#hell I don't want to stay in this country nevermind this job

[dragon-spaghetti]

Nothing quite compares to the quiet devastation of realising you have ended up in the one place you always said you'd never be

[alexandravakimova]

OC-tober Day 6:

Prompt: Lead

Content warning: Mentions of slavery, mentions of execution that didn't happen, some slight language

Tagging @theworldofprompts

"It should be you," Barria said quietly, her fingers trailing along the edges of the map again. Kalix knew she was unsettled, that a part of her was still adamantly against all this - fighting, alienating them from their own family, planning a coup, all of it. But she knew it had to be done. Just as he did.

Kalix chuckled some, "I'm no leader."

"Aren't you?" She met his eyes. "You put this all into motion. You figured out what was going on. You were the one who got a human education for any amount of time for it to count for anything. You're-" She stopped herself, looking back down at the map. "Nevermind."

You're more human, she'd wanted to say. Somehow it was always what she fell back on. They had the same amount of human and angel blood in them, but Barria felt more angelic than he ever could, even down to how she spoke, as if there was something very ancient and powerful in every word she said. That difference between them was why he left their camp in the first place - he wasn't comfortable among other angels, maybe he would be among humans.

That seemed like so long ago. Had it only been a few years? Maybe not even that. It felt like a lifetime since they last saw their mother and grandfather. Their stay in Stonespire with their uncle also seemed so long ago - even though he knew that had only been a handful of months past.

Their uncle, the king, who could've avoided all this if he'd actually decided to do something with his power instead of letting this all continue.

He hadn't. He wouldn't. That's why they were doing this now. Because he would rather have Veikko killed than accept the fact that he might not want to be a slave the rest of his life. Even worse, that he had been helping other slaves to escape their owners.

No, when their uncle had called for Veikko's execution, the lines had been drawn. There was no turning back now.

"I'm no more human than you," Kalix finally told her. "I couldn't do it, anyway. I'm not... I don't lead people. I don't have the ability for diplomacy like you do."

"You are the oldest, though," Barria offered. "And a man. That means something to humans."

Kalix found himself scoffing, "Not sure many would consider me to truly be a man, but thank you."

Barria smiled softly and placed a hand on his shoulder, "You think you wouldn't do a good job as king, but I think you would. I always have."

Kalix shook his head. "No. Not me. I can lead this fight, if you really want me to, but not more than that. This country will need something stable after the hell we're about to put it through." Kalix nodded. "You or Tansi. Has to be one of you."

Kalix and Barria really only distantly had a claim on the throne, due to the fact that their father was a king before he eventually stepped down and passed it to his younger brother. They'd been called "prince" and "princess," but one of Karnelian's own children would be accepted better. Beyond that, their cousins were all pureblooded humans. Not half-humans, like Kalix and Barria.

"We can discuss this later," Barria finally let her hand drop, looking back at the map. "Right now we need to figure out our next step. And, also, you should contact Mother, let her know what we're about to do."

Her brother nodded, "Want me to go get your boyfriend and Veikko?"

Barria sent him a glare, "He is not-"

Kalix raised his hands defensively, "Whatever, it's not my business."

"Keep it that way," Barria hissed, then cleared her throat and continued, "Yes, go ahead and send them in."

As Kalix walked out of the hut, he was struck with some weird sense of being proven right. Barria wasn't a leader, she said. She wanted him to rule after they were done with this, and yet she's the one in there that he was answering to, taking orders from, and who was spearheading all the plans. Kalix may have started this when he first decided to help Veikko smuggle out that elf, but Barria was the one who was making sure it got done.

She's going to be queen, and she's going to be a damn good one too.

[hellogoodbye741]

Clint being recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D by either Pepper or Tony ( who are agents of shield ) or both of them them working together. With eventual Clint/someone ( I don't care who with just please no slash. Genderbent is just fine with me. ) Please?

Oh my goodness, this is the first fic req I've gotten in literal years!!! Feels good to see people are still reading my stuff haha. Sorry it took so long, it took awhile to get the juices flowing. I’m not sure this exactly what you wanted, but I hope you like it regardless

Hope you like it!!

Read it here: Take Me Home, Country Roads  or under the cut!

Hawk grunted as he threw himself onto the train car, rolling a bit as the train sped onwards at 100 mph. He was lucky to have caught this one, usually he train hopped when they were stationary.

Who would have thought that hopping a train would have been that difficult?

Movies and TV shows lie.

He groaned, leaning back against one of the walls, his bags laying next to him.

"I'm getting too old for this..." He said with a sigh, rubbing at the back of his neck.

He wasn't actually that old, only 28 to be exact. But he'd lived a long life in that short amount of time, and it was taking its toll.

He'd been born to a poor farming family in the middle of Waverly, Iowa. His father was an abusive drunk, and his mother was too brainwashed to do anything about it. He had one older brother, but Barney wasn't sunshine and roses either. His father wrapped his vehicle around a tree one night with their mother in it, killing them both.

Off to the orphanage the boys went.

Clint had actually liked the orphanage, the nuns there had been really nice to him. But Barney couldn't stand it, so he dragged poor 6 year old Clint off to the circus.

