"How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven."

Jesucristo

"If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Jesus de Nazaret

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THEORY; it’s good for what ails you (all kinds of tendencies inside!) :RIchard-D-Wolff:

COMMUNITY CALENDAR - AN EXPERIMENT IN PROMOTING USER ORGANIZING EFFORTS

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Also today is the end of the Guatemalan Civil War

  • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    jeopardy music playing

    show up, say what people needed to hear, listen, and engage in a dialogue

    what is human interaction?

    :sadness:

    • the_river_cass [she/her]
      1·
      4 years ago

      ok, I'm talking about a text thread. "show up" and "listen" were figurative.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        point still stands tho

        alienation is a fuck, and if you can actually do those things youre doing better than the vast majority of folks ive ever interacted with

        edit: myself included. like, those are unironically relationship goals for me, because its basically impossible to find people to actually engage with

        • the_river_cass [she/her]
          1·
          4 years ago

          my mission in life is to kill alienation. I hate it with an unbridled passion.

          I also don't really know how to respond to the rest. I'm aware I have some skills that others don't but I'm always surprised by what they are.

            • the_river_cass [she/her]
              1·
              4 years ago

              also, idk what you're talking about. you regularly make me laugh when I open up my notifications. just do that but also share a piece of yourself.

              • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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                4 years ago

                aww thanks :heart-sickle:

                you seem to be taking it as such an easy thing to do, but thats not always the case for folks, like, i have to make a conscious effort to share part of who i am when interacting with people because that just isnt something that comes naturally to me.

                • the_river_cass [she/her]
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                  4 years ago

                  it's never easy. it's scary and it leaves you vulnerable. but it's also the only way to beat alienation.

                  it took me a lot of practice. I used to be nothing but walls.

                    • the_river_cass [she/her]
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                      4 years ago

                      yea, it took me a lot of introspection to figure out why. every kind of trauma gets in the way and the walls will be there, thorns intact, until you've dealt with it one piece at a time.

                        • the_river_cass [she/her]
                          ·
                          4 years ago

                          yea, it was the same for me for a long time. only thing that changed it was learning which parts of the maze were safe and using the map I was building to piece together an understanding of why the rest wasn't. in the end, it took an acid trip and a literal face to face conversation with myself to break through the worst walls.

            • the_river_cass [she/her]
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              4 years ago

              offer real connection to all the people you care about. learn to tell the difference between superficial bonds and real, meaningful ones - try to build the latter with as many people as you can. work to turn your personal network into a real community. and abolish capitalism.