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asterism OP wrote
Visit going well so far?
kano wrote
So I came to the city to meet them for a concert and we'll go to mine TMR. Also met some friends of theirs too, was distressing yesterday, hearing them talk about US politics and fascism, and completely ignoring the fact that black people and indigenous people exist over there and felt kind of attacked because my mom was talking about how she wants to stay and fight the fascism there through electoral politics bs, and I mean I left that country in part due to the fucked up political situation there. Their friends are English ppl who I've known my whole life and they were complaining about Brexit even though they voted it for it.
I'm mad at them the friends because they voted for Brexit and then applied for European passports due to ancestry in a European country.
And lots of lesser evilism stuff talking about they are really scared for the next election that maybe desantis are trump come to power, even though the democrats are as fucked up, and maybe I'm gonna have a go at them with the stuff ziq was saying about white supremacy and lesser evilism.
moonlune wrote
This week we had a work conference on how to reduce our environmental impact and everything they suggest is so bland.
kano wrote
What were some of the suggestions if you're interested in sharing?
moonlune wrote (edited )
Recycle, mostly. Drink coffee from a coffee machine instead of pods
When they said people should go vegetarian everyone laughed lol
And they told people to do drive sharing and everyone grumbled
Ah yes we should not take the plane if we're less than 4h away by train.
Lettuce wrote
NPCs are fucking wild to talk to someone's. I allways forget how boring they are.but at some point their lack of imagination becomes rlly funny again
"Drive with more than one person in the car! 😲 I'm not programed to do that!"
moonlune wrote
Oh yeah also there's a government agency that gives you money if you bike to work and send them enough paperwork.
asterism OP wrote
Looking forward to a long weekend.
Been trying to brain storm a free practice place near my work so I can practice guitar when I get off early or on my breaks. There are free places (the library is real close to work for one) but most of those don't allow you to store stuff which is a big part of it.
Been seeing an uptick in the use of security at a lot of stores lately. Kind of shitty tbh.
Lettuce wrote
I think I got COVID my god it's rlly annoying.
First day or two super tired and crabby and I would have tons of drainage and blow my nose every 15 minutes. My nose just started to hurt. And at some point the tiredness remained then I got a coff. Then started to realize I couldn't take deep breaths as good. So I thought I was getting ahead of things after a day or two my coff and breth was beter. Then I immediately got nausea, dirreah and food tastes bad.
roanoke9 wrote (edited )
The one at a time nature of the symptoms sure did make the designer virus theory cross my mind- but lingering pnuemonia stamped out any thought beyond the present soon after. Hope you miss out on that part.
Lettuce wrote
Yea I think so I slept a ton and am in way better shape.
TwentyFiveCharsOrLess wrote
Trying to find irl anarchist friends. The thing I like about raddle is you guys are actually really understanding. Anywhere else I go if I talk about politics theyre all like “get back in your box filth ecofascist”.
ruinsociety wrote
I have the same issue. Lots of "normal" friends but absolutely no anarchist friends.
It sucks because when I talk to my friends, I sometimes get bored. "Can y'all stop talking about shoes and tech?" Lol.
Lettuce wrote
Do u want advice?
TwentyFiveCharsOrLess wrote
I may not take it but I’ll listen
Lettuce wrote
Just be a normal person and not a political ideologue. Make friend with people and then anyone who u are decent terms with won't call u an eco fash tho u won't make many friends going "I live Ted k. I wanna marry uncle teddy!"
TwentyFiveCharsOrLess wrote (edited )
You got understand I don’t do normal like I don’t even know what the fuck normal is, I’m not entirely convinced normals even a real thing. Talk about my other interests, but I don’t think other people are all that down to give offerings to chaos gods and ask them to give opportunity to spread chaos. I guess I could just lure people in with some free mead
Lettuce wrote (edited )
Id say magick and wacky spirituality is a normal person thing in anarchist spaces. I meant normal in that u talk like u are a person. Oh hey I'm X and I like these things. It's pretty common to run into people who are less people and more Spector's of their political ideology. U can be friends with the communist or the anarchist. Or the ANTIFA member. And if u are talking about anti civ stuff and trying to convince people of theory I would throw u in the haunted aberition of ideology category and not normal person.
Normal perks. In this context just means u are a person rather than an ideologue. U can do and believe as much goofy shit as u want. It's pretty hard to antagonize anarchisr spaces with weird behavior. All kinds of weird behavior are normal.
