I’m trans, lesbian, and Hispanic. Next week I’m permanently leaving the US with my partner.

This week has had a lot of crying. I cried at my work goodbye party on Tuesday. Yesterday I hosted a going away show for my community at an amazing bar (I’m a performer). Have you ever seen 50 people crying simultaneously at a bar? Today I cried when I said my last goodbyes to my coworkers, since they are actually great people.

So overall very heavy with mixed feelings. I’m thrilled that I have a ticket out of this mess, I’m terrified for my friends and family who are staying behind, I’m beyond furious that this is all happening, I’m mourning the life I’m leaving behind, and I’m exhausted from everything

I’m going to heavily disagree. Community is the only thing we have now. it’s the giant mesh of friends and connections that is stronger than any single node. But you only get out of it what you put into it.

I’m currently a week away from leaving the US, and the loss of my community is one of the biggest things I’ve been mourning. That said, my community has also been absolutely instrumental in helping me through this.

Edit: I missed the typo in OP’s

Snakes, as long as they aren’t venomous

Currently learning a third language as an adult, with my first two being from childhood. This rings true. I took 2 years of it in middle school and got nowhere, but now that I’m actually putting effort into it I’m picking it up super quick.

I’m using Duolingo for regimented practice, but supplementing it with music I enjoy, podcasts, and even Pokemon Go. Middle school mostly just gave me rote memorization of vocab that I barely remember, but nearly no immersion

Most nails hammered into nose in 1 minute

Still not convinced I can’t beat it

Crosswords since it’s easy to forget words while high. You end up scrambling to remember the word “bedsheet”

High five a certain gold loving narcissist

On mobile, I recommend downloading a URL cleaner to scrape away that shit.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people share an article and the link is the size of the Magna Carta

At that point I guess the answer is decay

Juniore (French indie pop)

I had a formative falling out with a former friend years ago. We used to love bomb each other, and I just couldn’t bear to get rid of them.

Recently did a bonfire ritual and burned aaaalll of that away. It was cathartic and felt like a good close to that long chapter.

Active communities that aren’t about Linux

Nearly every NYC apartment has pest issues. Landlords don’t actually give a fuck about resolving them, so I end up doing most of it. I’ve had roaches, mice, and all colors of mold.

Mice are the most annoying. Unfortunately glue traps are the only traps that work on them, but I would check them often and Ol’ Yeller any stuck mice I found with a crossbow. Instant lights out.

The depth and diameter of my sinuses

You can get a 1TB drive for much less than $400

My partner uses about 10 lamps at any given time, and the room must be a black hole because I still can’t see shit

That you get more conservative as you get older. Really it’s because boomers have been getting wealthier as they get older. Everyone else I know has only gotten more radicalized against the class war.

On a similar note, that money doesn’t buy happiness. While technically true (see: Musk), it buys security and stability, which are prerequisites for happiness

None, because I’m never having children

If my partner asked I’d say hell fucking no

If she did it without asking we wouldn’t be together after that, and she’d likely be facing a legal challenge that would inevitably get dismissed after Musk x-cretes that he “finds it hot”

Sextidi? Je ne vois pas de problème