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Cake day: July 18th, 2023

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  • my autism perpetually plagues my employment prospects and the memories of my struggles to gain employment in the few years since college makes me pitty others like me who are to do the same thing I did.

    i have an unfortunate front row seat to the asshattery that our capitalist system as created for young people trying to get a foothold in my industry and i don’t know what to make of it since they, themselves support the same system that’s fucking them over and sometime virulently defend it; it’s a bit like watching maga cheer on their own demise.


  • eldavi@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlSoon
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    4 days ago

    these where the first versions of empire that existed on this world and full of equal parts flaws and dumb luck as a result

    the modern hybrid euro-colonial versions also have flaws and luck on their side, but, more importantly, they learn and adapt from each other and, as a result, have a pattern that we can now identify.















  • … I personally like the idea of ppl exploring new ideas regardless if they’re helping our immediate problems.

    i always wondered if people like william gilbert or otto guericke ever had to endure derision from people due to their experimentation w electricity well before its impact could be known.

    some part of me wants to hear overconfident and dogmatic responses like: “electricity?!!! who tf would ever need such a useless thing?!”