Ininewcrow

Paula Abdul for me … and I had to absolutely hide that fact from everyone I knew

This reminds me of one of my favourite memories this time of year - walking the streets of Lisbon, Portugal with my wife. We didn’t have much money (we never did) but it was always fun to travel to new places in the world and to explore it as much as we could. It was December, cold, wet, miserable which is why we were there … it’s the cheapest time of year to travel because no one wants to go somewhere where the weather is not so great. But on those cold walks at night, they have street vendors selling roasted chestnuts … we couldn’t believe it. We had only read about stuff like that and it was the most cozy feeling to huddle in the drafty cold while eating a warm handful of freshly roasted chestnuts next to the hot fire of the cart.

Those with the money and power don’t want that tho … they don’t want a democracy (a system run by the people) they want a plutocracy (a system run by the wealthy)

I think the first step towards changing the system of voting is to first admit that we don’t exist in a democratic system.

My work here is done :)

American cars with French technology … what could go wrong?

It’s not hard … you just turn the monitor upside down and you can translate everything.

Bored apathetic McDonald’s worker: … please sir, get off the table … (then walks away to check the deep fryer)

I remember reading once that world wide, all the ants on the planet weigh collectively more than all the elephants put together on the planet.

I’ve got a mechanical device that will shake the ants out … I’ll just crank it up to 10,000 rpm so I can get my ants fast and be on my way … let me just adjust the carburetor so I pull start the engine to get started … HOLD STILL!!!

Hi! … (then awkwardly standing by for the next two hours as the snail slowly moves away)

Lock ourselves in our bunker for all of December … we still have a bit of food stocking to do but not much … after the next grocery haul, we’re not planning on seeing another human in person until 2026

lol … thanks … I too have now found my spirit animal

I love VPNs for this … I get to see advertising from around the world … Japanese noodles, Nordic furniture, some weird German food, Turkish real estate, Australian drinks … and all of it delivered in languages I don’t understand.

Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem playing in the background at Tenforward

I thought this was the start of a joke

Your work is valuable and profitable

When you work for yourself, all that value is for you to benefit from … that’s why you like working for yourself and it feels enjoyable.

When you work for someone else, almost all the value of your work benefits someone else and you receive very little back. You are also aware that you are just one of many, many people around you who are being held in the same situation. This is why you don’t enjoy working for someone else.

Which I understand and appreciate … any other time of year or maybe on birthdays, I’ll take a bit of time to try to remember what the person likes and what gift they might enjoy. Usually, we’ll be doing something and the person will mention something like ‘I like that’, ‘I wish I had that’ or something … then it’s easy to just buy the thing and gift them that shortly after.

But during Christmas, it’s really hard to try to figure out what a bunch of different people like or not like … it usually ends up that you’ll mess up on most people and get it right with a few. Which is why I settled on just cash.

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… do you have a pile that you see every day but never touch

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… do you have a pile