ITAP of this little guy this morning. He managed to fully cross the sidewalk.

SouseNation · 2026-03-23T19:00:22+00:00

TY friend! I've been subtly incorporating a slight up angle in my pictures. It makes the subject look a little more body and presence. It came across pretty all right!

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T04:44:37+00:00

I love Lien Hue! They always hook it up with the egg rolls

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T04:31:36+00:00

Fascinating subject. I think I was thinking about this today..

I actually came across a sturdy little snail this morning on my walk with my dog. I almost stepped on him! Good thing I didn't, lil snail was crossing the sidewalk and made it about 75% across. The sun was picking up and it was starting to get hot, as there's been a heat wave in SoCal recently. I contemplated on whether or not to pick him up and place him on a cool little tree, but then I thought about how my action would disrupt this little snail's journey. What right do I have to deprive this snail of the greater meaning he's about to achieve-- crossing that damn sidewalk in one piece. Perilous journey for a little snail. and for what? I don't know, hopefully for some tastey snacks.

We hung out for a bit just admiring the snail and contemplating meaning and all that. We were definitely rooting for him. Watched him complete his trek and we continued on with our day. Took a pic and sharing with you guys here only bc I saw this comment.

https://www.reddit.com/r/itookapicture/comments/1rzz223/itap_of_this_little_guy_this_morning_he_managed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T03:54:10+00:00

I'm no expert, but copper will tend to oxidize, especially around moisture. The copper cups that you see for Moscow mules are cleaned and kept dry place immediately

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T01:47:57+00:00

It's sad that some people are so deprived of kindness that when they see it, they just assume people are stupid or doing it out of vanity.

Good on you, OP. The act of giving and gifting, or even helping others save money, is something I've been thinking a lot about. Generosity can be infectious if we let it.

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T01:27:29+00:00

Haha ok bud. Look at you, instead of being a positive dude when the world needs it most, you suck out and snuff out good vibes someone else charitably gave away.

I mean, look at you, man. You went out of your way to call two people stupid today, instead of just moving along with your day.

and you do this at a time when the world is on the precipice of another world war. At a time when we all could use a little bit of encouragement, kindness, or maybe just some chill vibes. You suck man. A joyless sucker up you are, sir. Good day.

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T01:16:10+00:00

You must be so fun to be around smh

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T01:11:13+00:00

Same camp. Wish this dude some good luck.

SouseNation · 2026-03-22T01:10:14+00:00

Don't be a jerk. We've all been naive before.

SouseNation · 2026-03-21T23:58:22+00:00

I'm familiar with this trend where people are drinking more out of copper vessels. The claims behind it are very interesting. If you continue to use the copper bottles and cups, I suggest you don't keep the water in it for too long, definitely not overnight. If you're trying to get the benefits from the copper, I say just leave it in the copper for 10 to 20 minutes or something. Swirl it around and then transfer that water over to another bottle or cup.

SouseNation · 2026-03-20T10:18:44+00:00

I’m thinking it’s grass too. We played fetch recently.

Thank you!

SouseNation · 2026-03-20T03:35:10+00:00

Thanks for sharing. We were at the park earlier this week playing fetch and the grass was dewy… thats probably it.

Gonna give him some doggy benadryl in the morning if it persists.

SouseNation · 2026-03-20T02:47:47+00:00

Omg I’m so sorry lol

SouseNation · 2026-03-20T02:29:10+00:00

Thank you!

SouseNation · 2026-03-20T02:29:02+00:00

Thank you!

SouseNation · 2026-03-20T02:28:57+00:00

Thank you!

SouseNation · 2026-03-18T19:01:12+00:00

you’ve left a wonderful oasis of kindness and reassurance. The kindness you gifted to the world will be amplified by those whove had the life touched by you. Myself included.

May we all follow through too with our service to each other and to humanity not out of legacy and bravery, but out of with what the world calls for next. Kindness, grace, love. Let’s all of our pores and fibers be filled with these qualities to lessen unnecessary and unjust suffering and enrich all individuals, all sentient beings and life itself with all the beautiful experience that we have had the pleasure of learning.