The circus? Now that was an adventure. Clint had been too little to do anything important, so they had let him do menial tasks around the camp to help him earn his keep. His brother immediately started an internship with the circus's swordsman and archer. He followed them everywhere like a little lamb. But they never cared for Barney, not when they saw what Clint could do.

Clint was something of a prodigy when it came to archery, it was like his body knew exactly what to do from the moment he touched a bow. Same with a sword. A little bit of training, and he was all of the sudden a headliner for the show.

His brother hated him for it.

Clint teeter-tottered on the edge of fan adoration and family loathing for 12 years. Lasted all the way until his 18th birthday; Jacques (the swordsman), Barney, and Buck (the archer) decided they would let him in on a little secret.

They were stealing from the circus, and every civilian they could grab a wallet from.

They wanted his help.

Clint said no, and two days later he woke up in the middle of a hospital bed.

The nurse told him he had been left on the side of the road with wounds so bad they had thought he would never wake up.

Lucky for him, he had.

He had skipped out on the hospital bill and worked his way around the East coast. Took odd jobs here or there, took care of a few things if the pay was high enough.

But now he was train-hopping, running from something he wasn't even sure of yet.

Just knew he needed some change, and the best way to get that change was to ride North. No concrete destination yet, but he was sure he'd know when he found it. Ever since that incident with Barney and them, Hawk relied heavily on his gut. Hadn't failed him once since that fatal day. Ten years of instinct can't be too bad, can it?

He sighed, laying his Stetson over his face to block out the sun. He needed as much sleep as possible before the train stopped again and he would have to get out before they caught him. He'd seen what they do to train hoppers, and it wasn't very pretty.

*******

Hawk startled awake when he heard the brakes squeal as the train came to a stop.

"Shit, that's my queue" He muttered to himself as he grabbed his gear and leaped down to the ground from the train car. "Now, where the hell am I?"

He felt his stomach rumble and clench when he straightened.

"Definitely time for something to eat"

He slung his bag over his shoulder as he exited the rail yard. Outside was a pretty dismal place, but he could tell it wasn't the end of beyond. He could probably find a truck stop nearby that would serve him something hot and mostly edible. As long as it didn't give him a disease, he would be happy with anything at this point.

It took him awhile, but he eventually found some hole-in the wall shack that boasted having the 'best waffles' in the tri-county area.

"Guess I'll be the judge of that" He said with a chuckle as he walked through the doors.

The inside matched the outside. Dingy, a little dirty, old.... It was perfect.

He sat down at a tore up booth and tried not to set his arms on the syrup-sticky table. A waitress immediately came up to him, and within a couple of minutes he had a cup of oil thick coffee in hand. You could tell how thick it was by the spoon he stuck in there standing straight up.

He sipped it slowly, really trying to savor the caffeine. He had limited funds, so coffee and food wasn't actually that big of a priority right now. Every time he did stop, he had to savor it until he found another odd job to stock back up.

And odd jobs weren't that easy to find.

He stayed in the small diner for about an hour, really enjoying his meal (as greasy and unhealthy as it was), before being back on his way to the rail yard.

"Where we off to next boys?" He asked the trains parked in the yard, trying to decide which one to pick. He always tried to stick with the bigger trains, knowing it was less likely for him to caught with that many carts. He chose the biggest train he could find, and slid into a carriage about three quarters of the way back. Got in just in time too, within seconds they were pulling off.

"Another day, another train" He said with a sigh, throwing his hat back over his face. It really was a never-ending cycle.

He was just about to fall asleep, when he heard some rustling from the other side of the carriage. He immediately jolted up and onto his feet, a small dagger in hand.

Instinct told him to never ignore any sounds that he could hear. You ignore a sound, ten seconds later you could be sprawled out dead.

The rustling came again.

Clint narrowed his eyes, walking closer to the source of the noise. Usually when he hopped a train, the carts he went in to were pretty empty. This time, this one was full of product that was being transported. Plenty of spaces for anyone to hide out, as he knew well.

The rustling got louder as Clint stepped closer, he could see something moving in the corner of the carriage. He kept the dagger tight in his hand as he stepped right on top of whatever was making the noise. Lowering his hand, he yanked at the thing that was moving.

"AH!!!"

Clint jumped back six feet at the loud yell, his heart pounding exponentially.

He wasn't sure who was more scared in the moment; him, or the guy who had screamed.

"Hello?" Clint asked after a minute.

"Where in the fuccccck am I?" The voice asked, sounding groggy. "And who the hell are you?"

"You're on a railway cart. And I'm nobody, who are you?"

The body shifted on the ground, slowly rising to a standing position. "Shit, I didn't know Emily Dickinson was still around.."

Hawk blinked, "Who?"

"... Nevermind. Name's Stark, Tony Stark" The man turned around to face Clint. He was much shorter than the other man, with a stocky build and a full goatee. It took Clint a second, but he eventually recognized the man.

"Like Stark Industries???"

"Yeah, except I am Stark Industries. How the hell did I get onto a train cart?" He asked, walking around.

Clint shrugged, "No clue dude. What's the last thing you remember?"

