• Madcat [any]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Sister's test came back negative :party-parrot-mask:

  • deadbergeron [he/him,they/them]
    ·
    edit-2
    4 years ago

    my coworker died from covid today. Only 38. shit sucks man, everyone please stay safe

    edit: only 35, I read the email wrong. goddamn

  • FRIENDLY_BUTTMUNCHER [she/her]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Man, imagine being an FBI agent getting paid to read posts about communist board games and dinosaurs. Wish I was getting paid for this, how do I get that job?

  • Zman51 [comrade/them]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Every thread about COVID on my local subreddit is full of people lamenting how many small businesses are shuttering.

    Everytime I've gone biking in the ravines in my city, I'm seeing more and more tents popping up. I almost never see people on reddit talk about this kind of shit except when they need to defend landlords because "they need to pay their mortgages too." I live in a pretty liberal neighbourhood and honestly this is the general feeling I get from people too. People are just oblivious that tons of people are losing their homes but god forbid their fav shawarma place shuts down, then we have to talk about how the pandemic is hurting the real people who matter.

  • mediocre_moment16 [any,undecided]
    ·
    4 years ago

    I'm gonna try and comment "hell yeah motherfucker" on every megathread in 2021. You will know my name and you will grow to fear it

  • 777 [none/use name]
    ·
    4 years ago

    i dont think main needs an "x is cool and good actually" post for any time another user is critical of something u like

  • Sandinband [any, comrade/them]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Today makes one year of having my mini triceratops stuffed animal. Her name is shazana and I love her

  • Invidiarum [none/use name]
    ·
    edit-2
    4 years ago

    Can we do something to reduce the negativity on here? I don't mean dunking or news but stupid internet forum shit. Reading posts like "if you like g*mes, fuck you" or anything from "monogamous relationships are about controlling your partner and built on insecurity and jealousy" to "believing in sentient alien life is perpetrating imperialist ideology" really isn't it for me. I understand it's the dark time of thr year but still

  • POKEMONGOTOTHEGULAG [none/use name]
    ·
    edit-2
    4 years ago

    Me: I'll start online dating once I grow some more diverse interests and have something to show for

    Also me: Doesn't do any of that

    • P00h_Beard [comrade/them]
      ·
      4 years ago

      You're much more interesting than you give yourself credit for. Just be authentic that's what people like. If someone doesn't click with you it's not worth the trouble to be torn up because you aren't missing out on anything by not being with them.

    • sappho [she/her]
      ·
      4 years ago

      I honestly believe it's better to be single for a while when you're young so you can grow as an individual and find out what you want out of life. So many people jump into dating, and eventually living together, before they are ready. It's better to be alone than to abdicate your own personal development in favor of building a relationship with someone who does not have the same values, interests, or life goals - because neither of you know what those are yet.

  • goldsound [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Y'all ever rewatch childhood cartoons and realize how deeply they imprinted themselves upon your psyche?

    Like, seriously, the first few seasons (aka the good ones) of SpongeBob appear to be tattooed into my brain. Do I say anything original ever or just quotes that people forgot were quotes?

  • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
    ·
    4 years ago

    The funny thing is that the economy would genuinely be better off if they gave a better stimulus. It mostly goes to landlords/credit card companies anyways, why not give a bunch of money?

  • goldsound [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    As of tonight, my head has gone from Marxist to Lenninist. I'm going to miss the dream of having nice hair, but it was long overdue to part ways.

    Feeling about 17 different emotions about it right now so thats cool.

  • PhaseFour [he/him]
    ·
    edit-2
    4 years ago

    I'm visiting with family in rural Michigan. They are all somewhere between worker, lumpen, and petite bourgeois. They are all armed to the teeth. Every other conversation is about overthrowing the US government, or complaining about tech companies, media companies, and bankers.

    They also think the uprisings in major cities are part of the conspiracy because Liberal NGOs have dumped billions into co-opting the movement. My parents literally thought protesters were pro-Amazon and pro-Liberal media because they both "support" BLM.

    We agree on the biggest issues, but they are disconnected from the political struggle in the cities. I'm trying to convince them they have more to gain from an alliance with these uprisings.