Locking my account helped me cut down my Twitter usage a lot by making it pointless to reply in most cases.

I’m not saying that talent, preference, or experience aren’t real or that people won’t naturally focus their efforts on certain activities. I’m saying that people shouldn’t have to effectively blackmailed into certain activities, whether they align with their preferences or not. I like being a mechanical engineer. I do not like that I have to do it for forty plus hours a week, 49 weeks out of the year. Getting rid of occupations means that I would not be penalized if I decided to cut back on engineering and devote some real time to things that actually matter to me, my family, and my neighbors.

For most people, having an occupation means giving up roughly half of your waking hours, as well as a toll on your body and mind, to the minority class that happens to own the things needed to do this occupation in exchange for wages. These wages are required to buy the necessities for the rest of your life from this same minority class. Getting rid of occupations means ending this relationship so that we no longer have to support the exorbitant lifestyles and cruel whims of this minority class. It means putting us in control of the value we create with our labor and not wasting it on the likes of telemarketing, car dealing, or denying health insurance claims.

Yeah, but who cares about the camel? How are you going to move all this straw now?

All of them. Abolish occupations.

The Emperor’s psychic beacon, of course.

I don’t think age is very relevant. Anyone who files a tax return should be allowed to vote.

If someone doesn’t pay forward a favor of mine, then I just show up at their house.

The trick is to send a link to the photo or video instead of the actual file. This is also how iPhone users can use FaceTime with people on other platforms.

2001 I think. I don’t know if this person actually had to leave for legal reasons, either because he broke a bad law or because he was facing real sex crimes allegations, or because he violated a taboo and was chased out. The rumor, as I heard it, was that he was in the middle of a consensual encounter with a young woman when he decided to try some butt stuff and then authorities got involved somehow. I remember him apologizing to the council and resigning, and I distinctly remember that he omitted the reason for it all, as if we all already knew. The rumor didn’t make it to me until later.

I’m not sure of the specific details, but his guy I knew got kicked out of Israel for sodomy. Somehow our school found out and he was forced to resign from the Student Council President position.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen that symbol in a username anywhere.

Maybe you can just ask them?

M’lady and suitor?

I was thinking of synonyms in different languages, like magister and scholasticus, which are teacher and student in latin.

Just have to find synonyms that begin with the same letters, possibly in different languages.

A bunch of insomniacs with pitchforks.

Legoland just doesn’t want to run afoul of the FAA. It’s allowed in Europe, but hydrogen is still prohibited as a lifting gas for aircraft in North America, even though pressurized hydrogen is permitted for fuel.

AntennaPod hell yeah!

• Trillbilly Worker’s Party - Kentucky-centric Marxist jokers hanging out. They always know how to put a smile on my face, even if they’re talking about bleak stuff.
• Fun City - Well produced live role playing of Shadowrun. The game is a few years in and I am just invested.
• ALAB - Lawyers talking shit. They’re funny and I like learning about interesting cases. One of the characters they covered actually sued them and settled for an interview on the show.
• Desert Oracle Radio - Joshua Tree-centric paranormal stuff. Good for an old X-Files head like me.