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halfcactusI had some good experiences this week (I saw a musical concert and a rock concert and also the blood moon), but it's hard to feel positive when current global events have directly affected our lives. Electricity rates which have already gone up even before the attack on Iran are about to get even higher which sucks because it's been very hot and we haven't even hit full summer (and I'm worried about power shortages on top of that); prices of everything else will also go up with the cost of fuel; job and income are uncertain (already got an advisory, yay!). All that plus a financially dangerous parent. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It super sucks to be in a weak, colonized nation that loses in every single game the global north decides to play. We recently "discovered" a new gas source in my country but how does that help us, really, when we're so powerless in this violent competition for leverage and resources. It's always been a possibility that we'd be next to be attacked. (I mean, historically speaking the US has already destroyed our capital once, less than 100 years ago, out of sheer spite, while writing in our history books that they were our saviors.) Mind you, we're also on the front lines of climate change, while bigger and more developed countries freely generate so much waste, literally ship us their garbage (Canada), and destroy our reefs (China). Btw I avoid fast fashion, trinkets (sorry to local/indie artists, I just can't with all the acrylics), online shopping (too much plastic wrapping), and anything I'll only use once or twice. I actually avoid buying most things because I don't like contributing to waste, I try to minimize A/C use during the day when it's hottest (since I care more about A/C during my sleeping hours) even though I live so close to the damn equator. My city is trying to ban plastic bags so I carry everything in paper bags or my rotation of totes. And for what lol.
It super sucks to be in a weak, colonized nation that loses in every single game the global north decides to play. We recently "discovered" a new gas source in my country but how does that help us, really, when we're so powerless in this violent competition for leverage and resources. It's always been a possibility that we'd be next to be attacked. (I mean, historically speaking the US has already destroyed our capital once, less than 100 years ago, out of sheer spite, while writing in our history books that they were our saviors.) Mind you, we're also on the front lines of climate change, while bigger and more developed countries freely generate so much waste, literally ship us their garbage (Canada), and destroy our reefs (China). Btw I avoid fast fashion, trinkets (sorry to local/indie artists, I just can't with all the acrylics), online shopping (too much plastic wrapping), and anything I'll only use once or twice. I actually avoid buying most things because I don't like contributing to waste, I try to minimize A/C use during the day when it's hottest (since I care more about A/C during my sleeping hours) even though I live so close to the damn equator. My city is trying to ban plastic bags so I carry everything in paper bags or my rotation of totes. And for what lol.
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