Tony groaned, putting his hands on his back. "Pretty sure I was getting my ass handed to me... Blacked out, woke up here"

Clint let a snort out, "Sounds familiar. Where do you need to go?"

"New York, I guess... You never did tell me your name"

Clint waved his hand, "It's not important. Not right now anyway. But for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure this train is headed northbound. We got on somewhere in West Virginia, so it should lead up close to New York."

Tony groaned, "Ugh. And how long will that take?"

Clint shrugged, "No clue. I never stay on trains for that long"

Tony looked over at him with narrowed eyes, "Are you one of those train hopper guys? Like the homeless ones you see in movies??"

"Yup... Though it's not nearly as glamorous, as you can see. You might as well settle in, we're in for a ride. Maybe you'll get lucky and it won't stop until we hit New York"

Tony frowned, "What happens if I'm not lucky"

"You get off at the next stop and hope the next train is going in the same direction."

"Why wouldn't we just stay on the train?"

Clint shot the man a look.

"Right... Not quite legal, got it."

Clint chuckled, "You catch on quick. Get some shut eye Stark, you're gonna need it. There's nothing else to do."

Tony grunted, "Right. Night then... Nobody"

"Night"

The two men sat on opposite sides of the train, both settling in for a nap. Clint really did hope that the train was going all the way to New York, otherwise, who knew what was going to happen to that city guy. Upon closer inspection, Clint could see a host of bruises and cuts on the man. Probably from that fight he lost. Clint could have patched him up, but he had a feeling Stark wouldn't have been too appreciative of that.

Oh well, guess only time will tell.

*******

Clint woke up when the train stopped.

He looked outside, and he could tell they had landed in yet another small town railway.

"So much for New York," he said with a snort.

"Yo Stark, wake up!" He called over to the other man, who woke up with a snort.

"Who? Wha?"

"Train stopped early, we gotta hop off"

Tony groaned, stumbling to his feet. "How do you do this all the time?"

He shrugged his shoulders, grabbing his pack and helping the other man off the train. "Practice I guess, been doing it for years"

Tony looked over at him, "What did you do before this?"

"... Stuff" he said hesitantly.

"Wow, Mr. Nobody out there doing stuff. Real exciting life you led, huh?"

"Yup, that's me. Real exciting"

Tony rolled his eyes, "Right. Anyway, what do we do now?"

"Well, you've got two options. One, hop the next train and pray it's going northbound. Two, find the nearest phone and give a friend a ring so they can come pick you up."

"Option two it is. Not that you haven't been great company, but I miss my nice cozy car... Or plane... Or bed. I miss a lot of things"

Clint chuckled, "I don't blame you. Let's try and find some place that had a phone. Come on..."

Tony grunted but reluctantly followed Clint out of the rail station and out onto the road. Clint observed that they had a bit of a walk ahead of them, he couldn't see anything nearby for them to get to.

"Hope you have sturdy shoes on, we're going to be walking awhile"

"Ugh, kill me now"

*******

It took an hour, but they eventually found a city and a payphone.

Clint waited outside the booth while Tony made his phone calls. He would make sure the guy stayed safe until his ride got here, and then he was out.

"Your people coming?" Clint asked.

"Yeah, we're actually not that far out from New York. Only about two hours."

"That's good, I'm sure there's some place you can stay in until they get here."

Tony looked around for a moment, before pointing. "Boom. Food time. Come on, I'll pay when my wallet gets here."

"No, you don't have to-"

"You helped me out buddy, least I could do. Don't bother saying no, I'm super annoying"

Clint sighed, "Alright. I guess I could do with something to eat anyway"

"There we go Dickinson, let's go get some grub!!"

Clint rolled his eyes, following the man into the diner.

He really couldn't say no to free food regardless.

*******

"And THEN Pepper said "Tony, how could you be so stupid??" and I said "I was JUST trying to save the PRESIDENT," but she wasn't really having it. But hey, that's marriage, right?"

Clint stared at Tony with an aghast expression, "None of that story can be real"

"Oh it is! I assure you, I routinely make dumb mistakes and almost get myself killed. I am very smart" Tony said with stupid grin.

Clint just shook his head, he hated to say it, but this Stark guy sounded a lot like him... Minus the marriage and a partner that stopped him from doing stupid stuff. "Hey, I think your ride is outside"

Tony swiveled his head, looking out the window. "Pep!!" He jumped out of the booth, hurrying out the door to hug a strawberry blond female who had just stepped out of a limo. She was hugging him back just as tight, the two of them rocking back and forth.

Must be nice

Hawk looked away after a moment, focusing down at his empty plate. The diner door opened again, and Tony was back, dragging Pepper behind him.

"And THEN we walked like ten miles to get here. You gotta meet this guy Pep, he's great!"

"I'm sure he is Tony" Clint heard her say appeasingly. Clint couldn't help but chuckle, he could tell she used that tone a lot.

"Nobody!" Tony shouted, "Meet my wife, Pepper. Pepper, this is nobody"

Clint stood up, shooting out his hand for her to shake. "Nice to meet you"

She took it and shook it quickly, giving him a smile. "You as well, thank you for saving Tony. I do tend to miss him when he's gone Mr... Nobody?"

