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alchemicalterror · 3 days ago

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I'm going to be honest, I have no idea who you are, but you seem very nice! I saw that you're researching the human fear response- I'd love to hear more about your work if you have the chance!

It ain’t that weird to be surprised by anonymity at this point in my god damn career, you teenage pain in my…

… Ahem.

Hi. Uh, apologize for the informality of all this, I confess you caught me at something of a loss - it is not very often that I get asked after my research without some layer of presumption or prior bias coloring the inquisition, and the sheer novelty of the situation had me reeling this morning when I woke up to such a refreshing email.

If it's all right with you, I'm gonna just ramble a bit at the camera with my coffee, since where I started and where I'm at has gone a little bit off in the weeds, and stream of consciousness is really the most organic way to get this all down these days; transcript below.

My work with the human psyche is, yes, with the human fear response in a manner of speaking - but I am not so much studying how people respond to fear in and of itself, so much as I am studying the therapeutic benefits of using episodes of intense fear as a means of breaking through repressed memories, opening vulnerabilities surrounding trauma, and helping people with anxiety or other fear-related chronic disorders navigate the tangled nests of their own thought processes to help better identify the cores of their issues so that, when they are in a calmer frame of mind, those newly-identified and articulated 'problem areas' in their past or thought processes could be more directly addressed and worked on in a controlled and clinical setting.

I began this path of neuroscientific study back when I was in university about twenty years ago now, and upon graduation, I initially had quite a bit of grant money and backing from the scientific community to pursue this line of inquiry, though most of that has dried up due to some red tape incidents that, for the sake of this explanation, I'm not going to get into at the moment if that's all right.

However, the process has shown a lot of promise, and I have made a lot of headway even though I am now limited to pilot-study sized focus groups and self-funded research, and am forced due to circumstances to make do broadly with volunteers and short-term clinical trials rather than the years-long therapy treatment plans and relationships I had hoped to establish when I began this journey all those decades ago. Despite setbacks, the research itself has been moving at a steady, if rather slow pace, and has proven incredibly promising, and the few folks that have stuck with me for repeat exposure and study have made a lot of headway with the issues I've been trying to address.

I am not currently licensed to practice any of my experimental therapy techniques in a live clinical setting, so my work in outpatient therapy and clinical psychiatric work is not related to my research, and is more just work I do to pay the bills, as a man's gotta eat and pay his employee and feed his kid and whatnot, but I did publish a paper back in '94 before things went tits up at my original research facility y'all could likely find on my initial findings if you want to pursue the topic further.

If that damn thing's behind a paywall or something, lemme know, I got it around here somewhere. Never pay for knowledge that oughta be free.

#jonathan crane #answers #dc askblog #jonathan blogs #hey nonnie nonnie #dcau askblog #mod art #lore #long post

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kerosene-saint · 10 days ago

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ughhhhhhh I hate that good things cost money

#nothing is ever truely free #and i know people gotta make money to live #and they gotta make a profit somehow off of it #but it's so frustrating #i hate capitalism

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frogeyedape · 1 month ago

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I am so unbelievably pissed off. FUCK HOAs

Oh, my trash/recycling bin can't be visible except on pickup day? Ok whatever fine I hate you but I can deal with this

Weekly inspections?????? FU FU FU FU FU

SECOND NOTICE ALSO WE'RE CHARGING YOU MONEY TO SEND YOU CERTIFIED MAIL OF THIS TOTALLY LEGIT TOTALLY SECOND NOTICE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION cue me: checks notes. Hmm. My recycling bin was. on the curb. on recycling pickup day. You know. The day it has to be out. The day it is motherfucking ALLOWED TO BE FUCKING OUT AND VISIBLE.

so. 1) not a violation

I have sent them the trash AND recycling pickup schedules, which are DIFFERENT, btw

I have disputed the fact of the violation

I have disputed the linking of this "violation" to a previous violation MONTHS AGO--their "first notice" in this case was a "Courtesy Notice" LITERALLY 5 MONTHS AGO and they've done so many inspections since then and my bin CLEARLY WASN'T OUT IN THOSE INTERVENING MONTHS so WTMFH

