(And no, I don't give a shit about the schadenfreude. I really am just happy to see that we're doing better than we used to in terms of caring about our fellow human beings.)
There's a whole thread that goes with that, but it's basically "Yeah, we're all struggling, but we help each other whenever we can", and I love it.
Gotta crosspost this one, because it's so, so true, and shows positive progress.
"Very broadly in my experience:
Boomers and GenX: someone I love needs financial help? Better draw up a loan agreement. Can't have them thinking anything in this world comes easy.
Millennials and Zoomers: here's everything I can spare. Pay it forward when you have the means."
Source: https://twitter.com/litui/status/1197513737726394369
Btw, if anyone is interested in what they're doing /inside/ Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement to dismantle the older stuff and make it truly safe, this video is pretty awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wMk_YLdwq0
"Bats are just tiny wyverns." ;_;
Defy https://www.deviantart.com/yuumei/art/Defy-821439655 (Kitsune gas mask, if you can believe it.)
(And that goes out as a warning, as I'm not the only one I know who had a flu shot and got a different strain instead. Take care of yourselves this season!)
Well, given I'm four days in, I'm guessing this is the Flu. Milder than it could be, but I still feel godawful. (And yes I got my Flu shot, must be a different strain.)
I can't crosspost this, but... mesmerizing... O.o; https://mamot.fr/@doctorow/103193135311101925
So I started following @madikov and it's so good on occasion I now have to double-take to see if it's the bot or @makyo@snouts.online proper. XD
"I wish for a family."
"Don't you already have one?" asked the genie.
"I wouldn't mind a better one..."
"Do you wish for your current family to be..." the genie made a grim gesture.
"No! No I mean... I guess I like them but I have to be someone very specific for them."
"Understood."
With a solemn magical nod, the means of a new family appeared in my hands.
"A laptop?"
"With unlimited internet access and airline miles."
"Yesss."
My goal as a writer: To wound you so deeply that you start to heal things you didn't even know were broken.
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