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WombatDhampir

@VampirePenguin

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GenXcellent. Ruefully Cishet. Lazy leftist. Angry Buddhist. Woke prole. Linux cowboy, Weird tourist, Polite pervert, Trash artist, Pixel pusher, Book schnozzler, Mind-stronaut, Leaf cruncher, Darkness bather. There's more of course, but you get the idea...

Pronouns	He/him/they/them
Myers Briggs type	INFP, INTJ on a good day
Tarot Card	The Fool
Beatles or Elvis?	Primus

WombatDhampir 2d ago

CW: Petty rant, lol

Literally EVERY time a package gets sent to me via FedEx, it's a missed delivery. Sure, i have nothing better to do on a weekday than sit around at home for the duration of your sixteen hour delivery window. GTFOHWTS. And you can be sure that if you duck out for 15 minutes to run a quick errand or something, that's when one of their scattershot of contractors will putter up and leave a missed delivery notice on your door.

FedEx, We Missed You. It should be their slogan.

WombatDhampir 4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@augieray/115574222000556159

The whole Trump thing is the culmination of decades, if not centuries, long class war. Don't be surprised when you see the figures behind the world's most beloved corporations come out for Trump. It's crazy how we conflate our consumption habits with our values. These people aren't your pal. These companies care about getting your money, not you. You're a number to them and that's it. Stop thinking of business transactions like they are relationships. They aren't.

#socialism #toyota #trump

WombatDhampir 4d ago

nixCraft 🐧4d ago

RE: https://mstdn.games/@Radgryd/115572829069249014

Somebody send this clip to Microsoft and let them know how customer see and feel about their products 🤣

WombatDhampir 4d ago

Natasha Jay 🇪🇺4d ago

Love this so much. 💜

WombatDhampir Nov 8

Okay, here's my mechanical keyswitch unicorn: Low profile with minimal travel distance- 1mm would be ideal- that are still clicky and tactile, and don't actuate unless they click. I hate that. The whole point of the click is communicate actuation. Any advice?

#mechanicalkeyboard

WombatDhampir Nov 3

Catherine Schmidt Nov 3

#Trump #Fascism #Gestopo #ICE

WombatDhampir Nov 3

My favorite moment in Silksong so far is when Hornet breaks the neck of the guard that steals your gear and parades around in it mockingly. Its so savage and unexpected.

#silksong #videogames #games

WombatDhampir Oct 31

I'm beginning to think that letting normies use computers was a bad idea...

WombatDhampir Oct 28

I will not vote for Newsom under any circumstance.

And I’m letting you all know this *three years in advance* so that you have time to find some other dipshit.

Because if, in three years, you attempt to put me in another hostage situation where it’s Newsom versus some other fascist— and I don’t care WHO it is— I need you to understand that I will leave the ballot blank and *move* before I vote for him.

That’s my boundary. You have plenty of time to course correct.

WombatDhampir Oct 26

George Dinwiddie Oct 26

I have enough.

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George Dinwiddie Oct 26

I have enough.

Dave W Smith Oct 26

@gdinwiddie Does the feline contingent agree?

George Dinwiddie Oct 26

@dws Occasionally briefly.

Jeff Miller (orange hatband)Oct 26

@gdinwiddie I cherish that Joseph Heller quote about having enough.

I wish I felt secure enough to endorse it for myself.

George Dinwiddie Oct 26

@jmeowmeow
With uncertainty about Social Security and Medicare, I'm not exactly secure. But I have decided I have enough, anyway. I will do with what I have until I can't do anymore.

Yes I'm Antifa. Why Aren't U?Oct 26

@gdinwiddie
I've "HAD" enough for quite some time.

And I'm sure I'm not alone. #Enough

Hippasus500 aka jwn2 Oct 26

@gdinwiddie @MugsysRapSheet

Mugsy, what you’ve had enough of is somewhat different than what George (or Joseph Heller, for that matter) had in mind. <grin> I like to think I share Heller’s sensibilities.

As for what you’ve had enough of — Yeah. I’m with you there.

Mark Mullen Oct 26

@gdinwiddie The most saintly person I have ever known was my grandparents gardiner. He and his wife are buried right next to Joseph Heller. Great trio.

