Very similar background for myself minus a family working for the MIC. Did two tours in Iraq. Went in a Christian conservative and came out the complete opposite. Wish I had the wits about me to figure it out a better way.
Realizing that all of the patriotic stuff I was fed as a child was bullshit, and realizing what I had actually become a part of by joining the US Army.
I place I use to rent was somewhat rural and had electric heat. After spending a snow storm where the inside of the house was below freezing I added a wood stove to the list of requirements to the next place I live lol
I live in a manufactured home so that gets its own set of rules of what I can install in it. Luckily the one I have, which I forget the brand of,has a fire brick baffle to reflect lots of heat out instead of up. I can get this house 85F without meaning to lol
What experience crushed your soul?
A rough translation of the principle of Ubuntu is "humanity towards others". Another translation could be: "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity". (lemmy.ml)
First screenshot is from here....
The recent article from the register is kind of funny (lemmy.zip)
Two moods (ukfli.uk)
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