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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • My first cat hates all other animals in the house, and hisses at anything that moves. She’s territorial as shit, but lovely to us.

    So. There’s that risk.

    It might have been our fault for not socialising them right, but it’s common for people to have cats that don’t like each other in the house, apartment or whatever. But she’d be happier if she was the lone cat in the house, she doesn’t leave our bedroom ever.

    So maybe get a cat to experiment with cat dynamics at the house, but be prepared for it to not necessarily work on first try.



  • Decoration is not supposed to be useful, by definition.

    I think it’s interesting to set a budget and start noticing things that you like. Kind of random stuff that gets your attention for no apparent reason, just because it resonates with you.

    And then you can think about how to fit more of “these” with your budget.

    Could be board games, posters, cards, whatever. It’s whatever makes you feel like yourself. Then hoard them in. :D


  • There’s some legal framework in commonwealth countries around cooperatives you might be interested in.

    I never figured how to structure securing funds for worker owned cooperatives, but it could be a consumer owned cooperative, paying upfront costs associated with the equipment in exchange for the goods as they are produced. And then volunteer work could be granted shares/ownership, so the exceeding produce become actual wages, then the consumers can be bought out by workers, and it becomes a worker owned cooperative? Just brainstorming here.

    And, of course, all decisions being democratic between participants.

    Still, it might be useful to have some form of owner (you) dictating the way. And then have it converted to collective ownership by however you prefer to grant it.











  • I wrote a lot, and it’s very confusing. It might not deserve an answer, but I though sending it through was better than silence. So, for posterity, there it is.


    I don’t understand it myself. It’s a subject I’m not comfortable with, I don’t know how to speak about it. I apologise.

    I was thinking the case about abnormalities detectable through genetics. Namely down syndrome, and the eugenics argument around it. That’s the relationship I had in mind when I opened the thread.

    I suppose there’s cases for other abnormalities, where early diagnostics could exist? And then, when parents could suffer pression to abort the pregnancy.

    So… These wouldn’t be cases for slave labour, but one could argue that if this is provided and available, there would be some social pressure for these to happen, therefore this could be one form of genocide of the disabled?

    Also, the case for the ageing population. Encouraging euthanasia, like Canada is trying to pass (has passed?) laws to enable it, when the family can’t support the disabilities naturally occurring through age.

    I’m not sure what the question is. I think I just wanted more material to get more familiar with the topic and the discussions around it.

    Maybe the question is, if we theoretically prevent “all” disabilities through all means, is this genocide of the disabled? I think the concept of genocide of the disabled confuses me.


  • You touch “genocide of the disabled”. This is an area I don’t understand deeply, so please forgive my ignorance.

    Can you expand on it, or give me some sources, please?

    Isn’t a society practicing “from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs” going to provide enough support to the disabled so that they become “enabled”, in some shape or form? Wouldn’t such society try to discuss and prevent such conditions to the extent of reasonability?

    Or course, it feels fair to support anyone, with whatever their wrapping society can provide, and to prepare to provide the most, but. Isn’t preventing physical and mental hardship part of that, too?