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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Nobody can answer this question for you but I think to the countless examples of people not “getting out while they can” who are now–or were until their death–forever trapped in a bad situation that people today forget wasn’t that bad even within living memory

    Is it right for you? I don’t know

    Is it cowardly to let a sense of national loyalty compel you to be exposed to the mechanisms of government wielded by untrustworthy actors? No, and anybody saying otherwise is lying to you at best; lying to themselves at worst

    Inb4 any what aboutisms: nothing I’ve said here is specific to any country






  • I looked into moving to other countries which made it very obvious which skills were worth cultivating, changed careers accordingly and moved somewhere (in the US) that isn’t fully car-dependent until I could accumulate decent savings/investments. This was pre-covid and “orange pilling”, I just kinda lucked out

    And, no, none of this was easy, just easier than saying “I’ll accept this without a fight”





  • Witnessing a downtown metro area go dead silent, years of ecological damage reversed and folding at home accidentally out computing the world’s fastest supercomputer in the first 2 weeks of 2020 lock downs and all it took was giving 10 days PTO to all non-essential workers (I was essential btw but yes I’ll fucking survive Starbucks being closed one fortnight a year)

    Surely, people will see this as worthwhile and positive tradition and we’ll collectively decide to avoid commuting for 2 weeks every March; taking PTO if offered or job hopping at the new market rate created if not, right… Right…?