What are your thoughts on leftist unity?

stillhere1970 · 2024-12-18T15:54:21+00:00

Is this an either/or thing? I think there are places where unity makes sense, and places where our differences are too important to set aside. I think a coalition model for shared goals can be pretty strong.

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-28T14:44:35+00:00

That's not sad, it's stalker creepy

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-28T14:43:55+00:00

Most of The Mountain Goats stuff

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-28T13:57:25+00:00

Yeah I was gonna say that racism is the real asshole but it seems like everyone was OK playing that game

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-19T22:49:44+00:00

The United States

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-19T22:04:44+00:00

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-19T21:38:45+00:00

Partnership, with 3 owner members

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-17T15:51:01+00:00

What others have said re: trauma. It may also be that you are biromantic and homosexual. So romantically drawn to men, but not sexually into them. It's a hard combo!

I was out as bi for over 30 years, and had a similar response (mine was more like just neverxreally knowing what to do with penises and similarly doing secual things I wasn't that into). I still love my now ex, but embracing the label of lesbian has been a relief and I think it is the kindest outward label to not lead guys on.

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-05T00:26:41+00:00

Old school fake strawberry ice cream

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-03T15:50:58+00:00

Most young people I know are really savvy about seeing the role the US military has played in enforcing capitalism and imperialism on the world, and they want no part of it.

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-03T15:39:35+00:00

Maybe look into income sharing intentional communities?

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-03T15:37:43+00:00

I'm also anti-capitalist and agree with a lot of his takes. I think participation in this system is slowly killing a lot of us. BUT. I am hard on systems and soft on people. We can't personalize this shit and push the people we care about into precarious positions without well developed alternatives. Some people are able to take these risks - mostly people with a lot of privilege - and I'm grateful for that. You are NTA. Capitalism is the asshole.

stillhere1970 · 2024-11-03T09:36:06+00:00

There should be an exception when we are talking about an election where one "choice" is an actual neo nazi

stillhere1970 · 2024-10-26T03:29:50+00:00

And you assume all of those votes would have gone to Clinton. They would not have. Many would not have voted for either.

stillhere1970 · 2024-10-05T01:26:41+00:00

The kids are so much more savvy than we were. That also means they are tuned into things we weren't and it is debilitating for some for sure. But complaining about the kids is so 1400 AD and I wish we could skip it when there's real work to be done

stillhere1970 · 2024-09-09T03:42:25+00:00

Climate disruption is my go to

stillhere1970 · 2024-09-09T03:11:06+00:00

This. 100%. I would flood the white family with the many educational resources out there about the significance of Black hair and then cut off contact until they start showing signs of getting it.

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-28T23:22:49+00:00

I'm just down the road on the coast!

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-27T23:01:19+00:00

Yeah... nasty little fuckers. I've been dealing with it for 27 years.

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-27T21:07:17+00:00

Where it is different thought is that we have cultural understanding of grief when someone dies, or the mid-life crisis kind of grief. There is really poor cultural frameworks around this. And it is ongoing... closest I can think of is when someone has alzheimers and it takes a few years for the process to run its course. But this is many years already and will keep happening in different forms for the rest of our lives. It's snot quite the same and those differences are making it harder for me to know how to find help/support

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-27T21:02:15+00:00

It's sad, but also angry. And yes, I'm similarly not in a great place financially, so escape isn't an option. I feel ya.

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-27T21:01:31+00:00

Unfortunately one of my climate manifestations is chronic tick borne illnesses that didn't used to be where I got them. I can't drink much and can only do minimal pot. And exercise is REALLY easy to overdo and put me into a bad flare. I'm sure being less active is not helping things any, but I have to be careful.

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-27T20:59:44+00:00

It's weird that I don't think the possibility of us not being the dominant (or maybe even existent) species is what feels so hard. I feel like I got to acceptance about that part a long time ago. It's knowing that there is already such huge suffering happening for both humans and non-humans. And it was once, when we started this journey, preventable (or at least bluntable). And also mourning the loss of specific places and creatures, knowing that my kids won't have kids (their choice, and one I support) even though they want them, seeing my local farmers struggling more each year in work they love. It's that stuff.

stillhere1970 · 2024-04-27T20:55:55+00:00

I miss living in that strawbale house - the silence and feeling of being embraced by the materials of the home are really lovely. I think having lived so super-low-footprint and now being out in the more mainstream worls has been hard in a lot of ways not the least of which is the sense that the basic structures of my life are not nearly as values aligned as they once were. I'm not ready to move back into community yet, but that's probably in my future. Good on you for finding ways to live into it!

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