They took one of the whitest ass of white dudes, but since he looks orange we did the lighting to make him yet whiter.

In my high school government class our learning about the lawmaking process I think was just that song and then a dead simple quiz on it. But now that I think about it, I did have mono at the time, so I missed a lot of classes. But no, our education in politics was very underwhelming. And just pretend Marx and friends didn't exist because we sure didn't learn about them despite the strong opinions we had about their theories.

Oof. That's certainly one way to approach politics, I guess.

My mom says she really doesn't like socialism, but when we talk about it, she ends up agreeing with most aspects of it. Usually she'll just admit she is familiar with how to deal under capitalism, and she worries socialism (and/or the transition to it) will be rough. We're a working-class family, but since dad destroys his body for the overlords we make a comfortable amount of money, and they worry we won't be as comfortable. I think being allowed to live despite my limited working capacity would be an upgrade.

Not sure we want to joke about lobotomies. I know it's just a shitpost, but those things were a fate worse than death brought against our most vulnerable. Advertises for being able to make the "insane" into "docile house pets." I also get that Elon here basically deleted his whole brain, so I may be being a little overly sensitive, but yeah.

I have never done "drugs" (like, y'know, what old white moms call drugs) and yet my brain still feels like the fried egg. Sizzling and popping. Could be worse, though; before my most recent med change it felt like it was rotting and collapsing inside my skull. I'd rather it feel electric than dead, but neither extreme is pleasant.

I just turn up the volume of my transciever when I try to connect to WinLink. (Yes, a ham, no, not a prepper. I just think radios are neat)

Me too. All mine are from the US. I do have some of those neat Great Women quarters, or whatever that set was called.

Don't forget the bad guy has to be disabled. Physically deformed, neurodivergent, something that somehow translates to them being evil.

I don't exactly live in a trans-friendly environment, so I don't know what it'll take to get on HRT. Also I don't know if insurance will want to help pay for it either. Those are the main things I'm nervous about.

There's definitely negative stuff that happens with mine, too. I choose to take medication because, at its worst, it is truly unbearable. But sometimes it can be like this. And everyone's experience is different, too.

That's interesting! The majority of my experiences are pretty negative, but this is a more positive one. I'm glad yours are mostly positive, though!

I feel like if he was given and accepted real, meaningful help, he might be a better person. I think that about pretty much anyone. The problems are that capitalism rewards their dysfunction and, so long as it benefits them or is easier for them, they would not accept any such help if given. In a perfect world, he could get better, but we are nowhere close to thinking about a perfect world currently.

It almost does look like a mental illness, and that's kinda sad. It's apparent he needs some kind of help, probably to process some self-worth issues he's compensating for with Grok here. But of course he's not going to seek out this help; he sees no issue. So he'll keep dooming himself and annoying the hell outta us instead. Looks like a downward spiral for sure.

I never thought to try self-hosting on openbsd, but that does sound like a secure option. Sounds like it has its share difficulty, though.

Ugh. I got overwhelmed and did none of the chores I was supposed to do today. Now I feel terrible and the stress is making my psychosis break through. Brains are such... interesting creatures.

Gendertrauma - a game where several people are put in a submarine. Each of them are trans, but told everyone else is cis and trying to clock the trans person.

Artisans won't treat your customers with a human touch. Artisans won't perform physical labor. Artisans will, however, cost more than a human employee. (who is better in most every way) Artisans will also babble incoherently and perform fraud against your company with their fanch new title: Do Anything Now (DAN)

Bipartisanship is just class solidarity but in the ruling class.

I like GURPS. Get the, like, two core books and wing it. There're more source books if you want more inspiration. And then if I like a setting, I don't need to buy and learn a new system, and this system is flexible enough I can hack in anything. I feel like an IP might do better to get some license and write their own GURPS sourcebook or something, if Steve Jackson Games allows that...