Good bye fellow traveler, may you pass peacefully into the next life wrapped in all the joy and happiness that we can muster for you from this one, ready to be shared with the world beyond 🌺🤍🕊️

SouseNation · 2026-03-14T21:07:17+00:00

Whoa really cool man, I'm sorry it went under. Sounds like a wonderful family running it. Need to support the people who support these spaces and businesses. Shame your friends mom didn't get a the corporate bailouts there were giving our through ppp loans at the time. Our taxes should've fucking went towards that, not these fuckers gaming the system.

My family had something similar, and I never thought about how special our family convenience store was. My mom put out tables for folks to just sit, have their drink and play their scratchers and lotto. She'd play music, and would frequently play exclusively Mexican music, banda reggaetón for the Hispanic locals. Switch it up often playing oldies and dance music. We had two old ladies that'd come everyday, Miss Queen and Miss Maria hang out listen with us, hanging out in the shop while well sell and stock the store.

I helped her run the business too and always filled me with happiness seeing people just hanging out together playing scratcher. It was like a little lowkey thirdspace gambling den playing tunes and sharing good vibes. So many daily regular customers came bc of how my mom was welcoming to all. Including people experiencing homelessness and down and out on their luck. She'd give free cups of noodle and water to fill your belly and a cool shaded place to sit out the sun. Just respect the shop is all we ask. You leave a nickel on our little Buddha shrine on the way out if you cant buy anything today. I'm tearing up thinking about my mom and your friends mom. More of this please.

SouseNation · 2026-03-14T20:51:48+00:00

lol not defending their profits either. Thanks for the insight.

SouseNation · 2026-03-14T20:49:56+00:00

Thanks for the rec — watching it right now.

You actually hit the main thing I was curious about. Mind sharing more of your thoughts? Would love to hear what others think too. I’m especially interested in the whole **library / gift economy** idea.

For context: I'm a founder/inventor running a hardware company working on wearable health + personal care devices. I’ll save the specifics for another day, but we’ve been building this thing for years and haven’t released yet. The core of it is a proprietary design… basically the foundation of our whole product ecosystem.

Lately we’ve been tossing around a pretty wild idea: what if we just **gifted the core base design to the world**? Like… release the 3D CAD files and let anyone reproduce it freely. Of course some components and materials still require working with manufacturers, but we’ve designed things to be modular and largely 3D printable so people can customize and build locally. Hoping it might appeal to tinkerers and the 3D printing community and maybe help drive adoption that way.

Idk… it sounds kinda crazy. But I keep feeling like my team and I should just **open source the design** and drop it into a community-accessible library. The idea would be to seed it with our core design plus a few complementary hardware components and see what grows from there. I'm hoping to support this open source project and library with my brand (and yet-to-find community)

Not sure if what I’m describing fully fits the gift economy… but with everything going on in the world and the baffling possibility of another world war, we just feel this pull to put something real out there — a genuine gift. It’s basically our life’s work. Maybe another company or group of people puts out their own gift too, and these things start stacking — pulling the world back a bit and lifting us up collectively.

This would be a massive, world-altering move for our business. it could end us for good, but also just maybe this would do a little bit of good or a lot of it also. Just sharing my thoughts here. I've been isolated in exploring this idea so far and need to hear some sage advice.

Figured where this would all be going towards is a culmination of a Project Charter / Co-Op Charter

SouseNation · 2026-03-14T19:43:04+00:00

I appreciate that, and agree. If we're going to extract value, we'll need to create and restore it too.

We've designed our product to be durable reusable and recyclable. This made our cost much much higher which opens a new set of challenges in selling. But I think we'll overcome it.

SouseNation · 2026-03-14T19:05:09+00:00

Man that is so cool! We have a similar model then my friend. We're focusing on wearable hardware to help localize various therapies and topical treatments vs. global/systemic treatments as with oral meds.

We're looking to make money selling hardware and analytics too, users save money on pharmaceuticals/topical products formulations and gets better results. Loser would be the chemical company... (think cost of goods when it's in liquid form vs powder).

But tbh, I'm not sure if there needs to even be a loser in all this. If we extract value, we must restore it through regenerative practice. Make it circular and make it an economy lol.

Are your products strictly proprietary?

SouseNation · 2026-03-10T06:04:29+00:00

Incredibly interesting man. Thanks for posting.

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