Right, but now go say some lightly left leaning things in one of those communities and watch the vitriol roll in.

Like I said, little people, big internet.

I’d argue it happens just as much in right wing spaces. People with soap boxes want to make sure nobody listening to them will rebuke them.

It’s small people in big spaces. People want to feel secure and reassured in their feelings. Presently, it may seem as though left leaning spaces use these purity tests more frequently but I would argue that’s the result of under-representation in modern politics.

Many left leaning folks have to vehemently defend the feelings they hold in their hearts. Meanwhile right wing folks get to say “I feel what I feel! You know in your hearts it’s the moral thing to do! Anyone who opposes is immoral”

So, you end up with a lot of leftists who have to carve out safer spaces for conversation. I think, because the societal default opinion for leftists is that they hold immoral stances. ie: socialists, communists, anarchists. They seem evil to outsiders.

Average 3rd Age user of 2nd age artefacts.

To be fair the body thing was the first branch Davidians that broke ties with the seven day Adventist Church. By the time David Koresh took power the splinter religion would see two more leadership changes.

It’s weird but the Branch Davidians /=/ David Koresh’s Branch Davidians.

https://youtu.be/xZwFxWb0y7w

It’s explained in the first 5ish minutes of this video.

Yeah that’s why I’m curious. I read at about 350WPM so what I consider a fast read may be slow for some.

It also depends on the density of the text. I’ve been struggling through Imperialism by Lenin for like a month.

I’m just curious. How long would you consider a reasonably quick read expressed in hours?

Wished’I’d’ve

It’s winter in Canada. Well below freezing.

They’re homeless.

They need food.

Shut the fuck up lol

You ever been homeless? I have. Only thing you seem to have less of is a brain.

That they are. I just found them recently. They’re certainly out of my usual wheelhouse but I’ve really been enjoying a lot of old folk and country. This kinda bridges the gap perfectly.

You ever hear of a duffel bag? Shopping cart? Ruck sack?

What the hell man. Are you really advocating that a homeless person shouldn’t have access to food because they don’t have reliable access to storage you deem acceptable?

Unironically check your privilege, homie.

Shit.

It means it gives off middle child vibes. What more do you want?

People round these parts say the day first, then the month. Anything else is attention seeking middle child vibes.

You may really enjoy Bridge City Sinners then!

They do mostly Bluegrass/Folk but they have this metal vibe to a lot of their stuff. Their vocalist is fantastic and the song I linked feels like I’d be in the middle of a Cowboy Saloon barfight.

$3.94 CAD/2.74 USD at food basics in rural Ontario.

$2 for 12 eggs from a friend’s chickens.

No. But 2024, the 25th of July is clumsy both spoken and written.

July 25th, 2024 is okay but gives off middle child vibes.

25th of July, 2024 is ordered small to big, rolls off the tongue and when written nicely seperates both sets of numbers for ease of readability.

The only other alternative I will accept is Julian dates. Today is Day 26 of 2025.

It’s very annoying. I’ve looked through every setting I possibly could and I just don’t have the option to turn it off.

That face looks really great btw. I haven’t dove into painting faces yet. I hope I can do it half as well as you.

Yeah, explain the shitmobile then.

Don’t you mean: “Right there! Stop you, I’m going to.”

Yoda-ass date structure.

What day, of what month, of what year is it? It’s ordered by importance dammit!

I often forget how bad my country folk have it in some places. I’m going to doxx myself a bit here.

I’m a service member in Canada. In my first 5 years of service I received 20 payed annual leave days. After 5 years of service I received 25. At a later date I will receive thirty.

I get every single federal holiday as well as provincial holiday for the province I’m posted to.

At any given time I can request up to 2 days of sick leave/mental health days without a doctor’s note. After that I can be given any number of days off signed by a doctor.

If I have a death in the immediate family I can receive 7 days or more of grievance and compassionate leave authorised by a chaplain or my commanding officer.

Further to this, I get 100% dental coverage,my family gets 85%. I get $80k to go to university, $10k for professional development or college courses as well as a whole plethora of other benefits like free eye exams and subsidised glasses.

I want this for all of my countrymen. My (often conservative) countrymen do not want this for themselves. Why? The fact I get all this shows that the Canadian Government is willing to give these benefits to any Canadian. But they don’t. Why?

I get these benefits because I was too young and dumb to do anything with my life but join the army?

I really appreciate it, man. I’ve had a hard time putting brush to plastic. I’ve invested so much money into the armies and I’m worried about ruining the models.

This post has really helped my confidence. I think I can do this. :) I’m really proud of this being my first full piece.

Hmm it could be. Though there’s a lot of that “grit” in places I didn’t dry brush. As a matter of fact the only place that got dry brushing was his grieve sticking out from under the cloak.