No one in power cares The system is set up to disenfranchise most of its population currently.

Well, you’re doing a great job at making it sound simple, and anyone who thinks they can’t move, feel stupid.

I’d do it, I’ve no qualms walking, it would take a couple weeks, but I don’t fucking care about that push come to shove, it’s the only plan I have, go North, doing exactly what you mention,

I don’t because Im very certain Canada would not let me live there. No money, no post education, no real skills outside of … manufacturing and taking care of my disabled kid. I don’t have a pasport. Did the folks who left Syria and walked to Denmark, as it was stated, did they have passports? Were they all on the skilled worker list? I’m pretty certain they were classed as refugees, Americas are not classed as refugees. We’d be turned away.

I can’t even move town and I’d like to. I can’t move to a new state and I would if I could. How tf would I show up at the Canadian border today with just a backpack like, heyyyy Get real.

I could walk to Canada, but would they let me in? No passport? No degree? As far as I know, Canada isn’t taking US refugees just yet.

I think about this a lot. My mother’s side immigrated from Europe to the US five generations ago.

They were just teenagers who got on a boat. I don’t know what that cost, but they only had to sign in at ellis island. People back then didn’t even have to use their real name if they didnt want to, there was no court, or lawyers or anything. You just signed in at the door.

Today, is nothing like that.

I think most of us, here, have. It really is mostly old folks and idiots left now.

Someone mentioned here, their hoa uses fb as their digital square, and my park union does too. I just don’t get to get involved with the park union, Facebook unfortunately, has become ingrained in many community oriented organizations. I hate it. I refuse to go back there.

I don’t understand why people are ao eager to give their money and privacy to billionaires.

Maybe they used the wrong language. You roll your eyes, so you don’t hate life, heard.

So then why, genuinely, do you reject the idea of community with such conviction?

Eh, I became a stay at home mom over the pandemic, and while I’ve never worked in an office, but on the shop floor, I do miss the shenanigans. But its almost like a trauma bond, where its like, hey, we’re all stuck here, best make the nest of it and try snd have fun while we are here.

I’m fully isolated now, and at this point terrified of crowds, when i never was before.

Not arguing at all people who can work remotely shouldn’t, they should, for a litter or reasons. But I do miss my coworkers from my employee owned factory where culture was held in high standard. Im also not arguing this should be the only place one finds community, I’m only saying, for a person like me, it helped sometimes to joke around on the new guy or collectively bitch about issues at work or hear other folks problems and offer advice or help when I could.

We socialized outside of work too. I can’t get invited to a party, or a wedding, or anything if I literally don’t know anyone. I’ve only ever known how to make friends in structured environments. But that’s wierdo me.

I’m sorry to hear this. What makes you say this?

That game gave my weird vibes the first time I saw it back when. I’m so glad I never let my child play it.

There are so many other fun, better videogames than roblox. Fucking aweful to think it could have had a hand in this evil.

Science Bitch Yes

Once its ripping hot, a spash of oil goes on and then say, your chicken. What kind of psychopath cooks things dry?

Im assuming the leidenfrost effect is when you drop water onto the hot pan, and the little watter bubbles just roll around on the surface of the pan, no? That’s how I tell the pan is hot enough to be non stick anyway.

I’ve uh, the food still cooks my friend.

Learning when the pan is hot enough more Like, but yes.

Sainless is non stick when its ripping hot

Nah, have you owned one?

If I cook something super greasy in one, like bacon or a burger, its completely okay to use a little bit of dawn to help remove the grease, I’ve done it plenty of times and it doesnt injure the pan.

For most applications, I just use coarse salt, a softer steel wool, and hot water to clean my cast iron after cooking. The pan doesn’t feel greasy, and if it does, a splash of dawn dish soap does the trick. Just heat the pan to dry it.

More often my cast iron needs to be oiled, (I’ve been liking avocado oil lately) but you want to leave the thinest layer on the cooking surface as possible. It’s not grease, just seasoned.

Hey me too.

I joined the Dems for Bernie. Nearly ten years later nothing good has come of it.

If they prop of AOC I will consider it, but I’d rather we have more parties. To only have two is absurd

Was watching the knicks game the other night, noticed a man with an isreal flag hat on standing behind the coach. I couldn’t enjoy the rest of the game.

They’re out there… blind obedience is fucking illogical

Fine, yes. I was just throwing an idea out there. I don’t know how to pirate shit anymore, and am to an age where I can afford to support artists directly, so if one can, one should.

Where did the music to pirate come from back in the day? Was it not uploaded from a CD and then file shared?

I did learn in this thread there are numerous other streaming services I was completely unaware of, so thats cool

Yeah it was okay here too, until he hit middle school and a classmate mate told him about it …sigh…

They don’t stay little for long, I know but I was not prepared!

In the early years of Spotify I liked that it stored the songs on your sctual device, so you didnt need an active Internet connection to listen to the songs.

No algorithm but buying physical media again is one path.

A few months ago I got a couple CDs and I’m hoping to rebuild my collection and get off Spotify. It supports artists better, and YouTube is still there to help discover new music.

Buy a CD a month instead of your service. A roll back for technology of course, but worth trying imo

Our musicians are getting fucked with streaming services and I like directly supporting them.