"Barton, Clint Barton"

Tony gasped, "Nobody!! Dickinson!! You have a name"

Clint rolled his eyes, "Of course I do. It just wasn't important"

"But it is now???"

"You always tell a lady your real name, it's not polite otherwise"

Pepper let out a laugh, "Oh I like him. Come on Tony, pay for the food so we can get home. We have a bunch of paperwork to do"

Tony grimaced, "I hate paperwork. Hey! Maybe Clint should come with us?"

"What??" Both Clint and Pepper said at the same time.

Tony waved a hand, "There's always room in the organization for someone who saves my life."

"No... I... Don't... Uh" Clint sputtered out.

Pepper just shot him a look, "You're not going to be able to say no. I would just give in... Unless you have somewhere to go?"

"He doesn't! He's homeless!" Tony shouted from the counter, paying their bill.

Clint smacked his hand to his face as Pepper shouted "Tony!!"

"Well it's true!!!"

Clint sighed, "I guess a ride couldn't hurt"

Pepper sighed as well, "It's your best option unless you wanna hear him whine"

"Oh god no"

*******

Clint felt his jaw drop as they walked into Stark industries. "Jesus, I knew you were rich, but not THIS rich!!"

Tony waved a hand, "It's just a place to work. Come on, lemme show you my office"

"You really don't have to-"

"Come on!" Tony grabbed Clint's hand, dragging him to a set of elevators.

Clint didn't even know why he was still trying to argue with Tony, it was never going to work.

Pepper was just following behind them, an exasperated and resigned look on her face. She too was used to Tony.

The elevators went to the penthouse floor, and opened up to a huge office space. It was easily the size of a minor league ballpark up there.

"Jesus"

"Eh, it's not quite how I wanted it, but it'll do for now"

"Stark! Did you drag another stray animal home?" A voice said from deep into the room, making Clint jump.

"Fury!" Tony snapped, "How did you get into my office?"

The man, Fury, shrugged. "They just let me up."

Clint felt his jaw drop as the man came closer to them. He was a tall black man, with an eye patch over one eye, and completely bald. "So who's this one?"

"This is my friend Clint, he saved me" Tony said, wrapping an arm around Clint's shoulders.

"I didn't really save you, I just helped you out"

"Well, we must thank you. Tony Stark is one of our most valuable assets, isn't that right Coulson?"

A woman stepped forward from the shadows, making Clint jump. She was absolutely gorgeous, with long brown hair and a modest face. She was dressed in a pants suit, with a binder in one hand. "I guess you could say that, though there has been some contention"

"Aw, Agent Agent - you love me"

"Remains to be seen. Mr... Clint, you said?" She asked.

Clint blanked for a moment, before jolting back into reality. "Barton. Clint Barton"

Fury sucked in a breath, "Shit. You gotta be fucking kidding me. Leave it Stark"

Coulson just shook her head, "I don't know how he does it"

Tony looked just as confused as Clint did, "Do what? I'll take credit of whatever, obviously, but I'd like to know what it is first"

"Stark, you seriously didn't know who you were riding with?" Coulson said with a head shake. "That's Hawkeye"

Tony looked over at Clint, "Huh?"

Clint felt his face pale as he looked at the other man and woman.

How the hell do they know who he is????

"Stark, we've been looking for this motherfucker for ten years and you just HAPPEN to find him in the middle of a train."

"Ten years?" Clint asked, confused. "I don't understand"

Fury took a step forward, "You, son, have a gift. A gift that we wanted to use. But then you disappeared off the map... We 'bout gave up"

"Gift? What?"

"Your skills from your time in the circus, they're perfect for our organization. We could have used someone like you ten years ago. We could still use someone like you now, especially with-" Coulson trailed off for a moment, then continued. "With a little bit of fine tuning to make sure he hasn't lost anything in the last ten years, he could be a great asset"

"I agree," Fury said with a nod. "Get him some paperwork and a uniform"

"Woah hold up! I was gonna use him here," Tony said with a pout.

Pepper placed a hand on Tony's shoulder. "Now Tony, you know he would be better suited for S.H.I.E.L.D. Besides, what would he even do here? And don't say security, because you know Happy would be devastated"

Tony opened his mouth, then closed it again. "Ugh. Fine!"

Clint looked around the room, "I still don't know what's going on right now. Can someone please explain?"

Coulson took a step forward, giving him a smile. "I can explain everything."

Clint felt his heart jump in his chest just looking at the other woman. "Okay"

*******

Clint rolled to his feet with a groan, "I'm getting to old for this shit"

Pippa laughed at him, "You're not that old. Besides, you can't let the Young Avengers get ahead of you, now can you?"

"Hell no, somebody's gotta show them who's top dog!"

Pippa leaned down, giving him a kiss. "Then go get them tiger"

"Love you too Mrs. Coulson-Barton"

"Go!"

Clint shot her a wink and ran back into the fray. The Avengers were running a simulation with the Young Avengers, trying to make sure the kids were ready for battle. They were still too young to do anything too dangerous right now, but they still needed to be ready.

Clint jogged until he was standing next to Tony, Natasha, and Steve. Thor, Bruce, Sam, and Bucky were up in front.

