speedingcheese

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on Studies of my weird plants · c/artshare · 3 pts · 167d

Watercolorist here also eyeing gouache! It seems like it’ll be freeing in some ways. You’re doing great in the switch

My absolute favorite is Sal’s suds. Bought a gallon well over a year ago and I use it as my everyday spray cleaner, laundry detergent, and dish soap. All at different concentrations. Only 1/3 done with the gallon!

The only downside is that it solidifies somewhat in the cold. I think the everyday spray is diluted enough that it doesn’t

on Cancer · c/artshare · 6 pts · 1y

Damn I’m sorry. You captured the feeling beautifully

Yeah, I’m with you that it’s tough to figure out. Good points, and I didn’t offer a solution because I don’t have one! Just… gah, I left reddit because the echo chamber/hive mind is destructive to intelligent conversation.

Online reputations sound nice in theory, but quickly fall apart in practice. It is essentially a social credit system Like China uses to control people. In a system like what you’re describing, people would probably ding someone that they simply didn’t agree with. That means someone with a controversial but perhaps well thought out and valid take would be booted. Thus, intelligent debates and discussions take a hit and then you have the Echo chamber of Reddit.

https://www.wired.com/story/china-social-credit-system-explained/

To me, the connection wasn’t direct. The author was saying that to move forward and solve humanity’s problems, there needs to be less heroes (guys with spears) and more collaboration (people with bags). Humans love their heroes so it’s an uphill battle.

What I took from my initial read is “stop waiting for others to save the world.” That feels solarpunk to me.