Notices by cavewoman rika :nonbinaryFlag: (mrjunge@raru.re)

The more time I spend in this country the more I realize a lot of people, though especially Americans, are overgrown children. They have childish understandings of history, social movements, violence, etc. Their sense of morals has childish foundations and so it flounders in the wind and is only capable of producing chaos—something reflected perfectly in the “workings” of the current administration. It’s as if they based their whole approach to life on simplistic googoogaagaa pre-K cartoons they watched as kids, and in that surety everything is at a level and interachangeable, such that they can grant themselves the luxuries of antisocial attitudes while reaping the benefits of prosocial ones. This, too, is reflected in the current administration. That’s about all the commentary I have to give as I process the implications of this, because I will not let this distract me or take my eye off the ball.

Aside from that, unfortunate to have heard a school shooting happened yet again around the same time though. Hopefully one day kids will be able to live without this sort of worry. Speaking for myself at this point I have little to no hope for the American project even at the national domestic level (at the foreign policy level it was already a foregone conclusion a long time ago..). Maybe at some point I’ll need to learn some Mandarin.

@kai I have moral objections to surveillance and other stuff yet China has many countries beat on a few measures: economic investment and reinvestment, large infrastructure projects, and some level of pragmatism in their governance (however cynical it may or may not be). No moral grandstanding and moralism—even my own—is going to change what nation-states are actually being competent right now in competitive global capital. And in the long-term I’m sure China will have its own imperialist projects. To tell you the truth I would rather Europe but many EU countries feel like they are teetering on the edge of becoming the same shitshow.

@kai The other thing is endlessly comparing one country to another is not really going to change anything about the country you’re in except for assuaging your feelings about this one. It’s a useless endeavor. And if we are going to make comparisons what we should be looking at is why they are getting ahead and seeing what we will and will not emulate instead of whining about China “cheating” us because they happen to operate on entirely different economic principles. Anything else is kind of useless.

@kai I am aware. But I like bringing up China as potential new global hegemon because it makes recalcitrant do-nothing American Sinophobes piss their pants and show their ass. I’m not likely to move to China at any point. Not that it matters. It’s not like needing to learn Mandarin would have required that I had moved there anyway in a few decades or in a century (tho I doubt I’ll be around by then).

@kai I’m just being hyperbolic because I am pissed Kai. The only serious part about what I am saying is China is a competitive global hegemon, the stuff I said in my initial post, and that do-nothing Americans whining about China is getting old when they are do-nothing Americans and refuse to understand why China is rising. Ultimately we either have the Do-Nothing party or the Shoot-Myself-in-the-Foot Party, in realpolitik terms.

It’s kind of one of the tragedies of science that some of the most comprehensive longitudinal research in psychology happens only when an extreme catastrophic event, or frequent destabilizing experiences, occurs to or across a huge population.

The blue dog Democrats’ hysterics in response to Mamdani’s success so far has been absolutely fucking hilarious. Yet I am sure they’re the type to call more passionately anti-Trump people “alarmists.” Incredible.

I’m sorry Texans but every time I hear legal or political news from your state it just sounds like living there is hell. 😬

My dad and grandma sometimes have the funniest arguments. My grandma was like, “Wow, the Pope practically prepared everything as if he knew he was going to die.” And then my dad’s like, “oh, what’s so special about that? We all know we’re gonna die. Are all of us Nostradamus now?” and I just 💀 lmao

@puniko hi! Nice pfp. How are you?

Good morning fedi :blobcatMorning:

@solidsanek hi sanek how ya doin’

I think I’ve learned how much structure, even if a loosely built one, matters to me.. As well as the occasional me time. Even with a great partner that themselves improvises the day I can find myself unmoored without these things.

Me destroying my dress shoe boots cuz I did the most scuffed shoe shining/polishing 🧍🏽♀️

@Miaourt haven’t heard of the sandpaper method tho how does that work just rub it against the shoe at the end or smthn?

@Miaourt oh lmao xD

@Miaourt idk anything! I could easily be tricked. Just like Linux n00bs who do `rm -rf /`…

Saw this video by a Gen Zer and to sum it up the whole point was basically, “these newer kids coming up are turning neutral terms into code words for slurs now that traditional slurs can no longer be said without consequence and a marginalized person’s vector of privilege is sometimes used for covert bigotry while a privileged person’s marginalizations is sometimes used as a shield from criticism.” It took Gen Z that long to figure out that language policing is the most futile part of activism? It’s useful to getting a sense of respect by asserting boundaries at an interpersonal level, but that isn’t activism, and changing what words the entirety of society can use barely budges social norms any particular way because it reduces politics to an endless word game. I’m speechless. This is so basic. And no, I’m not one of those people who are like, “oh my god I’m entitled to call you (insert offensive term) without having to confront your personal feelings about it.” But the fact that the former point was always so constantly conflated with the latter, until now y’all are finally like, “oooohhhh?!?” Y’all don’t listen. lol

My therapist canceled for understandable reasons and I hope she’s safe but that also means I’ll have to buckle down and weather the storm.

Ah. US government. The greatest Jerry Springer show ever aired.