writer by choice, programmer by necessity, metalhead by the grace of the witch

personal website: https://starbreaker.org

main fedi account: @starbreaker

I know I could post to Kbin from my Friendica account, but I created this account for convenience.

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Cake day: August 31st, 2023

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  • I automate all of my bill payments. Otherwise, I might forget to pay one or two and end up paying late fees, having service cut off, etc.

    My parents were terrible about paying bills on time, and we got evicted at least once before they simply forgot to pay the fucking rent on time.

    Before this was possible, I’d sit down on the last day of every month with a stack of envelopes and stamps, and I’d cut the month’s checks so I could drop them in the mail a week ahead of time. Luckily I didn’t actually have to mail the rent check; the landlord lived downstairs.








  • My approach is the same as it’s been since 1996: FUCK THE REPUBLICANS.

    I don’t need to follow the news. I don’t need to pay attention to dumbfuck liberals or self-styled progressives online. I know the score, and I know what to do. “Vote blue no matter who?” Fuck you, you self-righteous, terminally online shitfountain; I’ve been doing that since I turned 18.

    Why? Because GOP = KKK, and has been since the fucking Nixon administration. The Republicans are terminally infested with fundies, fascists, and white supremacists, and has been since Lee Atwater came up with the Southern Strategy.

    Unfortunately, this means voting Democrat or for myself as a write-in (when the only candidate for a given office is a Republican). Why do I call this unfortunate? The Democrats are a neoliberal party. They might allow progressives to run in primaries, but its corporate-friendly neoliberals who make it to the general election. That means having to vote for capital-friendly stooges like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Unfortunately, voting third-party or not voting at all helps Republicans more than it harms Democrats, so I’ve got to hold my nose and vote for neoliberals to keep neo-Nazis from winning elections.

    However, I’m not holding out much hope for Dems in 2024. All Biden had going for him in 2020 was that he isn’t Trump. That’s not going to cut it in 2024. Not after four years of everything going up but our wages.

    Frankly, I’d rather just kill 'em all and let the carrion-eaters sort 'em out. Fuck democracy; we barely even have a republic. What we have is an empire governed by an oligarchy that has generally managed to swap out figurehead emperors every 4-8 years without a lot of bloodshed.