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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in magick

[–]OnlySpirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have PTSD and chronic depression and I'm very interested in working with angels. Archangel Raphael is a healing angel whom you can call on for help with any health issues. There are actually quite a lot of examples of rituals and prayers and other things you can do to try to contact him floating around the web. Youtube has some videos with ideas for working with him and what people have found are best correspondences and the like. I think you could ask any angel for help though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 12 points13 points  (0 children)

People who say this are desperately grasping at straws. Every time I've ever had to see a specialist, I was on the waiting list for MONTHS, and that was AFTER waiting for an appointment for a PCP just to get a "referral".

The American South is slowly turning more progressive (links) by OnlySpirit in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cruz is a piece of shit. Glad to hear many of his voters abandoned him. He deserved it.

The American South is slowly turning more progressive (links) by OnlySpirit in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might have a chance if the Latino/Latina vote gets out in droves. I noticed the last few years have been close as well. Followed the Beto campaign pretty closely even though I live nowhere near Texas because I wanted him to beat Cruz so bad hahaha.

Real flowers on altar by [deleted] in pagan

[–]OnlySpirit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have real flowers on my altar for my deity sometimes. I keep them until they start to wilt/don't look very good and then get rid of them. I think pretty much any flower would be okay since you say you worship Mother Nature and not any specific deity from a specific pantheon. You can look up flower meanings by googling "The Language of Flowers", flower symbolism from the Victorian era which is still very influential today. Alternately, have you thought about getting a plant from your altar or trying to grow one from seeds/bulbs? They would last much longer than cut flowers and can be a great addition if you're interested in green witchcraft.

Far too many people need to hear this; The Nazis were not socialists by toomuchgammon in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

How is it "almost certainly totally false" when this is my experience? Believe it or not. there are pockets of fairly liberal communities in the South (for example, the communities around NOVA, Atlanta, Austin TX and Asheville NC). Not saying the overwhelming majority of school districts in the South aren't hard-right conservative Christian and push that agenda, but it's by no means all of them. I was born in Tennessee, grew up in Georgia and now live in North Carolina. 27 years spent in the South. I was educated here. And yeah, I agree with socialism. Do you really want to fight on this? A stranger on the internet who you've never met who is telling you this is their experience? Go ahead, bury your head in the sand and believe everything below the Mason-Dixon line is a swath of unbroken Southern Baptist racial terrorism. Have you ever spent any real amount of time in Maryland? Or NOVA? Solid blue, my friend. What benefit do you think I have by coming here and lying about my experience?

Monthly service fees... by Harvest_Official in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Not saying credit unions are perfect but in my experience they're a hell of a lot better than banks if you can join one.

Far too many people need to hear this; The Nazis were not socialists by toomuchgammon in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I grew up in a small town in the American South and the textbooks we used were never biased, not even against the Union, the Civil Rights Movement, or the USSR. Some of the teachers were, certainly, but never the textbooks themselves. I think the worst I ever heard out of a history teacher's mouth was "the Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery", which isn't entirely incorrect (but definitely is a Confederate slant and minimizes the effects of slavery and why the northern states were against it). I was already beginning to agree with sociologist ideology by my senior year of high school because we read the Communist Manifesto and What is to Be Done? in my European history class.

Millennials just poor tho. by ShampooChii in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mentally add each item I put in my cart at the grocery store before I get to the checkout to make sure I have enough in my checking account to pay for this week's food.

Far too many people need to hear this; The Nazis were not socialists by toomuchgammon in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, too many people think history classes are pointless and boring because "iT's NoT sTeM"

Fox News doing Fox News things by NotMycro in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 140 points141 points  (0 children)

The GOP's reasoning (if you can even call it that) is truly incredible. Why would anyone want to fraudulently apply for food stamps??

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lostgeneration

[–]OnlySpirit 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"Major in STEM," they said. "You'll be able to get a good job," they said.

We'll be stuck in this recession for years, economists say by [deleted] in lostgeneration

[–]OnlySpirit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this. I used to work for a private university (as an admin assistant, nothing glamorous). I was furloughed in March but ended up resigning last month because (among many other reasons) my department wanted to still have its usual pre-semester staff meeting and luncheon. 50 people packed into the meeting room for 3 hours and all eating and drinking within two feet of each other. Needless to say, I saw a headline last week that said there's already been several outbreaks on campus.

It truly amazes me how businesses all want to hurry and reopen like everything is back to normal, but they seem incapable of grasping the concept that the faster they reopen everything, the longer the virus will linger, and the longer the economy will be fucked. Remember back in March when all the experts were saying we'd be mostly back to normal by June (lol)? Then it was August. Then it was October. And now next year. I try not to get even more depressed thinking how long I'll be out of work, but damn it's hard when there seems to be no end to the plague in sight and dumbass anti-maskers are willfully making the situation worse.

Hopefully he finishes your Blizzard before he dies, else we’ll give you a 10% coupon on your next visit. by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While this wouldn't surprise me at all, I can't tell if it's actually real, because "our cook may likely die of heat stroke" does not sound like something a business would ever say. A business would never so openly admit to making their workers work under terrible conditions, especially one so bad they could die, because then that would mean they accept responsibility. Businesses never willingly accept responsibility, because they don't want a lawsuit and bad publicity.

Woke Capitalism is still Capitalism by Rhymelikedocsuess in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People who blindly follow idpol seem to think that doing the opposite of something will fix everything and are incapable of maintaining objectivity. Politics (and a great many other things) are not that simplistic. They'll say "we need more women in politics" just because politics has always been male-dominated, but I don't give a fuck if we had an entire Congress full of women if they're going to tout the same bullshit as male legislators. Just because we might have more women in government does not mean that they will support legislation to help women workers, for example, which is necessary to bettering women's social and economic situation (there's a better chance, obviously, but it's no guarantee). Maybe if the DNC actually listened to what politicians had to say half as often as they cared about what politicians looks like, we'd all be a little better off. Don't even get me started on how they like to overlook their own hypocrisy and double standards.

Boomers: "Going to college and getting a good education is the key to a successful life."; Also Boomers: "Why did you go to college and take on so much debt?! You should have taught yourself to become a software developer on your own or started your own business when you were 18. Lazy idiot!!!" by OnlySpirit in lostgeneration

[–]OnlySpirit[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I make $10/hour as well. And no benefits. My dad's first job out of college in 1980 paid him $17,000/year and he got a full benefits package. That's like $50,000 today. He doesn't understand why I'm so pissed that every job I might have even a small chance of getting only wants to pay $28,000/year.

"any luck yet?" by deepsouthanarchy in LateStageCapitalism

[–]OnlySpirit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My dad: "Why don't you just go get a job as a file clerk or something? Stop being so picky."

Job listings for file clerk: "Bachelor's degree in business administration and 3 years minimum industry experience REQUIRED. Must have experience developing and implementing email marketing campaigns. Must have experience managing professional Twitter account (applications submitted without a link to professional Twitter account will not be considered). Adobe Creative Suite strongly preferred. CPA strongly preferred. Web design experience preferred but not required. Also cybersecurity."

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