"Can you believe how old these kids are getting?"

Tony snorted, "Don't remind me. These kids are almost 18 years old, and my doctor just wrote me a prescription for arthritis. How could this have ever happened?"

"Time is a bitch" Natasha said with a shrug.

Clint rolled his eyes, "So says the never-aging female. Next to the never-aging male. Lucky bastards, right Tony?"

"Right Dickinson. Guess we should get back into it, huh?"

Clint nodded, "Yeah. Quicker we get done with this, the quicker we can get something to eat."

"Thank god, it's schwarma night!"

Natasha rolled her eyes, "It's been how many years Tony and you're still making the same schwarma joke?"

"Hey, I saved the world dammit. I get to make that joke as many times as I want"

"Come on guys, enough." Steve said with a joke. "The rest of our team is getting their asses kicked, we should go help out"

"Fair enough. See you on the flip," Natasha said with a wink, before flipping her way over to where the kids were fighting the rest of their team. Steve ran off behind her, leaving Clint and Tony behind.

"We're the old men of this group, even in our own team."

Tony groaned, "I know. Seems like we were on that train together just yesterday. Glad to have all these years with you buddy"

"And I'll always be grateful you annoyed me enough to get me here. Who knows what would have happened otherwise?"

Tony looked over at Clint with a grin, "You'd be lost without me"

He rolled his eyes, "Yeah yeah yeah. Let's get going buddy. Katie-kate just shot an nerf arrow at Bucky's forehead, and I think he's gonna go ballistic. We should probably go save them both"

"New day, same old men saving the day."

"Wouldn't have it any other way"

Tony and Clint started jogging over to where everyone else was still 'fighting'. Tony could have flown over in the suit, but sometimes he liked staying on the ground with his friends.

"Hey Clint, you know what talking about that train ride reminds me of?"

"What?"

"This old song I know. Take me hooooome, country roooaads"

Clint laughed, "Really? That's what popped into your head. The train wasn't even in West Virginia Tony! I was only guessing"

Tony ignored him, "To the plaaace, where I belooooong"

Clint knew he wasn't gonna win. If you can't beat Tony, join Tony.

"WEST VIRGINNIAA, MOUNTAIN MAMAAA"

Pepper looked over at Pippa, rolling her eyes. "How have we never trained the idiot out of our men?"

Pippa chuckled, shrugging her shoulders. "We wouldn't love them as much as we did if they weren't just who they are"

"Ugh. Why do you have to be right?"

Pippa winked, "Comes with the job."

The End.

[omglr]

your media is lying to you, my media is not... a 2 hour circle jerk.

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You both like climate change.

You: howdy

Stranger: hey

You: so, climate change eh?

You: pretty shitty

Stranger: do you believe this?

You: yeah

You: you?

Stranger: i dont

You: oh, ok

You: why not?

Stranger: in the 80's they talked about a ice time coming. climate change is just a way to make people open up their wallets and make more money

You: you might also consider that climate denial is also a way to line the pockets of people who are in power and don't want change

Stranger: no since most people in power support climate change. except countries like china and trump

You: China believes in Climate change though

Stranger: if they did they would take action. if they truly believed

You: https://newrepublic.com/article/155136/what-china-bad-response-climate-crisis

You: they have been

Stranger: they dont take action at all they build more factory's. China is not going with this climate change flow. if they really believed they would take drastic actions. actions speak louder then words

You: lol, ok

Stranger: just because the media tells this about china doesnt mean its true you know

You: mmmmm, well where do you get your media from?

You: like, if you can't trust sources of information, how are you forming your world view?

Stranger: i from my world view to listen to anyone and read every news. then it's easy to compare. if like you only visit one news site your doing it all wrong. and since i started doing this i can see through the lies

Stranger: many news website for example have a political agenda. after all even news people are voters and believe something. they are not neutral

You: so all the scientific journals that say climate change is real, humans are behind it and if we don't take action we'll all die are just propaganda?

Stranger: well, they asked like a couple hundred scientist about this climate change. many scientist disagree but were not taken in this enquete! many people dont know this. this is how they got their 80% thing which is false

You: is the United Nations trust worthy?

https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science.shtml

Stranger: no lol. United nations and trust. if you trust them your long way from home

You: just asking

Stranger: no offense tho

You: it seems like your mind is made up

Stranger: well no first i was like hmm climate change let me read in. and when i did and think for myself and heard from all sides i knew this is bullshit

You: does the occurrence of 4 or 5 type five hurricanes each summer suggest there is a problem?

Stranger: no. you know why a hurricane comes?

You: why?

Stranger: The earth has its own temperature device like a inner clock to cool itself down. hurricane do this they cool down the inner core of the earth. over the centuries tons and tons of hurricanes been there. they point it out now in the media to make you scared and you fall for it

You: ok, cool, so the earth has ways to solve climate change on its own

You: do you think we'll survive the earths mechanisms?

