ramdom thought thread revival

[skunk ape]

[foxtail_grass]

It has been a while since I felt immersed in a meaningful project. Granted, I've had a pretty tumultuous year or two, and really haven't found a likeminded community here in mpls. The pursuit that always fascinates, motivates and stays with me is social design. Creating space (in a myriad of forms) for community and dialogue. I might say all of my proudest or most satisfying moments have been in pursuit of this.

Even when I (like everyone in my gen) daydream of a rural, off-grid life, there is an undercurrent of social design. It always involves giving back to a community, either one out there or back here. It often involves living with friends, providing communal space.

Living in the city can seem like an industrial wasteland sometimes, but I feel an affinity for my neighbors. Underneath a lot of bullshit there is a comradery that I believe can be the strength for love and support on a mass scale. I want to tap into this, I want to dedicate my work to this.

How to begin is daunting. For starters, every organization is inherently divided into profit or not-for-profit. And either comes with limiting, rigid regulations and definitions dictated by a capitalist (and thusly bureaucratic) framework. I don't want to care about profit at all, honestly. This fundamental flaw is often what cuts any ideas off at their germinal stage.

What to do / what to do...

[rjbman]

get 2 dozen like minded friends and start a cohousing project w/ a bigass common house

there is one in boulder and i'm dying to get in

[funyuns]

thinking abt it in a quantitative framework makes it nigh impossible to imagine outside of a barter or exchange of sorts imo.

try ur local community gardening plot! i’ve gotten into gardening again (thanks dad lol) and being able to gift the yield to my neighbors n community w/o any expectation of return is one way i feel i try to escape. i dont wanna think of quantifying the worth of something nature does for free lol

[rjbman]

this scifi series i've read has people living in groups of 4-10 friends and i thought it was pretty neat

what is it?

[olympiaitsthewater]

lord of the flies

[rjbman]

been reading the mars trilogy lately and between that & ministry for the future, i have such great respect for kim stanley robinson

this interview is great (shoutout yoder for the link) Can Science Fiction Wake Us Up to Our Climate Reality?

[ramdomthought]

my nephew kicks my ass in fortnite

[lalla129]

masking tape sounds like a flanger when you pull it off the roll

[brücke]

been reading the mars trilogy lately and between that & ministry for the future, i have such great respect for kim stanley robinson

this interview is great (shoutout yoder for the link) Can Science Fiction Wake Us Up to Our Climate Reality?

mars books rock but ministry for the future was such a disappointment, crypto pilled bankers saving the planet

[ramdomthought]

future_me.jpg

[judith_pancake]

Working in food is depressing. I just got offered $16.50 at 3 michelin star place doing pastry in NYC. I'm accustomed to what's traditional in fine dining but my god who can live on that

[funyuns]

idk what to wear at the twice concert cuz its gonna be stupid cold in nyc but i also need to show everyone i am a 110% jeongyeon stan

[bels]

Didn't bliss foster used to post on here. What was his handle. It's driving me crazy

[bels]

Crazy that he become bliss foster and I became me. Nuts when you think about it.

[bels]

@julio I have no idea tbh I don't follow his stuff that closely

[bels]

OK I looked up what happened and he raped his wife.