#Real-time chat

[zentranstech]

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[so-i-did-this-thing]

I saw your post about bugout bags and like ... bracketing the Gestapo Doorknock thing, when did the "correct" response to a natural disaster become to immediately flee and go into refugee mode? The negative fantasy here is heroically saving yourself while your idiot neighbors die, instead of making the kinds of community connections that people actually use to survive and respond to disasters.

I get what you are saying about community connections being the best path to resiliency, but you should very much flee from floods and wildfires when at risk, to name a few. Ideally while making sure your neighbors are also getting out of Dodge, all assuming there has been ample warning for this particular disaster. But sometimes, there are scenarios where you just have to go that very moment.

For all their talk of bugouts bags, I don't think the capital-P Preppers actually want to leave their home bunkers.

The same American Exceptionalism that causes people here to have Lone Wolf apocalypse fantasies also makes them think they can survive a hurricane in a coastal flood zone.

There is an element of humility required to leave one's home possibly permanently. But that's the key difference, here -- the Preppers aren't as interested in survival as they are in ushering in some kind of new World Order.

You see this type pop up every now and then as a hurricane sets its sights on a town -- the people who make it a big point to talk about what they'd do to a looter, should the Big One hit. These are folks who are not interested in becoming a refugee amd are fine with the risk of staying home, if it means they can shoot people from their little castles.

I also saw more mundane selfishness when I did hurricane rideouts for emergency operations in my old Florida city job -- part of our comms was to remind people that we could *not* send anyone out to help them peak-storm. Sometimes, fleeing (aka, saving yourself) is what keeps other people alive -- they don't have to risk their lives saving you because of your stubbornness.

So, I'm a bit skeptical of fleeing being a power fantasy. What's more likely to happen in a lot of natural disasters (especially those with lead times) is you either get renegade fools in clear danger refusing to leave, or uninformed folks not at risk who panic and think they need to evacuate when they should just hunker down. (And then there are the unfortunates who should evacuate and want to, but cannot because the system has failed them in some way.)

That said, for a longterm crisis, community absolutely is key. And even in a short-term crisis that requires an evacuation, one is presumably fleeing *to* some place that will have other refugees, and it's in one's best interests to build community even in these temporary conditions.

[caprart1]

DARLINGGGG, GUESS WHOS BACK FROM JAIL!!

[keferon]

could you share the adhd lifehacks please T_T

I have a feeling you’re not gonna like my lifehack it’s kinda unhinged

If I get stuck while writing I invite other people to watch me. Like writing in real time. Because the thought of a bunch of strangers waiting for the next sentence is enough to give my brain the constant sense of urgency and switch it into crazy-fast-productive mode.

I also almost never plan what I’m gonna write in advance because my stupid brain likes the constant sense of novelty as well. Everything is pure improv from start to finish.

Whenever I try to explain this method to other writers they get horrified ahahah I imagine for most of them writing is more of a private activity

[starkspi]

From "Unadulterated Loathing" in which Charlie chains these two idiots accidentally together by @otsmosis (who made this comment at the end of the last chapter and inspired me to do whatever this is above)

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[jaggybot3000]

getting along?

[screwpinecaprice]

Just a silly guy, with silly silly thoughts.

@glowweek Day 2

Casual | Surprise

A casual surprise?😬😬😬

[red-writes]

Soulmate au where you get wet dreams about your soulmate and the closer you get to them the more details are revealed about them in the dreams. You’ve always had dreams about your soulmate, nothing that would give you much information just small details like the fact that he has a tongue piercing and his nails are always painted black. but when your sister comes home and introduces you to her boyfriend of 2 months #1 hero Bakugou Katsuki, that same night you’re riddled with the most disgusting wet dream ever and it’s Katsuki’s face you can see clearly as he fucks you into the mattress.

[tunakitchen]

etoiles is the goat forever and always

(context: ironmouse just joined call on etoiles stream, and within 2 seconds people were being weird, so etoiles posted this like 30 times in his chat. machine translation of this is "THIS IS HER REAL VOICE SHE HAS A DISEASE BE RESPECTFUL YOU FUCKING SHIT THIS IS HER REAL VOICE SHE HAS A DISEASE BE RESPECTFUL YOU FUCKING SHIT")

[tea-time221]

yknow, those horns suit you

ive been gone for like 6 months forgive me gang 😍 i forgot posting art on social media was a thing

i hope this doesnt come across as those weird twink x buff fanarts, i just find it infuriating that WYLL (renowned monster hunter, travels frequently) has the same body shape as ASTARION (vampire spawn isolated in a crypt for 200 years thats also been starved frequently) in game

[xxplastic-cubexx]

blackout at my house means i have to draw my yaoi in public this is awful

[kricketbug]

@jonmartinweek day 9, Free/au day!

I didn’t get to draw something for every day this year, but I did what I could! I loved seeing everyone’s art and fics. Thanks for all the love on what I could post. Thanks to everyone for making this an awesome week and event! 💜

[psilliguykai]

Happy [depending on your timezone belated-] 2nd birthday CCCC!!

I gotta eep now, but I might add some more thoughts tomorrow ^^

For now, thank you CCCC for being my intro to Chonny Jash, and thank you cj for all the awesome community and inspiration and joy you’ve brought me and so many other people. Your music and characters will always hold a special place in my Heart [haha] <33

[art-from-the-juice-box]

wonderlust stuff :]