Being alive during that time and not a being an infant was pretty cool. We were the generation that used be out late and you just came home when the street lights came on. Times were different.
Who still has POGS?
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Remember pogs… MTG…
magic the gathering?
Magic was actually “cool” for a hot minute lol
i had friends who went to the shops with the cards and the comics
i was with the computer tho, i tried to interact with that crowd, many of my contemporaries at the library were either computer or tabletop gamers, i was the former, one of the notable latter dubbed me "evil ed" because i did look an awful lot like the dude out of that movie, was pretty funny scene, the library dwellers, totally split in two
i have long considered it the approval seeking nerds, and the rebel geeks, and mostly the geeks like the computers at that time
"geek" was even a slur back then, one little turd jerk child of petrolhead/football type dubbed me "geek" it was my actual nickname according to him
yes, the other geeks taht i got along with were book geeks, and i also liked a lot of books, and a lot of the books i liked were what the book geeks liked, but they lked movies more than me
I liked books too.
We come from that time when we had to pull index cards to get more info on things…. OR…. ask adults, which often replied: “that’s something you need to talk to your parents about”
yeah, and we just found another way around it, usually!
also i understand you are a dock worker... i made a great friend back circa 2010 who was a dock worker, also very fit (he may have been a bit bigger than you) but his thing was soldering copper pipes and rods into pyramids and meditating, and he introduced me to alex jones, who led me to Ron Paul and then Mises
Shipyard. I work on warships in various roles from preservation to fitting, etc.
mostly abrasive blasting and plural component airless / powder coating.
ah, ok, not quite the same, you aren't moving stuff around but repairing and maintaining the big machines
That and removing degraded coating systems via high pressure abrasive “blasting” with a hose akin to a firehose that shoots grit at high velocity to expose steel or other substrates and removes rust, mil scale and contaminates in order to clean and prep the surface (ie: the hull of the entire aircraft carrier) in preparation for a and entirely new series of coatings to be applied per mil-spec.
Street lights? Ha. I used to stay out till 3 on week days then get up at 7 to go to school. We were 24/7 before the Internet.
Lmao.
Well as the single white dude in the ghetto, yeah my rays told me to be back when the lights came on.
I can identify with this, however as I grew, I learned how to exist with my fellow humans and no matter what type of group I was with I was usually safe, and cared about
Oh for sure. But when your 6 or seven. Ya ass is back to he crib when the lights came on.
But your point is poignant and correct. We must interact with everyone. Being a public school kid that was a great advantage. I had friends and classmates from every creed religion etc.
When you learn this as a kid it's just like second nature.
I had a feeling you’d understand what I meant. And yea at THAT young an age, I wasn’t so skilled at fitting in, especially when you are literally a different race, but I did. And I don’t regret it for a second, even the times that were rough or unfair towards me. I grew, and I met people who treated me like we had no skin. And that’s the strength, when we come together and realize we are all bipedal hominids.
There is no “future” alone. Nor is there a point, to any of it, if we aren’t together.
People hate to admit, or even acknowledge… without the other person in the equation, there isn’t a reason or a value. We are meant to experience, together, and define… enjoy, feel the pains, grow… love, laugh and sing. Together
Couldn't have said it better myself.
There is no future solo.