graymess [he/him]

Switching from a car commute to ebike + train. I don’t get pissed off easily, but the traffic where I live can easily get you stuck for over an hour traveling 2-3 miles. And it was just inevitable that I’d finally get home in a shit mood. Biking and chilling in public transit is the exact opposite experience, especially if I manage to catch my usual train. I feel refreshed.

Ebikes can be incredibly liberating. Since switching that up as my commuter vehicle, I don’t stress at all before or after work.

I feel like I should get around to renewing my passport.

Seriously, I think the vast majority of Trump voters could not tell you one thing about the bill. Maybe the no taxes on tips thing. It does not matter to them. Not thinking is a perk of MAGA.

Absolutely. Not because I think it would necessarily be better off, but because I don’t want us to contribute to the empire and the loss of our economic output would devastate the US.

Is Luka in it? Asking for a friend.

I know way more people who would at least attempt to save my life in an emergency than I think are genuinely good people. But I do actually think that’s part of identifying a decent person. Empathizing with someone suffering in front of you and wanting to help is such a low standard for empathy that even untrained animals sometimes pass this bar. Empathizing with living things more broadly and outside of your personal bubble is a task that’s apparently too much to ask of most people I’ve met. Good way to gauge this is to get someone talking for a bit about the unhoused population of their hometown.