Stranger: the earth has its own way to deal with when the inner core gets too hot yes. like our body can do this too when we have a fever

Stranger: yes i do think

You: well, its sounds great

Stranger: it does. i dont fall for people anymore who trying make me afraid all to make more money cause thats what its about in the end

You: i mean, i would love to have such an out look based on wishful thinking

Stranger: i can recommend it to everyone to see trhu the lies

You: so if climate change activists teamed up with anti-capitalist movement would you be more interested?

Stranger: few years ago they said there is a hole in the horizon, remember? nothing you hear about this anymore. it wass to make you scared. now its climate change. way way before was they said there is coming a ice time

Stranger: no

You: the o-zone?

Stranger: yes

You: yeah, i guess they said, consumers should stop buying hairspray and aerosole products

Stranger: yeah exactly they made us afraid with this o-zonde story. before that in the 80' they said ice time and now its climate change

You: and then they said... well shit these uv rays could cause problems down the way

Stranger: yeah and we are still here

You: and we are facing problems with a hot ass earth

Stranger: nah

You: like hurricaines

Stranger: its raining here lol

You: like the plankton in the ocean dying

You: like forest fires

You: like the polar caps melting

Stranger: did you know that many years ago in egypt there was water and jungle where now is dessert?

You: yeah, dude, it happened due to deforestation

Stranger: forest fires like the one in brasile have been every year before you were born. you hear it now cause it aids their agenda

Stranger: it happened yes but not because us humans

You: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Wall

Stranger: you shouldn't believe wikipedia literally everyone can add something in. this is what i mean think for yourself dont believe everything on the web you read

You: lol

Stranger: i can go wikipedia now and change things

Stranger: its that easy

You: i understand how it works

You: it does have a community based vetting process

Stranger: well then you know many people add wrong information to make you believe the things

Stranger: i readed a lot on wikipedia stuff that were inaccurate so i stopped using it

You: ok, but, you understand the Green wall is a real project the African union is working on right?

Stranger: could be. there are so many climate and green projects i lost count

Stranger: i separate my trash because i know plastic is bad for our nature. cause this you can see and its proven. so i do this. but not because climate change

You: good job

Stranger: i own a bike instead of car cause i know its dirty air and better for health. now for example angela merkel from germany went to united nations meeting in three separated airplanes with staff

Stranger: all hypocrites

Stranger: they know they sell a lie

Stranger: barrack obama bought a house in the middle of the ocean surrounded by sea

Stranger: prince harry gave climate speech day after took private airplane wich is double dirty

You: donald trump built walls around his ocean side property to prevent rising water from fuckin them up

Stranger: donald trump doesnt believe in climate change. barrack obama does! now why he bought house with land if he was so afraid the sea gonna rise. he knows its a lie the left-party sells people and everyone fooled

You: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

You: this is a pretty interesting article

Stranger: But what do you make of that? Angela Merkel in three separates airplanes. Prince Harry after climate speech in private dirty airplane. Leaonardo dicrapio uses his private jet more then we will ever fly. what you say to this? these people who wanna sell you climate change

You: shrug??? rich people got places to be

Stranger: so thats your excuse?

You: we can/should hold them accountable

Stranger: they are rich people who need to go places so then its okay?

Stranger: they want you to pay taxes over airplanes but they can fly often in private jets. lol wake up

You: idk man, i guess we should invest in better trains?

Stranger: no. we should start with out leaders and celebrities who sell you and i climate scare stories. and then use private jets a lot and use it more then we ever will fly. they are big hypocrites

Stranger: instead of blaming the people we should start with them

You: mmmm, they are just people though

Stranger: but they use their power and influence to make you scared and pay taxes

You: we should probably blame companies who pay less taxes then they should and exploit their workers and the environment

Stranger: isn't it hyprocite that you have own private jet and use it much in a year, and i mean really much. but then say to everyone climate change is coming we should add fly taxes and you should pay more insurance

You: like, i'm litterally too poor to pay taxes, but i am happy to suggest that rich people pay more taxes

Stranger: here exactly you are too poor to pay taxes and still they want you to pay more!! but themselves they keep living their wealthy life

You: yeah man, so you are into anti-capitalism after all?

Stranger: now what i say instead of pumping all this money into waste projects for climate change. give it back to the people. so people like you have lower taxes and better healthcare and more income so the economy grows

You: lol, oh nevermind

Stranger: aslong you cant even pay taxes why the hell you support them plans they even wanna you pay more taxes its insane

You: what? i make like 25 grand a year and pay no taxes, cause i am floating on the poverty line, but yeah, Jeff Bezos should pay taxes, probably 95% of his wealth should be seized and put to use on infrastructure and sustainable living projects to improve the life of the average and poor person

Stranger: yeah well that's not gonna happen. rich people stay rich.

You: but yeah, climate action is just a scheme to make money, and change is bad

Stranger: the system is not made to make rich people poor

You: does that not bother you?

Stranger: ofc it does. it bothers me that there are millionaires who buy golden cars and some people cant even afford healthcare. it's sick! but thats how the system works. rich people stay rich and poor stays poor

You: so... if there was a movement that helped mobilize people to change that would you be interested?

Stranger: people are waking up slowly, not many people but more then 10 years ago. they started think for themselves and see through this big lies. if there was a movement i believed in i supported them ofc.

