It’s so rare.

I used to pirate on vhs myself, i figured out how to do it as a kid. I was probably 10 when i started. You didn’t point a cam corder at the telly, you just piggybacked two VCRs, and recorded what you hired from the store, or taped from the telly show streaming from the antenna. Either paused at the adds or left it going. They actually appreciate people who used to record the telly shows, now, because back in the day they didn’t save anything, they recorded over all those old shows on their big film reels, so some of those old pirated tapes are the only record left. Victimless crime, either way, though.

I would love to go glamping, with a groups of mates. That’d be rad. Somewhere with hammocks and cocktails and a fire pit.

I dunno about Michael Jackson, but he’s perfected the drunk uncle at a wedding.

Greg, the stop sign. Still my favourite.

That’s privatising the housing system, which will raise prices, though. The only way out of the mess we’re in, is building adequate supply of public housing, to compete and push down the prices of the private property market. To achieve affordable stock.

It’s cosmetic, though. They grandfathered everyone already on it, and just limited the rest, it’s not enough to make any changes. They haven’t touched capital gains. They’re destroying ndis, that’ll be another robodebt, and will and is causing deaths. Following everything the US tells us to do, alienating everyone currently against the illegal attacks, and literal war crimes going on. We can look back now and see Howard was committing war crimes along side US. Things haven’t changed. Just the more central party has become hard right wing. They’re not doing anything of note to make any effect, sadly. I could probably help you find some better reporting on it, than the main stream stuff, if you need?

Thanks!

This is just advertising for them. Why even report on this.

Really? I haven’t heard much of anything good. What have I missed?

I love your comics. Please keep going. Fuck living life to Please haters. They can fuck right off.

Exactly!!!

I’m guessing they’re also betting on a revamp / to be more competitive with Amazon and that their diamond hand fans (I don’t know how else to describe them) will switch over to ebay in droves, they would.

That sounds so hugely impact impactful to deal with, firstly, I’m sorry very sorry you’re going through all that, and I just want to say absolute props to your strength and resilience! You have so much strength and resilience, to be continuing on, throughout all that, and how well you’re handling it all, by minimising contact, from the harm, and no longer engaging with it. Hats off, you’re doing amazing! It’s hard, and it’s such a horrible thing to feel like you’re fighting alone. I hope you do have a few good friends you can pull close. I know it’s hard for younger people to understand that type of manipulative behaviour, so some people who are good friends of yours, might not yet have the maturity to see what g’s doing. They will eventually, if they’re healthy themselves, if they don’t, and while they don’t it is better to keep yourself around healthier minded people, and people who do see it for what it is. The thing I have learned by living through a few of these events, here and there, is those people, who side with abusers, were never true friends, they were always toxic, you just didn’t see it, and you are better off away from them. They might come to realise. But that’s their journey, not yours. You have to make choices for your journey, in this world. You owe it to yourself to show the entity that you are, the best of what’s available to you, on this brief trip in a meat suit, flying around a flaming ball, stuck to a rock, as we are. You’re already doing that, you’re already putting you and your needs first. When you get past this, sit down and look back at, and be proud of the strength and resilience you show, right now. Be so very proud. Moments like these are, sadly, the only times we get to see how truly strong we are. Appreciate it and be proud. And keep looking after yourself, you’re doing everything right. I know it’s hard right now. I promise it gets better. And there might be more rocks like this in the road further up, but you will know you’re capable of managing it, you get to see that right now, how capable you are.

It is an absolutely huge thing to deal with suicidal feelings, I am so very sorry they’re targeting you like that, it is absolutely fine to team in some help, that’s not supposed to be a one person fight, fighting off those feelings. I’ve survived suicidal attempts, myself, and I can personally attest, that therapy and support makes that fight, just a tiny bit easier to get through. So if you’re able to find a good service around you, it’s ok to look after yourself in that way, and take a little of the load off.

Spending hugs and love, friend. Here if your need. Whenever.

I spent 20 years, on and off in a, violent in every way, relationship. He made every breakup a life threatening event, or at very least there was destruction and chaos.

The hard thing about leaving an abusive relationship, is they break down your sense of self, and supplant it with fight or flight survival mechanism motivation, manipulation, to serve their needs, etc, in place of serving your own.

What that looks like is a complete Disconnection from your own emotions and needs, and service to their needs, alone, by severe threat, being held over your head, it’s insidious and built up slowly over long periods of time.

What that means is, you are manipulated by threats to serve their needs so often, that you feel like a catastrophic event is happening if you don’t, and making the decision to leave, doesn’t instantly turn off that multi year’s long brain washing, which, by design, makes it almost impossible to leave, because inherently, you feel like the world is going to end, if you don’t serve their ultra demanding needs, constantly.

Leaving feels like amputating your own arm, with a rusty knife.

But I was spiteful (a good quality, not a bad one, it means you can’t be entirely separated from your sense of self, like any emotion, it’s all about how you utilise it) and suicidal, so I would leave, in spite of that feeling that I was walking into a wall of flames.

What i wish I had known, was all about the honeymoon period. When he came back, all tearful and devoted and promising to change, I wish it had been common knowledge, that’s a part of the manipulation, it’s all a lie. I know that now. But my 20 yo self, could really have used that info. It might have helped me stop letting him back in the door. That and therapy, if therapy was available to me, back then.

The marketing speak, tho. I think that angers me the most. More eco friendly than something that has zero measurable levels of eco friendly, is a low bar. It’s like saying asbestos is more eco friendly than coal carbon emissions, so therefore asbestos is eco friendly and should be celebrated. Theres zero good to their argument.