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I have lived by this billboard for the last three years and it has been one of my favorite mysteries. It’s only ever occupied by hilarious PETA ads that change with a seemingly random cadence. Every sign is more absurd than the last, though this one in particular really takes the cake.
May 9, 2025
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Could be worse, at least they aren’t putting up Milk Causes Autism ads or dressing up as the Klan to protest the Westminster Dog Show anymore.
May 9, 2025
@WAKEUPLMD I like the cheerios bowl sad face next to got autism? As if having autism is really sad and disappointing
May 9, 2025
@WAKEUPLMD omg they are really wilder than I imagined. What tactics. Cos playing as the Klan to make a point, get out of here!
May 9, 2025
what if the world was made of pudding? moment. what if we all started drinking dog milk? What then?
May 9, 2025
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idk if it 100% counts as propaganda since animal cruelty is a real problem but i think PETA does far more harm than good
i’m a HUGE animal lover and they have stuff targeted towards young people so i saw some of their videos on social media etc and was really compelled by their messaging. i went vegan and everything! (i never joined a club or anything IRL tho). thankfully i’m a Big Learner and love to read so i eventually started learning about the issues within the idea that vegan = ethical. i also started learning about marine conservation and it was wild to me that PETA was barely talking abt the seafood industry, which is literally causing entire species to go extinct! they have 0 structural analysis in general.
so anyways i got over that ridiculousness by the end of high school, and then in college i learned about the farmworkers’ rights movement and their labor issues which further shaped my views on the subject.
i’m currently mostly vegetarian/flexitarian, try to get cruelty-free products, still strongly oppose factory farms etc but i know i have a far more solid and nuanced view on sustainability and animal ethics at this point. because ultimately bigger-picture i think it’s an issue that lies within capitalism, which leads to mass production of all food which is bad for both people and animals (plus white supremacy’s abuse of the land and patriarchal approaches to the treatment of animals)
Jun 16, 2024
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i’ve been trying to articulate why i enjoy this space so much. yes, the UX is reminiscent of Tumblr and the early days of the internet. and there’s genuine sincerity and vulnerability on here that makes it feel really cozy and real, which i haven’t felt online in at least a decade.
but i think what’s undergirding my love of this space is how anti-capitalist it feels. most of the recs everyone shares are vibe-checks, quality of life shifts, meditations and offers, music and movies, just plain good art. i don’t feel compelled to buy anything when i come here. i feel excited and pumped to be a cheerleader, find connection, find common ground. and FWIW the recs i’ve shared that have gotten the most traction are my suggestions for leading a less capitalistic / consumerist life (quitting Amazon, getting off of Spotify, building community to take care of you and your things).
all of this is to say, i love it here and i love you guys.
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i canceled my Spotify account over the summer and have spent the last few months rebuilding my digital music library on a refurbished iPod Touch. reading critiques of the app (and it’s enshittification), i realized i wasn’t even sure of my own musical tastes and preferences. i had stopped picking for myself, stopped seeking out new music, ceasing to know how to choose what i wanted or articulate what i like.
breaking free from the algorithm has been such a joy! i’m borrowing gobs of music from the library, rebuilding my old playlists, and consuming more music than i have in years. and better yet, my data isn’t being tracked by Spotify and i own what’s in my personal library. further, my receptors are more open when i’m out in the world exposed to music, searching for recommendations in an organic way.
Jan 16, 2025
hear me out—this one might feel impossible, but i quit purchasing items on Amazon in 2018 and cancelled my GoodReads account shortly after.
i did some serious reflection and realized i’d become super reliant upon, and frankly, quite used to the instant gratification of purchasing something and knowing i’d have it within a day. that’s not normal. the labor practices, economics, and environmental impacts of getting what you want from the internet delivered quickly and right to your door are skewed. i was filling a void in myself with mindless purchases.
i’m aware that they service a huge swath of the internet (Amazon Web Services), own Whole Foods and Abe Books, and will likely take over more businesses we like and rely on. weaning off and avoiding entirely is very very hard, but it can also be a measured decision. that said, i know that it is a privilege to abstain from Amazon. i am able bodied, i don’t have kids, i have access to a car, i live in an urban environment with access to a lot of stuff at my fingertips. but making the choice to break out of the Amazon loop has ultimately been better for my pocketbook and better for my relationship to these mega-tech-companies that have their fingers in everything.
in contrast, i’m becoming more interested in alternate economies, like bartering and sharing. i love the idea of having commonly shared tools and items (tool libraries are very cool). we don’t need to own it all, we have each other.
interested in exploring more? the zine pictured below is a great start, and summarizes a much larger book by the same author on how to resist the leviathan that is Amazon.
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