MonkeMischief @ MonkeMischief @lemmy.today

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Awww go fashy, stonk crashy :'( :'( LOL

I'm glad I could be helpful!

Thankfully, the cell signal situation has improved a LOT among major routes in recent years, so I hope it doesn't sound too scary. There's also safety in numbers, at the very least the buddy system! :)

There's a lot of online information / guides for travelers, and of course, get a U.S SIM card and check who's got the best/broadest service areas where you'll be going. Also, offline maps can be downloaded to your device as well.

(But learning to use a paper one is always an excellent skill to have!)

In case of an emergency, phones can still usually reach 911 (our emergency services number) if they can reach a cell tower at all, regardless of "subscription", if that's of any comfort. :)

Heh, it's cool, that's your right.

I hope you have a good one. <3

Naaron (Nay-ay-ron)

I like the way you explain your Anarchist stances. I'm a Christian Anarchist myself, and see anarchism as a society in a similar light as personally trying to be like Jesus: It may be a state of perfection we, in our imperfections, cannot attain, but if everyone was trying their best towards a cooperative society free of authoritarian hierarchal peepee-swinging, maybe things would be much better overall.

Daring to believe in a better world and exert whatever influence we have to do so, takes a strong inner fire, and a lot of people miss the point when they think we just wanna tear it all down without a plan and start from scratch next week and it would all be unicorns and rainbows overnight.

I wish your friend safety in their travels!

Lol what degree of douchebag would downvote your comment, holy cow LOL.

I sincerely commend the positivity and kindness you've been bringing to this thread with warmly inviting people to flee to Canada.

Edit: Although maybe you're being a bit harsh further down. :( It doesn't have to be so personal? People are just discussing stuff. Let's not let the decisions of stupid men in power deter us from productive discussion.

In general I think they're mostly referring to the fact that the U.S is ridiculously BIG. Like, most visitors freak out at how long you can drive through almost nothing here, when going between major population areas.

Driving through wilderness without a lot of extra water and a cellular connection, and maybe a spare tire, for example, is foolhardy.

Along the way, especially in "The South", you'll find the loveliest, kindest people, but you'll also find various, (probably politically motivated, lately) sadists/racists/bullies, some of which may be small-town law enforcement looking for excitement.

The law can be more "flexible" without major oversight in such places, and with the cult of the orange tyrant emboldening the prejudiced lately, that could spell trouble.

There's also various kinds of unsavory types as you'd find in any other country; I'm talking criminals, swindlers, and various weirdos of ill intent, and some stretches of the country are remote. Like, "no signal and it goes on and on in all directions until you see the earth curve" remote.

The vast majority of people are lovely, and would probably welcome and appreciate foreigners, the worst you'd deal with is getting a migraine from stupid but friendly questions about your accent or where you're from.

But like anywhere else, you need your wits about you.

In short:

Lovely place where many sights and adventures can be had! The biggest dangers are the roads and wilderness, basically.

• Don't mess with wildlife.
• Don't go off exploring remote areas in which you have no business
• Don't underestimate the wilderness and go unprepared.
• Practice the same street smarts as you would anywhere else, like don't go getting into strangers' cars or accepting random open beverages.

Setting aside the anomalous political tensions right now, the biggest danger to travelers to this country is seeing it as a big theme park where they can't possibly put themselves in any danger. Your average park rangers have plenty of horror stories about that, I'm sure, like idiots trying to selfie in front of buffalo or stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon, or falling into Yellowstone's tranquil but literally boiling hot springs...

Don't be that tragic idiot . . .and you'll likely have a fantastic time.

Hope this helps. :)

Thanks! Added. :D

BTW. . .

"On your left!"

• As you wish.
• If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!
• I rock... And rule!... All day long! Sweet Susie! / I'm bleeding, which makes me the victor!
• I aim to misbehave.
• Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
• Come with me if you want to live!
• They mostly come at night...Mostly...
• You! SHALL NOT! PASS!!
• Whoever wrote this episode should die!
• Rebellions are built on hope.

Lol I could keep going all night if I don't stop myself and I've work in the morning. XD

(Edit: Some new ones)

• I can do this all day.
• Puny god.
• I am...inevitable.
• Hold on to your butts.
• I'm a dude, playin' a dude, disguised as another dude!

I saw it in my head just reading it. Absolutely moving.

