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lol dang. i just imagined you were highly aversive to conflict or drama which political discussions can bring since usually from whatever political alignment you are a part of, people of other alignments can come off as infuriating since context gets lost in the noise and for most people it feels like "i'm for good things and against bad things, why aren't you???" (then switch in and out what constitutes good and bad things based on your political alignment) but it is more complex than that... usually thanks lol, i hope the game system can be fun at least and versatile. i don't want something that is possible lorewise for character to not be possible because gameplay mechanics don't allow it or something, or because scale has to be shrunk down to fit a small map or zone i almost got confused as to how did i post in the future but it was just double page glitch maybe i can send you a copy of guide for trc z.... this weekend or something. maybe it feels like the past few weeks a lot of things have clicked and a lot of subtle issues that bugged me in the back of my mind have been mostly solved

Hehe, that would have been a very long edit. You sure have some very powerful characters to balance. Cool! 😁 You are definitely too nice to be a Trump supporter. 😊 __________ I'm not sure either of us are/will ever define ourselves as left or right, we really just want freedom and happiness for everyone.

I heard a thing that Millennials are bucking the trend of previous generations and are becoming more left-wing as they get older instead of right-wing. As for Zoomers, it seems to me that they are very polarized, either very right or very left with little in between. Random thing: For the longest time I refused to talk about politics of any kind but Chloe started to worry that people thought I was a secret right-winger and/or Trump supporter. 😄

the longer i live the more left i become. i went from social democrat like kyle kulinski, to some vague socialism fully is probably better, to more recently becoming full anarcho communist pilled. though i still like kyle kulisnki and agree with most of his takes, and i feel this current administration is making him become further left than he already was, though i am not totally sure. he generally fights for the same things such as universal health care and general redistribution of wealth through taxing the wealthy and having strong social safety nets, but he does seem far more disillusioned with the system than normal also unrelated, originally was edit to previous post: okay that was going to be much shorter but the purpose changed into me thinking out loud so thanks for your patronage of me expressing my many thoughts in secret hidden journal that will be lost in lotpw past. i don't really expect people to read it. i added a split from what was going to be initial edit to when i started turning into that guy explaining a conspiracy meme gif

Awesome! I'm glad the cookies are still good. 🍪 Oh, two batches sound great. I hope those work out. 😊

@TB Speaking of cookies you inadvertently inspired me to make Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal cookies next weekend! I was debating between "Apple Cinnamon Walnut" and "Apple Cinnamon White Chocolate" but I might divide the batch in half and do half of each.

Yeah they've been chilled and covered since she made them! 🍪😁 Also, we decided that baking cookies will be an "every other weekend" thing because we don't want to overbake and have Chloe gain weight. ☺️

Ooooo! I hope you both have tons of fun there! 😊 Cook out burgers are some of the best! 🍔 Are those cookies still fresh enough to take? 🍪 Yeah, I don't blame her. I'm not feeling patriotic either.

Have fun

In a couple of hours we will be going to Chloe's friend's house for a 4th of July cookout! 😁🍔🌭 Chloe isn't in the mood to wear anything overtly patriotic for obvious reasons, so she has compromised by wearing a Phillies shirt ⚾. (Their colors are red white and blue)

It's ok, we forgot we were too, lol. We saw the episode were they just arrived at the end, so no spoilers. 😁 Also, we don't really care about spoilers. It doesn't change the experience for us. 😊 I hope you have fun with your friend, eat something delicious, have an extra good meditation session! 😊

I see. I have follow-up questions but I'll have to put a mental bookmark in this to ask you some other time. ☺️

i don't want to spend a whole lot of time going into it right now, but essentially, i think that the power structures that the united states is based around inherently make it difficult to create an equitable society, and that as long as we are relying on working with these systems, we will not see real change. assets must be seized from exploitative corporations and redistributed in restitution for native displacement, slavery, and labor theft

oh lol i forgot you guys were watching dbz kai. not sure if that clip is from Z or kai but it should exist in both of them as it is definitely not filler sorry if i spoiled their arrival a bit lol speaking of dbz, friend suggested playing trc z today so i guess i may be doing that later. i need to eat and meditate first though

