Butterbee (She/Her) @ Butterbee @beehaw.org

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I left around the time it was bought. I probably don't have to elaborate much on that but it hadn't quite felt like a place where I was welcome before, but it would be actively hostile after. And that did turn out to be the case.

You MUST be trolling lmao

I'm still not 100% sure we won't get another frost so I've planted some spring onions knowing that there's a chance they will not make it. I plan to put some marigolds with them this year, and then to put some decorative plants behind them in the harder to reach area of the plot.

idk about styles but there are certainly different ways of gardening. There's hydroponic gardening, gardening in containers, having plots out in the yard...

Lazy beginner options could be to go for succulents in containers next to a window, or maybe picking up some herbs that you can grow in pots from the garden store.

Godspeed GNU, hope you find yourself a place that works for you

Apparently there's a free documentary on their exploits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_Men_Fix_the_World

Oh my god that is hilarious! Thank you for explaining it

What, and I can't stress this enough, THE FUCK

Thank you for giving that context! It really adds a lot to the story

Ok so first, my biases. I'm going to write my best guess and then I'll read the article. So.. is it that Portugal helped people instead of simply trying to arrest them or put up anti-homeless architecture so that those better off wouldn't have to see addicts in the streets? Let's go and read now...

WELL. I'm shocked!

"Portugal's leaders responded by pivoting away from the U.S. drug war model, which prioritized narcotics seizures, arrests and lengthy prison sentences for drug offenders.

Instead, Portugal focused scarce public dollars on health care, drug treatment, job training and housing. The system, integrated into the country's taxpayer-funded national health care system, is free and relatively easy to navigate. "

Ok, I'm not that shocked.

That's true but it literally doesn't matter what you do the Trumpists will cry foul regardless and facts and reason don't apply to them. I'm just glad the US still has people in positions of power that are willing to go against Trump and actually follow their rule of law. I'm also not American, but as a Canadian I feel dangerously close to what goes on just south of the border and we have our own cadre of ultra right-wingers who are trying to upset Canadian ways in the model of what Trump does. So I'm glad there are judgements against him when warranted even if he'll never pay up and even if the amount he's penalized is a pittance to what he should be penalized and even if his followers cry about it.

It's kind of beautiful in its grotesqueness

Oh, no. It's only capitalism if we are transferring wealth upwards and destroying the planet. Anything else political.

You sound very adventurous! Thanks for the perspective!

It's more to vent than anything! Though I have read the responses so far and I do want to understand how it works for others. Realistically, my questions and uncertainties are something that would take many conversations with a therapist for me to understand how to navigate so I don't expect to learn much aside from curiosity here. I think I would like to find a partner that I'm compatible with perhaps.. but I am not ready and may never be. The dynamics TERRIFY me. Absolutely TERRIFY me.

"Is there something you don’t understand about dating and want to share your frustration?"

Literally all of it. I do not date full stop. I haven't gone on a date in over a decade, and before that experience it had been another decade. It's almost certainly never going to happen again. I don't understand anything at all about dating. How do you meet people? How do you enjoy time with them? What is even going on?

It's a cool idea. I hope they get somewhere with it

I fully agree with you.

I hope so!

Good rule for life.. NEVER let someone cut you open unless it will save your life or drastically improve it. I was thinking along the lines of quadriplegics regaining autonomy than just futurisms. I could get excited about something that gives people their lives back. Would that ever come out of a company run by Musk? I highly doubt it. But if it weren't him or other tech bros there could be a chance that it could turn into something that helps people.