Besides posting on chapo, what is something you may do often or occasionally that you think/know is pretty lib?

I use to have a hard time saying no to cashiers who'd ask me to round up my total to donate to some terrible organization the store owned or partnered with. Not only are most non-profits complete shit, but doing it this way the store is the one doing the write off too, kinda a double whammy. I stopped doing this for the most part, but occasionally my mouth speaks before I think and I say "sure."

The other thing is buying girl scout cookies sometimes. I just assume this org is bad, i've never really looked into it, but if they are even remotely like the boy scouts, they are for sure bad.

And the last one is probably shopping at the salvation army, which has a horrible track record, has donated to anti-LGBTQA+ orgs, has a horrible labor track record and more. But like, I almost never buy brand new clothes and random household items anymore because it's both so much less expensive this way and the textile industry is one of the worst polluters out there plus they also have horrible labor practices. But in my mind at least, buying second hand is much better to reuse stuff instead of contributing more to those industries.

what do you got?

    • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      big oof. I use to think I loved driving a stick shift till I finally got an automatic and then I realized, no, i don't like having to use my ebrake on a steep hill at a red light cause the massive SUV behind me decided a half foot from my bumper is a good place to be.

      I like the freedom a car allows but that would all change if we literally had any form of decent public transit. None of the jobs i've had in the last 4 years had even a bus stop within 2 miles of it. And typically too far to ride my bike and not have to leave two hours early before work to get there.

      • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I use to do that but i've found some rather secluded walking or hiking trails that I use instead, plus it's better for me. Obviously this isn't really as practical depending on where you live. But I reallllly appreciate being able to sorta just go on auto pilot sometimes and have a distraction like driving can provide. But I got T-boned a couple years ago and haven't really enjoyed driving like I use to.