Marco van Burgsteden 🍋Oct 26

@gdinwiddie what book is this from?

@Marrekoo @gdinwiddie The Dawn of Everything. i think. i believe made this same highlight when i read it.

Markus Gerstel Oct 26

@Marrekoo @gdinwiddie @peachfiend this specifically is from Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel, chapter 3. Excellent book.

Could not be more clear than this indeed…

Mactonex Oct 26

@gdinwiddie there’s a great line in one of the His Dark Materials books. It says ‘Will looked up into the face of this man who had so much that he wanted even more’.

Chris Ford Oct 26

@gdinwiddie
I think Madonna said, when asked what she wanted "More".

AI6YR Ben Oct 26

@gdinwiddie this is so insightful.

Sassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽Oct 26

same.

SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦Oct 26

@gdinwiddie billionaires are hoarders! They are not happy being rich, they must have more!

A mental illness

@SaanichGuy @gdinwiddie

NOT hoarders, hoarding is a very different pathology and most hoarders are not bad people, they simply have a pathological emotional relation to "stuff", "stuff" hardly ever includes money.

Billionaires are obsessed with power and winning. They also seem to lose the power of empathy.

mrflash818 Oct 26

@gdinwiddie Thank you for sharing this! It helped me realize I am getting close to having "enough," too. It's a nice thought to have about myself. #enough https://mrflash818.livejournal.com/317893.html

Enough

While I was on social media earlier today, I read a fun meme. It is staying with me for several hours. I feel it is kind of profound. I have something he will never have ... enough. The quote was in the context of someone being compared to a billionaire (rich person). ...and I feel, in…

Alison Wilder Oct 26

@gdinwiddie I recently saw an Elon Musk interview where he talks about his obsession with winning. Apparently that's what he can't get enough of.

Herodotus Machiavelli Livy Oct 26

@alisynthesis @gdinwiddie
Are you sure that was winning and not whining?

th3blu3kn19ht 🛡️Oct 27

@HMLivy @alisynthesis @gdinwiddie 🤣
Either way, same difference

Ali the Brave Oct 27

For a loser, that's rich.

patrick m.Oct 26

@gdinwiddie @gullevek

Milo Minderbinder would not be happy with his creator 😏

gullevek ☢️ 🇯🇵Oct 26

@sfpodge @gdinwiddie Hehe :)

Oberst Enzian Oct 26

@gdinwiddie You probably have more than your fair share. If you’re white and American, most likely you have 10x more than your fair share. And it’s all stolen.

Siim Ošur Oct 26

@gdinwiddie At that level, it's not about enough is it..
It's always been about having more than your peers.
At one point in ones life who does this for a living, it's become a game where the goal is to have as much as possible in the end

VulcanTourist Oct 26

When your goal is denial to others, then you can never deny enough.

Loohoosaher Oct 27

@gdinwiddie what a beautiful sentiment.

Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud Oct 27

@gdinwiddie I read a Michael Moore book, and he said his favorite thing was to be seated next to CEOs on a plane and ask them what enough profit was. He said their heads would explode.

Alecia Batson (she/her)Oct 27

@gdinwiddie what is this book’s title and author?

Gum on China’s Shoe Oct 27

@gdinwiddie From the Dao De Jing, Chapter 46:

…知足之足，常足矣

Something like “They who know that enough is enough, always have enough.”

@gdinwiddie Bogle had a lot of good takes

@BillMcGuire@mastodon.social Oct 27

I've been wondering questioning just that lately. As trump continues to cash in on this presidency for personal gain, I wonder how long a fat assed dementia fart blower like him will live? I mean, come on.....

Kailas Idavanmuzhi Oct 27

@gdinwiddie which book is this ?