Stranger: look how many people buy this climate bullshit. its insane how easy people get fooled

Stranger: if you tell a lie long enough, eventually it becomes the truth

You: well i don't know man, I believe in climate change, but i also believe in raising class consciousness and kicking rich peoples asses, i think tackling them together makes a lot of sense...

Stranger: well those rich people you wanna tackle made up this climate change, to make more money out of you!

You: so, you know, you continue to believe what Exxon wanted you to believe in the 1980s

You: i'lll keep do what i'm doing

Stranger: if you wanna kick the rich people then stop buying their bullshit. that simple

You: idk man, rich people also want to gut the social safety net programs in my country and kill the environmental protections we put in place too, that doesn't sound like a great idea

You: like, i get that it seems weird that Matt Damon is using his platform to talk about climate change when he won't stop using planes to get places to talk about it

Stranger: Do you know this Greta? This child climate activist?

You: yeah?

Stranger: well this Greta her manager works for the company of george soros. world riches man! dont you see it? its all a big lie

You: uh.... lol

Stranger: you can google this

Stranger: fact check it

Stranger: its true

You: she also famously sailed to new york on a sail boat

Stranger: this greta is a child en they use her because children make people weak and soft and you buy the lies

You: her message is, "listen to scientists and stop betting against my generations future"

Stranger: her message is what they told her to say

You: lol, ok man

Stranger: it is not a coincidence that her manager works for george soros. it is not a coincidence. that should already show you something

You: again, your message is what exxon wants you to say

You: like you are doing this work pro-bono

Stranger: what work?

You: spreading the message that inaction is the right thing to do

Stranger: didnt you hear me? i told to take action against the lies!

You: shrug

Stranger: and lol i have a bike, separate trash, never flied, eat biologic. so dont come to me saying i dont take action. i do more then enough but what i dont do is fall for lies

You: i am gonna take action to prevent extinction

Stranger: lol

Stranger: we wil survie this wake up

You: ok, cool

You: we will

Stranger: you got fooled and believe in lies. think for yourself

You: I am down for the human race surviving

You: again, we can both say think for yourself over and over

Stranger: aslong as we humans think for ourself and listen God's word we will survive and we will stay strong

You: ok dude

You: :) i beleive in us

Stranger: why dude. thats so negative lol

You: we can do this

You: oh sorry, just a regional affect

Stranger: i think you and i think about many things the same only with all respect you fall for the lies and i woke up

You: well man, i think you and i think about many things the same only with all respect you fall for the lies and i woke up

You: agreed

Stranger: well no. cause you follow the climate change lies. so no i dont agree at all.

Stranger: you havent woke up you believe in media news that climate change is killing us

Stranger: how many times have this same media told that donald trump is gonna get removed through the years lol

Stranger: they sell lies

You: lol

You: perhaps the states is an oligarchy?

Stranger: and is copying my message exactly to the last word thinking for yourself or repeating what i said? like you repeating what the media says

You: i am just saying, "i know you are but what am i?" and its childish, but the point that i think you believe lies too, and they are convenient to rich people staying in power and hurting poor people whether its by poor people dying by climate change or poor people dying by poverty

You: like, to me class warfare is intertwined

Stranger: if you think rich people dont stay in power then idk who falls her for the lies

You: i am hoping they won't in the future, but we'll see

Stranger: they will lol. its a disney story to believe else

You: is that a typo, or an awesome metaphor?

Stranger: both

You: lol

You: its great

Stranger: over the centuries rich people stayed rich. and poor stayed poor. not the future gonna change this

Stranger: doennt mean i wish to see it different but be realistic is also the key

Stranger: in my dream world nobody is poor. this never gonna happen its not realistic

You: welp, i mean, if we all die via climate meltdown, it will be a classless planet

Stranger: we dont die of climate. we rather die of greed and warfare and overpopulation

You: mmm... the treat of over-population is also a myth spread by rich eugenicists and could easily be solved if we dissolved capitalism in favour of food and resource distribution networks

You: but yeah, greed and warfare for sure

Stranger: lol no. overpopulation is real i see it in my own country

You: where do you live?

Stranger: the netherlands. we dont have enough houses! land is full. now 17 million... in 2050 there are 20 millions

Stranger: i can see it effect already here so i know its real

You: what? there are 20 millon people in my city

Stranger: holland is very small country. we have 17 million now. and in 2050 20 million

Stranger: but now already not enough houses

You: ok man, so maybe people will migrate or build houses/buildings/skyscrapers?

You: there is enough land to spread out on elsewhere

Stranger: migrate? thats not a solution cause sooner or later other lands are full aswell

Stranger: lol no

Stranger: have you ever been in europe

You: yeah

Stranger: you lived here or just visited

You: visited for multiple months

Stranger: yeah. well if you live here long time. you see things different. same thing as if i would go live there with you that i see things different

Stranger: the land is full. immigration is a killer

You: still the origin of "the treat of over-population" comes from eugenicists

Stranger: the origin of the immigration comes from wars in middle-east made up by governments sponsoring terrorist cells to overthrow governments in middle-east for either money or oil. those people flee and come here and stay here

Stranger: every month people comes here by 1000

Stranger: but media keeps it silence

Stranger: cause media is not neutral

You: yeah, man.... like, the media is probably in cahoots with 'big oil'?

