Nettle Briar @Ulfra_Wolfe@awoo.space

America's New Slavery: Black Men in Prison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRvJThLQN0

I never want to get used to the wonders of life.

There's some magic lost between "This is a new ability for me!" and "I'm used to this ability, people are used to having this ability, others have this ability, ugh, time to get past teenage years..."

Fun part: Adding and subtracting tiers.

"Oh, you're 2 dimensional lifeforms? I can barely imagine! Oh, you're not able to move at all? I can barely imagine!" Then imagine creatures that look down at you as if you're the 2nd dimensional lifeforms. It all gets wonky

Eventually you just accept that everything is different and has and doesn't have things they can do, but that human being dreaming of being a fox will be a LOT happier being a fox than a fox born a fox and learning how to live!

Here's the real kicker: This is all in a world where we can't just shift our shape on a whim. What if we could? If it happened right now, it would feel *freeing* (and terrifying -- what shapes are others choosing?), but if we grew up with that, meh.

If we always were in a world where shapeshifting were common, the ability to *not* shapeshift would seem like a crippling disadvantage. "You can't shift? I'm so sorry. :( I can barely even imagine. I won't bring it up again, promise."

I love it whenever someone shows off their furry form or some other furry form they identify with. It's like they're saying "This is ME -- far closer than my meatsack and interests in worldly things"

Painful (but not?) realization that I'm a cog in the machine, have no real power, and I hate that. Felt like I was being sliced and waiting to be fully sliced but didn't know when it was coming, didn't understand why no one was helping, and generally was kept rooted enough in the world by my surroundings to make the sensations unpleasant. But also humbling, much like the other two trips.

Can the advanced apes in the Sol system please learn how to work together and stop making divides over different skin tones and economic classes, please? We're really awaiting the time you become a Type I Civilization.

Whenever I need humbling:

Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot OFFICIAL https://youtu.be/GO5FwsblpT8

The past few days have been so enlightening and healing, it's amazing

There's nothing more foolish than acting superior to someone else because your meat suit is different than theirs.

Life is weird and so am I. Not gonna hide it to make it more palatable for bigots and traditionalists.