George Dinwiddie Oct 27

@saliaku I don't know. I got the clip from someone else. A search turns up a number of books.

https://www.google.com/search?udm=36&q=At+a+party+given+by+a+billionaire+on+Shelter+Island%2C+Kurt+Vonnegut+informs+his+pal%2C+Joseph+Heller

Bevor Sie zur Google Suche weitergehen

Kailas Idavanmuzhi Oct 27

@gdinwiddie i guess it's from the psychology of money

@gdinwiddie You may like this article I wrote over on Medium, then.
This is a friend link, so you can read it even if not a Medium member.
https://medium.com/@unworn.triers-0n/modern-hunter-gatherers-the-policy-of-enough-36857eed8e61?sk=a5297f20fb4dc0e9d3d1171b73d30494

Modern Hunter-Gatherers: The Policy of Enough

The Wisdom of Ancient Ways

Medium

George Dinwiddie Oct 28

@98Percent I think that preserving food for the future, and processing it to make it keep longer probably go back pretty far.

@gdinwiddie Not sure I understand your point, but yes, I bet attempts to preserve food went right back to when humans first picked up a stone or something to kill things with.

George Dinwiddie Nov 4

@98Percent Is preserving food not "accumulating surplus for an unknown future?"

I don't see a bright line of demarcation between stone age hunter-gathers and people of today.

@gdinwiddie Ah, I see your point now.
Accumulating surplus for the future is wise and prudent and was actually part of my life when I was a child. My parents (well, mother, mostly) did exactly that on a seasonal basis, filling large storage shelves with preserved seasonal fruits and vegetables for the winter / spring months. Yes, hunter-gatherers did indeed do that at an early stage of pre-history.
The difference now, is that some individuals are creating and accumulating surpluses far beyond their needs for comfortable survival. This to the detriment of those who, for whatever reason, could not accumulate sufficient resources for survival. Also to the detriment of the natural resources and systems of Earth, because the consumption of resources and pollution of the natural systems required to produce those surpluses exceeds their ability to recover.
Hunter-gatherers didn't (and still don't, where such communities survive) tend to do that.
#sustainability

George Dinwiddie Nov 8

@98Percent I think humans have always exhibited such behavior. Archeologists find food stores that were never eaten.

The big difference is that there are a LOT more humans now than there were. In 1975 there were 4 Billion people on the planet and we were talking seriously about zero population growth. Now there are twice that many and people are worried about not enough babies being born. It's madness!

SearingTruth Oct 27

"I too relish small government.

Just large enough to cherish and protect the innocent, the poor, and the suffering."
SearingTruth

Frans Super 🇺🇦🇵🇸🍋 FKNZS🔻Oct 27

@gdinwiddie
@Zatarra

This can have an impact, if all the obsessive money-hoarders would read and understand this.

Confusion as a Service Oct 27

@gdinwiddie My greed is knowledge, I will never have enough

George Dinwiddie Oct 27

@CaaS Yes, curiosity is a delightful affliction.

Harald K.Oct 27

@gdinwiddie The curve balls the universe can throw at you are infinite. An old essay by @interfluidity I keep coming back to https://www.interfluidity.com/page/19?MobileOptOut=1

interfluidity

Templaillo Ahi Oct 27

@gdinwiddie Man, I wish I had enough. And then some, just in case.

George Dinwiddie Oct 27

@TemplailloAhi Building community with others is a stronger “just in case.”

mirabilos Oct 27

@gdinwiddie oh, to have enough money. *sigh…*

George Dinwiddie Oct 27

@mirabilos Connections with people can reduce your reliance on money.

mirabilos Oct 28

@gdinwiddie from a certain point onwards, perhaps, but most don’t reach that point any more as it’s slipping upwards

adingbatponder Oct 27

@gdinwiddie I recognise that page: which book is that from?

TrimTab 🇺🇦Oct 27

@gdinwiddie
Even if they owned the entire universe, it wouldn't be enough. Never enough to fill the hole in a rich person's soul.

shironeko Oct 27

@gdinwiddie Heller is such a character.

@gdinwiddie @ez I find it fascinating. As I recall Saint Paul gave similar advice, saying that the way to be rich was to "Be content with what you have."

Jim Flanagan Oct 28

@gdinwiddie I, too, have had enough

MidgePhoto Oct 29

There's another layer of awful.

Those for whom having nearly everything is less important than other people having nearly nothing.

@gdinwiddie I've been saying for a while now, to any who'd listen: Don't be grateful for what you have. Instead, be grateful for what you can share. Nobody has to go without.