Yeah, that's the hell of it. Can't really change anything, but I can't just leave either because there's not really anywhere to leave to. I at least wanna make sure I can be a fruit with as little fear of getting keelhauled as possible, though.
Part of how I got here involves reading an assload of textfiles from the '90s and growing disillusioned with the fruits of that optimistic '90s techno-libertarianism
Libraries are one of the few remaining public assets in the 'states that pretty universally work well, and I think the right's acute knowledge of that partially contributes to them getting rolled into this latest wave of attacks on the school system/academics at large. Makes sticking up for them all the more important.
I can say for sure that the white straight cis men will be useless to serve our cause after we gain control, which is why i am working to invent a machine that releases an aerosolized compound into the atmosphere that turns them into soup through sophisticated gene targeting technology and nanobots
Some of the philosophy has stuck with me and I take a keen interest in the social and anthropological aspects of religion, but I've had such a consistently bad experience with American Christianity (particularly online) that I just can't really trust anyone enough to even think about partaking in any of them anymore.
I like the stuff that's about people in the shit. Two Cigarettes in The Ashtray, and all that. I'm a big Horton Heat fan, so it makes sense that their stylistic forebears would appeal to me too.
In a conflict between respecting other cultures and advancing homosexuality (even just to stick up for myself), I will always choose the latter over the former without hesitation. All else - and I do mean all else - is trivial to me
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My main takeaway from philosophy is that I hate philosophy and mostly just want to wing it. So much hair splitting