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Cake day: March 7th, 2024

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  • More stuff in lower resolution, and focus on less-popular (or less-collectible) material.

    The internet isn’t going to go out just for you, it’s going to go out for everyone (at least in your region). You’re going to be without it for the long-term, so you’ll want variety in what you can watch and listen to. But your friends and family will also be looking for entertainment, so you’ll be providing for a range of tastes over a long period.

    You want to focus on less-popular / less-collectible material because trading networks will spring up, and the less-popular material will be the stuff that’s in demand. There’ll be plenty of people with a full collection of Star Trek or all the Best Picture winners, that kind of thing. But there’ll also be people who suddenly realize that they want to re-watch all of Law and Order or they’ve always meant to watch Miami Vice and now is the perfect time.

    I’ll also point out that you’ve hypothesized that it’s just the internet that’s gone down. There would still be broadcast tv and radio, and I think people would re-adapt to broadcast viewing and listening.



  • His situation: He’s currently in high school, with the same people he’s been with for years, with settled routines and everyday stresses. There’s little there that he hasn’t faced before: it’s safe to leave him there.

    Your situation: once you take time off from school, it takes a lot of effort to go back; even with a full intention to go back, life gets in the way and people will often put it off “for just another year”. It’s also perfectly valid to not want to go to college, but in that case you should have some other general life plan: “I want to apprentice at this trade” or something.

    Assuming that you want to go to college, you should go directly to college; your boyfriend still be safe where he is, and this will give him time in a known environment to explore himself a bit, while you’ll have time to settle into college and figure yourself out a bit. You can meet up over the various holidays, and then settle in together at college next year, assuming that’s what you both still want.









  • I’d suggest that, if there’s a topic over on reddit that has topics you’re interested in, try starting a thread over here on that topic, even if the community here is “dead”. Because “dead” communities can be resurrected, they just need activity. Asking a question on a topic is activity; posting an answer to the question (even if it’s your own question and you had to go to reddit for the answer) is activity and provides a resource here for other people to use. And if it’s something you found out on your own but it’s not new, try posting a YSK or TIL in the appropriate local community. You may not get replies, but we’re not going to become a fully viable alternative unless people contribute little bits where they can.






  • It’s not just the morale of the protestors, it’s the morale and courage of everyone. Lawmakers, judges, career civil servants, scientists, educators - they’re being attacked by the government and they feel helpless and alone. When you feel like there’s no one out there on your side, it’s easy to go along, to give up. To stop fighting back, to keep evil in check even if you can only do a small bit here and there.

    By going out and being visible, we’re telling judges and lawyers and lawmakers to keep fighting, to push back against fascism. By giving people in power courage to continue to stand up and fight back, we’re preserving some amount of political power for ourselves, slowing down the fascist speed-run, giving time, energy and momentum both to people who want to resist and those who need to hide. We’re making it less easy and less convenient for the administration, and making it more obvious that they’re lying when they claim to have a mandate.

    I’d love to live a quiet life, but if the price of that is giving up on equality and freedom, letting people I love and respect be trampled - how could I respect myself? Where is my honor and integrity? I don’t know where or how this ends, but if I come out the other side, I’d prefer to be able to live with myself.