I’m still fighting my old company for tax documents that are due in 4 days, and I don’t even live in the US

Keep a reflective umbrella in the passenger seat. When an asshole with death beams tailgates you, have the passenger open it across the back seats

I’ve only blocked a few people, but I’m quick to tag people as assholes/MAGA

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J’aime aussi tabarnak mais calise est proche. En español, puta mierda es mi favorita. Y también, porque yo soy Tica, nosotros decimos “mae” mucho (but that’s not a real curse, it just means dude)

High five to n’importe qui me puede entender 🙌🏼

USA (NYC) and Canada (Ontario). I don’t know a single person who owns their home.

I got a tongue split in 2017 so uhh probably that. I have a high pain tolerance.

Unintentional pain, probably the last time I ended up in the ER with severe food poisoning. I had fully emptied my stomach by then but my body kept going. The bile burns your throat and mouth when it gets that far along. It was so painful

I was just watching this one, but I’m performing this week and she’s working on a theater piece

Tattoo

I’m a performer and my partner’s also in the arts, so uhhh, -1 hours

Fwiw, I completely forgot those existed

They’re about evenly known in my experience. As an example, Verne is in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but Wells is not, whereas Wells got a remake of a remake. I like em both. Classic scifi and steampunk nerds certainly know them both

Wells is probably fresher in the general public’s mind because of the War of the Worlds remake

In fairness it’s strong plastic, but I wish they’d used metal. Curse you Timberland!

Exhibit 1 is Trump’s approval rating, currently 36%

But generally most political opinion polls (at least in the US and other western countries) show around 1/3 of responses constantly support literal fascist ideology. It’s a block of voters that will not change their minds for anything.

Virtually every poll shows that around 1/4 to 1/3 of the population are Nazis, so it’s only a matter of time before one of them gets picked

I definitely haven’t had the same experience. Anything I get that is pleather ends up breaking down sooner rather than later (especially thrifted pleather). Hell, my favorite pair of pleather pants recently lost a dish sized area by the crotch, and those were bought new from a brand I trust. Virtually every pair of pleather boots has ended up in the trash, and I currently have a long pleather skirt that basically ripped from floor to waist that I’m still deciding whether to fix or not.

I will add the disclaimer that I’m an experienced leatherworker which affects my bias

I rarely get real leather new, and when it fails it’s rarely the actual leather. I have a jacket I thrifted about a decade ago that is still going strong, though I’ve had to replace the buttons a few times. My most recent leather boots survived multiple camping trips and heavy use, until the plastic zipper broke. Even my leatherwork mainly uses repurposed scraps. At this point my partner and I refuse to buy/use a daily purse that is anything but leather because of how long it lasts. It’s worth repairing leather, it’s not worth repairing pleather.

And it’s fucking terrible compared to real leather. It’ll start flaking or cracking after a year, it’s fucking dangerous around fire, it offers no fucking insulation or protection, it’s shit.

A problem in the fire performer community is that novices will grab it thinking it’s the same as real leather, or because they oppose real leather, and we always have to pull them aside and give em a stern talk about how dangerous it is

100%, I do the same while listening to music. On the best days, I’ll lose all sense of time until I find myself on the other side of town.

I discover the best places that way, and I always pin them for next time I’m around. If I pass by an interesting looking place but don’t go in, I’ll mark it with a question mark in a list called “Sidequests”

I use weed to cope with existential crisis and sociopolitical turmoil. Oh you mean physically? Heh… Heh…

Real answer: I walk a lot, I’m grateful to live in a walkable city

I’m a fire performer, I’ve set some pretty large fires. Nope. Always have a safety plan