https://youtu.be/0ApKetmgVdg?feature=shared

So suggesting that John Brown would have supported that cause or this cause is just silly. Plucking a very specific person out of their very specific context and dropping them unmoored into an entirely new and foreign world and then expected that they'd behave in a specific way is just absurd.

...ok... so then what do you mean by stanning him??

Ordinarily I'd say that having party elites just select someone would be damaging in the general, but in this case I get the impression there's a lot of people going like, "please, anyone but these two," and it's not like Biden ever had organic support anyway. Honestly I could picture whatever ghoul they'd drag out winning.

Good luck with your fucking gender!

I came out to my brother and it went moderately poorly and tears were had but then I got some "fuck the closet" energy and got off my ass and started looking for a job and I got a promising lead but it's only part time so I'll have to see if I can make it work, my burst of energy is kinda fading, I called my dad (who I'm not out to) to tell him about the possible job but he wasn't really supportive because my parents don't respect a single one of my decisions and somehow still have expectations of me that are ridiculously out of touch with both me and the economy and anyway this week has been a ride and I didn't sleep last night and I think I'm about to crash.

Is it bad to accept a (part-time data entry) job at one of the major, "too big to fail" banks? I got offered it without even applying and I kinda need a job, and like I've worked at an Amazon warehouse in the past and it doesn't seem that different, but it just feels kinda weird. Like, "I'm a communist and I work at (for example) Goldman Sachs," what? But like we all have to participate in capitalism, right? That only goes so far though.

Are there important ethical concerns with being a pencil pusher at a big bank, or should I just worry about whether it's a good deal?

Dmitri Smirnov, KGB.

Oh no that's fine and I think you're giving good advice.

I'm coming at this from a perspective where I've always been closeted at work. Until uhh, two days ago the only people I came out to were people who I either knew would react positively, or who I could cut off if they didn't. Asserting myself on this (or anything, really) in the context of an involuntary and potentially adversarial relationship is new to me. Including my chosen name at all on a resume is a big step for me, so relegating my deadname to a note at the end instead of at the top of fine with me, emotionally speaking, for now. But it is kind of an awkward addendum.

I guess that makes sense. Part of it is just trying to avoid uncomfortable situations and defaulting to being upfront when I don't know how to handle things.

Biden was the accelerationist candidate all along.

How do people handle names with job applications? In the past I've just used my legal/dead name but now I'm using my chosen name on top and adding a note on my resume of my legal name and that I'm trans. It's a little awkward and I'm worried about discrimination, but idk how best to approach it.

For context I've mostly been working blue coller in warehouses or doing data entry or light technical repair type stuff, and I'm applying in blue areas in the US.

Writing physical descriptions is kinda it's own skill. I can't do it until I've actually drawn/seen a picture of a character, otherwise I really struggle to visualize them concretely enough to verbalize. Tbh even with people I know irl, I'd have trouble describing them without a picture in front of me.

Modern styles tend to be more action/plot oriented with less time devoted to florid descriptions of random stuff, so some authors may feel like if they write a physical description they have to justify the attention to it. And it's easy for things to get cringey. Like, if you give characters appearances that "match" their personality traits, that has potential to be problematic, then you've got the horny/objectifying types, and then there's, like, weird/uncomfortable analogies. For example, I remember reading some Philip K Dick and seeing the absolutely horrible, objectifying descriptions of female characters, while his male characters are barely described at all. Physical descriptions not being in style could be a reaction to various forms of cringe