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  • People shitting on commie blocks, but there’s millions who would love to have a roof and plumbing.

    The more densely we live, the more land that can be left wild/rewilded. We’re not entitled to a tick tacky vinyl wrapped house surrounded by lawns and pavement. Our earth is fucked and getting more so by the day. It’s a problem that can only be solved by us all living smaller lives.

    I always tell people to look to Hong Kong for housing practices. They don’t do everything right, but they’re definitely on the right track.





  • It predates aliens as little green men. And I’m sure the word is a legally recognized phrase. It’s quickly becoming, if not already a slur though. Here’s googles etymological breakdown.

    The word “alien” originates from the Latin word “aliễnus,” meaning “belonging to another, foreign, strange”. It’s a derivative of “alius,” meaning “other,” ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root "h,élyos. This root also gives rise to the word “else”. The word “alien” entered Middle English from Old French, and its earliest usage as a noun and adjective in the 14th century referred to foreigners or strangers.




  • I grew up in an all white town. We didn’t segregate, there just wasn’t any brown or black folk. A hierarchy still emerged.

    At the top you had your “Americans”, you can read that as English, German, Norwegian (lots of Norwegians) descendants, protestant.

    Next you had the Catholics, your Irish and spare whomever from the first category who happened to be Catholic.

    Then you had the Polish, (yours truly!). While still Catholic, we were still gross pollaks. Everyones favorite punchline.

    Then it was the Slavic people, mostly Czechoslovakian, they had a reputation for being scary mofos so no one fucked with them.

    At the very bottom you had the Finlanders. They were always starting co-ops and acting in a very socialist way, so no one trusted them. Fuckin Finlanders…