So I am posting like a crazy person here instead of sending the absolutely deranged email I almost sent (I did send a slightly less deranged version with the disputes, and requesting a hearing)

OMG. It has been. Less than one hour since I learned this fun fun news. My bin was out YESTERDAY, y'all. YESTERDAY. I am going to blow a gasket

#it's a relatively privileged problem to have (omg i have a home truly i am grateful) but it's still a goddamned problem and i'm allowed #to fucking complain about it #in case it needs to be said #*rolling my eyes*#i advocate for free/actually affordable housing for everyone who needs it because we ALL deserve a safe secure stable home #whatever type of home that may be #it is absolutely goddamned ridiculous that megacorps can buy all the housing #rent it out at extortionate rates and evict people willy nilly #and we're talking about a “housing crisis” and not a “STOP LETTING CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES HOARD ALL THE HOUSING” crisis #goddamn.#ha elect me president (ahaha don't do this i am not a good public speaker) and I'll push congress to pass some really neat legislation #hey be more direct: elect me to congress (ahaha don't do this) and i'll WRITE some goddamn nifty legislation and yell about it as long and #as loud as i can until people start to just fucking say yes to make me shut the fuck up #(i know that's not how it works. again. don't actually elect me to a government position)#exemplia gratis:#No individual person shall own more than 6 homes UNLESS they pay a Housing Market Shrinkage Fee for removing viable housing from the market #why 6 and not 2? 2 is a lot! it's excessive! but having A vacation home shouldn't be a crime. Having 5 vacation homes is ridiculous and #awful and whatever but it's not likely to be the source of all our greatest “housing shortage” problems. no. I'm aiming for the absolutely #monstrously greedy and egregious motherfuckers who---ok #hang on. how many homes does the average min and max homeowner own? I would like to see data on that. but anyway #the next part of the legislation:#Homes owned >6 shall be charged X% Housing Market Shrinkage Fee UNLESS they are rented for affordable (15% or less than renter net income)#housing and are actively occupied by said renters. Rented out and charging more than 15% of renter's net? still gotta pay up.#EMPTY housing >6 shall be subject to an additional Y% Housing Market Shrinkage Fee (tax? should I call it a tax?) which increases with ever #month that the housing goes unoccupied. no one living in it? sell it rent it or pay the fuck up. and still pay the fuck up if you rent it #for way too goddamn much money #but like. less. we only REALLY hate you if you sit on empty houses that you don't even let anyone use #ok that's individuals. now onto BUSINESSES #ok so immediately it gets a little complicated cuz like presumably there's rental management businesses that don't own the rental propertie #that they manage BUT there are also companies that just outright own a shitfuckton of housing and THIS is the truly egregious monstrous sid

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todayisafridaynight · 7 months ago

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mine's done a lot of sexy things in my opinion but top five to me still is asking daigo if he wanted to prioritize The Family or one man Not In The Family

#snap chats #you know what i mean. that rggo story I Think That Was Very Attractive Of Him #i simply understand why daigo was like 'fuck man .............. kinda right with that ................ wanna get married--'#but no cause real shit daigo ily and its very cute that you love kiryu so much #and i get it i do. i live for daigo's idolization of kiryu it makes for delicious drama and many emo spiralings at 1AM #i just really appreciate mine being able to speak up. from his position. yk what i mean #like mine's relatively green to the yakuza atp and this is the first time he's personally going out with his boss but not just His Boss #THE Boss and he still sees value in being like 'idc if you're my superior i need you to really evaluate your values rn for the whole org'#its so sexy of him ........ love a man who can cut the bullshit when he gotta ...#ESPECIALLY in regards to kiryu cause like .... kiryu ily and ily because youre messy ... i just need others to call you messy too ...#its also just so good because it's exactly the type of thing daigo wanted from companions #people who could look at him beyond his name and money and status and tell him what he needs to hear ... its very yummy ...#so yeah thats one of my top five sexy moments thanks for watching im gonna kick my feet and think about mine #he's such an epic character ......... i wish i had blender so i could spin his model for an hour #ill just have to settle for doing that in my brain

