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Yes, I also took it to be a tactful-as-possible way to say that.
Same here but was curious about stats of broken heart syndrome anyhow.
I'm curious about it too.
French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
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Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#82Died of "sadness" ... that's incredibly sad. I mean, I know it's possible, but it seems so surreal to hear.
It's incomplete without the rest of the sentence: "a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life" Grief is not just metaphorical, severe bereavement can affect health in very real ways.
yes, stress hormones may be one cause and can harm a lot of tissues
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe there is a qualitative difference between the governing systems in a country that tries to regulate personal appearances, and one that would shift it's military to the other side of the planet, bombing and murdering Iranian school children and civilians en-masse for no particular reason. I also believe that your claim of seven "official allowed" haircuts is bs, as with almost everything I ever read about Ir…
> EDIT: I have been shadowbanned, again, by HN. I check this by opening this thread in a private tab, not logged in, and notice my most recent comment is not visible. > I wasn't personally insulting nor aggressive in any comment I have made. I didn't spread disinformation. This thread is inherently political by nature, and I have been objective. > It just goes to show, even here on HN, if you don't stick to the "THIS…
This isn't fringe stuff, it's well known and documented, I would have thought most people commenting on a post about Iran would know this history, perhaps I can help you out:
"Conspiracy" Theory: "CIA/MI6 coup of 1953 that overthrew Iran's democratically elected government to protect Western oil interests"
Evidence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta... "On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was fired by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran .... It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project or Operation Ajax. A key motive was to protect British oil interests in Iran after Mosaddegh nationalized the country's oil industry."
If you find any evidence that says CIA/MI5 were not behind the coup of a democratically elected government to protect Western oil interests, please let me know, I'm very interested in this topic.
"Conspiracy" Theory: "verifiable institutional actors with control over media outlets, public figures, and politicians -pointing to a systematic, decades-long negative framing of Iran"
Evidence:
State Department records list CIA “Political Propaganda” work in the TPAJAX files. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951-54Ira... "CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup" (from the National Security Archive) https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/ "American and British involvement in Mosaddeq's ouster has long been public knowledge, but today's posting includes what is believed to be the CIA's first formal acknowledgement that the agency helped to plan and execute the coup."
Since then, there is substantial evidence Western/U.S. coverage and official discourse has repeatedly framed Iran through threat, extremism, nuclear danger, terrorism, and regime instability. Rather than me spamming links, I will just say this evidence is very easy to find and read. If you have any evidence to the contrary, please present it.
"Conspiracy" Theory: "you almost never read anything good about Iran?"
Evidence: Go to the websites of major Western outlets such as BBC News, The Guardian, NYT - search for "Iran" and look at the first 50–100 headlines.
Then categorise them into things like: War/conflict Nuclear program Sanctions Human rights Economy Tourism Culture Science Daily life
Objectively, you will find mostly negative or negatively framed stories. If you find any evidence to the contrary, I'm very interested.
Are there any other "conspiracy theories" I have mentioned that are "objectively false"?
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's jarring to many people is it isn't the three act hero's journey of a noble savage. The "something" going on is that it isn't a copy of just about the only narrative in western mythos: 1. Departure - from a humble background the subject leaves amid struggle 2. Growth and Initiation - the subject discovers who they are building themselves into the hero they'll become 3. Heroic Return - the now hero makes a retur…
I kind of resent that "western" started to be used as synonym for "America". Specifically this particular schema along with insistence with happy ending is specific feature of American book writing and cinema. Non American literature is much more likely to go out of that schematic. To whoever is downvoting this: it is not even a criticism. Just a description. When you discuss stories, Americans will frequently insist…
I'm talking about something much broader than the saccharine happy ending motif of Disney movies.
I'm paraphrasing The Hero with a Thousand Faces which is a study of world mythology, not 20th century American storytelling. This hero story is found around the world but PARTICULARLY in descendants of the proto-indo-european culture, particularly ancient Greece and the western Roman empire.
It's not "happy endings" I'm talking about but the hero being taken out of their world, finding themselves and growing, and returning... a hero, the story of individual progress and success.
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#85The movie was really beautifully done and I've wanted to read the book itself. Rest in peace.
I didn't realize there was a movie. Thanks for posting so I can check it out. I will second, the graphic novel is excellent. Up there with Maus in terms of showing you a new perspective.
I think the movie came first, at least in the US.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Idk, I didn’t read this book. But I lived a similar version of that reality in a conservative southern US town. My home life was challenging. I sold drugs and generally was a rebellious troublesome teenager. All the officials in my school and local law enforcement gave me kind slaps on the wrist compared to what they could/should have. I had to assume they were trying to get me to a point of adulthood without having…
The lenience you enjoyed presumably resulted in problems or harm for others. I got a few breaks as well as a kid too. I think teenage boys end up being a community investment and people are cleaning up broken windows, stolen cars, graffiti, and worse as we hope the kids grow up.
Very true. I’d just say, it’s the leniency that’s the investment more so than the cleaning up part. Because the damage being done is almost a given. How elders respond to it shapes whether it becomes an asset or a liability.
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't realize there was a movie. Thanks for posting so I can check it out. I will second, the graphic novel is excellent. Up there with Maus in terms of showing you a new perspective.
I think the movie came first, at least in the US.
The graphic novel in the US was 2003-2004, the film was 2007, unless I'm mistaken.
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the movie came first, at least in the US.
The graphic novel in the US was 2003-2004, the film was 2007, unless I'm mistaken.
Thanks for the correction. I saw the books in the book stores several months after the movie release. I suppose they were doing a rerun to toe in with the movie's popularity.
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#89> We are focusing on the small details and hiding the misery in the world. Look at the smoker and we miss global warming, war, and the crap we eat--not the bad guys but smoking. I smoke and they talk about cancer, I eat and they talk about cholesterol, I make love, it's AIDS. Before AIDS and cholesterol and cancer there's the pleasure of making love and eating and smoking. I have to die someday, so if the thing that gave me pleasure all of my life kills me instead of me going under a truck, that's fine. Besides, why should I live so that when I die I give fresh meat to the worms? I hope that I am rotted and they don't want to eat me. F@#$ck the worms.
-- Marjane Satrapi
Maybe a love so great you cannot go on without it is better than no such love. I wish her nothing but peace, but this such a tragic loss for the world. 56 :(
Also, fuck sadness. It's a healthy human thing, sure, but so is giving it the middle finger. Take care, all of you, and maybe smile at a person who needs it today, just because fuck sadness.
Re: French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
#90I always enjoyed the first half of Persepolis. Told from Satrapi's perspective, it was a very relatable story about a young child who was swept up by the world events around her, and tried to rebel in very normal, child-like ways. It was very relatable in that abstract sense, even if most of us have not been through a violent revolution. (and even more violent subsequent war with a neighboring state) The second half…
There's a parallel in Maus, where the PoV character runs increasingly into his Holocaust survivor's father's racism, even as he explores his father's threading the needle of 20th century Central Europe[1] . He calls his pa out on it, but for his pa the schwarzers aren't people, so there's no "there" there.
If Speigelman had a slightly deeper historical insight he might have drawn the connection between the byzantine precision of American race law and what Hitler had hoped to accomplish in his own "Wild West". Both end products of the secular wave of colonialism, with Hitler's being at least a hundred years too late, held back by the late stage of German nationhood.
Suffering is no guarantor of virtue. Extremes of violence can brutalize not just individuals but entire peoples. Which is why we should not look to victims as prima facie exemplars, but with empathy and deeper understanding.
[1] the "Bloodlands" of Tim Snyder