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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • Some people have experiences which have left them embittered towards a younger, more hopeful generation. Despite 100’s of years of exploitation, absolute failure, and hundreds of millions of people starving to death, getting killed for things such as not wanting to work weekends, and sent to work to death for having the absolute cajones to do what they need to do to provide for their loved ones, they STILL insist that capitalism is the only way forward because it’s the only thing they’ve ever known.

    The average human may not stand out amid 8 billion other people, but each and every person is unique and therefore special in their own way.

    Everyone wants to work, to do something, but no one wants to have a job because your worth as a human shouldn’t be tied to how much money you can earn for someone else. (And, inb4 “art is not a job”, that is so fucking disingenuous; if you think that art isn’t essential, then STOP listening to music, STOP watching television and movies, STOP reading books and newspapers, and then get back to me.) People naturally provide for those they care for and, news flash, people care about other people and their identities.

    I know you’re probably just trolling because you hate your life under capitalism and need to feel like you’re a part of something, but like join the club bro.










  • I’m in the process of abandoning my Reddit account. I abandoned my Twitter a little while before the Muskening and once it became finalized I really didn’t want to go back, but I kind of regret not saving more memes/screenshots so I’m making sure to actually archive things this time.

    I don’t want to go back. The fediverse has everything and more; I would like to think that we can keep up this wonderful sense of community here. Meanwhile the toxicity on Reddit has gotten even worse.

    It’s like having the opportunity to have an amicable separation from a toxic ex.










  • I mean, there hasn’t really been a sense of privacy since the Patriot Act, and Snowden et al confirmed it. And the attempts at data gathering have gotten both more overt and more insidious. (Like, selfie memes, or “get to know me” prompts, or whatever- and I’m not saying these are inherently bad or always data grabs, either.)

    Honestly even if you leave your phone at home someone has a phone nearby. Whether you drive to work or take an Uber or public transit or walk, you’re on security cameras and can be traced through other means.

    It’s gotten bad enough that I- and I’m sure a lot of other people as well- have problems even intimating with other people, because i feel like I’m over sharing AND selling my personal information. But it’s just a regular conversation. And that’s not okay!

    I’m not saying public fora can’t (or shouldn’t) be monitored, but the panopticon has got to fucking go!