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9:13:33
shinmera
Considering joining the SGDA (Swiss Game Developer Association), but membership would cost 240 per year and I'm a chepaskate
13:00:31
minty
omigosh this little handsome buddy https://twitter.com/Mr_ERR0R_/status/1448452041660157952
13:10:53
shinmera
https://eand.co/why-everything-is-suddenly-getting-more-expensive-and-why-it-wont-stop-cbf5a091f403
13:17:55
minty
a lot of the economic history n economist opinions i spent the summer course reading just wanted orange juice with their breakfast n didn't care it came from halfway across the globe from a country in turmoil
13:29:22
minty
yeah. i've seen peaches in fruit cups here that were picked in georgia, shipped to east asia for packing, and then shipped back here
13:29:53
minty
georgia is like... not that far from here... according to fancy suit-wearing economists this is somehow good
13:34:48
minty
basically, a while back a lot of stuff used to be made in country but that was by unionized workers and companies didn't wanna pay those wages anymore so they were like "hey, overseas ppl wanna make this for cheaper?" and started exporting the work for individual parts over to 3 or 4 separate countries for the lower costs they gave. so now we have "global value chains"
13:35:34
minty
country a does one portion for cheap, country b finishes up for even cheaper, country c packs it for cheap, etc
13:41:45
minty
not just the fuel, either... just, the huuuuuuuuge amount of waste generated by packing n shipping shit internationally... and also packing it for the stores, is just, hideous
13:42:58
minty
here is toy. toy must be... wrapped in sheets of plastic and then in a cardboard thing which must also be in a cardboard box and there needs to be a clear sheet of plastic so that it's visible through the box and...
13:50:54
isoraqathedh
There's definitely points on Earth that are 20 cm apart from each other that nevertheless take several hours and maybe 100 km of actual travel to get through.
13:51:36
isoraqathedh
I definitely have something that is made in Shumchun but it's taken several trips around the continents in order to hop across that border.
14:06:44
minty
shinmera: I PRESENT TO YOU... MY COUNTRY'S "INTELLIGENCE" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/01/472673185/the-cia-inadvertently-left-explosives-in-virginia-school-bus-after-k-9-drill
14:06:44
Colleen
choice.npr.org/index.html?o... Website (HTML), Title: NPR Cookie Consent and Choices
14:06:44
Colleen
choice.npr.org/index.html?o... Website (HTML), Title: NPR Cookie Consent and Choices
14:25:54
minty
he comes over and purrs and rubs against my leg but if i pick him up to pet him he jumps back down and then purs and runs directly in front of my feet while i'm walking and stops moving
14:26:28
minty
like he wants to be picked up... so i pick him up and pet him and then he jumps down and goes back to meowing and it's a vicious cycle
14:28:42
minty
oh btw shin i won't be here for tomorrow's columbo. not because work i have a wedding to go to
14:33:49
minty
i don't. but i already have no social life here and cannot risk further ostracization
14:35:09
minty
my mom's still setting the house up too. going up there n cramming everyone into a 1 room trailer with no place to put my dog is not beneficial
14:39:00
minty
but yes i understand how it looks. i keep saying i'm gonna move n putting it off. i'm looking forward to the location but not being in the same room with my mom. she's looking forward to me being there. i'm not
14:40:25
minty
i remember last time i visited i went n got my hair trimmed at a salon n she came with n she was like "i wish i could get my hair cut" and i was like "we're here i'll pay for it" n she was like "i can't GET my hair cut in a salon BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS FUCK IT UP" and i felt bad and tipped extra because my mom is a fucking asshole
14:42:43
shinmera
I haven't heard any good things about her from you so I'd say "who cares what she wants'
14:46:02
minty
this has also been a weird last two years at the post office where i've gone from being 5th in line for a full-time position to 2nd because of people dying/quitting
14:46:47
minty
if i could have just 1 year of full-time employment here i would be entirely free of car/school debt
14:48:05
minty
i've also gotten a lot more work these last two years too... where, instead of my mom's 1000$ a month being her caretaker, i'd be, at this point, halving my pay
14:50:18
minty
the 1000$ she's trying to lure me up there with to be her caretaker wouldn't cover the cost of rent there (bout 1500 a month there) so yeah i'd have to live with her and then take a second job
14:51:05
minty
goddamn i remember when i would go visit my cousin's apartment n it was 600$ a month 20 years ago
14:56:07
minty
man... as much as i'd love to see kalaloch n point defiance again this is getting less appetizing the more i look at the cost of living there
14:58:08
minty
apparently rent prices in seattle exploded during covid, which then shifted pressure to the outside areas, causing prices to balloon up 10%
14:58:17
shinmera
1k a month for a full time caretaker is so ridiculously little I don't even know if it qualifies as a bad joke.
14:59:17
shinmera
I don't care waht it says on the paper, it's a full time job, and 1k for that is insane
14:59:22
minty
she's not terribly disabled but she's been in ten car accidents and it's... jostled her brain a little
15:00:24
shinmera
anyway I'm pretty confident if you asked anyone else about this they'd also tell you to sever.
15:01:46
minty
i definitely have some thinking n discussing to do, but it's not solely my decision. my kid was looking forward to it, and so was john. it's also draining living an hour away from everything
15:02:42
minty
i need to find somewhere norther than here tho. i can't take this fucking heat anymore
15:10:15
minty
the location itself isn't a hellhole, tho i feel a portion of that is fond memories talking. it's good growing land. back in high school we grew strawberries, corn, watermelons, rhubarb. it's GREAT growing soil. and with supply chains getting all fucked up here i'd love to go back to growing food
15:11:29
minty
she got mad at me buying a face mask bottle up in ulta. it was the one thing i went into the store for, and i went in, picked it up n went straight to the counter
15:12:55
minty
the face mask i got? 50$. my mom would never. but instead, brought out a 5 gallon bucket of different make-ups. showing them to me. "this one was only 5$" and it's like... she was mad at me for buying one 50 dollar item when all of this shit combined that she never uses is just as much and far more cluttery
15:14:25
minty
oh, no! i'm talking about a cosmetic face mask. smear it on your face n then wash it off. i have very oily skin
15:14:53
isoraqathedh
Well dang I never thought that someone would actually use something like this.
