Ok I’ll tell my mother in law with water on her brain that she needs to bike to the hospital. It will broaden her view. She can’t walk without assistance. But you know, broader

Tea. Coffee.

I second this—you can distill your own rose water from flowers. I’m sure you can find flowers to ethically source that would be quality for this purpose.

Edit: oh I see you said rose water is toxic to marine life? That’s unfortunate

고마워요, 송, 잘 지내요. 당신은 서양인은 아니지만 여전히 우리의 인간 형제입니다.

러시아인이 기생충으로 간주되는 이유를 알고 싶습니다. 더 이상 말할 시간이 없다는 것을 이해합니다.

Absolutely. So, your solution is normal Americans declare war and wage irregular asymmetric warfare today. Against what? Our local government buildings? The post office? Commit sabotage against what exactly?

Americans have to take on the largest military in the world. Are you selling war planes that you can get to Florida without issue?

Do you think this is how electrons feel all the time?

Ok I will! Thank youuuu

Wow thank you for sharing all this and taking the time to explain to me. This is so sad and confusing about wintermute. I hope that against the odds wintermute comes back to us one day.

I feel very happy to have found you all and I would like to support our instance in whatever way I can. Vielen Dank ❤️

Despite all my rage I am still just a cat in a cave.

Yeah Kentucky is like…Midwest mixed with mountain people who like to pretend they’re a little south. From my experiences in Kentucky they’re way more Appalachian and Midwest in spirit than Deep South Alabama/South Carolina/Georgia.

And the dude who sold off federal lands to private interests which created a real estate bubble. The real estate bubble popped and then crashed the entire United States economy into an arguably just as bad (or maybe worse) Depression from 1837-1845. That decade was rife with boot boiling poverty and unemployment.

So basically hitting all the notes

안녕 송, 북한의 동맹국은 어떤 나라들이라고 생각하시나요, 그리고 현재 상황은 어떻습니까?

I actually knew this! The creation origin is why I inhabit feddit.org consciously. In a dying instance, you found each other and came together to build where we speak now. I found that very human. Poignant.

I did a dive on the history of Feddit.org. I went back and read all your (our I guess) original threads. I have also read the posts where the decision was made to changeover. I liked that the posts were kind, empathetic, although slightly sad. It made me understand the spirit of this instance.

So, it’s true that no one has had contact with him? No one has any scraps of information from his real life? My guess is some of us do and the leads were exhausted. I have tracked down a fair share of anonymous friends across the world whom have disappeared. That is very sad.

I didn’t know about the “Fediverse Foundation” nor the multiple Admin. Where may I learn more about this? Or is this just word of mouth?

Thank you for sharing.

I’ve started to see that argument as a threat instead.

Oh you want a living wage do you! Well if you manage to get your way I promise me and all my buddies will purposefully jack prices up to wipe out your raise. You want the number to change? Fine but know that if you do your earning power will stay stagnant. How? Because we are the invisible hand.

I theorize that this is what happened when people had a bit of breathing room in 2021. People got a sliver of security and then “all the sudden” the prices got jacked up in every sector and every product way beyond the levels needed to offset supply chain issues.

Living wage doesn’t drive inflation—oligopolists do.

Entschuldigung, was steht auf der Speisekarte? VERTIEFUNG DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHKENNTNISSE

I believe it. They disavow that they take any recordings of us before we approach but, while I’m not a suspicious person, I am suspicious of TSA and HLS. Heads up they’re going to start scanning our faces at physical border crossings in cars now too. We have the same right to refuse as citizens but you know how good that is if you’re dealing with a crooked agent.

Masks help when approaching but obviously not a cure all when you have to move it to be identified by card

I hate that this is a conversation we are having.

Correct just citizens

🫨 🫨 Die Energie eines Katers! 🫨 🫨 Ich liebe es!!!!

Haha I was kind of being a bit tongue in cheek and joking around about the state of the world. I’m sorry if it came off as super serious—I was making a goofy comment.

The entire world feels like a matchstick—will it snap or set itself on fire?

I do believe Germany is leading the world right now but that is not a great development. It’s actually a position that reinforces and exposes how fucked we all are. I also think that Germany’s leadership is incredibly tentative and fragile. Germany reminds me of America way too much in the worst ways.

The state of German politics and the rise of authoritarianism in Germany is something I worry about, genuinely, daily. I follow your elections closely and your politics.

This is the real reason I started learning German. Because I have no illusions that human decency will continue standing. Most of our shared suffering is because economically we are all being crushed by a few outrageously rich evil entities. We face this together.

I do appreciate your perspective though and I am aware of what’s going on there with the Ausländer and systemic issues. It’s scary honestly and I’m sorry if my joking made it seem like I was making light of these issues—I never meant it to come across that way.

As for the crisis with your cost of living, economic opportunity and especially securing affordable housing. I saw one German comedy video put it succinctly: Was wollen Die Parteien eigentlich machen mit meinen hohen Lebenshaltungskosten zu helfen?

And the “answer“ from every Partie was: Also wir wollen dir helfen indem wir Ausländer abschieben!

Actually, I’m a lawyer so I appreciate the detail you put in to explain because the Tägliche Nachrichten I can read doesn’t go into detail like you have—so thanks!