But today, as I was working at a new job I just started, I realized that all I did was enable them. When I signed the agreement, I knew there were other people who had experienced the same. And it’ll never change, never get better if this cycle continues.

This is the only regret I have ever had.

I believed in the mission of this org so strongly that I didn’t want a lawsuit, that money would ultimately hurt the people the org was supposed to benefit. It would hurt a cause I loved so dearly.

Mars does that, too! 🤣 And like in high speed, like a fan. Cats are so weird, man.

Awww, I love that

I routinely copy/paste stuff from there to the FB group where we all talk like we’re boomers. Endless supply of content.

good job, cat

The way I’d pay 27827282923 dollars for a version of this but instead of his head, it’s Connor Verner’s

I think the only “winding roads” I encountered were just readjusting mindsets as I deprogrammed. Like many leftists believe in a certain amount of personal freedom and it took me a bit to work through the dissonance.

(I say that as someone who has since renounced religion and is atheist)

The part of my former religion that was the most deeply ingrained in me was the endless desire to do the most good and take care of others. I’m in the DSA for a reason 🤣

I was raised in the LDS church, which is obvi super conservative, but I was a bit of a Jesus fan girl and scholar. I left the church and went left at the exact same time, but I don’t feel like I had to adjust much. Following his example felt naturally left-leaning?

ESPECIALLY if that neighborhood is magat

then start tweeting your neighbors’ whole damn schedules

Oh 100000000%. But also like who you choose to devote any single molecule of energy to speaks volumes and he gave that reply at least two

oh DAMN