It makes sense that one who is spineless would naturally be bent over.

It’s likely most of us Americans don’t know about this fun fact.

So was Wendell Berry.

I don’t like your sarcastic attitude

What general location is this??

I’ve always thought this about Opal stone. It looks like a made up stone from an alien planet.

These days, I avoid Spotify, or anything else with their ridiculous advertisements. I used to pay for Spotify but they charge so much for paying so little to the artists that I didn’t want to support them anymore. Not to mention that I truly dislike this algorithmic world we live in, where things are “recommended” for me, but it’s part of an endless conveyer belt of things being sent my way when I didn’t ask for it.

I’m working on getting a record player so I can just intentionally play the music I want. I also like the physicality of it. It feels easier to dive into the artist’s vision of the album as a full experience.

which always reminded me of the way it was done on old pirate ships

Hey - that’s a neat way of thinking about it!

I’ve truly went in on ARIatHome, a talented musician just randomly running into people in new york and getting them on the mic, looping them in. Lots of great freestyles that come up. He does full livestreams too, on his page.

Examples:

https://youtu.be/Sa3tF23LE_I
https://youtu.be/M7gdQYxniV4

I just found Fulton Lee who’s got a playful energy version of something similar.
https://www.youtube.com/@fultonleemusic/shorts

Both of these guys have upped my faith in humanity.

In the same vein (Kojima) I was going to say Death Stranding.

Oh they brought a lot of love alright

Ah, yes, I agree. It seems to be a toss-up.

I could just as easily say the opposite from my experience and those around me. I get $1 charges all the time. Not all do, of course, but plenty do.

Very likely. Why not?

A nice gesture that’s focused on the validation of the giver, in clear violation of the stated wishes of the receiver, is not a nice gesture.

I think this is the heart of it. Really depends on OPs delivery, but if this was at least communicated, I can’t see how they wouldn’t see where OP was coming from too.

It’s so hard in this consumerist society to tell people sometimes it’s a better gesture not to wastefully buy things just to say you cared.

This^. Most of us are part of the Machine. Any revolution must begin outside of it.

Can’t believe the mistake in this one - Fungi are the gods.

Yeah the funny and notable part about it is the fact that the English word isn’t said with a Spanish accent.

What if you had an object that would only help you remember that you had forgotten something, but not tell you what it was that you had forgotten?