@reverendz
@lemmy.mlSafety razors are the best! They are cheap, you can buy a bunch of quality blades for pennies compared to a "Mach 3" or whatever.
Once you learn how to shave with one, there's no going back.
Thank you, I love this.
I puttered with an oud for a couple years but it was not a good one and playing it was frustrating.
Would love to try a really nice one.
The standard of living cratered in many of the former soviet countries. It turns out, while communism as implemented by the USSR had it's downsides, in general, the populace as a whole were better off.
Every time I see something like OP's post, I'm reminded that oil companies can't stop destroying the earth because stonks must go up. But yeah, communism is the boogie man.
That's literally all I've heard in the USA my entire life.
"We're protecting you from:
Soviet Communists
Arab Terrorists
Illegal Aliens
Communist China
ISIS
Putin's Russia"
I guess when your country can't go 2 years without starting a war somewhere, you get used to it. -
It's time for radical action and violent resistance.
We're staring into the face of human extinction and people are still quibbling about consumer choice.
it's going to take much, much more direct and violent action to force change.
"Think globally, act locally" and other such clever slogans that seemed so logical and made so little impact.
How about "round up the heads of oil companies and deliver them to a firing squad?"
Not as much zing to it though.
This is it exactly. We have to turn off the f*cking spigot at the source!
There is no amount of science or innovation that's going to save us. It's going to take "holy shit we're all going to die horribly" panic from world leaders to forcefully cut off the source, which is oil and its byproducts.
Short of that, no amount of responsible consumerism can stem this tide.
I used to bring jam and cheese sandwiches from home. You read that right, jam and cheese.
This is a really good read. Your post reminded me of it.
I think a lot of us are feeling similar.
https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start