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edwinisms · 4 months ago

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see I can’t accept charles’ comic background and socioeconomic status as canon for the show because if I did that would mean the whole group would be a bunch of rich kids and that’s a horrifying concept

#ranging from vaguely upper class (niko and charles via comic logic) to presumably quite wealthy (edwin) to straight up ultrarich (crystal)#well off but doesn’t own a mansion -> owns a mansion -> owns several mansions in several countries #but yeah that aside. I don’t like the idea of him being raised upper class or even upper middle and yes I know he went to a private catholic #school that presumably costs a decent amount of money but for one we don’t Know how much exactly by that point in time (I’m assuming it was #more prestigious and expensive back in edwin’s day) and it’s not like middle class or even working class people can never afford #to send their one (1) kid to catholic school. like that’s really not too unusual. I know this is an american example but im thinking about #lady bird and her catholic school situation- her family was financially unstable and still paid for Catholic school because it was (in their #opinion) the best offering for an education in the neighborhood (and as someone who lives in the same city in the same Area of the same #city I can tell you that that choice does make sense even for a non-catholic. the public schools round here can be uhhhhhh rough)#so im seeing charles’ situation sorta like that #his dad seems like the type to want him ‘kept in line’ and ‘whipped into shape’ and I think he’d pay for that if he could manage it #idk something about charles is just……he has an appeal by being the Normal Kid amongst them. not raised as anything special. not having all #his needs met. never expecting to do anything super grand with his life. just a city kid yknow #anyway SOMEONES gotta know how to cook. I don’t think crystal or edwin have ever had to cook for themselves in their lives and niko seems to #live on instant ramen and i mean I bet she can cook very basic japanese meals but that’s about it #please for the love of god tell me charles learned some stuff from his mom and can cook an adequate meal #I know ghosts don’t eat but shut up #rambling #charles #dead boy detectives spoilers

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carcarrot · 5 months ago

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do i really want to make individual drinks again

#reaching back into the file cabinets of my mind to remember how i made certain drinks when i worked at the cafe #in preparation for the possibility of this new job #it would certainly mean far less goofing off time than i have at my current job. and i value my goofing off time dearly #but the people here are so fucking annoying lmao. i hate them soooo much #not that the people at this new job would be any better. we're still dealing with investment bankers #godddddd. what i really would want (which would be impossible)#would be to go back to working at the cafe but like. still have paid time off and insurance lmao #but the cafe was a small business and he was not offering paid time off and insurance. and the pay was way less #but i did get to play whatever music i wanted. unfortunately you cant live on that #like i can always say no to this new job if its offered to me. but is my goofing off time worth:#2 dollars less in pay and a half hour to an hour's more commute. well i dont know #a shorter commute would mean i could sleep more. and have more time at home .#i mean i probably don't Need all this goofing off time. but its nice #i dont knowwwwwww #like even though im a bit nervous abt doing it again i know that i would easily fall back into the routine of making drinks #which i was fairly good at. my one drawback is that i cant do latte art but i dont know that theyd really care here #and (because i found the menu of where id work) theres not a ton of drink options?? just the standard stuff #its being called a starbucks cafe but 1) its not managed by them and 2) it does not have their 5 billion drink options #so thats good. less to worry about #doesnt look like i even have to make anything foodwise which i had to at the cafe #here it looks like people can just buy a pastry and thats it #the hours are like. the same i work now. also good #sorry im like using this post to think through my thoughts.#uhhhh oh i looked up the manager who looks like a weenie so im not keen on the prospect of interviewing with him #but i probably would have thought that about my current manager if id seen a pic of him prior to interviewing. i guess???#and with these kind of catering units it seems you dont often deal directly with the manager that much anyway #i just gotta see if i get good vibes #rn i have unsure vibes. but i need a sign to see if this could be good for me #oh id also save money on transportation. and taxes! bc i wouldnt be working in ny anymore #lol oops tag limit. well i hope you enjoyed my job thoughts you probably didnt i know i didnt

