unsettlinglymoist

Good question, but we pay close attention to the news and hopefully we'll get out before that's a problem. If we're unable to leave the country then I guess I'd contact the Swedish embassy to see if they can help.

Chile. Maybe it's because I'm American but nobody there was interested in talking to me, sharing their culture or learning anything about me. I tried multiple times but all my interactions with Chileans were purely transactional and most of them seemed annoyed to have to deal with me. I've been to ~25 countries and wouldn't bother returning to Chile.

I've never understood the appeal of Target. There's a huge Target 60 seconds down the street from me and I never shop there except to get one or two items. It's expensive, has a ridiculously small grocery section while clothing takes up half the store, and they're so worried about shoplifters that they have multiple security staff standing at the door giving everyone leaving the stink eye.

Not preparing at all, just living my life like normal. When things get really bad here I'll sell my car and move to Europe with my girlfriend (I have dual citizenship and can sponsor her).

Haha yeah that's a tough one! I'm in Colorado where Colorado potatoes are almost as ubiquitous as Idaho potatoes, so honestly lucked out there.

As an American mine is Europe/Canada > the rest of the developed world OR blue states > Mexico > other countries > red states. It's surprisingly easy to avoid food from red states. For tech/online services I prefer European over everywhere else.

Every day those of us who voted against this shit are horrified reading the news. Before the election we warned everyone who would listen that a second Trump administration would be the end of this country as we know it. MAGA is well on their way to realizing Project 2025 and our institutions and leaders that were supposed to protect us have completely failed us.

MAGA will continue destroying our institutions, they'll start disappearing more political opponents and they'll keep threatening the countries that were once our closest friends. Things will only get worse and a lot more violent. Most Americans won't fully realize what's happening because our media is controlled by MAGA billionaires and over the past half century conservatives have successfully dismantled public education to the point where half of Americans are too stupid to be able to distinguish between facts and opinions.

And yet so far nothing has really changed for the vast majority of Americans, their day-to-day lives remain the same and things more or less function as they always have. They're comfortable enough that they're not going to risk their life or imprisonment to rise up against this fascist regime, if they're even aware of what's happening. The ones that are informed and care will attend rallies, listen to NPR and write their representatives.

So I completely understand you want to see Americans go French Revolution on MAGA, but this is the reality of the situation here. Americans are too comfortable, stupid and whipped to mount any substantial resistance to MAGA.

Salmiak is not popular worldwide. I love salmiak, but almost no one I mention it to is familiar with it.

I was at the rally! I was one of the last people let inside before they closed the gate, and thousands of people that didn't get inside watched and listened from outside of the fencing, so the actual number was more than 34,000.

Here's a photo I took...

And here's Bernie...

Awesome, thank you!! No idea why bottom navigation was disabled, but this worked.

I worked at a food bank a couple years ago and we regularly received pallets of government cheese through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). They were massive blocks of orange cheddar with almost no text on the label. We also received pallets of government pistachios and dried cherries that were as good as any you'd buy in a store.