TwentyFiveCharsOrLess wrote
Yeah, should just be more clear that I’m cool with Star Trek style space communism as long as we just limit the exploitation to uninhabited planets.
Lettuce wrote
Boooooo
Shoot gunpowder missiles at ancom spaceships.
TwentyFiveCharsOrLess wrote (edited )
Hey, as long as they GTFO earth. Then they can fuck up Mars with their civilization and leave earth alone I’m down for that
veuzi wrote (edited )
For the past 3 workdays this week, I've been checking and cleaning shower drains. For like every single room in the newer part of the hotel. But strangely enough I much prefer it to fully cleaning upwards of 20 rooms on a regular day.
The hairs, dead skin cells and gray gunk that builds up in the drain trap is something that I was already familiar with (and desentisized to) after having to unclog and clean my own shower drain on a regular basis for years. Got no problem pulling that shit out by hand, with or without gloves (altough for this job I'll use a glove every time, as it's not my own gunk, you know).
I also got to bring a shop vac (wet/dry vacuum cleaner) with me to use. But I didn't use it much because most of the drains didn't require it, it got tiring to bring it in and out of a room every 5 or so minutes, I had to empty it for every 3 rooms I used it in, plus it often leaves behind a mess of water that I have to wipe up. It's quite fun to vacuum up water and gunk while simultaneously running the shower head just above the drain at full water pressure though. Makes a satisfying sound.
tuesday wrote
really trying to get out of this hotel and into an apartment. think i can find something for next week? lololololol9l9lol9lllll
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lentils wrote
have had a lot of ideas for different projects which has been cool but i haven't had time for all the ones i've wanted to do! ig that's life tho and i definitely have a lot more time for them now that school is sort of over so that's good.
asterism OP wrote
Any cool things you got in the works now?
lentils wrote
most of them i've just been looking into the logistics of so far.
one i've been working towards is finding ways to make like-minded friends locally which is hard as there aren't a lot of people with non-mainstream perspectives where i live but i've been thinking there might be some who i just need to try a little harder to reach out to.
d4rk wrote
well, two years of polsci is about to be over and I'm back. Hopefully I'd get to summer in the dark arts.
PointNemo wrote
Does anyone have pets or "emotional support animals"? I want to get a bunny but I think I should have two.
Bezotcovschina wrote
I think I'm becoming a friend with a local stray cat. He's starting to notice me from afar and springs for some food and then lets me pet him a bit
Lettuce wrote (edited )
The dog gets the joy of me being arround i.e. if I'm eating something and the dog wants some I will literally share as much food as they ask for. Often times they eat like .30 percent do the food it's pretty funny.
And I even feed them all the shit dogs aren't supposed to have bc it's not my right to control what they eat. So like they have had chocolate and grapes and all kinds of shit. One time I was eating potatoes and I showed that it was hot. And set it down. The dog licks it notices it's hot. And instead of waiting they fucking swallow it whole. They then like 5 minutes later puke up the whole piece.
Tho we figured out how to share those sugary ice pops. I used to break off a piece and pry their mouth open. Now I just break off a piece and the dog pulls it out wit their tongue. And yes if u are wondering if I am eating a spoonful of pb I will let the dog take some licks off.
Tho the poor thing gets so bored in the city. Despite all the food she still hunts for stuff. They found an old packet of basically caffeine strips which are fruit flavored and m they ate like 300 mg of caffeine. If anything happens I will release the dogs 300 mg caffeine trip report.
Omg I made more potatoes but the dog doesn't want any this time
Interesting the dog likes cabbage but doesn't even act like cooked brussel sprouts are food. The also will eat beans if they are mixed in with stuff. Tho just straighr up beans they hate. So like if I make bean burritos the dog doesn't ask for some.
kano wrote
Got my parents visiting me starting today wish me luck, think they never entered an anarchist space before so could b interesting.
First potato plants are coming up.
Work is ok got my first paycheck for the half month almost I've worked and was more then I expected, and the team is nice so far, have to cleverly position myself during meetings so my coworkers can't see th anarchy shit on my walls tho
Pretty sure I'm gonna end up having a conflict with a housemate, cos they say wild ass shit sometimes that sounds conservative to me, think in future we should be more careful bout who we invite to stay w us.