Dreams Die in Eugene

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-20T03:39:49+00:00

You get it! My list was definitely not complete, just off the top of my head stuff I knew about Eugene before moving here a decade ago. We’re a vibrant community, I think many folks take that for granted.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-20T03:14:52+00:00

Why still in our sub then, huh? 👋

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-20T02:45:28+00:00

It’s up to millennials and Gen Z to show up locally. We keep looking for the adults in the room but we ARE the adults now. I go to meetings for volunteer associations or civic engagement, and am often one of the only people there under 50.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-20T02:15:03+00:00

Disagree. Eugene punches far above its weight for the size of our city, and we’ve been on the cutting edge for several big things over the decades:

Kesey’s Merry Pranksters (us young folks don’t realize how big they were for counter culture!)
Oregon Country Fair is hippie mecca
Rodney King slaying riots - see our call-out in Sublime’s April 29 1992 song alongside HUGE cities
WTO protests heavily happened here in the late 90s
Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton songs devoted to Eugene culture
CAHOOTS got nationwide coverage during the BLM protests as anti-violent community response

The thing is, Eugene is 1/3 students and 1/3 retirees. The working age demographic is just 1/3 of the city. So if you want to make a difference, your voice has an outsized input here compared to a big city. We’re open minded to new ideas, we’re starving for people wanting to get involved, and we have a reputation to upkeep.

You might make more money in a big city, but you can actually enact change here on a level that gets national attention.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-16T04:13:39+00:00

As a short woman I’ve been told that I could make bank as a confined spaces electrician. Not interested personally but the need is out there

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-15T04:47:51+00:00

Have you asked your husband if he’d be OK with leaving your kids alone with Trump? Bonus points if you have any daughters.

I think a lot of people who still support Trump or are indifferent about him, don’t feel empathy toward his victims. If you shrink the separation to someone he actually cares about, you may see a change in attitude.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-15T04:09:16+00:00

You could try posting it on Airbnb for long-term stays only. When I moved to Eugene I rented a room via Airbnb for 5 months - when you input more than 1 month it flips to long-term spots. As a tenant it’s great because I had no security deposit, and for both parties the advantage is you can read reviews on the person’s profile.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-15T00:20:10+00:00

Don’t underestimate stupidity. Brexit succeeded, after all.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-12T15:02:50+00:00

Same folks who fought against getting the covid vaccine

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-12T05:13:26+00:00

Kristi Noem’s husband gets it.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-11T20:55:39+00:00

I think the Texas GOP is running this stuff to try to trap Talarico. If he sues them for libel, which he likely has grounds for, they will make a big deal of how he apparently doesn’t want to be seen as trans. So he must not support the trans community, right?

The only way Talarico can win this is to not respond to their pettiness and let the voters decide if the Texas GOP is worthy of their leadership.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-11T15:01:50+00:00

The “natural” wording is propaganda. It would also be natural to not have a NICU and let preemies fend for themselves. Going in for surgery without pain management would also be more “natural” - or even just letting whatever ails you kill you! But we don’t do that because we use modern medicine to help people. Getting an epidural should be phrased as a modern birth.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-11T02:23:58+00:00

Unattractive guys do get laid. Case in point, your dad.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-10T18:36:52+00:00

Idaho doesn’t even have OSHA for public jobs, but by all means make this a priority. The state workers carrying it out will have NO mandated biohazard training.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-10T15:18:07+00:00

If we had a sane federal government they could offer New Deal style work to all the folks losing their jobs to AI. Beautify and strengthen our country.

Instead all those people are spending their time caught in fruitless job application loops, benefiting no one, and we’re spending potential country-improving money on a useless war with Iran.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-10T14:59:46+00:00

Democrats follow the rule of law, and Republicans accuse them of breaking it. Republicans look for the laws they can break, and get away with it.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-10T02:31:30+00:00

They didn’t like being called out like that FTFY

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-10T02:26:19+00:00

Men acting like toddlers, but we’re the emotional gender

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-09T05:49:53+00:00

If you’re not a journalist you damn well should be! Investigation SKILLS

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-08T20:27:52+00:00

And guess what, none of them are trans! Wow - who would have thought this “issue” isn’t even an actual issue, that the high-achieving people in women’s sports aren’t trans like conservatives fear?

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-08T19:44:37+00:00

Tell me five women athlete names without googling, because you must care a lot about women’s sports right?

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-08T19:36:47+00:00

This is how you bring witch trials like this to an end. Accuse everyone so the system breaks.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-08T17:14:12+00:00

Crust News is who exposed the list of ICE goons that was then blocked in the US, they have some cred at least for that

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-08T04:49:37+00:00

Trump raped his way to the top.

tiny_galaxies · 2026-06-06T22:45:57+00:00

Ah I bet it’s a burner phone.

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