Yes! If anything, survive to spite the government's cruel practices. 🔥 Honestly, I feel it's more survive in the face of incompetence/not caring about anyone but themselves. 😮‍💨 Lol, that clip. 🤣 I think we were about to watch that episode next, we completely forgot.

so many people in wheel chairs who are clearly disabled were repeatedly entering government buildings protesting the bill saying the cuts will literally end their lives. either they were mistaken or the cuts affect even disabled people. but other politicians didnt deny they would die. i cant remember her name but a maga republican senator i think literally said when told her vote for the bill would kill people was "everybody dies" as if it doesnt matter. and it has been factored 50,000 more people will die a year due to these cuts. that's like 50,000 mourning families a year mourning something easily avoidable in a civilized society we somehow dont have thanks chloe im glad you can be positive despite this horrible news somehow in other news, the saiyans have landed on earth bro really said:

This is the inevitable outcome of a system that sees everyone and everything as merely economic units. The system sees people like you as meaningless waste that needs to be cut. That's why it is fundamentally okay with cutting off support to disabled people and letting nature take its course. We need a system that is built around the value of the human being as a human being at it's core, not the human being as an economic unit. Money and economics should be a tool that makes large-scale human interaction more efficient, not a goal and an end in itself. Please survive, because in this climate survival is a revolutionary act. ✊

If people like you and us lose medicaid, it'll be WAY more than 12 million people - they're mostly (cruelly) trying to cut poor people off, but the people with more reason than just financial should still be able to get it. If not.. Well, take care of your health for as long as the revolution takes.

thanks. i like the huge hug idek how one gets to qualify as disabled. it feels like being in mental hospital multiple times a year over course of several years and having a lot of programs and extra help to do bare minimum of functioning because i can't take care of myself on my own is not enough to be qualified as disabled. if only doctors got to decide if you are disabled instead of the government deciding

You just have to make sure you qualify as disabled then, same as us. We might try to get an OCD diagnosis just to add to our list, but the big one is executive dysfunction, and we're feeling that as much as ever now.

I really really appreciate that you're so optimistic! 😊 It makes me feel better about everything that's going on. It's too early for me to put my thoughts together but I wanted to let you know how much it means to me to see someone being positive with politics. 💜 I just really wish I had the powers to fix this for you. 😢 All I can do is be emotional support, so that's what I'm going to do! (つ✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)つ

Let's make Chappell Roan president already

I definitely understand why you would have that perspective, TB. This country, its institutions its people have failed you in many tragic ways. 😢

that would be 20 hours a week, which no i do not meet that and it would be very stressful to try and force myself to do so. so i'm screwed. so is my friend who is also unable to get a job as he's been fried from working at gomart and walmart for collectively like 7 or so years and being abused by management. super lucky they got their gallbladder surgery before these cuts because i imagine if it was after, medicaid would not have paid it for them and they'd be forced to die with an unremoved damaged gallbladder that caused them debilitating pain unfortunately for me i do not a lot of the time just passively love people and the people i care about in particular doesn't symbolize the concept of america to me in any way. we are a failed state and there is nothing to be proud of. it has nice land and nature that is cool i guess. but i have no respect for its institutions or a large percentage of the people who live here as a lot of them are incredibly ignorant and/or racist and shallow i also learned that trump's base supports him more than any other republican base supported any republican president in history, INCLUDING the literally deified ronald reagan who is basically a god to republicans, trump has surpassed that. cruelty is the point, and his base loves the cruelty and suffering he causes to innocent people. they think it makes him extra cool and respectable i've never felt more unsafe in my life

Well, I heard 80 hours a month for non-disabled, but I don't know if you or we count as "disabled" to them or not. But I'm sure you hit 80 hours a month, right? At least that's the only hour requirement I saw, I didn't read the full bill obviously.