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[polychromatic22]

The last few days at the ATL General Assembly have been weird.

I was there Friday night when it was voted to go ahead with the occupation. There was some stuff with Congressman John Lewis that was... well, it's made people flip their shit. One way or the other. Some people are angry at the idea of him speaking there at all. Others are angry at the

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interesting...

[not_hothead_yet]

I can experience what you are talking about in a weird virtual way as I've been moving through similar mental dissonance with social media because of younger people who "let their freak flag fly" and don't understand that the reason they are still alive is through the generosity of others who are doing all the dirty work behind the scenes. Don't want to own a car? Fantastic but please don't start calling me up when you want to travel outside the perimeter and don't feel like paying for the bus/train/rental. etc

ha totally forgot to say

[not_hothead_yet]

If my parents weren't down in Florida for the memorial/funeral I'd definitely be telling them all about this and trying to drag them down too. They'd probably be into it.

Re: interesting...

[polychrome_baby]

The essential thing is, there comes a point in life when you have to be responsible. A lot of these kids have never reached that point. It's somewhat easier for women to reach that point, often, because we're more likely to have kids that we feel responsible for (which isn't to say that men aren't responsible for their children, just that women are more likely to be).

I love the fuck out of you, too, babe. You give me strength.

[cathrynapple]

I have been looking forward to each new post you make about this. (BTW, if you ever come across a good looking guy named Josh Riley, he's been donating supplies to Occupy Atlanta and is slowly becoming more active there. He's a high school friend of mine.) I agree wholeheartedly with your points here

[polychrome_baby]

Awww thanks! *hugs

[thatgirljj]

So here's the thing. I have a master's degree in public health. Which means that I'm educated enough to think through one of the major problems that dogged a lot of the most optimistic communes in the 60's, sanitary waste disposal. And I'm generally ingenious enough to work with engineers and other people to create systems for managing that kind of thing, as well as policies to say, keep the whole commune fed when everyone falls to the same virus in the middle of the winter.

And I'm 98% certain that:
A) No one wants to barter precious food & shelter for those skills.
B) Were they willing, I would get stuck caring for children and cleaning up after people instead of doing the work I was bartered in to do.

Which is the problem with going completely off the grid. It helps if, before you throw out the money, you invest about $2000 or so in buying books and other information and system parts from people who know how to do these things... it can go a long way.

[polychrome_baby]

You do know your history. That is precisely the straw on the camel's back issue that led to the vast majority of them being abandoned - sanitary waste disposal.

[thatgirljj]

Yeah, well, that's the funny thing about public health. We are geeks about these things and we have big money student loans to prove that we spent a bunch of time studying them. But it's actually PRACTICAL shit to know.

[tenery]

Mom can walk in even when the blog is locked, hon

[polychrome_baby]

Mom can walk in even when the blog is locked, hon.That's creepy mom. Don't be creepy. Mostly we ignore the fact that you stalk us online. It's impolite