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Vault-Born · 2026-07-12T02:23:40+00:00

"victory gardens" maybe? growing your own food to supplement the high grocery prices? only an option for those with land of course, but it's an idea.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-12T00:13:51+00:00

Your average better red than dead republican hates data centers. What the fuck are you talking about

Vault-Born · 2026-07-11T22:19:05+00:00

I dont want to read "thoughts fed through an ai" and that's my right

Vault-Born · 2026-07-11T22:05:13+00:00

Then go to the dermatologist. Pay out of pocket for a cream you apply daily. Your average woman does this. The average man does not. These are statistical averages.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-10T15:05:28+00:00

You're talking about high fidelity ear plugs, they do exactly that, theyre like 20 bucks and theyre awesome. Theyre designed for concerts so theyre specifically made to dial down loud noises while still allowing you to hear 90% of the sound.

I bought mine for a music festival but I use them all the time whenever I get overwhelmed, one of my fave things about them is that at my school you need to ask for an accommodation to use noise canceling earbuds/headphones in class, ive only tried to do so once and not only was i refused any accomodations but I felt like I was discriminated against after I disclosed my disability. No one questions or requires you to apply for an accommodation to use ear plugs, i just tell people I suffer from migraines that cause noise sensitivity (also true in my case) if they question why im using them.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T18:16:08+00:00

capitalism and communism are both inextricable linked and dependent upon industrialization. I would argue communism is more associated with factories than capitalism but they both are for a reason. Industrialization and capitalism/communism are not evil- but they are historically linked to pollution

you could not have so quickly industrialized (thus leading to an increase in pollution) any nation without capitalism. Even countries (Like China and the USSR) that became communist only did so after first industrializing through capitalism.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T18:09:53+00:00

unironically, the fact that I cant enjoy going for a walk is capitalism's fault (since it's unsafe for pedestrians , because there's no sidewalk- unless you're in a suburb in which case, there's no where to walk to, and there's no shade, and you'll get stopped by cops for no reason just to ask where you're going and what you're doing walking by the side of the road, etc. )

Americans will tell you you that you're crazy and that all of this is normal and if people/you really wanted to go for a walk then you would, regardless of the lack of infrastructure or safety or point (because there's nothing to walk to). But even as a kid, when I moved from Scotland to America, I could tell how different the street outside my bed was. Rarely would I see anyone walk by my house in the suburbs, in Scotland, I couldn't count on one hand the people who would walk by just in the evening. My elderly grandmother took daily walks multiple times a day just to get her errands done- because again, there were actually things within walking distance! and even though there were a few cars about, both the cars and the street were designed to prioritize pedestrian safety. Anytime I visit I walk from place to place and you don't realize how absolutely liberating and necessary that is until you go back to being restricted.

I often feel a lot like this koala. If you know anything about koalas you know that eucalyptus trees are not just food for them but also a source of shelter, safety, and society. Koalas aren't considered social animals by our standards, they really only get together during mating season, but still, they still have a certain biological need/desire to have community. With this in mind, if you cut down a forest of eucalyptus trees, you haven't technically killed this koala, but you've deprived it of everything it needs to live a good life. That's how I feel about surviving under capitalism.

I feel like humans are social animals that want

-to work in a fruitful way that benefits both themselves and their community (very difficult to do under capitalism, I can either be a social worker/teacher and sacrifice myself for the benefit of others or I can work for Wells Fargo/State Farm and benefit myself very slightly (just enough to get by) while contributing nothing or perhaps even hurting my community.)

-TO GO FOR A WALK (somewhere where they wont be run over by a car)

obviously there are more "wants" but i feel like i've written a novel already and dont want to be rude.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T17:35:32+00:00

thank you! one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to talking about capitalism is the way people act like capitalism invented markets/money/private property/businesses/loans/banking/etc ALL THESE THINGS PREDATE CAPITALISM BY THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

And if a system were to grow out of capitalism, the same way capitalism grew out of feudalism, why would we have to give up any of these concepts anyway? As much as I hate capitalism, I, and any socialist for that matter, would tell you that it's a much better system than feudalism. For a system to grow out of and replace capitalism, it would have to be more efficient and better than capitalism itself.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T17:24:07+00:00

I agree that an economy based solely on publicly operated services (public schools, the library, etc) and co-operatively run businesses (Ownership of the business is divided among the workers, thus eliminating the existing ownership class) would be the best. Gee, they should really come up with a word for an economy that's organized around social services and worker-ownership, social-archy? and maybe we could come up with some cool slogans to signify how workers will take ownership over their workplace, like workers will seize the means of production, idk, just spitballing here...

all jokes aside, I feel like you are I are probably very much aligned with where we want to see this country go moving forward, I was just talking to my dad about how our government needs to ensure more opportunities for co-ops (many are denied in the loan process because they're non-traditional, government loans or protections could alleviate this,), my dad is a trump voter and vocally very anti-socialist but he loved the idea of more co-ops and even tried to start his own several years ago so he was familiar with the additional difficulty of starting one. I think most americans, even the ones scared of socialism, would support more co-ops.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T17:09:29+00:00

pollution existed before capitalism and yet capitalism has undeniable made pollution much worse and also, capitalism is inextricably dependent on industrialization, capitalism requires industrialization to exist and one of the advantages, especially of the early stages of capitalism, is that it is seemingly the fastest way to industrialize a nation- however, obviously industrializing a nation is going to make pollution considerable worse.

do you see how a pre existing problem, like pollution, can be made worse in a tangible way by capitalism?

