TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world Flying Squid @lemmy.world 1w ago

Nothing else to say.

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Gay man here in Missouri. A lot of my trans friends and me are very concerned about our futures.
- You should be. We should all be concerned about our futures. I'm a white, CIS guy, and I'm concerned. We're completely off the rails now.
  
  I'm a white CIS guy as well, and I'm worried to the point I can barely function this morning.
  
  I work at a not for profit hospital that's already on a shoestring budget. Any cuts to government healthcare coverage and my department may as well get slashed in half
- I'm concerned about your futures too. My daughter is queer and as of 2 am this morning, we've been working on plans to get to the UK, where I have dual citizenship.
  
  Doo it. You should me able to get a family visa as long as your daughter is under 18 and your family income is over £29k.
  
  Best of luck to you and your family to get out of there as quick and easy as possible.
  
  My boyfriend ~~totes not domestic partner of 7 years, because I'm trying to get on SSDI~~ does have dual citizenship in 🇮🇪 (also an O'Brien lol).
  
  Godspeed
  
  care to take 3 along with you?
- Any chance you and your friends can hijack a decent State and dig a giant moat around it?
  
  I think our best hope is to move to California and then wait for The Big One to break CA off from the rest of the US.
Never kill yourself for something that's somebody else's fault.
- Don’t forget what happened with O’Brien next.
- #facts right here!
I wish I lived to see Cochrans first warp test but it’s the Bell riots for us instead. Fuck I hate this timeline
- Well to be fair, the bell riots happened on the way to Cochrane's big test. Mind you, we now have WW3 to look forward to...
  
  Yeah I should have said where we are on the timeline, we live in interesting times unfortunately
See also:
I have to believe that it can get better.

Will it have a chance to get better?
- I wish I shared your optimism.
  
  Don't confuse optimism for desperation:-)
  
  But Star Trek is a great example of what can come after e.g. Bell Riots.
  
  We learn and grow through pain.
- Maybe. But not for a long time. Probably not in our lifetimes.
  
  Sigh... yeah.
  
  Rome fell too, once upon a time, long may it continue in our hearts.
It's not a phaser, but...... I've thought about it today.
- I know it’s nothing useful for concrete or really all that helpful, but I support you and you’re in my thoughts. I hope things get better for you and all the people who have a tough time ahead.
  
  💚
I understand, but also, please don't. As bad as it is right now, the world is still a better place with you in it. Call or text 988 if you're feeling suicidal, there are people there ready to listen and help.
- As I said to someone else- you need to remember what happened after that moment in the show. But thank you for the info.
Yep.
Cheer up, we won't be in hell until January.
- And at least no civil war will break out!
  
  Instead, democracy dies not with a bang, but with a whimper.

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