specialseaweed

joined 1 year ago

Hey siri what month is it

Jesus Christ fellas

I would feel much better about this if it was tied to a bigger housing zoning package, but it wasn’t and that makes it feel dirty.

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

All these kids are the exact same kids with the exact same problems as the ones I knew growing up, but the parents have more money and therefore more tools to help support their kids. The only real difference is the trauma of being broke as fuck isn't there but it's replaced with the pressure of expectations. When I was a kid if I had gotten a job as a mail delivery person, that would have been seen as a total success on my part. Life long stable job with a retirement at the end. I fucking won the game of life. For rich kids, that would be seen as an abject failure.

It's not that they don't have empathy. It's that their entire community is economically high performers. Everyone they meet in their lives fucking won the game of capitalism. The only "not wealthy' humans they run into wait on them or teach them. In their minds, how hard can it be? They know all these normal looking people and they're all rich as fuck so how hard can it be?

Because that's the mind fuck. Rich people aren't better than you. Some shit went their way and that's the difference. Elite earners don't work harder than janitors. And so rich kids grow up in that world and it's just normalized. It's not a lack of empathy, it's that they internalize it as "normal".

Then a middle class kid runs into them and sees them as lacking in empathy.

You're right though. It is more luxurious. They live in a world where they know the money ain't going away, but my trauma finds a way of breaking thru sometimes. My kids both know how to make beans and rice and can shop and cook for themselves for a week for under $20.

That album is killer.

I don’t know the name but I have some growing on my dead rhoadie stump here in Seattle. I haven’t cut it down because I love them so much.

Federal taxes are going to zero for the top end that have an accountant with any kind of a functioning brain. Now is the time for states to suck up that money and start building a durable, self sustaining system.

For fuck's sake guys, think big.

I’m from the south. He would be center left there. You’re totally right.

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I realize I have gotten more liberal over the years but gawd damn center left can you stop dropping to your knees in worship every chance you get around these tech losers?

I upvoted your comment but man I wouldn’t even take a freebie from Oracle. Just an absolutely rotten company and Larry Ellison is one of the worst humans on the planet.

Rc Pro Am was pretty great.

This might sound better if I was stoned.

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I’m 3 time zones away from my server and it hasn’t crashed yet after being gone for 3 days. I’m very proud of it.

 

In West Seattle north of the Junction, the best one is Belvedere Park. Great hill length and speed without being too crazy for the little ones. Also Hamilton Viewpoint is a great spot.

Where's your spot?

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