Did I shit on poly people at all, or did I express a preference? I don’t want a poly relationship, I want a monogamous relationship, which I think I’m reasonable to want.

I’ve given up entirely on relationships at this point. Anyone who is willing to date a trans guy is “poly” and I am absolutely done with that shit.

Hookups suck but it’s a distraction from how shit the world is.

I’ve seen MAGAs post gleeful memes at the idea of immigrants being eaten by alligators. It’s sick.

Yeah, it worked so well at Alcatraz.

That’s literally what they call trans men. That is the argument. We are all supposedly autistic, which means that we can’t be trusted to make decisions over our own bodies. That is constantly used to infantilize us, and will eventually be used to take away our ability to access transition.

or even water

Already did.

We never stopped the “lol treaties with Native American tribes don’t count” bullshit.

Geocaching is fun because sometimes people hide stickers or toys. It’s not really “tedious shit” but still

One of my favorite aspects is the way the ludonarrative/gameplay ties with the story.

I’ve always wanted to teach a high school/community college elective where we read Heart of Darkness, watched Apocalypse Now and played Spec Ops - to see how the same narratives in themes are used in entirely different settings and with different methods of storytelling, but how ultimately they all reach towards the same message about humanity and war and cruelty.

The older Call of Duty’s (maybe the newer ones, haven’t played since Black Ops one) often had messages/quotes that were pretty anti war when you died, but were ultimately sabotaged by the story. Spec Ops is probably the best game at understanding how to use the FPS mechanics as part of its storytelling.

Fallout 3. Slaughter the vault of police officers (who you grew up knowing), but grow a conscience when you meet the overseer. Take out armies of enclave soldiers, but let the weirdo Colonel Autumn walk away.

Spec Ops the Line is art. You don’t have a “choice” to not use the white phosphorus if you are going to play - but just like Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now - no one needs to be there/participating to begin with.

It is, but it took Venmo and I don’t think Walmart does. I needed groceries and that seemed to be the best option with my only money being the $50 in the Venmo account. I thought about asking someone if I could send them the money and get cash instead, but didn’t have anyone I could do that with.

Yeah, I prefer not using venmo, but I had negative money in my bank and some Venmo money my boss had sent me. I wanted groceries and that was the only money I had “access” to.

Already use a credit union 🙃

Not trying to lay blame, but doesn’t Venmo ask where you want the money to come from every time you send money?

No, unless that shows up if you are transferring in the app. It did not ask me where the money would come from. I was using a grocery delivery service and selected Venmo as my payment option. I assumed that selecting Venmo over my bank would take it from my Venmo.

I already got my credit union to forgive a charge on an accidental 1.99 purchase. I don’t think they’ll do it again.

I have even less hours this month. I’ll probably just end up driving off a bridge. There’s no way I’m ever going to be financially solvent again.

The Moonies are so wacky that calling them “Christian” is a stretch. Definitely not aligned with the Nicene creed, and I think once the founder/prophet claims some sort of divinity it’s better to refer to as Christian derived.

Animaniacs is actually good tho

The best solution is to try to avoid buying things with plastic, and repurposing plastic that you do have to buy.

It’s not really that much of an answer, but plastic recycling is entirely greenwashing by the industry.

Plastic recycling is literally pointless though.

It’s a farce to pretend that plastic can be reused/sustainable in any way. Most “recycled” plastic ends up just shipped off to pollute developing countries in Africa and Asia.

Cross stitch/knitting are both good for that.

You’re still sitting on your couch zoning out watching TV, but you do feel mildly productive.

The crazy fundamentalists support her now. It’s all over Facebook.

There’s a difference between burning a book as a political statement because the author is actively harming you, and having a meltdown because the book has magic in it.

It also makes me uncomfortable that you characterize this as “sides.” As a trans person, my “side” is that I deserve to live, have access to medical care, and be treated equitably. Treating this like it’s an issue with “sides” is fucked up - one “side” thinks that all trans people should be forced back into the closet or detransitioned against our will, the other “side” just wants to be fucking alive.