Stranger: no the media is founded and sponsored by left-people. thinking immigration is good and should continu. so any negative news regarding it wont be in the news

Stranger: people who dont see this are truly blind

You: lol, its possible that rich people are co-opting leftist narratives to get you to have compassion for displaced immigrants so that they can continue to exploit the resources in these other countries

Stranger: Well, Holland is in Europe controlled by Europe Union. Europe Union sees and wants immigration as the world should be mixed. thats what they believe in. they make the laws for us. the left-media are people who think alike, hence why never any negative news regarding immigration is here. police have been told to keep down reports about immigration people who steal, rob, rape to not make them look bad and to make everyone believe it is good

You: also, if climate change is real, the people who are gonna get effected earliest are brown folks near the equator, so not having compasion for them is convenient, kinda why lots of right wing folks are leaning into white-nationalism in north america

Stranger: immigration here doesnt happen cause climate change i already pointed out

You: yeah.... it happens here,

Stranger: i believe when you say that. you know you country better then i do. but trust me also if i tell you this about my country

Stranger: there are many racist also out there sadly

You: yeah its awful

Stranger: it is. racist is so low-key. and narrow-minded

You: lots of cruelty in the world and misplaced anger

Stranger: but its easy to call someone a racist so they dont have to discuss the actual problem

Stranger: here everyone calls you racist quickly

Stranger: so they dont have to discuss the actual problem i just told you

You: well dude, we've been chatting for like an hour and a half, i should probably go make a sandwich or go for a walk

You: its been a good convo though

Stranger: and vote trump

You: lol, no i doubt i would do that

Stranger: hahha i thought you say that

You: i am also canadian

Stranger: ahhhhhhh

Stranger: nice

Stranger: but your prime minister sucks

Stranger: crybaby

You: gonna vote for the NDP

Stranger: whats that lol

You: it's the new democrats party, they are left of the liberals who are in power now

You: likely due to this racist black face fiasco the liberals will lose and either the conservatives and their super regressive racist agenda will win, or the NDP

You: ndp has lots of good socialist policies

Stranger: yeah its insane that you cant dress up as a black person on a party for halloween lol

You: mmmm, i mean, yeah its racist

Stranger: no its not. its a halloween party lol

You: i think blackface is more common in scandanavia?

Stranger: im really sick of these racist callers crybaby's. they ruin all the fun and always yell "racist"

You: like... their is some kinda chimney sweep character?

You: does that sound familiar or is that somewhere else?

Stranger: hey it's a halloween party you can dress like my grandma it should be possible. people get insulted way way too fast if you ask me

Stranger: yeah sound familiar

You: like, he was dressed up as aladdin, he could have done that with out painting himself black

You: that's sorta the issue

Stranger: i'm anti-racists. they are low people. but come on dressing up on halloween being called racist lol

Stranger: aladdin is black after all or dark. nobody gives a shit only the crybaby's

Stranger: if aladdin was white you would hear NOBODY about this

You: like, the aladdin in the disney cartoon was light skinned dude voiced by a white guy

You: had he worn the same outfit, but not painted his face and body black, that would have been different

Stranger: aladdin was tanned color, not dark but like tanned dark if you can say this. but whatever. if you cant dress up like black aladdin and people cry over this THAT shows exactly what is wrong with those people. always yelling racist while this guy isn't even racist at all lol

You: like, idk, its perhaps a north american issue cause of our slavery and vaudville history

Stranger: yeah people just like to yell racist and cry. its really sick. its says more about them if you ask me

Stranger: if someone dress up like a white cartoon i dont give a shit nor other white people

Stranger: black people stay playing victim

You: i mean, its annoying cause the conservative who are actively working against people of colour are using it to cry racist and win control

You: like, so that's the part that annoys me the most is that we are gonna end up with a much more actively racist government

You: but anyway.... its a whole thing

Stranger: working against someone based ONLY because their skin color is so sad! judging someone on their skincolor is sad! But dressing up like a dark disney figure using bit too much dark makeup and people get angry.... those angry people are sad

Stranger: there are bigger work problems like a aladdin costume lol

Stranger: then a ****

Stranger: but nowadays you cant say any joke about black people or jews or you are called racist

Stranger: its insane

You: i feel like you are baiting me to call you racists by pointing out these actions you mentioned are infact racist actions

Stranger: i have a friend who is jew and a friend who is black and we joke about this things and we are good friends. thats how its suppose to be not taking everything so serious

Stranger: you can call me racist lol i dont give a f*** i know what i am and what i am not

You: its possible they don't feel like they have the social capital to tell you it annoys them and that friendship with bigoted people is better than being alone because of feelings of low self-worth (cause by accepting racism)

Stranger: no they make same jokes and last time we laughed with tears about a joke my jew friend made

Stranger: we understand humor

You: ok, well, you know your scene

Stranger: yeah. unfortunately most people are fast insulted and cry fast. but not taking everything so serious and being able to make jokes should be possible its even healthy

You: ok bud, i really do have to go, you take care!

Stranger: you too

You: thanks

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