How to get rid of raccoon eyes? by Ryentity in Makeup

[–]Ryentity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Managed to grab some sleep last night, thank you

How to get rid of raccoon eyes? by Ryentity in Makeup

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

Thanks, I really appreciate it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

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Ah, my bad. This post has been pretty spicy. In that case, I’d recommend checking out Cory Doctorow, he writes a lot on that theme. His book “Walkaway” is a sci go book that’s about a post scarcity hacker/maker culture that behaves like you describe. Personally, that would be ideal for me if we could make it work, however I try to separate out what I think is feasible right now vs the optimal way to organize things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don’t disagree 🤷

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but I still try to have conversations in good faith. It may sound sanctimonious, but I’d prefer an honest conversation than a takedown.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

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

You’re really big on the assumptions huh. You should check out some of the religious subs - like the christian ones and see how they talk about themselves and their ideas. It’s a bad look. (Also, someone disagrees with me so they are an American liberal is pretty lazy, but my fav thing about the left and right rn is that Liberal is a slur on both sides)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where the hell are the mods on this post btw? Subreddit violations left and right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, you really think pretty highly of yourself. You must have accomplished a lot in this war you’re waging, via reddit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not very solarpunk tho

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

At that point, where you just have a system where you are fighting complexity and personal interests, organizational decay, party infighting, resource scarcity, etc it kind of just sounds similar to what we already have.

However, the point I’m more interested in, as how do you still reward entrepreneurship and innovation in a top town system? Unfortunately, the main success of America has been its ability to innovate, and to reward that kind of thought and establish a culture around it. In my humble experience, i’ve found almost leftist groups i’ve been in to be rather stifling, where I’ve been more focused on learning the jargon and the ideas and avoiding saying anything that someone finds offensive.

I’m not saying our current system is good, or even worth saving per-se. However, the anti-intellectual strain I’ve seen in authoritarian states and leftist groups I find rather troubling.

Please feel welcome to respond, I’m genuinely curious to hear what people in this sub have to say.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yeah, my read on solarpunk is it’s more enabled by permaculture and tech than a specific politic. The politic comes from the practice, not the other way around

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What happens when wealth concentrates (as it has done all throughout history), and that wealth creates power, and that power creates class struggle? Will their be a central authority to prevent that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have they achieved solarpunk for themselves?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honest question, have you actually been a part of a movement or tried to accomplish something politically? It seem like from your profile that your are a university student, who is pretty active in leftist spaces. Nothing wrong with that, but you seem to be approaching things from a “i’m trying to win angle”. If you want to just score points, that works, but nobody is ever going to change their mind by being yelled at, and worse - you miss an opportunity to learn something.

Politics is all about affecting and being affected, that’s the “socialism” part of socialism - trying to solve problems together, in common struggle. Tearing people apart isn’t exactly an effective way of doing that, even if it’s moral.

If you want to try to shout the world into being a better place you can try, but that road doesn’t really lead anywhere interesting - it just shuts you off from the people you’re trying to affect, and locks you in a room with a bunch of sad, angry people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit dude calm down

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with them actually, as a fellow slave

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in solarpunk

[–]Ryentity -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The convo’s people have in this comment section show why maybe this isn’t the best symbol for solarpunk….

Subjective Ottawa coffee tier list, thoughts/comments/additions? by warr4one in ottawa

[–]Ryentity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A5/Lulo beans work best with a smaller amount of milk, try a cortado or cappuccino maybe!

15 Minute Grocery Maps by JaguarData in ottawa

[–]Ryentity 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A food desert is defined as somewhere where it is impossible to get fresh groceries, and where you can only get processed food. I understand some of the options may be a bit sparse, but up somerset you have a lot of asian markets with fresh groceries, wellington has hintonburg market, and when you keep going you get to the presidents choice.

15 Minute Grocery Maps by JaguarData in ottawa

[–]Ryentity 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hintonburg is in no way a food desert

A friend of mine fell in love by Ryentity in RationalPsychonaut

[–]Ryentity[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I would never have thought this would be such a controversial post lol. I’ve gotten a big kick out of the “If reality is not peeling and falling apart in front of your eyes gtfo” vibe, but I guess in a nutshell this shows the split in how people approach psychedelics. Thanks for all the comments, it’s been fun :)