I really like the idea of an activitypub platform tailored towards writing, fanfic or otherwise. You wouldn’t need to specify because the various styles would probably gravitate to different instances.
I’m sure someone will pick it up eventually, because it just makes sense. I actually do have programming skills but no time to devote to something like this. I have no idea how much work it would involve but the general rule I have for things like this is “more than I expected”.
Extreme weather? Find a pair of legit US military “Mickey mouse” boots. I’ve worn them in 8hr shifts at -20° F and never felt cold.
Just know that they’re not work boots. If your husband need something steel toe or with a special sole, these won’t work. They’re also ugly as sin. But for pure cold weather protection, they’re the best I’ve ever worn by far.
Edit: you may be able to find them cheaper but here’s what I’m talking about
We call those bunny boots here in Alaska. They used to be white, at least most of the ones I’ve seen were. You could get them from military surplus stores regularly 20 years ago, but I think the new black ones maybe aren’t an actual military issue?
I believe the white ones are the Arctic V.2 versions that were developed later and can withstand even colder temperatures than the earlier, black V.1s that I linked
Those are nearly the ugliest boots I’ve ever seen, but they do seem suited to Northern British Columbia, and I can’t argue that price, even with the exchange rate.
Absolutely, they’re not winning any beauty contests, but as someone who works outdoors year round, they’re hands down the warmest boots I’ve ever worn. I believe there’s a V.2 model that’s rated for even colder temperatures but I’ve never tried them
Edit: I believe These are the newer models rated for -60°F
Because money laundering regulations in the UK (and I believe in the US and Europe) at least have made free use of one’s cash pretty difficult:
Designated accounts to transfer cash so that you have at least twice as many transactions to do as necessary. Inability to remove modest amounts of cash from your own account, or even pay it in.
Corporate banks operating HFT and dark pools to significantly push up the cost of personal share dealing.
Water companies dumping sewage into rivers and failing to fix leaks whilst raising water processing charges and bonuses to the board.
BBC and their sponsor-a-paedo TV tax collected by harassing elderly people, guilty until proved innocent. Used to be wonderful, educational and funny. Now useless woke shit.
Politics. Come back Guido, all is forgiven. Thieving Boris Johnson handing out multi million pound contracts to supply PPE to his local pub landlord (who have no fucking clue about that sector) and his bunch of duplicitous cronies.
I might have got carried away towards the end. Sorry, not sorry.
As you’re discovering, Leftism isn’t a universal thing, there are sub-groups ranging from (US) Democrat/ (UK) Labour all the way through to individualistic anarchism. There are a lot of stopping points on the journey, none of which are the same as the others - socialism, communism etc and even within those sub groups there are sub-sub groups.
So the the word you’re questioning ‘tankie’ is a term applied to communists who deny that communist regimes are capable of, or indeed have, committed acts of violence on individuals, groups or entire ethnic groups/populations. The word originates from the Tiananmen Square massacre, where the ruling communist party murdered protesting people using tanks. ‘Tankies’ deny that this happened, or if it did happen it wasn’t as bad as the West claim, or if it was, that it was a justified act. They say the whole thing was made up/exaggerated by Western media. They do this because they’re living in denial.
Most of the Lemmy (and Reddit) based tankies I’ve encountered seem to belong to a youngish American, probably middle-class population. Possibly they’re rebelling against some element of their upbringing or are seeking some kind of group identity or validation. Believing in something that extreme is also an easy thing for someone to do - if you support a political system that is never ever going to assume power where you live, that abdicates you from any responsibility of engaging with the political system in your country to try and make the reality you actually live in any better.
Its very nice to have a choice, but also annoying that there are so many, i’d just like one communism please or something, would be easier. But I kinda knew that there was probably going to be more to look into.
Crazy shit, yeah
I guess that makes sense, but I mean aren’t they all for the soviets and chinese? What about the people who did that? Aren’t they commies, they aren’t americans? I get theres some dumbasses goin around using a stalin pfp to cover for their own weird shit, but what about the people who like actually built shit?
They support communism - so China, Cuba, the old USSR and the modern Russia that is slowly reverting back to communism. So they are supportive primarily of the system no matter how it affects actual chinese, russian or cuban people. The people are of far, far less importance than the system and the more extreme their belief the more they’ll deny the reality of how these regimes treat their people.