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lunar-fey · 3 months ago

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ohhhh my god. okay. so. my aunt does like, she buys random junk in bulk from retail wholesalers and then resells it on like, facebook marketplace and ebay and stuff. whatever. so my mom works for her. makes a flat $50 a day, regardless of the fact that shes disabled and doing hard labor for at least 8 hours a day, often 10+. and min wage here is $10 an hour but mom argued that $50 a day is still more than what she would make working the same hours at an actual job because of taxes...like girl that would be 50% taxes. you do not pay that fucking much. so thats already Bad.

but today mom shows me a video of a knife theyre gonna sell, and i watch 2 seconds and i realize its an automatic knife, and i tell her hey. thats illegal to possess in this state. let alone sell! and mom is like ohhh [aunt] knows what shes doing itll be fine.... we sell knives on there all the time she just doesnt put pictures and calls them something else on the listing to get around fb/ebays policies :)

LIKE. HELLO. THATS NOT BETTER. YOURE COMMITTING MULTIPLE CRIMES. *AS YOUR JOB.* and she was just like "its not a big deal she knows what shes doing." folks, this is the same aunt that, very illegally, paid me to sort through her clients confidential tax documents and bank records and stuff. because she works for a bank. and took the records home to sort them. i dont think she DOES know what shes doing, actually!

#why do both of my parents need to be so impressively incompetent. i like. cannot find the words for how . i feel about this #like. idc about crimes. go forth. be free. but maybe. just maybe. you should not make your job #“hi today i will post about how i am selling illegally possessed objects on a widely used public forum”#dont do crimes STUPID. yanno.#in other parent news. its now like. month 6 or so of dad refusing to get his insurance reinstated.#hes been on the same step (taking his paystubs to the dhhr office) for like 3 months?#anyway apparently he found out today/last night that when he was a kid he was diagnosed with gastroparesis !#which is like ! cool! you have a diagnosis AND ive been living with that for 16 years and can help you 🥰#but we were sitting there with mom (this was right before the knife thing) and she was like “well you gotta get your insurance now so you #can get on the right meds“ and dad was like yeah ill go....#and mom was saying well go in the morning when they open etc etc and he was like i will #and i pointed out that just two weeks ago i told him that too. and he didnt want to. bc hed lose money due to not being able to work #and mom was like well he doesnt work at 8am. and i was like yeah i know but i told him to go at 8am two weeks ago and that was his response #and then he proceeded to claim that this whole time he didnt know they opened at 8am.#folks. he doesnt start working until like...usually 10 or so. WHAT GOVERNMENT OFFICE DOESNT OPEN UNTIL 10.#PLUS. WE LIVE IN A RURAL HOUR. *BUSY* TAKES LIKE AN HOUR. MOST OF THE TIME YOURE IN AND OUT WITHIN 20 MINITES.#ive been fucking considering PAYING HIM to go get it.#and then he claims he didnt know it opened at 8am. when i have told him that. MULTIPLE TIMES.#WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE LIKE THISSSS THEYRE THE MOST IMMATURE ADULTS IVE EVER MET AND THATS IMPRESSIVE!!!#IVE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR RENT IN COKE OR WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY PROFESSIONAL PARTIERS. AND *THEYRE* MORE RESPONSIBLE AND MATURE THAN MY #PARENTS. SO WHAT GIVES.#also theyre 50 like cmon yall. youre not even 20 or 30. i think you should know how to not like. get your job shut down or die of lack #of medication.#did i tell yall one of the times a few months ago i was nagging dad abt getting his insurance #his response was literally. no exxageration.#he was like oughhh i dont wanna see doctors because then theyll find out somethings wrong with me #and ill have to go on a bunch of medication.#and then he actually for real. said.#“being on too many medications killed my grandma”#even mom was like cmon man. thats not even true. they misdiagnosed her and put her on WRONG meds. she wasnt even on that many.

