hopefully last political post

[dani_meows]

I set a timer that locks me out of Tumblr after 45 minutes as my stress has risen through the roof and I was beginning to feel hopeless.

And my overarching goal this year is to find joy.

And stressing out over my country to the point I can't function is giving them what they want. They want us afraid and helpless to quit protesting and crying out and voting in the midterms.

So mental health break today and tomorrow and then back to shouting and making it clear that this isn't right.

According to polls Republicans also Don't think Trump should take Greenland by force and another poll shows he's loosing support amoung the Gen z men. It's dropped 40 percent.

Here in my area of Florida, close to Tampa, in a region that overwhelmingly went for Trump, my neighbor is no longer flying his big black Trump flag and the pro Trump bumper sticker has vanished. Same thing with a few other areas that had pro Trump stuff still up in December. May they continue to open their eyes and help us keep Democracy.

In other news, I started listening to the full cast audio of Harry Potter and I'm enjoying it so far.

I'm debating going to the cinema to see the extended edition of Lord of the Rings in the theater. Seeing that 25 year in front of the signs though.

I'm old, Gandalf, I may not look it but I feel it.

I turn 42 in May. I have to schedule my first mammogram this year.

We have a freeze warning tonight brr.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

I hate to bring this back to politics, but I hope you pirated the full cast audio Harry Potter?

[dani_meows]

I'm not comfortable pirating since I'm afraid of jail so I used my free credit.

[soc_puppet]

Well, you do what works for you, I guess.

[dani_meows]

I have full respect for people that sail the seven seas...

But even with getting a VPN this year I don't know how and I'm terribly afraid of getting caught!

[soc_puppet]

Ah, gotcha; never having pirated before and not knowing how makes a difference to me, in this case.

One thing to reduce the risk, and this is just to the best of my knowledge, is that people mainly get in trouble for uploading rather than downloading. So if you find a Direct Download link, or us a torrent but download only and don't upload, then that makes you much safer than if you use a torrent and share. Doing an internet search for "[item] DDL" doesn't guarantee you a usable result, but it is a place to start, if that's something you would consider. There's also a way to set up some torrent clients so that they only work while your VPN is active.

You can get more tips on Reddit.com/r/Piracy.

[dani_meows]

Hmm might check that out especially if I like the first one.

I'm a bit uncertain about if I'll like a fully cast audio or if I'll find it too busy.

[immortalje]

*hugs*

I wish I could do more. Knowing your limits is good though and thankfully there are ways to limit engagement (e.g. with locking yourself out of spaces after a given amount of time). As long as one is able to find and maintain spaces away from it to destress.