I understood that reference.

Uh.

Wut.

I’m kinda on that wavelength too.

The last time I was hopeful for the future of the US was the immediate aftermath of Obama’s election. He won a huge mandate and he was definitely going to end the wars, hold Wall Street accountable, roll back War on Terror civil liberties violations, and pass universal health care.

None of it happened. He governed as a neo-conservative and we’ve all been slowly, but steadily getting poorer ever since. He even turned our two wars into seven. (That we know of.)

I don’t believe any of the promises of these Democrats except maybe the handful of DSA’s. I hope when they get into office I’m proven wrong, but Dems just have too long of a track record of making promises and breaking them.

I quit a campaign earlier this year that I ran for 4 years. Just got burnt out, and some of the newer players were rude people who didn’t appreciate it.

Oof. Sorry friend.

May the Force be with you!

Plus no one ever wants to DM. :D

We try.

No one gives her cash, which is a huge boundary for all of us. If she needs an item, we buy a quality version of it. If she needs food or something else, we pool resources for a gift card.

Luckily for her, when I bought my condo three years ago I specifically picked a place near good public trans, and I became an e-scooter guy this year, so I don’t need a car. She lives in a suburb and, unfortunately has to have a car to live, so I get through it.

Hello friend! I made a video about the Fediverse on my YT channel earlier this year, but the TLDW is that two platforms have reasonable equivalencies on the Fediverse: Twitter (Mastodon) and Reddit (Lemmy).

Both Pixelfed and Peertube are not reasonable equivalencies of Instagram and YouTube unfortunately. The functionality isn’t there, and nor is the content. Plus I didn’t like the UI on either platform.

That is a wonderful way to live.

Freedom indeed. YES!

I’m thinking about my mom.

She did not plan well for old age and so she’s essentially lived off Social Security and help from my siblings and I. One of my brothers died two years ago. My dad died earlier this year. She became homeless a year ago, but is living with one of my sisters. She’s driving for DoorDash every day in a car I lent her two and a half years ago.

But she’s very close to finally getting a very nice apartment in a senior community subsidized by my tax dollars through the state, and I’m very excited for her to have her own clean, quiet place to just exist.

That is a kickass Friday. Have fun.

I appreciate that you are a very honest and self-aware person.

I’m glad for you.

Every once in a while I look up my last ex, who destroyed me emotionally. She’s gotten fat, looks ten years older than she is, and I find that terribly satisfying.

Used to make me sad. Now I look her up for fun.

Are you a generally dislikable person?

You and me both, BB. This is the kind of crap that gets me motivated.

That would be nice.

The biggest change for me was the elimination of food noise.

This. Not having the urge to snack all the time has been life changing.

Side Effects

The only one I’ve had is occasional constipation. Dolcolax takes care of it no problem.

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