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friendlynaborhooddisapointment · 6 months ago

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the dream would be a 15hour week workday at a low stress job not that far from home but not too close it feels intimate to your home, a small mangable appartment that wont fall apartwith furnishings i like,bills that arnt stress inducing in a way that make me think about money all the time, and just chill and do my hobbies when im not doing all the other things people have to do in their adult to not be that sad life like cook and clean and talk to people

#would be cool to publish and stuff #but again dont want to turn my hobbies into somthing more stress inducing then perfecting my craft already does #cant belive the dream is the bere minimum #25 hours a week max #but still its really just the bere minimum #oh to live the bere minimum #life always finds a way to make things difficult #and it would be cool to be able to get rid of some of the more consistent stuff like money stress and work stress #so when there are more difficult things to worry about its not pilled up on the stuff thats day to day #i know some people like having alot to do but that is not me #but yeah feel free to make this your dream too i think its ok to just want to exist stress free enough to properly enjoy the mundane #cuz the mundane is pretty neat #and everyone acts like its this terrible thing but it happens everyday #the sun sets the sun rises but i still get excited when i get a good view #want to enjoy that without worrying about everything i have to work for to become successful #i think we are alowed to not want to work for things we dont care about that much just for the bere minimum of existence #would be totally diffrent if it got u up there but #it doesnt?#but im totally chill if giving like 25%-50% gave me just enough #not saying that would be how much i care just now much energy i give #and honestly alot of work can come out of that much energy #giving your 100% is stupid and uderrated and your 100% will become worse and worse #ofc still fine to do it but all the time is crazy people still gotta use some of that energy to live life outside of the hustle #offical hustle hate post

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snekdood · 8 months ago

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everyone who says they hate rap is required to listen to this song first

#fave #music #mood #its not all about pussy money weed #listen closely to the lyrics in rap music #rather than dismissing all rap just say you think that particular rapper sucks yaknow #but also you gotta appreciate pmw rap a bit too- that was one of the points in contrapoints' opulence video that everyone glazed over #bc god forbid she not know the internet wants buck angel to shit and die #(which btw is a really good video if you can get past your blinding rage for buck angel and listen to the rest of the 40 min video)#it why even though the majority of wiz khalifas rap is pretty uhm. shallow. to say the least-#in amber ice he has a line that goes like 'we aint even supposed to be living near this people' as in WHITE people.#its about flaunting that which you are denied by a society that oppresses you #ARE YOU GETTING IT? DO YOU GET IT YET????????????#im literally frothing over here tryna make ppl understand #which is why btw its weird when white ppl make songs like that about 'having more money than u' about themselves or make a whole song like #that. like becky you're not revolutionary at all. you're a rich white girl. oooooo so different and unique.#rap music about money is usually like 'fuck you i can do that shit too' not JUST about the flaunt bb girl #*glares at ariana grande*#ariana- YOU'RE the exact type of person rappers are pitting themselves against. flaunting your money isnt cool or different or anything #you're not revolutionary in your music at all. you're just a rich white person being open about how above everyone you think you are #thats the difference between white rappers like ariana and black rappers- white rappers rap about their money to flaunt how above everyone #they are. black rappers flaunt their money to show how above rich white people they can be #you're not proving you can do it too you're being a privileged asshole lmao #the difference between rich white rappers and old money is that rich white rappers are actually being open about how they think they're #superior than everyone #like ok becky we get you embrace being a white supremacist colonizer and no one can tell you to stop 🙄😒

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watermelonsenpai · 1 year ago

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Let's see how many anxiety and sleep meds I can take before I black out because I can't deal with being conscious anymore. Everything is fake and nothing is real, the rules are fake, they're made up and they don't matter.

#already took enough that i feel buzzed like i drank #i just wanna not feel like this anymore #i would take any drug that was offered to me right now #might hit up the giant homeless group at the park and ask if anyone wants to fight me #would love to get punched in the face so i can feel anything else #would also love to beat the shit out of someone to feel my fists make contacts with a body #is cool tho nothing to worry about #just gonna be joining that homeless group tomorrow if we can't pay $3000 lmao #i love being alive in this fake world with fake money and fake lines and people that hate other people for just living their life and being #a certain color or having pigments on their skin that make them look different and oh man gotta kill about it #gotta kill em. they look different? kill em #it's the only rational and smart thing to do obviously #you know #it's cool #being alive is cool #it's not fucking pointless it's not like I'm living the exact reason why i hate this fucking world #I'm a product of my environment #and this environment has filled me with so much rage and hatred and violent thoughts and wanting to hurt things #it's cool though #no biggie gang gang bitch #🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙#watermelon-sempai #personalmelon

