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Cake day: November 12th, 2024

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  • Judging others by your ability,is neither fair or productive, it is also a recipe for continuous disappointment.

    I’m not so much judging them as bemoaning my own loneliness. To be fair, I’ve also done a good amount of judging, but that isn’t what I’m referring to here.

    I’m just talking about companionship. Stimulation. Someone to play board games with, or argue about whether water is wet with.

    I had a real group of peers in college. I was surrounded by people smarter than me, and it was great. I actually had to work hard to win games against them, had to actually apply myself to avoid failing my classes, and they would actually debate like they knew what they were doing. I miss it.









  • I genuinely can’t come up with something worse than the actual news. I see real news stories and think “wow, my anxiety riddled brain has been coming up with ‘worst case scenarios’ for months now, but this? I hadn’t even thought of worrying about that.”

    Like I was not expecting to think “Hitler would be a better President.” And for the record, as of a couple months ago I would have said that Hitler was as bad of a leader as any country could possibly have.

    But not only is Trump every bit as xenophobic, power hungry, and ‘above the law’ as History’s Worst Person ™ but his administration is also selling off our national forests, dismantling our educational system, and literally defunding the usda and fda.

    At least the nazis supported organic farming or whatever. THAT’S NOT A SENTENCE I SHOULD EVER BE ABLE TO SAY. And yet here we are.

    The Republican party, ladies and gentlemen. Speedrunning “worst government ever.”








  • The statement is that it isn’t a statement. An understatement, if you will.

    It’s a big part of looking classy. Why wear a diamond studded gold watch when you can wear a normal looking watch that those in the know will recognize as expensive?

    Same principle. You don’t necessarily notice the bag immediately, so when you do notice it you get to appreciate the outfit a second time. There’s layers, which makes it sophisticated. Classy.



  • I think it is. Not in a nationalistic sense - we’ve done a lot of harms in the world. Maybe more harm than good, even. But there’s still a lot worth saving here. (USA)

    If you just walk around and talk to people on the street, we’re still one of the most progressive people around, despite everything. The US is a melting pot, a country of immigrants, and therefore a fierce battleground for ideas and ideologies. Right now the fascists are in power, but that doesn’t make them the majority.

    I really do think that if we get past this, we’ve got the “bones” to create something really great.

    And that doesn’t even include American culture. Sure, there’s things I don’t like, but there are some really good parts, too.

    We’re loud. Gregarious. We’ll strike up conversations with complete strangers. Most Americans are culturally curious, too - we like to try foods from other places, we’re fond of foreign movies and media, and we have a weird fascination with people who speak other languages (even though most of us only speak English).

    Many of us see ourselves as citizens of the world, not just our own country. We like the idea of the US being a “global superhero” standing up for democracy and human rights. I know that’s mostly propaganda, and the real history of US intervention is more about maintaining global capitalism. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We could actually help the UN, defend Ukraine, defend Palestine, push for peace. The cultural groundwork is already there, we just need a more democratic system so that the will of the people is actually followed.

    If you look at US history, you’ll see a lot of bad. That’s the nature of the two party system. But we have had some really good times, too. We have had leaders like John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Jimmy Carter who have done a lot of good. And that’s just presidents, we’ve also had activists and leaders fighting for what’s right throughout our whole history.

    They didn’t spring up from nowhere. Those people have always been here, and they’re just as “American” as the bad ones. In a sense there are two "America"s. There always have been. And, as in every generation, it’s worth fighting for.