That’s not to say it’s all bad - Cuba has some very progressive laws for example but sadly for most of these regimes, dissent amongst the population is not tolerated.
They’re most certainly not Russian or Chinese communists on Lemmy or Reddit as those people wouldn’t be able to access these communities without breaking the law in their countries. That said, my interpretation of who they are as a group is only my opinion based on interacting with some of them.
woah woah woah, russias becoming communist now? I guess that makes sense
I mean I didn’t know that about cuba, but I think every country on earth jails people they don’t like, just how the way the world works.
I swear I saw someone talking about being russian the other day, but I guess I can’t trust that. Also someone told me the chinese folks just use a VPN, cause I see them on the social medias other places sometimes. Although they may be from Taiwan, that could be it.
Its very nice to have a choice, but also annoying that there are so many, i’d just like one communism please or something
At some point, you have to decide if your fundamental goal is to figure out what kind of world you want to live in or if you're just bored and looking for an aesthetic to adopt.
Because it sounds like you're kind of just looking for a group of cool kids to fit yourself into, and thus it's annoying that there are so many various little factions.
i guess you can have fun with that crystal ball you looking at there, but im just someone who’d like people to have their things figured out. Im fine with trying to navigate it, but give me a break for wanting the sign up sheet to be a straightforward so people can start getting things done.
The Soviet Union and later Russia and China excel at the making people suffer part. But tankies seem to ignore or flat out deny that.
The USA isn’t much better. See their prison system or healthcare.
I think the most successful countries are Norway and Iceland. But they have a free market so they might be called capitalist. But it’s heavily regulated and they have very good social security services. But that might be called socialist or communist. In Germany we call it social market economy.
I hold it like Obi-Wan Kenobi: Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Look beyond labels and see what is actually working the best for everyone.
Not to nitpick but did you just say china and russia are bad because they make people suffer, then say never to deal in absolutes?
Norway and Iceland are alright, i’ve got a girl who wants to go to iceland actually. Very pretty. But aren’t those not commie? like I know having that cheap housin and good unions is a commie thing, but they don’t exactly got the bigwigs out don’t they? Isn’t that the whole point?
Social market seems to be what china has too, but their economy is bad (governments aside I think we both know the difference between those two in decision making). I guess I can see, but I guess I thought there was more to it.
Not to nitpick but did you just say china and russia are bad because they make people suffer, then say never to deal in absolutes?
Absolutes in the sense of “they’re communist, they can’t be bad”. Ends don’t justify the means. America isn’t good because it’s “free” and “capitalist”. Russia isn’t good because it’s “strong” and “communist”.
People are assholes. Especially when they get the power to be assholes. A dogmatic easy system alone will not prevent that. This is a hard problem going all throughout human history.
You should read Animal Farm. It tackles the topic quite well.
I mean my names from a lesbian ship from the show She-Ra, but I aint using that as a lense to view billions of people and an economic system through. I meant like book books or somethin
I mean I just heard that cuba was being all nice from another comment here
but just to be fair to your argument, I don’t think anybody is nice to gays. Like name another country nice to gays at the same time. Seems like more of a world homophobia issue than branding all reds one forever.
It might be worthwhile to check out some boots marketed toward military personnel. There’s LOTS of opinions out there about military boots because tons of us wear them.
I know Danner makes very nice boots. I wore the Reckoning cold weather version and loved them so much. They’re lined with goretex to keep the wet and the cold out as best as possible.
I wore them nonstop for about 2 years. Every regular day of work, weeks or months in the field, even climbing Mount Fuji. Those things lasted a long time until I replaced them with…
the Danner Jungles, which are very much the opposite of cold weather boots. They’re made for hot and wet climates. I love these even more but that’s probably because they’re designed specifically for this type of area.
Kind of a random question, but what is a good way to wear good boots like those as a civilian? I mean fashion-wise. I want to change my wardrobe up and I have stuff like boots and a trench coat that I’ve never been able to figure out what to wear it with.
I get that but if I’m wearing a long old-looking coat in the middle of a hot summer day I’m gonna look sus (and melt)
Idk I’ll have to see if it gets cold enough this year to wear it. I’m going to wear it on Halloween as part of my costume, and then I can ask some of my friends what I could do to pull off the look normally
Sorry if this is a dumb question but what is an EGA (Wait nvm I googled it and it’s a logo of sorts? Gotcha that makes sense. Just want the boots to look like boots)
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