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a9saga · 1 year ago

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the brilliant green - stand by me // the day I run out of tbg videos to post will be the day I stop posting weekly song recs on this blog

#it may be 7am but i know if i don't post this now i probably won't post anything today #and i don't like to have the same pinned post for 3 weeks straight #i wasn't feeling like posting anything too consistently these last couple weeks #i gotta *feel* a song rec man if im gonna queue something i gotta know ill still be playing it by the time it goes up #i listened to the swingin sixties a couple days ago when i was having a lot of anxiety #i think that version of this song may actually be a bit better but you know it's just a good comforting song #bro idek who's getting evicted tonight this is the first week ive honestly been unsure #and i don't even know if i care who goes home!#all i wanna see is how we voted for the superpower competition #i wish either jared or izzy were being backdoored this week tbh over the two actually up for eviction #im done with the way izzy talks to or about people and also jared is saying some gross shit about women on the live feed #that doesn't make the actual cut for the episode #i have two (2) important things i have to do today #one of which is an important virtual meeting at 9 am that my alarm hasn't gone off for yet #yet here i am watching youtube videos and posting songs #i hate being responsible i wish my mummy and daddy had the money to pay for my college in full #and additionally i wish i hadn't been chronically ill for over half my life but here we are doing a damn zoom meeting 🙄#aight yes im pretty stressed as you can tell #the brilliant green #j rock #tommy #90s j rock #tomoko kawase #shunsaku okuda #ryo matsui #song rec #tbt #shut up kaily #also i hope this band does anything ever again i miss them so much i cant even tell you #Youtube

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redmonkeyzerofour · 2 years ago

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My father just reminded me that he will be kicking me out at some point beginning of next year… ANYWAYS! If you’ve enjoyed my chaos in any of its forms and would like to help me leave on my own terms consider donating to my ko-fi :)

Anything helps! <3

#donate #ko fi #lgbtq #I’m walking on eggshells all the time around my dad and he’s starting to compare me to my oldest sibling who he sees as a failure #I don’t think my oldest sibling is a failure but he sure dose and knowing that makes the comparison hurt a lot #he’s also commenting on my weight again which sucks #I already have a place lined up and people to live with I just need the money #tbh my moms not gonna be happy with me moving out unless I have like 15k in my bank account but that’s not gonna happen before I get booted #I also gotta fix my car but I already have the parts for that just gotta convince my dad to get off his ass on his days off to help fix it #there’s so much shit I need to do before I move out but time is still moving and I can’t turn it back #I feel like I’ve hit a point where I can’t move forward #aaaaa #tbh these tags have become a bit of a vent #I’m sorry bout that

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medicinemane · 1 month ago

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At least even when I was a teenager and identified as communist, I was still never a soviet apologist

(And as I got older I came to dislike the USSR more and more and more, also seeing that soviet apologism kinda tended to fuck things up for western communists cause they'd be so busy running defense for people who didn't like or care about them, that actually getting policies passed to help western workers came second to being a tankie)

(Straight up, while I was volunteering in Quebec, one of the people I stayed with had this book by her uncle about being a Canadian communist, and he basically pinned soviet apologism as the whole reason he left the party cause they were more interested is doing PR for the kremlin than they were interested in like... unionizing in Canada)

Anyway, tankies suck, soviet apologism suck, and I'm glad to be able to say that even when I was a communist I didn't fall into that trap... like thank fuck for that, you know?

