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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • Holy shit you’re the guy from the meme

    Yeah I totally am you know.

    Despite the fact that I have never had a Twitter account.

    Or despite the fact that I work in a charity teaching and facilitating teaching of the same children covered by affirmative action equivalent in my poor third world country earning bare minimum.

    Or despite the fact that I’ve know and participated in research programs aimed at assessing the impact of such measures.

    I get that because we’re online, people feel certain freedom to say whatever they want but please be mindful of the fact that a real person is at the other end in the future.


  • I’m not one of those people, especially since I don’t live in the US but is it so hard to envision having different views on different issues?

    All of the stances taken by one side need not resonate with you.

    I for example am not in support of social media witch hunts when someone is accused of being racist/sexist/classist and and so on. I firmly believe that we should be instituting bodies that have the power to investigate issues like this and take appropriate actions, with more freedom than the typical judicial process. This however does not mean that I don’t support gender equality, climate action or social welfare measures.

    Another example would be affirmative action. I find it horrible that the supreme court gutted it the way it did but I also find it quite unpleasant that the elected representatives, in all this time, did not try to replace it with grassroot level measure such as food security, free tuition, books etc. higher school and teacher density in lower income or low performing areas. I feel that affirmative action was a stop gap measure, but it ended up being the prop used by politicians to not act on more fundamental issues.

    Honestly, I would rather forgo the label altogether. In my experience label makes people into tribes and tribes aren’t really conducive to nuanced dialogue or individual opinions, rather, they’re good at collective action.


  • I have, though it ended up with that person disappearing and trying to commit suicide. It took me a long time to get over the associated trauma.

    The way I see it now is that love isn’t something that will bind people to you and keep them with you forever. If you love someone, let them go, let them be free. If they still choose to be with you, then they love you too. If not, you couldn’t have held on to that person without causing resentment and pain to both of you.

    I hope some of this helps :)








  • You can get prepackaged meals that you can eat after submerging the packet in hot water for a few minutes. Hot water is easily available in most place, even more so if you carry a flask.

    Protein bars are filling and quite nice to eat. Dried fruits like apricots or dates are also a nice calorie rich option. Bread and jam/pb are the usual travel staples. Milk powder and cornflakes/cereal is also an option, but not one of my favourites.

    You can also carry out forms of bread like pretzels, bagels or focaccia which will last for a few days or even more.

    Don’t forget that experiencing local food is part of any travel experience :) you’re not going to travel to Iceland to just eat in the future. So it might be a good idea to explore local supermarkets for some local fruits, bread, snacks and so on. Hopefully some Icelandic person will chime in with more suggestions.