranderwens @ErikBloemkolk49

>> if… part of the third generation does not know who #Hitler is, then that collective memory is non-existent

That erosion of #collectiveMemory accelerates in the #thirdGeneration.

#Amnesia actually starts with #ecstasy followed by #complacence in the #secondGeneration, that quickly forgets the grief of the #firstGeneration after a major war in which the #greatestGeneration made the ultimate sacrifice.

#PeaceConstant is 3 gens

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⬆️ @w7voa

"Nasrallah’s threat against #Cyprus suggested it was concerned #Israel was on the verge of launching an operation"

— This is poor framing and shows #amnesia in the media.

#Nasrallah said back in Nov '23 that Hezbollah is ALREADY engaged in unprecedented fighting along the #Lebanon-Israel border and threatened a further escalation just weeks into the Israel-#Hamas war started by latter on #Oct7

“We ALREADY entered the battle on Oct 8.” #NasarallahWasCoy? NO

apnews.com/article/hassan-nasr

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⬆️ @mogus

I am astounded to see that you have #amnesia about #Hamas #Oct7 rocket attacks, #hostage-taking, #Israeli victims of #sexualviolence, …

So your point is that "victims of #abuse do not need to follow the conditions of their abuser?"

>> Opinions like this would cede #Ukraine to #Russia.

No, opinions like that would cause #Russia (like #Hamas) to surrender, and give back #Crimea (like hostages).

>> Israel has committed far too many #WarCrimes

THAT too is your opinion, not a FACT

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⬆️ @caitp @Snowshadow @otownKim

>> I'd never say he hasn't done anything good

But you falsely accused #Biden of something terrible: “giving a green light for #IDF to commit mass murder”

>> My argument is that blaming non-voters for Hillary losing comes from ignoring an enormous amount of supporters favoring the proposals of sanders, ignoring huge chunks of americans entirely

Nonvoters in WI, MI, PA cost #Hillary the election. Bernie supporters with #amnesia can bask in a 2nd #Trump presidency

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⬆️ @412David just came out of the blue for a #HitAndRun and ran.

I had no interaction with him ever.

This is true of most people who yelled at me, told me to fuck off, and falsely accused me of #antisemitism in this thread — One of them even developed #amnesia moments after she doubled down on false accusations and denied ever calling me an #antisemite, when it is right up there.

Don’t these people know that these posts are public that other people can read? Blocking does not remove the posts

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⬆️ @notwithstanding

Thanks for sharing nationalpost.com/opinion/opini

#IgnoraceAndAmnesia

#Colony, #colonizer, and #colonization are maladroitly applied to #Israel by people who are ignorant about the indigeneity of the #Jewish people in the region that is Israel, or by propagandists who refuse to acknowledge that indigeneity.

Also notable: Quick #amnesia about #Hamas #Oct7 and acceptance of revolutionary violence “by any means necessary” again and again and again…

#EcstasyAndAmnesia

@galad

It’s never a good idea to hit someone on the head as a cure for any type of concussion or brain injury.

Yet surveys of the public find that around 40% believe that a second blow to the head can help someone recover forgotten memories.

And this myth goes way back in popular culture.

theconversation.com/the-curiou

#Histodons @histodons #Health #Amnesia