SadArtemis

Heya!

I mean, who can you trust better (or distrust better) than yourself? At least on my end I know if there were two of me I'd probably get along like a house on fire and be powerful (maybe/likely incl. selfcest eventually simply because we'd consider ourselves cool and doing cool things cool ie. a sort of circle logic, if powerful enough). I'd definitely be encouraging me to do things (mostly/overwhelmingly non-sexual and more about getting my shit together).

On the other hand, I wouldn't want to inflict myself with being myself. There's that, though maybe a myself empowered by the existence of a second self would be comfy enough to justify it or even more than that.

...ok, maybe I've thought about this (not for primarily selfcest reasons) a lot. I distrust myself and all but if there were two of me? I'd really be killing it, or at least I think I would...

Thanks!!!

Incredibly cute plant, what is it?

Goals tbh, but then I guess I already pester/nibble my partner more than their actual dog does when possible (the dog is actually really well behaved).

up with trans

On one hand, yes. On the other hand, the overwhelming majority of people especially in the west do not start off progressive (at most some shallow facade of it), and their surroundings are inherently deeply regressive and reactionary.

She can and has to learn such basic decency and boundaries/moral or ethical convictions of her own accord, and that's a work in progress that takes time to figure out. Her environment and upbringing certainly isn't going to give it to her, rather the opposite...

I'm not giving her or anyone else a pass for being "fine with reactonaryism" (if this is the cause, which- well yeah, probably on some level). But understanding that it's a process of learning to be better, especially when living in the rotten core of all modern reactonaryism and evil, is just reality.

I dunno about you, but I'm resting pretty comfy with the knowledge China has these; as I see it the only downside is that chances are, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Yemen, and even the Palestinians and whoever else in the global south might desire them, does not also have them.

By all means, if the west truly cannot accept coexistence even with the promise of MAD hanging over their heads, and if they truly push things to WW3, then their slate (of "civilization," if unparalleled brutality and greed can be called that) should be wiped clean if you ask me. Such is deterrence, but frankly as someone living in the west it may as well also be considered a mercy, over leaving the survivors at the mercy (or complete lack thereof) of an unchecked western capitalist hegemony.

IDK, if you ask me, anyone who has the means ($ and/or skillset) could easily live affordably and with a higher standard of living in Russia (including in regards to safety) compared to much of the US. When you measure by actual purchasing power parity (PPP) Russia is 4th largest in the world, in terms of actual wealth (infrastructure, production, resources) rather than capital and in particular rather than hyperfinancialized speculation like is rampant across the west, the fact is that Russia is actually pretty decent as far as things go, and hilariously they've started further re-industrializing and investing in their country (and not just for the "war economy") thanks to the sanctions and blatant theft of their assets. I suppose if someone wants specifically "McDonalds" brand McDonalds and all the other western treats™, it might be unavailable, cost a little more, and/or require jumping through a few hoops (though domestic Russian industry, Chinese, and other BRICS brands are happily taking their place).

Honestly, it's pretty interesting, and the western dismissal of Russia and assumptions that things are dismal like as if it's back in the days of shock therapy is pretty similar to the dismissal of China and some other global south countries IMO (particularly in regards to the actual wealth/quality of life clearly experienced).

Elon is the gift that just keeps giving... he makes my similarly narcissistic/shithead dad almost seem cool in comparison and that's a stunning achievement. Warms my heart seeing the whole world tear apart his fragile ego...

Honestly, it's the other way around, Nazi Germany was trying to do a Manifest Destiny v2.0. Burgerland is just returning back to its roots (that it never really left in the first place).

Thankfully this time around it was being used in a humane and absolutely necessary manner...