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I’ve seen since last year that Mil-Tec backpacks are in fashion for some weird reason. And they all have a black and white US flag, or a camo-colored one. It’s very strange since we’re in Europe. It gives massive bootlicker vibes, but I guess the upside is it gets easier to spot them lmao
Exactly five years ago covid hit my country. I cannot accept it has been five years already lol. It’s like I’m still sort of waiting for life to get back to normal despite no Covid restrictions being in place for a few years now.
In 2019 I started to break free from some bad habits and I felt like the future was looking bright for me. Going into 2020 I was excited about what might come. And then covid hit and it changed me from a pretty happy and goofy person into someone kinda bitter and anxious. It’s probably not solely covid’s fault but still. And then when it was ‘over’, Ukraine and its financial consequences for Europe hit.
yesterday i talked about north korea with my laoshi, laoshi asked me if i liked the dprk and i said “yeah why not”, then asked me if i liked south korea and i said “not much”, laoshi laughed a bit then mentioned that young cnetizens despise south korea and constantly fight with them online lol. china is in good hands.
also another funny tidbit is that in dongbei, the province north of korea historically known as manchuria, the people are very hostile to japanese brands and people lol.
omg my chinese lessons are working. I understand what laoshi means
很好！i am also starting to feel more confident as i progress through my lessons.
Sometimes I am reminded of the phase in my life in which the Uyghur genocide bullshit was making rounds in the news and I went like: ‘I’m going to never buy Chinese products again!’ which I actually followed up on. I find it amusing to think about how I turned out eventually lol. But at least I actually wanted to do something against it back then, I guess.
Good job.
To your last message to me:
I too was abused as a child. Prazosin,eh? I hear there are meds for C-PTSD, though I’m sure it doesn’t entirely go away. I might need them soon enough.
And I believe you, trust me.
I refer to Canada at this point as Kkklanada, ugh
I’m doing good, btw! But feel mighty guilty about something and I’m trying to push through to my next therapy session. I need to stop beating myself up but I feel royally guilty.
Ugh, I feel guilty about something, but my therapy session is soon.
Glad that it’s today.
I need to shape up a bit.
Sorry if I caused anyone here any grief, which I know I did at times.
You’re all great.
Palestine protests are in the news again, even though the dems swore up and down that they stopped, and now the MAGAs are salivating at the idea of Trump having them all arrested, murdered, and deported to Gaza. In that order.
should i talk to my gym crush? i feel like its weird to approach people at the gym
Do they act approachable? people usually give hints if theyre open to chatting. If they wear earbuds or something it usually means they want to be left alone for example. If there arent any red flags like that to tell you not to bother them just start simple and see how they react. Say good morning as you walk by, smile and wave, but don’t try to start a full blown convo. See how they react. Do they seem startled, uncomfortable, or nervous? Probably leave them alone. Do they smile back and return the greeting happily? Thats a good sign. Maybe next time you see them say something like, “Hey! Seems like were always here at the same time. You work nights too?” If at any point they give signs like, short non-commital answers, looking around and not at you, being annoyed nervous etc, they dont wanna talk and you should say bye and go do your own thing.
I mean I’m not saying you shouldn’t but it really needs some thought for how you will do it otherwise it can be highly inappropriate very quickly.
Yea i feel exactly the same, i definitely think its not the place to do that but i dont really want to let this pass.
I guess that is just a result of the online society we live in. People used to meet eachother in places like the gym or the supermarket or wherever normal. Nowadays people get startled if you strike up random convo’s. As long as you are not a total creep about it then it should be fine.
Talking is a good way to start.
Harvested some potatoes today. Anyone considering growing potatoes should look into Purple Sapphires. They are beautiful with their purple and gold skin and purple flesh. They are great for mashing or baked wedges with a bit of a nutty flavor. Most importantly for people growing their own potatoes they are long storing.
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There are virtually no public bathrooms anywhere here but I do have a subscription to some shitty chain brand gym and I can use that as a public restroom in any city. Dumb as fuck.
you could use any statue of Leopold II, I don’t see what other purpose they would serve
I read somewhere once that the only reason the USA has a culture of having free to use bathrooms in businesses is because people would just go wherever otherwise back in the day. Like oh i cant use your bathroom? Cool lemme take a leak on your door step then.
“Phraseology” is a really cool sounding word that will immediately identify any communist saying it when used disparagingly.
Went to an anti-war demonstration yesterday where they called for diplomacy instead of more weapons to Ukraine, but they still called it an illegal Russian invasion. The Dutch left has a long way to go.
i wonder how big of a % of a country GDP is purely middlemen being parasites
A lot. The US conveniently switched from GNP to GDP as it stopped producing things. GDP is a measure of value captured, after all.
I’ve been trying to get in touch with my father. I haven’t seen him since I was very young, about 7 or 8 years old. I think I found an old Facebook account of his. It’s not active, but I’ve been reaching out to some connections. Only a couple have responded and I gave one of them my phone number.
I think he might be trying to call me, but I pretty much never answer my phone. It’s always on vibrate and I usually only receive spam calls anyway. I hesitated the first time. I picked up the second, but no one replied. I probably should have stayed on the line longer, but I panicked a bit. I finally got the courage to call the number back today, but it went directly to voicemail, which isn’t activated.
Maybe it’s spam. It’s a local number, but it could be spoofed. What an archaic and frustrating way to contact people.
What an archaic and frustrating way to contact people.
lol i find it weirdly romantic, good luck anyways hope you can make amends with him.
I’m not so much against phone calls, although they do make me anxious, but the fact that someone can contact me without providing any form of identification is a bit absurd.
Sounds like a scary situation, can’t even imagine what that’s like. Wishing you strength comrade, you got this🤗🥰
It’s been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster ride, but it does feel good to be making progress. Thank you for the support comrade 🫡🤗🥰
It blows my mind how the socdems in my city managed to put forward one of their old politicians who used to be mayor. He has been convicted of fraud and embezzlement when he was the CEO of a football club, among other things. He was facing multiple years in jail but managed to buy off his sentence. Highly corrupt individual.
But apparently socdems have no problem with that.
