#come back to me veterans

[okaioh]

missing the category 5 FitMC and Philza Minecraft flirting moments that always either escalated to Phil going "Fit em cee of two-bee-two-tee- 😦 there are CHILDREN nearby-" or Fit getting so embarrassed and awkward that he runs away or talks about how he's not interested - or he mentions Pac

[naamahdarling]

You know what? You know what I think?

I think that if we lived as we were meant to, in larger intimate ("extended family") groups and with more shared labor and time to do it (UBI NOW) people like me would not feel so useless and burdensome because there would be people around to help and to do what neurodivergent people can't while making valuable space for the neurodivergent to do what they ARE good at.

The way we live right now, all right, the way we live right now forces units of two adults to be able to do EVERYTHING or PAY to have someone come do it for them. I have to do the housework. I have to do it! But I am having to do a million different things and most of them I am not good at. I suck at them.

I wouldn't feel like shit, okay, if I had more than one other person around who was not a child and who could do the things I can't, like do the yard and cook and do repairs and basic maintenance; and someone else to split everything else that I like but is too much for me. It would free me to do what I am good at and enjoy. Cleaning, as in the sink and toilet, the windows, the blinds. Taking out trash. Folding, hanging, and sorting laundry.

But because all the shit I can do often relies on other shit being done first, and I can't do or have trouble doing those things, the shit I can do often can't be done. And even the shit I can do, I can't do ALL of it. So I can't keep up, and things get very bad.

We aren't meant to live like this. We are not meant to live like this.

That thought hurts so much because being able to flee the birth family is integral to survival for so many people. I'm so afraid that living in larger family groups would create more opportunities for, say, queer kids to be isolated, rejected, bullied, and abused. But if we gave people enough money to survive, and stopped considering children the property of their parents with no system in place to help them escape bad situations except a system that is often just as bad, just different.

I'm aware that communes and collectives aren't all that successful and are kind of a joke. I don't mean that. I mean a fundamental shift to multigenerational families where taking in "strays" (which my family did) is also normalized so people escaping abuse into existing households was accepted, with these families centered in maybe a couple of different larger residences so not everyone has to buy and maintain their own fucking washing machine and vacuum cleaner, and so people can benefit from large group meals that yield leftovers, and so child and elder care can also be centralized.

Then disabled people and the neurodivergent and sick and injured people, and pregnant people, and grieving people, would not have to either labor through all those stressors or consign themselves to living off an unlivable pittance or being put under legal guardianship.

I'm not saying anything new. People live like this in other parts of the world and maybe it sucks and I am wrong. But I'm just really mad right now because I can either do laundry or clean the sink but not both, and I really think we could improve society somewhat by making it so I did not have to choose one without sacrificing the other.

[wiredalienvampire]

a quick drawing of an old comfort character from an old obsession I had

[leafith]

So uhm, for space problems I had to delete Sky but I'm still in the fandom and I still love it ;-; hopefully one day I'll be able to find a better device and to play again in the shape of a newbie. Hopefully no veteran will "hate" me for being new like old people do with young people (like "Back to our days we players didn't have a home").

[storm-driver]

I WISH, I WISH SO BADLY THAT I COULD EXPLAIN THE ROXAS HATES WAFFLES THING TO NEWER PEOPLE, BUT I JUST FUCKING CAN'T, YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND IT.

[theartthatleavesthemark]

right i've gone down the rabbit hole far enough i'm posting x-men meta. so like we all agree charles is the privileged guy with resources who thinks he can fix things from the inside and erik is the guy who knows it doesnt always work that way and they both despise and love each other. but logan is also interesting in the leftist infighting model because to me he is the guy who thinks he doesn't need to get involved. maybe he's the straight-passing queer guy who likes football and served in the military or maybe hes the person of color who has a high-powered job and speaks like he's white or maybe he's the woman who laughs along with the boys club jokes. he's the one who thinks the injustice isn't going to ever touch him in the same way as everyone else because he has the resources to avoid it. if the shit hits the fan for him, he can take care of himself, and all those other people just aren't his problem. and then his life turns into one instance after another of showing him just how wrong he is about that. logan is someone who thinks that the problems he's got are just a fact of life. everyone deals with shit and if they can't hack it that's on them. and then he gets repeatedly zapped with an 'awareness of systemic injustices' ray. he's also a really good example of how getting people onboard and organizing works best when it's personal in some way. logan gets drawn in because people he specifically cares about are put at risk. the conviction that he would fight for anyone comes later. but its that personal connection that draws him in.

[ratatatastic]

my favourite thing is our beat asking a baby about another baby and then going so does this small feeble child does he go to you, also a child, for advice? are you a mentor to this kid?

but also lundy trying to not be overbearing and just be the chill guy the youngins are comfortable with and can go up to if they need him just like the vets have done for him in the past is sooooooo

Training Camp 24 | 9.24.24 (x)

[snailfen]

ANYWAYS anyone who cant handle new fans please kindly explode? into smithereens? Thanks so much. everyone else stand in awe of what the community is now able to achieve collectively thanks to all the new fans and activity. i love you all

[catlaila]

omg dev i didn’t have you on the 2024 dashboard bingo hi how are you!!! love the username btw 🥹

BIE ITS BEEN SO LONG!!! hehe yes i read tsc and i am heavily hyperfixated on it so i had to return … how r u. hope u are well. ur user is iconic. dev comeback era 2024

[sayheykid]

i love zegras as much as the next guy but i truly think that mason mctavish is the most interesting young talent on the ducks right now. mark my words, within the next five years we will see him get an A, and he will become captain within his career

[feelingravityspull]

thinking about when I went to a car dealership last year and the guy threatened to beat me up when I didn’t want to buy the car I looked at

[dankovskaya]

Ok I watched. The one horror movie on his filmography and that was um. That was um.

[psychoticallytrans]

Here is a skill that many of us are going to need for survival: how to tell if someone is offering to let you lie.

The tip-off phrase is "If [circumstance] was true, then we/I could do [helpful thing.]" This is not a guarantee that the person is offering, but it should tell you "I am being informed of a way to improve things."

Your confirmation phrase is "What documentation would that require?" This is essentially asking them "If people come asking me to prove this, will I be able to? Or will they not come at all?"

The answer you are hoping for with the confirmation phrase is "Just tell me if it's true, and I'll put it on the form." Note that this is not a direct instruction to lie, because they can't tell you that.

If they didn't mean to extend an offer to lie or this is a situation where they can't, then they'll list off something like your paystubs or your birth certificate. Your response back in that case is "Thanks, I'll tell my friends who qualify." This clears you of any concerns that you may have been considering lying.

The more complex answer is when they answer by giving you a form on the spot. Your job, in this case, is to scan the form and see if what they are asking you can be meaningfully verified by an official source.

Things that can be verified by an official source include, but are not limited to, your age, legal sex, income, veteran status, and place of residence. It's not generally a good idea to lie about these on official documents.

Be smart, and be practical. Do what you need to in order to stay alive, and keep an ear out for the people offering to help you do so.

[gabriel-posts-here]

i wonder if im demiro or something

[autumnrory]

someone i'm friends with on facebook posted about book banning and there was a comment about how it's that for the far right and for the far left it's taking down statues and both sides are the same like. those two things are not remotely the same

[amiyakc]

Welcome back, Dragon Age obsession