Poetic

Another bagel with salmon cream cheese

Going to pride today, on the train now for it. Can't wait! Staying with a couple I know as well, so don't have to pay for a hotel this time either.

Quicksilver would be used to give a more poetic or more archaic spin to what you're saying or writing. It common parlance you wouldn't generally hear quicksilver used.

It's a really cool concept I think, and the community seems generally alright, and is quite varied in their interpretations of Anglish.

I tend to cycle through online usernames overtime, and quicksilver happened to be the primary username I was using across the webz.

Why quicksilver? At the time I was into Anglish (and alt-English language experiment seeing how English may have developed without non germanic influence, or, in other words, if the Norman invasion failed), and I was looking at an Anglish translation of the periodic table, and found quicksilver to be for Mercury. I quite like how it sounded, like the etymology behind it (the old meaning of quick meaning living: living-silver), so I began taking it as my handle.

That's...like...why? What purpose does this serve? Why not just move to self service at that point? Why outsource your cashiers? It's so weirdly dystopic.

I've never felt so seen in my life

Haven't been on in a while cause I've been doing my own thing, but hopefully will be more active on here.

Renting out a flat starting tomorrow. My expenses will go up, but it'll be the first place I'll have lived on my own, so very excited! It's a bit quirky though. The bedroom has a sink unit in it and shower unit attached (basically a one person shower in the wall with a door) , rather than it being with the toilet. I'm really excited though. Furnishing it to my liking will take a bit of time, but I'll manage. And my neighbors are people I know, which makes it all the nicer.

Been learning Welsh on the side, and it's been really enjoyable. Really like how it sounds, all the fricatives, the consonant mutations, really fun. Also, could listen to someone talk with a Welsh accent for days and never get tired of it.

A day behind but hey ho. I'm working nights at the moment so the concept of breakfast, lunch, and dinner have no meaning anymore.

So far, I've had battered cod and cheesy chips, an orange, 4 chocolate cookies, a banana, 2 tablespoons of honey on a slice of seeded bread, and a muesli breakfast bar.

A colleague I work with is also getting me something in a bit as I didn't have time to bring anything in. Worker solidarity ✌️

Maybe compromise. Like, some folks walk their cats on leads/leashes, so that's an option. Or supervise your cats outdoor time.

I think this conversation can have a bit more nuance than either "cats have unrestricted freedom to roam the earth" and "cats must be held prisoner in my house".

Like, unfortunately, weve created these sort of situations, and while the compromised action isn't the most ethical action, I don't think there is an action that is. I do think it's probably on the least unethical side at least, all things considered.

Went to the dental hygienist yesterday. Turns out I have rather receded gum lines on my lower front teeth, especially the back part of em. Apperently they don't actually repair themselves, but if I really focus on my teeth I can stop them receding anymore, so...

Probably the only time I'll willingly use tobacco products is with a hookah at a shisha bar, which is very rarely. I quite like em, like the social aspect and the aesthetic.

Hmmmm

Let's not forget overmorrow (the day after tomorrow), and ereyesterday(the day before yesterday)

I dunno, I quite like the weekdays being related to the Anglo-Saxon pagan gods overall(Tiws-day, Wodens-day, Thunors-day, Frigs-day)

Right I've become a bit tipsy now... But...

I really can't deal with straight drunk people drama. Like honestly, it's fucking annoying. Like the drama that happens between my straight friends and their partners/exes /other friends is just... Like fucking why!

And I see and deal with this all the time when I'm drunk over the years and it's just the same old shit. The jealousy, the ownership, the entitlement, the secrecy, etc.

Yes I know it's in the queer community as well, but god damn have the straights perfected it to an art, and I dont know why I tolerate it...

Oooh I watch that with my grandparents sometimes!

You know, I'm not sure that having the context makes this better or worse...

I had to double take that title, and I'm still unsure what it means...

Huh, never really thought about that but it makes sense that in the "rationalising" and categorization of the natural world, deviations from said categories would need to be fixed to keep the categories constant and stable.

Absolutely banging games! Used to play them all the time as a kid. Might actually beat the game for once!

I got: Dark cloud and Dark Chronicle (ps2 games), calligraphy set, lebkuchen (German biscuits), a d20 lamp, gin liqueurs, cosmetic face mask thingies, Bath bombs, and one friend made me a hanging thing from a stick he found in the woods, some string, and 52 paper cranes.

Was looking for forums and stuff outside of reddit that had left/anarchist discourse, and found a link to here off some site I can't remember.

So for context, I've been on here for two of those five years, though was definitely more of a lurker the first bit.

Not so much changed as refined/deepened. I ended up on raddle after my political shift (which had a lot to do with leaving the US and breadtube) away from ancap and all that nonsense. I still wouldn't put any labels on my anarchism (more so I dont have enough theoretical knowledge on any one camp to truly say), but I'd definitely say raddle has probably nudged me towards the anti-civ/degrowth/individualist aspects of anarchism over others. Still not as praxis orientated as I'd like to be, but it's a new year soon, so who knows.