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being yourself in this world in ways that are comfortable to you is the way to go. activism is comfortable to some. you being you, in this day and age, is a form of activism sadly. stay strong and happy and healthy! :)

Holliday, mo. when I lived there the population was 300. but I only ever saw ten people. I commuted to work in Columbia.

they forget often that women, people of color, etc at one point were “dei” to someone, too. their family, on coming here, was “dei” to someone else already here.

the nation they want is one where genocide is ok, women are nonpersons, young women are brides, and people of color are slaves to be used for profit.

i do care. thanks! always overthinking it. :)

i have given up. I mean, I had when I was a developing young adult and while I am in my mid 40’s now, it’s only embiggened my concerns. it’s taboo here on .world but I truly think the problem is the current era’s phase of capitalism’s expansion especially with the adaptation to technology in the last 50 years.

there was, truly, no time when this country was great; and I’d posit there is no time when any country is as they exist to extract and exploit.

there is no where to go.

so what I do and have done for 20 some odd years now is try to affect (effect??) change in my community. my “city” is like 14k people. I am a firefighter, first responder, and help where I can elsewhere when I see it. i vote. make my concerns known at town hall, especially against how much our PD is expanding due to “safety” horseshit. I help others vote, I mean to say help them realize they can, where to go, etc. I joke but am kind of serious too when I tell our selectmen that the reason I like supporting my small town is because we know where they live. They get the point with a chuckle and then ask for my votes.

I have a lemmygrad acct, possibly. but I just browse via this one mostly anyway.

i mean if you’re eating coffee yeah but I was talking about gi blood yeah. :/

Mine is vomit and sometimes, I guess related, the “coffee grounds” that can appear during CPR of someone having airway/gi troubles. We got rosc on the last guy so, it’s worth it!

The victims I have seen directly consumed by fire, I have seen while wearing my scba and have not really smelled them. I’m not on the crews that transport after.

However, when we go to an untimely death or otherwise serious call, there are certainly smells. Nothing having kids hasn’t also sort of exposed you to, though.

Then again, cats, old feces, and other unknown substances and smells from long-passed people does stick around.

You get used to it in an odd way.