#honestly my positions as a teenager were more or less what they are now; just not as clear and using different worse terms #these days I'm just so sick of legislating what's socialism; what's capitalism; what's whatever #that it's like man... I think robust social safety nets are good in a lot of ways including for the economy #and I think that probably using currency makes more sense than barter #I just also think strong regulations are important cause otherwise you wind up with rat shit in the food (need stronger than we have)#and I think that handing out that money via welfare is a good way to get people spending and also living decently #so call that whatever the fuck you want; I don't care about the label; I care about achieving those goals or something similar #really just don't like labels these days; like descriptivism where I describe what I am and let other people fill in the blanks #makes for a lot less confusion than post communist when I'd always have to be arguing over what a socialist was #I no longer give a shit; I yam what I yam; and what I yam is someone who likes welfare and making sure people have enough #also fucking over big companies; I'm for that over all #part of the reason I stopped being a communist is I've had this rule for years now that says #'groups of roughly more than 50 people start getting corruption'#communism 100% works on a small scale; most households are communist; everything into the big pot to serve the communal good #my minecraft server is communist; we don't sell each other stuff; all goes into the same pot and we take and share what we need #at a scale of like 10 people communism actually works great; isn't a dirty word at that point #it's chipping in and being part of a community #(you gotta be a real messed up group of people for sharing and pooling resources to lead to mass graves when there's like 5 of you)#but in a big group communism is a great way to have the worst person get absolute power; it just sucks ass and should never be done #wonderful in theory; but doomed 100% of the time in practice; never do communism on a government scale #but anyway; same reason I hate communism is why I also hate mega corps... lot more than 50 people #and what do you know? they're corrupt as shit #other thing about less than 50 people; you can kinda more directly see when someone sucks #and you can kick em out; or you can leave; or you can say 'that small business is awful; I'm never shopping there'#I don't know; I'm just thinking outloud at this point; I can't give you some detailed polisci paper in fucking tumblr tags

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wibbly-wobbly-kylie-wylie-blog · 1 month ago

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I wish I was rich so I could help everyone

#but I am a poor 21 year old #in college #like pls #i want millions of dollars so I can donate them #or like adopt a bunch of kids #or house homeless people #like #ugh #the things I could do if I had money 😭#y’all gotta make me famous #then I can donate to all the charities #I could buy a big house with lots of rooms #and then people could come live with me!!!#like an apartment complex #but friendlier #and we share things #because sharing is caring and some people don’t know that #I want to help people :(

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batqueers · 10 months ago

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been having more bad days than not but its fine long as im dissociated sleep or busy

#longest streak in a while i think. and maybe i should be proud of it in some way? i dunno.#been living for weeks with an emotional hair trigger and its so fuckin tiring. tbh #but im still kicking and thats what really matters doesnt it #i dont gotta make it to anytging anymore. terrifying but somewhat a relief or something #maybe when i land that extra job ill shut it and be happier. money makes the world go round #i dunno. scratcges head. at this point theres few people i more than dont mind talking to and despite my family telling me i need physical #people i dunno i think ive always liked being alone when the curtains close. its one of those things that were always meant to happen.#ive been spoiled in a way since graduating high school that i forgot that i wasnt Made for certain things. and there are certain #irrefutable things that i am that ive tried to forget.#no crying over kicked sandcastles. at least people dont know this time #ah whatever. honk shoo #obscurus.txt #acd would get it

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moriphyte · 1 year ago

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mom: do you wanna take this food home?

me:

#i went home w sooo much rapini #both the shit we cooked and a bundle of fresh to make later #also a ton of canned goods from the amish discount store #i need to start going there but it’s so hard when i don’t live nearby anymore #but it’s really worth it with how much shri and can get and how much money i can save #i live in my hometown but i cna barely afford to live here anymore cause of gentrification #rich bitches from the mainline are slowly taking over and i fuckin hate it #either get drunk at the italian lodge and smoke shitty weed like the rest of us or get the fuck out #on the bright side i can get an acai bowl within walkin distance of my house #but also i gotta be around ml bitches constantly and it’s kinda fuckin unbearable #can’t fucking stand ml bitches #i will only go to the mainline to visits one specific japanese specialty grocery store #and that’s only cause they have shit i can’t get anywhere else #and even the fact they don’t take food stamps is so telling #last time i was there i got into a convo w the cashier about how terrible it is to work in the mainline and how much we hate rich people #look what i’m sayin is living where i live (my gentrified hometown) i will take any and all the free food i can get #food stamps are endlessly helpful but still #can’t hurt to stock up on non perishables #i know what it’s like to survive on nothing but expired canned goods #and thusly i will always have a back stock of non perishable foods #if at all possible #p

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