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Like, why wouldn't people be interested in knowing that the African slave trade of the colonial period actually started with Jewish kids, but they all died in the African climate of Sao Tome, so the Portuguese started buying slaves from the Congolese, which they captured from neighboring tribes, to work the fields??

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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I saw a post, probably a couple years ago now, on Reddit about a group activity where people are given 30 minutes to create a PowerPoint on any subject then have to do a presentation.

Kind of reminds me of that

[–] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have always wanted to have a group of friends who would be down with that. But I recently started seeking specifically autistic friends, and I believe it will soon be a reality!

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I actually went on my city's subreddit and posted saying I was autistic and hated capitalism and looking for friends. It worked out great.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

I knew some people in a discord server who had their own private discord server just for doing power points on various subjects and every week they’d take turns doing presentations on whatever subject was chosen.