A pimply, greasy, meth smoking teen jerked off into my the cheese sauce. Or at least bragged about it to one of the co-workers.

Needless to say we had to dump the batch. As if they wasn’t bad enough, when we dumped it, the bottom was caked in some kind of disgusting mold. It had probably been weeks or months since it had been emptied or cleaned

I worked a couple fast food jobs in college. Trust me when I say, you shouldn’t eat fast food.

There was an incident with the cheese sauce when I worked at Arby’s. I have not had any processed cheese sauce from any restaurant since.

My aunt in Canada has had 2 hip replacements. And while she did have to wait, which is worse: waiting and not being in crushing medical debt? Or waiting a bit and having almost no costs?

The sign at their table says Speed relationships.

This is exactly correct. Child of the early 70s.

I heard my peers say this about the 80s and had to laugh and laugh.

For every Prince, there were 100 sucky bands.

This is capitalism. It doesn’t care where it comes from or how the money comes in. But b***h better have my money.

This is why the country is going to hell. It can’t even invest in infrastructure anymore because there’s no short term profit in it.

Welcome to our late stage capitalist nightmare.

Tolerance is not a moral precept, it’s a peace treaty

Fantastic read on this. Reader view worked for me.

Thank you, I love this.

I puttered with an oud for a couple years but it was not a good one and playing it was frustrating.

Would love to try a really nice one.

Anyone recommend a good iPhone app for Mastodon?

The standard of living cratered in many of the former soviet countries. It turns out, while communism as implemented by the USSR had it’s downsides, in general, the populace as a whole were better off.

Every time I see something like OP’s post, I’m reminded that oil companies can’t stop destroying the earth because stonks must go up. But yeah, communism is the boogie man.

That’s literally all I’ve heard in the USA my entire life.

“We’re protecting you from: Soviet Communists Arab Terrorists Illegal Aliens Communist China ISIS Putin’s Russia”

I guess when your country can’t go 2 years without starting a war somewhere, you get used to it. -

It’s time for radical action and violent resistance.

We’re staring into the face of human extinction and people are still quibbling about consumer choice.

it’s going to take much, much more direct and violent action to force change.

“Think globally, act locally” and other such clever slogans that seemed so logical and made so little impact.

How about “round up the heads of oil companies and deliver them to a firing squad?”

Not as much zing to it though.

This is it exactly. We have to turn off the f*cking spigot at the source!

There is no amount of science or innovation that’s going to save us. It’s going to take “holy shit we’re all going to die horribly” panic from world leaders to forcefully cut off the source, which is oil and its byproducts.

Short of that, no amount of responsible consumerism can stem this tide.

I used to bring jam and cheese sandwiches from home. You read that right, jam and cheese.

This is a really good read. Your post reminded me of it.

I think a lot of us are feeling similar.

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start

Seconded!

I never liked having to downvote to hide on reddit. I’d prefer a more neutral “just hide this for me” option.

I’d also like to be able to hide communities easily. If that’s already possible, please let me know.

My 30s were so so so much better than my 20s, it wasn’t even funny. I partied practically non-stop from the point my 1st marriage ended in my early 30s, to when my 2nd one began at 41. I made tons of new friends, dated around a lot and had the best time of my life.

Now that I have 2 kids, a stressful job and my money evaporates the moment it hits my bank account, I also have lost all my friends. The only ones I have now are other adults with kids around the same age as my kids, because that’s pretty much the only time you get to socialize with other adults.

The secret is: hang out with people younger than yourself and/or get involved in a scene. I’m a musician so I just went to shows or met people at mine. It doesn’t have to be that though, I also joined a volleyball team and while I stunk up the joint, I also got to meet a bunch of cool people. Really most friendships are based on proximity and common interest, so if you’re into movies, go to movie festivals or special showings. Go to meetups, get involved in a political campaign (if you’re political).

Really good read about the parts of the internet that people love, but that aren’t profitable.

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start

This is an excellent read on the idea.

https://extranewsfeed.com/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376

In a nutshell “Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty.”