UniversalBasicJustice

Gameboy Advance SP. First Gameboy with built in backlight. RIP to yours.

Yeah, I scrolled through the modlogs after seeing the de-fed post and realized how far the instance had strayed from their original message. Seeing half a dozen new communities pop up concerning AIPAC funding was just weird.

Also, the "Anarchist Flotilla" seemed kinda...lame? Not necessarily the concept; a novel method of organizing around a new structure like federated social media makes sense. Implementation, however...inventing a new 'tier of membership' for quokk.au seemed odd. I dunno, maybe I just haven't 'read enough theory.'

Not so much what I want done with my corpse but what I'd like to do with my life; die on Mars.* Even if it means lithobraking into Olympus Mons due to a miscommunication about imperial and metric units.

However, I have a few other ideas as well.

Most epic; funeral pyre boat.

Most metal; feed my corpse into a woodchipper and use the viscera for fertilizer.

Most likely; buried a bit shallow under a young sapling.

*: Excellent album by the Callous Daoboys

Yknow I've been trying to decide what GB/A era game to replay and Oracles might be it. VERY fond memories of those games; I had Ages, my brother had Seasons. The animal companions are silly and cute and the level and puzzle design was superb. 

I've played modern LoZ and had fun with the open world style, but majorly prefer the more linear, curated style of the earlier games.

db0 was my home instance for over a year. I had all the genAI stuff blocked and hardly interacted with the home instance. I popped over to quokk.au a couple weeks ago to check out PieFed. I saw the discussion post for this de-federation and honestly felt disgusted. A day or so later I started seeing c/[Country]AIPAC or similar bullshit communities popping up. I'm anti-Zionist but the rabidness was a major red flag. Quokka might not be it either, yet, but the vibe over at db0 has grown toxic.

I don't have any answers, only validation because I experience the same issue. I've been fired from a bunch of blue collar jobs for issues stemming from the reasons you described and pursued engineering in order to find work that was mentally engaging. Joke's on me, I'm stuck doing work that is similarly mundane and under stimulating. I dont even get the little boost that moving around can provide. 

Sheer momentum. You think the people at the top are bad? Remember how many low-/mid-level employees they shitcanned? Most haven't and won't be replaced. Even if a position is refilled, the lost institutional knowledge will take decades to rebuild. 

I reserve 'cunt' and 'dumb bitch' as especially strong, disrespectful expletives to call a woman.

When I say "Fuck that dumb bitch TERF cunt JK Rowling" it carries the hurt and ire of a broken childhood love of Harry Potter. The series itself was incredibly important to me and provided a world I could escape to when the real world was overwhelming. The hate and bigotry that cunt has shown breaks my heart and sullies too many childhood memories to describe.

I was deeply inspired to pursue engineering after watching the first Falcon 9 boosters land themselves. I was enamored by the idea of using my little blip in humanity's timeline to assist our expansion to another planet. I wanted to contribute to something important, something that turned many brilliant minds towards an achievement that would eventually benefit the entirety of mankind.

I even hopped on the Tesla train; I recognized the existential threat that carbon emissions bore as well as the damaging, restrictive nature of building a society that scorns public transportation and promotes individual car ownership.

I didn't worship Elon so much as admired the causes he was advancing. That admiration withered over the years but my dream of contributing to the colonization of Mars helped me push through the ten years it took to earn my four year engineering degree. As details of his derangement came out, as he acquired twitter and more overtly spread his billionaire propaganda, that dream started to fade. The fascist salutes at Trump's inauguration crushed those dreams and ground them into a dust too fine to even attempt a rebuild.

My jaded ass still wants to benefit humanity so I've set my eyes on climate science, even as the country I was born in denies the havoc and damage our relentless consumption has wrought. Not just denial, but outright derision and contempt for the future of our world. Thus I hope to take my dreams elsewhere, hoping to find a culture with a clearer view of the consequences we must face and the changes we must make to preserve our planet.

This is actually incredibly relevant to me. I'm anti-"It is what it is" and instead say "Such is life," "So it goes," "C'est la vie" and an additional alternative is great. Won't eliminate C'est la vie entirely because it's a Protest the Hero song, but thanks for another 'tired acknowledgment of the absurdity of reality' phrase!

Custard. The first dish I learned to bake was crème brulée. The simplicity of ingredients contrasting with the precision and careful preparation helped distract me from the fact I'd just failed out of my engineering studies. Meringue as well; wouldn't want to waste the egg whites!

I want to learn French so I can refuse to speak it rather than not know how.

Just want to chime in with something; this is one of the most respectful, mutually considerate discussions I've seen on the internet in recent memory and y'all should be proud.