Baby leftist. Slowly learning since it finally hit home that all the "nice things" said by liberal politicians were hollow and really only further the problems I saw around me. The more I read the more I realize there is much much work to be done.
I'm still weighing how continuing to vote for (2020 was the first time I've voted) liberals are just pushing back possible material conditions for more people to feel the need for class consciousness.
Would I personally like for neoliberalism somehow to be regulated to the point where capital interests are restricted and the people of the world aren't pitted against each other for oppression and have social safety nets? Obviously not ideal, but for a number of years I thought that was the hope. I thought I was voting for more "rights" and more "equity".
In the dichotomous US politics it certainly seems that only one side makes any sense to me. That's with having to take all of the neolib propaganda fed to us at face value and even believe that the world was as it was presented to us. Invading other countries was for "spreading democracy" and "pushing for human rights" or "fighting terror". The companies and corporations "helped" and "advanced society" and that's just the way it is and that's the best idea.
As I learn more I realize that neither of the "two sides of the coin" have or will ever make changes that support the majority of people in the country unless absolutely forced, and then only in the most miniscule way possible. MUCH LESS help the majority of people in the world.
Today I'd LOVE to see major sea changes and revolution. But no sort of revolution happens from one person's actions and without the vanguard and community and many many people.
Personally, I'm planning on voting for West with the full knowledge that nothing will come of it other than raising some eyebrows and people questioning how he got any votes. But I'm also trying to get more involved and find community, because that's the only way I see making progress.
A: I said "n'stuff" and "n'shit" waaaaaaay too much in the 90s. B: I wasn't a teenager until 2000 so.......
I already have YouTube premium and I've moved from Spotify to YouTube music (since that's included) years ago. I've been using Google podcasts for several years and it works well enough. There's several Patreon podcasts I listen to and until YouTube music supports rss podcasts it won't be my main podcast app.
Now, this stupid "commenting on songs" thing YouTube music added I have zero use for. Why tf would I want to have a social interaction while I'm trying to get a dopamine hit from loud music that rattles my bones so I can FORGET ABOUT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS for just a moment. JFC it makes no sense to me. Apologies, rant over.
When Google gets rss podcasts on YouTube music I'll switch over
I'm squeamish about bugs or water bugs.
I also have a tough time eating animals after I see someone clean it.
Do I wish someone would make a grasshopper burger that wouldn't get chitin stuck between my teeth so I could eat more protein with a lot more of a clear conscious? Hell yeah.
All I keep thinking about is the next (not MMO) elder scrolls..... AND THEN.... (Not MMO) FALLOUT!!!!!!!
I realize there are a couple expectations in there... I'm really hoping they don't make a fallout76 in tamriel, or just do it again for fallout
I should've went for the link in the comments from the bot, nervous my algorithm is gonna be jacked now 🤣
I have ecured saved in kiwix so I can still view it when the website is down. My Spanish is really not that great but I do enjoy seeing the different perspectives.
I live in the US south and I can easily pick up radio Havana Cuba on shortwave most days and that's pretty cool too. I've even written into the station a few times
A street without ads?? There would have to be some really bad stuff going on for me to not appreciate the ever loving shit out of that
There's a few anarchists I follow on the kolektica instance, I've also been searching for a more leftist mastodon instance
I have horrible penmanship as a millennial, I was typing from around 6 on
I was a hardcore Ubuntu user but I'm all in on Linux mint now. At one point I had lots of time to dedicate to getting my and other's system working with their hardware through updates. Mint has for the most part been perfect.
"what kind of damn name is Charles for a ca.... Oh. Yeah that's Charles right there"
Shut up, I don't have a gir shirt... You're making shit up
Well I'm not helping much, just lurking with a few comments. Hell yeah go us
I recently retired my hand me down gaming PC because of overheating problems and cannibalized it to build up another SFF PC I got. I have a new graphics card coming (certainly not a recently released card) so I can play some of the games I like to play so I'll be back on PC gaming soon. It's a dual boot setup and the main reason I keep windows is for ham radio programs and fallout 🥴