15:16:24
minty
oh wow... so, there's this town i was considering trying to move to when i finished my masters n would consider trying to start my doctorate degree. googled it just now out of curiosity. evansville indiana
15:17:56
minty
cost of living, according to the googles is roughly 32k, less than the national average. "median home value is 92,300, less than the national median home value of 204,900"
15:19:49
minty
yeah, i looked it up a few years back because i was wanting an economic history doctorate and that was one of the few physical universities that offered that as a program
15:20:21
minty
but i think the stress of grad school is uhhh... i dunno if i still wanna go for a doctorate at this point
15:24:48
minty
lol i type in evanston to google that town n the third result down is "evanston shooting" lolololol murrica
15:25:48
minty
"evanston, illinois' cost of living is 42% higher than the national average" cuz big university
15:38:16
minty
look, so long as i'm near a huge body of water n it actually gets cold in winter i can make do
15:42:10
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/29b14dff536fc86a671e90d18ab79d52c6d85bc7c1b3007830cf6958a5037adb.jpg
15:49:30
shinmera
whenever gingy doesn't write for such a long time I have to worry that he starved or became roadkill or something
16:00:25
shinmera
very good https://twitter.com/SpacePirate_io/status/1448713803680473089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1448713803680473089%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.somethingawful.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Fnoseen%3D0threadid%3D3838405perpage%3D40pagenumber%3D1151pti8
16:08:35
minty
well, yeah but can you blame us? look at it this way, a huuuuuge chunk of our taxes goes towards subsidizing the military and all the big businesses that grind our asses into dirt at our jobs. so, when we look at our paychecks and then look around at our closing schools, piss poor water quality, shit roads... it's no wonder the "taxation is theft" crowd feels they're being robbed
16:09:14
shinmera
The taxation is theft crowd is the same crowd that wants military spending that high though
16:10:06
minty
some yeah... there's been a solid chunk of libertarians i've met tho that also have no desire for foreign intervention and think military spending needs to be cut too
16:10:41
minty
the dems do nothing to stop it. what was the count last for the billion in additional funding to israel? 400+ in favor while 9 oppose?
16:11:51
minty
so we have a party that's like "we want to help" in face value only and ppl see they're getting screwed by them... then spiral down into the legit batshittery because there's no trust in any of the system
16:12:33
shinmera
I understand that part, but what I don't understand is them still somehow also trusting the right wing part of the system to do fuckin' anything in their interest
16:13:31
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5N... Website (HTML), Title: PLANET OF THE ROBOTS: Four Futures of Automation | 1Dime - YouTube
16:13:31
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5N... Website (HTML), Title: PLANET OF THE ROBOTS: Four Futures of Automation | 1Dime - YouTube
16:13:38
minty
because those people do agree we're being screwed and have anger in their voice? so emotionally satisfying for the average person. "the election was stolen!" and people here are pissed so they're like "YEAH!"
16:14:27
minty
and it is a valid anger. i hate biden too. lied about the 2k after the election. lied about student loan relief, lied about doing anything for the climate
16:18:01
minty
i stopped paying attention/caring too much that the people who the media n shit are trying to brainwash actually got brainwashed. i agreed with the trumper at the post office a few weeks back. not on everything, ofc. but in her angry rant she was like "i think both parties are in on it" and i was like, lady... you're finally right.
16:49:15
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/7d786211d5fe2f6ce226c95ab545071a2e5f85bd4efb770c460f95acee036787.jpg
16:58:08
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOM... Website (HTML), Title: [Vinesauce] Vinny - "BOOTI ONLY 20 MINUTE" - YouTube
16:58:09
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOM... Website (HTML), Title: [Vinesauce] Vinny - "BOOTI ONLY 20 MINUTE" - YouTube
17:01:02
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/bb98d9ca9b08fddc3343c566a29b322dbc4cdd72141080c79a8e075c7bdd3354.png
17:02:41
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/2f7127d6263d7f9f49b844ca65438d7c581c535c4c4331c329473a180c41bfa3.jpg
17:25:01
gingerale
Since I had to go to the office I decided to update my workstation finally. It didn't work. The Fedora system upgrader failed to install the new kernel and bootloader settings. So it always failed to start.
17:25:26
gingerale
Managed to keep the home folder for the complete clean install but everything else is pretty much gone and it was pain to get things to work.
18:10:29
PincerAttack
That reminds me again I got stuck at the end like an idiot so I never finished it
18:15:55
PincerAttack
Just seems like an obvious streamer game so I'm surprised it didn't happen earlier
18:58:20
gingerale
The problem with DMC is that I have never even seen the previous games. ANd Escape Goat sounds nice and chill
19:08:16
minty
love this tweet underneath that https://twitter.com/Franrekk/status/1448896024613998593
19:11:11
minty
lol because of the supply chain fuckery biden says "never again should our country and our economy be unable to make critical products we need because we don't have access to materials to make that product" so... this means we can go back to at home production and no more global supply value chain shit? the last 20 years have been a bad mistake?
19:12:44
minty
top comment mentions that companies moved for cheap labor n someone named "elonsuperfan69" chimes in saying it's because of taxes