what I *meant* was that you were equating-- falsely-- immigration with neoliberalism. Clearly, there was immigration before neoliberalism. Does neoliberalism facilitate *mass* immigration? Yeah, it can of course. But then again, there were also muslims and sikhs living as a small minority in Victorian Britain. What I'm trying to say is laying the immigration of any "suspected foreigner" and their subsequent existence as a British citizen/resident of the UK on the feet of neoliberalism strikes me as wrong. Indeed, it strikes me as vaguely prejudiced

I'd also like to point out that you don't know the first thing of what I believe, or that I disagree that the British identity lacks a historical context. Of course it has one.

Honestly I think my main conceit is that while I'm on "your side", or Sargon's "side" it seems like there's also a lot of really fucking lazy arguments for this side that need to be reevaluated. Its like half of us lost the plot on what *we* believe in our haste to react to what the other side says.

You bring up some solid points, Ill try to get back to you when I can.

And I don't mean to sound gatekeeper-y there. its hardly my place to be arbiter of good and bad arguments but its certainly my right to point out potential problems i guess

alright man, take care

oh shit

Hmm?

so if you repeatedly tell someone "call me before you come over"

and they like call but if you dont answer they just come over anyway

and like if you dont answer your door they like knock on your windows and shit

thats fucking wierd, right?

like im not asshole here, am i?

this friend of mine like straight up he will call me

and ill be like "yo im busy right now"

and then he will come over anyway

and want to hang out for like HOURS

just now he called i didnt hear him call so he came over and just like i guess he knocked on the door but i had headphones on

so he like knocked on the window of the room i was in

and its like "oh i just wanted to show you this light i have"

and im like "yeah ok its pretty cool, cya"

yet now i feel like an asshole because hes obviously going through some shit

hes someone ive known for like 10 years but this behavior is new as of like a week ago

i dunno maybe im just being an asshole

Generally, behavioral shifts that happen quickly like that aren't a great sign. But no, expecting your home to be treated in a more respectful manner than if you were just hanging out in a cafe isn't being an asshole. On the other hand, he might just have trouble reaching out or figuring out boundaries. Odd, but not ill will.

yeah

ive been trying for a few days now to set a boundary like "today we will not hang out, we will hang out tomorrow"

but every time ive said that hes come over anyway

and ive given him like cursory attention, like hung out with him for a few minutes outside

but ive relented a few times and let him hang out inside for a while

and i mean the last two times he came over it was with some pretty flimsy excuses

like he wanted to show me a light he wired, and he wanted to use one of my tools to cut a circuit card

Hello everypony

and i think hes just lonely or something

i tell him "yo man you need more friends"

and thats like a pretty blatant hint you know

but hes like "i dont need friends"

and its like

no you do

i need you to have more friends

its sad i need to figure out what his issue is