I wanted to see if there is a video clip but couldn’t find. A scene in Orville when they go to Alara’s home planet and Gordon Malloy is in awe of her home planet while piloting their shuttle and just goes something like, “I am trash, my whole family is trash.”

That is us (US), now, and for way too long. Nobody should ever come here until we fix ourselves.

But, send aid when it is necessary. Which was probably last year at the current pace. We don’t even have accurate weather forecasts anymore. FEMA doesn’t exist anymore and States (using the EU as an example, States are Countries here, both in size and somewhat in governance) are on their own for survival, and budgets have been murdered by the Federal government to begin with. Which is delightful that everyone has to pay income tax to the Federal government (EU example again) without choice, and not their state (Country), and there is no way to suspend that payment without penalty or imprisonment. The US system, for some reason is: Person->US->State. So the US can cut off state funding to make them behave. Maybe a civil war holdover introduced in the early 1900s, but dumb as a bag of spoiled potatoes.

I’ve started working on some projects that I hope terminate in localized weather tracking among other things, but with also being laid off recently and the US tech industry trying to downgrade engineer pay and hiring being in a weird void because humans have no value, it’s a…weird time. I’ll complete the project, in a home or homeless, just annoying having to try and survive for like, the I lost count amount of times in this shitfuck of a country.

In the past, when I tried to claim unemployment one time, I was denied because I was in college. In what universe does that make any sense. This time, thankfully, that one system works, but it is structured so terribly that one is way below survival status. Current unemployment rates can’t even cover a current mortgage payment. (There is nuance there based on current cost, I’m not trying to distort it artificially for drama, to be clear.) Figure that out. That is before utilities or food, not even talking about something like fun.

NEVER TRAVEL HERE. DO NOT BUY OUR GOODS. We deserve the pain we set up for ourselves. Punish us like a dom in some weird sex fetish video would. I got beans to eat. Beets too! (It is not…quite that bad yet, but I am prepping as such and respect happy survival diet so hard.)

Just one person’s perspective, don’t bias thoughts upon it. Sorry that couple had that bill. I have a plethora of stories that can hit their $200k in minutes in just the last 2 years. Shit, probably in the last 6 or 7 months, actually.

Edit, and sorry, not trying to be dramatic to again be clear, I might have some errors too. Not trying to hyperbole. We are just such a fucking dumb place doing so many fucking dumb things for no fucking reason when we could easily be profitable (CAPITALISM!) AND also let humans live AND keep the planet habitable. It makes no damn sense what is going on when everyone winning would be simultaneously profitable for the “rich” and nobody dies.