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Gotcha! It always has its source on scripture, and it is only applying it to a specific situation.

A close translation could be a decree or edict? Or does decree sound more arbitrary?

The rebel was a bit of a burn book when he stopped being friends with Sartre, so he started shitting on everything Sartre believed in. The rebel isn’t so much a coherent exposition of a philosophical position, rather than a reaction to take distance from the intellectual landscape.

He uses his novels to hint at philosophical ideas he doesn’t really want to develop or argue for, which fits because he came up around the same crowd as the hermeneutic tradition, where critical engagement with the text is what makes the ideas come out, rather than just saying them. His non-fiction is a bit more structured, and it comes later in his life.

I my opinion, reading and understanding Camus is a good window into understanding the shape that alienation and imperial violence manifests on those who are supposed to be benefiting from it. He doesn’t really present a theory of change or a collective vision, though, he remains solipsistic throughout. I find Barthes to be more interesting.

Today, we ask ourselves: are the straights okay? No.

We tried to read it for a Marxist book club, and I felt really bad because many people who hadn’t had the instruction or the propensity to see why the numbers where important were struggling very hard.

I… You’re right and I hate it.

Angela Davis’ Women, race, and class is essential reading I think, and it translates something most people are familiar with, the language and oppression of racism and capitalism, with the perspective of women in the US, or in most settler colonies, for that matter.

The second sex is good, if a bit outdated, but it’s such a long and thorough book that unless you find very specific excerpts to fuel discussion, it’s going to feel like a slog.

It’s so awesome you have been able to take care of some people. Stay safe and healthy friend.

This was to be expected. They’d rather lose the election than having a popular socialist candidate take office.

Nah we would just have Avignon papacy 2.0. But this time it’s Avignon, Quebec

My native language is a romance language, so I can make an educated guess in one of those most of the time and be 80% accurate, more or less. Same with germanic languages, but that’s because I know English and studied German in college. But from there to confidently translate stuff or be certain I’m not falling to the traps u mentioned, there’s a really long way.

Then, trying that with the linguistic lacunae that are languages like Basque, Balkan languages, Finnish, Russian, Polish, and so on, it’s impossible.

Ear ring? You can get ones you don’t need to pierce for, and most chuds don’t wear them, especially if they look “girly”.

Cute scarves/bandanas, especially if they’re colorful or patterned differently.

If you are into that, loud print or colored shirts on top of your t shirts? It’s the nb special for a reason.

As to glasses, maybe something with a thicker frame, or a non-traditional shape (e.g. Round) will make your face look less aggressive. Definitely avoid anything sporty-looking or Oakley-adjacent.

All of this being said, I think we have to be aware about the way we present to the world, and accommodate other people for it, without taking it personally. I present male most of the time (because it’s easier and I feel safer), and I am aware that if I’m walking on the street and I’m behind a woman, she has a reasonable justification to be suspicious of me.

I’m not a predator, and it sucks that a random stranger feels threatened by my presence, but I realize that I can do is cross the street or take a detour, so the person feels safer. Privilege, even if it’s only perceived by others, can make not privileged people feel uneasy, so it’s up to the privileged to either remove themselves from the situation, or go out of their way to signal they’re not a threat, and more importantly, learn to accept when people still treat them like a threat because of their privilege.

Can’t help but read him in his voice.

The hassle is not an issue, but the sanitation aspect I suppose is. As far as I’m thinking, placing my vial, syringes and swipes wrapped into cloth inside a metal box should be sufficient to protect them. Buy if that’s not enough, I’m not sure what would be, other than maybe a rented locker (but that runs into issues of stealing and time limits).

Try to get a container that is water proof and air-proof, and something thermally insulated. Ambient humidity can really fuck up pharmaceuticals, or help mold grow on the packaging.

Refurbished corporate ThinkPad is where it’s at for this reason… 3-400 bucks and built much more sturdily.

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My psychiatrist recommended I take about 5 days off every month, to kind of reset the brain’s sensibility to the pharmaceutical, and to have the same effect as at the beginning. I’m on the last day of my very first break, so if it works I’ll let y’all know.

U know what, I think calling him King of Italy is the greatest disrespect for him possible, so I’m down with it.