No, it was more like “I can benefit while helping someone in a time of need, so why not.” I wouldn’t have purchased had we not been in an unprecedented situation. That’s part of why it felt so shitty when I thought I saw signs of a potential scam.

They sent a set of pics and vids.

I believe trademark would be the proper area for something like this. I don’t believe it would be enforceable, but could be weaponized to bleed someone of money via court. Not a lawyer.

At the start of the pan, someone advertised nude media to make extra cash during the initial lockdown. I sent the $20 or whatever it was. Turned out they wanted to draw more cash and that was only the opener. Felt like a scam and I blocked them. Felt I had been conned. Never knew if that’s true for sure.

Otherwise, only shitty products and services that came from corporations.

This is the best thing I’ve seen today. I love it.

Criticized Pearl Jam when a guy who was super into them was giving me a ride home.

I’d prefer to have dedicated computers for broad categories of tasks (Audio DAW, video editing, bash scripting, web dev, gaming, system stuff like disk space visualisation, web apps for social media and video sites, games, communications, office, music and film.

Are you me?

Orion.

No one really knows. When asked to define it, people on the right have no concrete idea. It’s just a word that they use to symbolize everything they don’t like.

Get to a protest.

It’s a huge sham. It’s going to pop. All the money after the initial reveal has been wasted.

Does he know?

Hey, don’t get radicalized over here. /s

Oh noez, poor spez. He can eat my ass to feel better.

Moving to California Bay Area. Decision literally happened in about three hours.

I was planning on leaving if the orange got reelected. I only didn’t because in the years between when I made that decision (2021) and now, I found myself in a relationship cohabitating with my partner. She’s here as a refugee and can’t leave or that gets rescinded. It took some serious soul searching to decide to retract my longstanding plan to escape this hellish fascist-speedrun. I was even doing phone interviews. If you think you could be happy, do it.

I’m not hiding my tattoos, but I also live in the Bay Area and everyone and their dog has tattoos here.

I got your back.

Welcome in from the cold. We have hot cocoa and blankets.

Every day, I think about how lucky I am. Because my father stressed education and taught me to read and forced me to do summer writing projects. Because I enjoy reading and learning as a result (even though I hated those projects). That I was born to a family that didn’t suffer financial hardship. That I’m male in a world that rewards that. That I’m a white guy in a country that punishes everyone else. It’s fucked up.