I can't get through ::: spoiler (other scene) Sam's monologue ::: With dry eyes either. That speech has kept me going, so many times. I've even posted it in various places on Lemmy as a counter to the sheer hopelessness and defeatism (understandably) pervading a lot of threads.

I often consider getting it wholly or partially inscribed on me.

"Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time... ... Dancin' in the desert, blowin' up the sun-shine..."

--System of a Down, "B.Y.O.B"

That's not a cost that kills you.

For real.

Some folks have a vice where they can't start a single day without a fancy grande latte or whatever, but mostly when I see that, it's middle-managey types that make more in a month than I'd ever see in my account at any given time.

How many skipped small vanilla cold-brews or boba teas (+a tip for my fellow working class ✊) buys an average healthcare deductible or car repair beyond my DIY abilities? Heck let's lower the bar...An oil change?

Just filling the tank costs like 8 enjoyable refreshing coffees. What a lame exchange rate!

Even if we struggle, it's still okay to enjoy things once in a while.

This is partly true. Also, contrary to mall-ninja rhetoric, one doesn't and shouldn't primarily carry to go be a vigilante hero, but as a last resort for their own protection. I'll admit my original comment was coming from strong emotion. Lol

I think the discourse on self-protection has taken a bizarre turn during our lifetimes, where the right and the NRA turned firearms into an unhealthy fetish, and the liberal politicians turned them into frightening campfire stories by spreading fear and ignorance. Both just using it as another tug-rope to "Be opposite those other guys."

Shockingly, there are plenty of normal, responsible armed people who fit neither category. Even socialists. They're just quiet and respectable so they go unnoticed.

But on the whole, this cultural propaganda has resulted in a heavily skewed situation where those with the means to deter tyranny are in lockstep with it, and those with the will to deter tyranny get a bit flummoxed when clever signs aren't enough.

I'm very torn myself, because clever non-violent solutions are obviously preferred, but at the same time these thugs are bullies and cowards, who tend to be confused and frightened when they actually encounter resistance from their would-be victims.

Don't be sorry, it's a very apt metaphor I think. Perhaps this is why "Wargames" had such a lasting cultural legacy lol.

And yeah, I agree, it's rarely ever the people who have a problem with each other. It's leaders who want to dominate and write their name in history books with whatever blood they can get on their hands to do it with.

There's obviously a lot of disagreement about "Who gets what, when, and how", but anything's gotta be better than murdering each other over it...

This sounds just like all the ridiculously hollow propaganda Putin was dropping for justifying the attack on Ukraine.

"We're rescuing them from uh, really bad people, er... By invading them, yes. They wanna be Russian so bad!"

"That's why my client acted reasonably and dare I say heroically, when they saw these masked men dragging the witness into an unmarked vehicle, drew their legally carried sidearm, and engaged these individuals until they were no longer a threat."

Why hasn't this happened yet?!

This country should never be safe for predators who want to throw people into vans.

Super helpful! Thanks! :D

Figures like that are still mind boggling. Like..."We put dudes up there!!!"

I'll never stop being awed and impressed by the vastness of space and just about anything humanity has done with it.

Especially because from the ground just looking up there, you can almost convince yourself it's not that far, and if you just believed hard enough, you could simply reach out and touch it.

Many don't turn around and try making a start-up game though, most just burn out of the industry forever.

I think a big reason for this is because they need to have some kinda airtight clandestine OPSEC if they want to work on anything themselves that they plan to show anybody.

It's been common practice for AAA's to say "Anything you make while you're employed here at all is ours." Sometimes even if you're not AT the studio when you do it.

They just simply assume entitlement to your creativity.

So, quit and make that indie darling, right? But then you need a financial "runway" set up, which sets a hard time limit on production and adds a ton of stress, and you'd better hope it sells well enough to make back the lost income.

The indie successes we've seen are nothing short of extraordinary, but also a textbook example of survivorship bias in action. For every success, there's a million projects that never got off the ground, much less sold successfully.

Facing all this...I celebrate the efforts that beat the odds, and love genuinely good games that simply didn't sell enough to keep the ball rolling.

But I don't fault anybody for just going into something more stable before burnout hits, and they would be destroyed from the inside out.

...mmm, Riot maybe?

Like thanking that dude for breaking up with Adele since her breakout album was basically a breakup album. If you're into Adele. Lol