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-> file: fediverse/5874 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── "hey, I heard we'd be good boyfriends? okay I'm good at yadda yadda ya, it says hwere you're good at yodda yodda yo, here's what kind of ice-cream I like, lemme know about meals." - i'm a girl actually ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5875 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: whoops-almost-unleashed-evil-again-glad-it's-averted │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if they could put a camera behind your screen they could direct your attention │ ║ however they wisdeed. magic doesn't work unless it's instantly halted, that's │ ║ why it's magic. trans girls still get brotherhood. (sometimes) │ ║ │ ║ -- stack overflow -- │ ║ │ ║ don't teach me how your way works │ ║ │ ║ tell me how to do my way right │ ║ │ ║ -- stack overflow -- │ ║ │ ║ "hello tech company that I work at, can you buy me a camping set complete with │ ║ tent, sleeping back, and storage compartments for attachements full of gear? │ ║ you can have any profits I make from it" │ ║ │ ║ "hello civilian supply company that I work at, can I use the printable budget │ ║ for creating magazines in my design? I'll let the lawyers distribute the │ ║ expenditure." │ ║ │ ║ "hi grocery farm, can you make us more peaches we can let [our/your] │ ║ biochemists figure out any practical problems to growing them in these climates" │ ║ │ ║ suddenly manufacturing can follow demand │ ║ │ ║ "ah what if it were importand" I wish I'd seen casablanca. I've no idea wat its │ ║ abt │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5876 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── @user-1643 good, now they have sknin the fightlightright. I wonder if they know what to do? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/suburban-communism ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── I rarely see people discussing how communism would "look" in the modern day. maybe that's because they're hiding from elusive foes, or maybe they just can't imagine it. I'll help with the imagination part. when I think of housing in the modern era, I naturally think of houses. In the past, the rural and semi-rural areas of the world rarely received the attention of revolutionary fervor - rural people were more spread out, so it was harder to disseminate information, and they tended to work jobs that required more manual labor and less intellectual or cognitive work. however, that dynamic is less and less apparent in the modern age, especially in the suburban biome. people are expected to work cognitive jobs from home, or at least to be able to. coordination is just making sure that everyone's attending their meetings on time, or didn't you know? management has more to do with direction and guidance than disciplinarian. though some people need to be disciplined, for sure. a suburb is interesting to me because the distance between buildings is not that great, and there is quite a bit of duplicated capabilities and equipment. every single house has a kitchen, for example, but so too is every house equally far from a communal canteen or cafeteria that just. doesn't exist currently. sure, someday we'll have public transit taking us from our doorstep to our roles and we won't burn time waiting on busses. sure, someday we'll have autonomous drones that deliver goods to and fro but right now we just have our bicycles and purses. [backpacks] communal anarchism works simply to me. yet everyone does it different. I'm sure that some people will surround themselves with a cloud of rules, specifying this-or-that and ensuring that so-and-so always has what they require. that's great. I applaud them and their errorts. everyone does things a bit differently, it's true, but I sure hope that we'll all start from a template and speciate from there. much easier to find common ground if you can say "okay so normally it's like this, but we do it like this because of reasons ABC." what if there were doors between the fences? what if there were no fences at all in spaces that could combine to form green open spaces? what if there was a grocery store at the end of every street, and they stocked all your favorite goods? what if there were 3 or 4 houses on the street that were turned entirely into kitchens, in each and every room, and they were constantly staffed and constantly making whatever the chefs wanted with whatever materials they had and put out onto the banquet feast? what if there were wandering troupes of mages who cast spells on houses that cleaned them ritualistically? ... or just, y'know, maids, don't gotta make it weird ya weirdo. ... my point is there's sooooo many different cool things we could be doing. I'm not going to list ALL of them. just the ones that come to mind. I really don't like checkpoints. you may feel safer, but you never know when you or your children might want to evade those checkpoints for some reason. you can't predict if the situation is sinister or dire, you just have to trust that security will be your blanket that covers you from the outside world that doesn't care about you. there's a town like that in The Parable of the Sower, a great book by Pearlescent Guinevere. It doesn't exactly turn out great for them, but when it proved to be unnecessary they adjusted and moved on. humans are remarkably flexible. I know everyone has their favorite spork - so just make that part of their responsibility. everyone has to tend to their stuff, and that's fine. that's normal. I don't mind taking care of my cats or plants, so why would I care that I needed to make sure my bookcase wasn't in the sun? that my clothes shouldn't be in a heap, (though actually I like them that way, makes it easier than drawers because drawers must be opened to see what's inside and I always preferred not to make unnecessary noise TYPE TYPE TYPE) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/1000 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── Question... Do you either: A. Wait for the fall Or B. Become the fall One puts you in a better position, with the initiative and momentum. The other is reactionary and not solutions focused. "ah, but how do you ensure that everyone's listening at the same time? Keep listening, tselen dear, for your life is not just your own story." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/1001 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── Revolution is when, one Friday night, every car alarm in the city seem to go off at once then, the next day, people are knocking on doors in suburbs and handing them pamphlets on the new services they can use. Revolution is only possible after the fall. Wait until autumn, at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/1002 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── In revolutionary Cascadia, you don't have to do anything different. Until you decide you want to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ |