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Assimilation is eradication
Besides you lot seem to be the most trans supportive instance (nobody is erasing people's queerness here because they got confronted on their idiocy)
We had an early struggle session about whether or not it was okay to misgender Caitlyn Jenner for being a reactionary piece of shit. In true tankie fashion, dissenters were purged. (I’m an anarchist btw)
That’s the historical root of the term, but “barbaric” and “barbarian” also have long histories as diminutive due to colonialism.
I believe several animemes mods are comrades who post here
And the bus stop somehow involved more bureaucracy to achieve
So I don't know if I was "holding myself back" or if I just needed to develop the strength and resilience I needed in this cursed society.
I super feel this. The first thing I worked on in the beginning of this was validating my own feelings and actually paying attention to my own desires. I just felt like I wanted nothing, didn’t care what happened to me, and whatever attempts I would make to make myself happy were just going through the motions so that I wasn’t making the people around me miserable by proxy. I really had no self worth, so the idea that I was allowed to add stress to my support system by doing this difficult and confusing thing was just not in the cards.
Early in transition here. I always feel like I’m really bad at being a man. I hate being expected to follow the conventions that go along with being a man. The specific handshakes, referring to each other with terms of endearment like “bro” or “dude”. Not to mention the constant expectation that I’m dumb, lazy, or belligerent. I hate wearing suits (yes, even stylish ones that are fitted properly). And yeah, I’ve had a hard time relating to most guy stuff throughout my life.
I used to say I didn’t hate being a man. But as I stopped repressing all these feelings and allowed myself to feel the decades of gendered rage and discomfort, I came to terms with the fact that yes, I do in fact hate being a man.
I’d imagine it is. Literally everyone I’ve known who has used it has been unhoused and didn’t own a phone, so
Materially, there are a lot of ties between Russian capital and right-wing American think tanks which support the GOP. But I doubt it’s that nuanced for most Republican politicians. I think, for the most part, being opposed to whatever the Democrats want on a hot button topic is more than enough reason for them to be pro-Russia.
This is the point, no? That these factions were described accurately prior to the propaganda machine shifting into full gear.
One of the most disgusting trends of the last 5 years has been western militaries and intelligence agencies doing liberal identity politics to whitewash their crimes. In the case of Azov, you can just see the playbook operating in real-time.
If you have a refill coming up, you might wanna talk with your doctor about swapping out for taking two 30 mg capsules instead. Depends on how much you trust your insurance company to not deny your shit.
Mine didn’t do any upkeep for 2 years, including refusing to clean up black mold and then threatened to sue us when we left the place a mess when we moved out. Sorry, our place got kinda messy what with the floors flooding regularly and filling our possessions with mold.
I am basically an expert on federation and also I am really high. I think only local users should be able to take my tempurature.
Like, think about it.
We used to have a way more vaporwave vibe to our whole instance. All our theme colors were named after party drugs and a lot of our admin announcements would come paired with trippy artwork. Not sure if the person who made those left or just got busy but it was a cool vibe that’s carried over in things like some of our emotes.
This isn’t OC. And this is the exact version I’ve seen in the wild multiple times since 2019.
Liberals: Whoooaaoooaaoooaaazz
You know how American cities give homeless people one way bus tickets out of the area? I live in one of the more common destinations because we’re the poorest county in the state and we have really extensive welfare infrastructure here. Because homelessness disproportionately affects people of color and the most common white settler ethnicities here are Swedish and Italian, our area becoming more diverse has literally coincided with state programs to bus people of color into the projects here. It’s really hard to talk to white fascists conservatives around here and show them all these facts and have them not see it as proof of the exact worldview you’re talking about. Especially because they think I’m a liberal no matter how much I tell them I’m not.
An Obamaphone is typically an old refurbished android phone. It’s provided by private companies who require you to fill out the paperwork that allows them to qualify for the subsidy to make the phone free. The max income threshold is super low. You get a predetermined number of free calling minutes each month for a year and then you have to recertify.
As your income rises, it quickly becomes cheaper to spend less than $50 on a Tracfone from Walmart and load the minutes as needed. If you are unemployed, don’t have an phone, are looking for a job, and taking calls from employers is the only thing you’ll use it for, it is indeed free and can be a pretty nice thing.
But the people who designed the program made damn sure people weren’t gonna be “abusing” the program to make a bunch of personal calls for free. The phones are capable of running WhatsApp and Messenger, though, so I do know people who have them, didn’t recertify, but will bum people’s WiFi to keep in touch with people. I’ve had several people stay at my house overnight because they didn’t have a place to go for the night and on two separate occasions people have booted up my PS4 and installed Messenger on it to talk to people. It’s definitely a thing.
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I mean… I guess he didn’t literally say it
Here’s a link to an article about how the quote is fake…. sourced by The Daily Caller
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I have 3 assumptions about surface mount wiring that I’d like someone who knows more of what they’re talking about to confirm or deny:
- It is practical to install for a whole house
- It is cheaper to install than traditional wiring (or maybe that the labor costs will be lower if I end up hiring a contractor)
- Maintenance on it will be easier down the road
Definitely feeling better than I was earlier.
We got the paperwork sorted out so we’re no longer gonna be on the hook for thousands of dollars for a car whose grill is several feet closer to the windshield than it ought to be. Fuck insurance ghouls. They literally tried to get us on some bureaucratic bullshit about not having a paper that they don’t even require anymore.
House is still half-electricity-less, but I think we found out the burning smell was because the blower motor on our furnace was running 24/7. We turned it off. A problem for the fall.
Aaaand my kids are all comfy for the rest of the week at a relative’s house and we’re getting by with some stuff from the food pantry.
My highlights (genuine):
- A big bag of fresh apples
- Some restaurant style tortillas
- Box of rice
- Some cans of black beans
My highlights (facetious):
- Just so many craisins
- One can of sweetened condensed milk
- Boxed beef stroganoff kit
- Canned green beans from an old lady’s pantry
Thanks for the kind words earlier as well as the offers to help pay for some stuff. I think we’re good for now but I may reach out next week depending on how things go.
I just need to vent because so much stuff is going wrong all at once.
A deer jumped out in front of my car last week. I think the deer is fine. My car was totaled. The insurance company is trying to claim that I don’t have gap insurance (in other words, I’m fucked and will still be responsible for the loan on a car I don’t have anymore unless I can bully them into accepting my paperwork). The outdated electricity in my house finally shit the bed and we have no power upstairs and keep smelling a burning smell, which the home owners insurance won’t be able to pay for until we get a contractor in to look at it, which is going to involve tearing the walls apart (our walls are horsehair plaster instead of drywall). My partner and I have been taking turns sinking into deep depression on and off for years and our house is an absolute mess. Our cupboards are bare to the point where my kids are asking to go stay at a friend’s house so they can stop eating ramen. I’m just avoiding meals. A friend gave me a leftover burger from Denny’s yesterday and it was so good I thought I was gonna cry. I’m just broke as fuck. I’m tired. And I don’t wanna go to work today but I can’t afford to call off.
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motherfucker—gender neutral term for a biological parent with a feminine coparent