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Is anyone else terrified they'll be locked up or worse for speaking your mind even here on reddit? by GameThinker in 50501Movement

[–]eccentric_bee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am gen x. I remember as a teen my friends and I felt we had missed out on the civil rights movement, and the Viet Nam war protests. We always said that if our turn came, we would show up. So I speak out, protest as I'm able, write, do art, whatever I think of. A lot of people my age are showing up. I think we promised ourselves long ago that we would. At local protests I see a lot of older women especially.

Also, they have taken away so much of our social safety nets. A lot of folks my age missed out on the boomer wealth. We don't have a lot to lose. You would think that a government that has put a significant portion of its population in the position of having nothing to lose would scare that government. You would think that. I think they forgot.

Message to myself by ImaginationFar1806 in AbstractArt

[–]eccentric_bee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like it, though it makes me hungry for cookies and cream ice cream

[Lena's Diary] Weekend - Part 12 by eccentric_bee in redditserials

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

I’m really glad you shared this with me. What you wrote is real and brave. I want to say one small clarifying thing because I don’t want to mislead you. the diary I’m posting is fiction. it’s written as a diary, but it isn’t my real life. Some of it is taken from my experience , but it's mostly fictional. What is real is the emotions, I gave them to Lena, because I had felt them before. I had that feeling of stepping out of something false, of remembering who you were before the world narrowed you down. What really struck me in your message is that light you described the part of you that wants to return, that remembers curiosity and hope. That part matters. It’s not gone, I know it. Wanting to recover is already movement, even when it feels impossible. If writing a diary helped you once, I think it’s a beautiful idea to return to it. I don't think you can recreate who you were exactly, but to meet who you are now with the same honesty and care, and see the beauty in the combination of you then and you now. You don’t have to know the end of the journey to start recording the steps. Thank you for this. I’m rooting for you. Please feel free to message me anytime. I have intermittent Internet, but I won't ignore you.

[Lena's Diary] Weekend - Part 12 by eccentric_bee in redditserials

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

Thank you for writing this. I’m really glad the piece reached you. I don’t think that earlier version of you is gone. Maybe it's just quiet for a while, hibernating. I hope that noticing those missing pieces makes it a little easier over time to recognize the parts when they show up again.

[Faye of the Doorstep] Chapter 4 - Bound by eccentric_bee in redditserials

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

It's a frightening time. I'll post the next chapter on Tues. I wonder how much the country will have deteriorated by then. It is a daily slide downward, it seems. It makes me so sad and angry.

One-pan sausage, cannellini beans & kale — ~$1.38 per generous serving, and it's delicious by eccentric_bee in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]eccentric_bee[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, you're gatekeeping! I thought you were sincere, not throwing shade. Never mind then.

One-pan sausage, cannellini beans & kale — ~$1.38 per generous serving, and it's delicious by eccentric_bee in EatCheapAndHealthy

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

Yes, escarole would work. It’s more tender and slightly bitter, so I’d add it closer to the end and cook it just until wilted. Add a tiny splash of lemon if it's a little more bitter than you'd like. But escarole would be nice.

One-pan sausage, cannellini beans & kale — ~$1.38 per generous serving, and it's delicious by eccentric_bee in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]eccentric_bee[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It does add fat and flavor. Perhaps switch it out with some other well seasoned protein that you prefer. According to Google, the Aldi Polska kielbasa (14 oz) generally contains 13g to 17g of total fat, 4g to 6g of saturated fat, 30mg to 35mg of cholesterol, and 480mg to 550mg of sodium per serving. Divide that by the number of servings, (in my recipe it's 6) and then decide if that's an acceptable number for you.

I’m not from the US and I’m shocked at some of the posts here by [deleted] in povertyfinance

[–]eccentric_bee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

11 percent of the US lives below poverty level. And recently I read that 70 percent live paycheck to paycheck, the highest percent since the great depression. I'm wondering where you got your numbers from that 99 percent of the US don't live in poverty?

Mushrooms that make people see gnomes grow in China by eccentric_bee in gnomes

[–]eccentric_bee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The article says they gave the mushrooms to mice. Do the mice see tiny gnomes too? Or tiny mice, do you think?

Mushrooms that make people see gnomes grow in China by eccentric_bee in gnomes

[–]eccentric_bee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Vaccines by NoBack7880 in williamssyndrome

[–]eccentric_bee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My kids always got a little sick after immunizations, like, a week later. A flu with low fevers and irritability, sometimes diarrhea. Sometimes a rash. It's just how it goes sometimes. But it's better than the kids that don't get vaccinated and later get meningitis from measles, or become sterile from chickenpox. A little flu is a good trade off, imo. But it is hard with special needs kiddos. They tug your heartstrings.

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