seitanicRights [she/her]

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Cake day: December 13th, 2020

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  • Who the hell is getting treats these days besides the rich? Everyone around me is living in abject poverty, a single hardship away from Hooverville.

    I'd wager the floor is much, much lower than you think it is, and the worst off among us here are not faring much better than the folks in the global south, even with the magnitude of hyperexploitation. We aren't getting our basic needs met, plain and simple.

    This isn't even to mention the nearly invisible, at least to the average American, slave economy that comprises the largest prison system in human history, mostly exploiting black Americans.

    I realize that in some ways my experience is marginal, and there are yuppie fucks who actually are hoarding grain while I get sick from eating only noodles and beans and bean-noodles, or if I'm really lucky paying taco bell for, you guessed it, beans, and that other ways I'm privileged, such as not being in prison, but it really does seem like my experience is more normal than it should be, looking around.

    All of this isn't to minimize the hyperexploitation of the global South by American capital, but rather to say that for the average working class American, things wouldn't change all that much if that stopped since nearly all of that surplus labor is going to the rich. It isn't trickling down. and never has, and it surely doesn't provide an excuse to continue the exploitation of the global south.




  • If I have cash, I give that. If I smoke, I offer a couple cigs. If I'm outside of a store, I'll offer to go in and grab some food and get some cash back to give. If you live in a state that has good can or bottle refunds, drop those off at an encampment nearby. They add up.

    I also offer alcohol or weed if I have it, like if I'm on a patio of a bar.


  • seitanicRights [she/her]totechnology*Permanently Deleted*
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    3 years ago

    This exactly.

    It actually doesn't matter that much at all how you look or what your profile says. This is the logic of the market applied to dating. You are explicitly commodifying your romantic life when you use these apps, and scarce commodities are valued higher.

    Swipe left on 90% of the people, use your best photos and only your best (use facetune if you have to, I haven't but a lot of ppl do), and keep a sparse, ambiguous profile where folks can project what they want onto you. That's how relationships work anyway.

    Voila, now everytime you log in you will be flooded to an annoying degree. Look forward to a lot of noise to get to the signal. Bad sex, bad dates, and so on are the norm. You'll occassionally also have a good time and meet rad folks, which makes the other headaches worthwhile.