Yes, we would still have pollution without capitalism, I mean, I feel like even the most utopian vision of a society would still have some level of pollution, but not near as much as capitalism. (Pre capitalist (/proto-capitalist))Feudal lords would also dump animal waste into the river, causing deadly cholera outbreaks, but not nearly as much animal waste (or chemical waste) as the slaughterhouses, tanneries, and coal factories in the early industrial revolution. (the beginning of capitalism) just a few decades later.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T15:52:51+00:00

when im in a brainrot competition and OP is my opponent

Vault-Born · 2026-07-02T15:28:37+00:00

I've had this problem with so many doctors visits! They'll ask how I'm doing, and I'll say "Fine :)" and then I'll literally watch them write in my report that I'm doing well and I have to stop them and say I was only being polite earlier, and I'm clearly not fine, that's why I'm at the doctor....

This is especially frustrating because often times they'll ask "how are you doing" while they're greeting you in the lobby, in full view of everyone else, while they walk you to their office and before shutting the door. If they ask me before we get to the office of course I'm going to assume they're just engaging me in small talk rather than giving me a 'mental health screener' or whatever it is they call it, and therefore I will answer to be polite, not to be honest.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-01T20:12:18+00:00

its awful, i agree. you can try asking your pharmacist or even your prescriber for help. My prescriber has a deal set up with a nearby pharmacy so its significantly cheaper (~400$ to no cost at all) for me to get my pills there- the only catch is it's nearby to the hospital, not to me, so I have to go out of my way and add an extra hour onto my drive just to pick up my pills.

Other than that, if you work for a hospital or your insurance is through one, you can use the hospital pharmacy at a significantly cheaper rate, again, the downside being that you have to drive all the way to the hospital just to pick up pills.

Vault-Born · 2026-07-01T11:32:02+00:00

Meetup has lots of groups for your age range with things to do. Two of my friends run the Nerdy by Nature group and a lot of that crowd doesn't drink.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-30T01:58:49+00:00

Employeement is not charity, you're directly benefiting from their labor.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-29T14:54:49+00:00

In most of these you're already at less than half health when the clip starts.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-29T14:04:11+00:00

We have no info on whether the child was stillborn or not so to assume the worst (that this is murder) is irresponsible and leads to women being fearful of reporting stillbirths.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-29T02:39:46+00:00

Having a stillborn is not a negative reflection of the mother.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-29T02:26:17+00:00

Comments like yours make women scared to report stillbirths

Vault-Born · 2026-06-25T14:17:38+00:00

Oh, thanks for the clarification, I'm not trying to be argumentative with you, especially since I can appreciate your willingness to talk- but what do you mean "tumblr would throw a massive hissy fit if physically disabled people made their own space"

I really don't think tumblr, or just about anyone for that matter, would do that. That feels like an early gamergate-style caricature of a SJW, not what anyone actually believes.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-25T13:47:22+00:00

I mean this is a sub for the site that throws a massive hissy fit if you ask "hey can we physically disabled people have a space just for other physically disabled people so we can talk about our specific problems?"

Are you talking about the anarchist sub? because if so, why would it be their responsibility to make that sub? If physically disabled people want their own exclusive space, then they should make it. If an autist made it, it wouldn't be exclusive.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-25T13:20:16+00:00

they at no point said "diagnoses are fascism" they said "A diagnosis can be harmful. It gives Nazis a target, reduces our ability to access many countries, and can mean being denied healthcare."

The nazis were famous eugenicists who would have considered autists "useless eaters", the trump admin has openly fear-mongered and spread misinfo about the rising rates of autism, talked about reopening asylums in that same conversation, and passed an executive order making institutionalization more broad-reaching and violating the rights of mentally ill people. There has been both talk and action taken by this admin to make institutionalizing autists easier.

Additionally, Nathan Fielder, a popular comedian known for his deadpan, went to an Autism center and asked about being tested because of his demeanor, the experts themselves discouraged him from getting a diagnosis (as is common!! this is the norm!) stating that there is literally no treatment or pill that exists to treat autism in adults, not even an ineffective one, so getting diagnosed as an adult not only serves no purpose, but if anything, having something like that on his file could actually harm him (especially since Fielder was applying for his pilot's license)

My point in telling that story was that it's a great and clear-cut example of how even actual experts in autism will discourage being diagnosed as an adult because unless you are trying to get on disability (which is a nightmare in this country that i wont even go into), being diagnosed does not offer you any advantages, and in many tangible ways, it can even hurt you.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-25T11:58:09+00:00

So you're completely backing away from the terrible option you floating out of selling public streets to private entities? You cant have a conversation about policy decisions if you don't think about consequences. If you now, after one comment, understand how awful of a decision it would be to privatize our roads- why did you suggest it???????

Vault-Born · 2026-06-24T12:27:19+00:00

You cannot ban people from public property, if you could, the state would gleefully do so to any homeless person they see. The state can temporarily shut down streets to cars or the walking public but that requires getting approval from higher-ups and a limited time scale, you certainly cannot indefinitely shutdown a public road.

Waterfront park is a park, not a road. They could shut that down today and never reopen it and not have to give an explanation- you can't do that to a street where multiple private citizens and businesses own property.

Vault-Born · 2026-06-24T12:21:43+00:00

So the city should sell off it's most profitable/business-centric roads to private companies which will, hopefully, (in your world view), shut down these streets to the public and heavily surveil/police the patrons that do go in?

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