Public libraries are just about free (a library card only costs a couple dollars), but in general our museums cost money. The Smithsonian and the Crystal Bridges are the only large museums I can think of off the top of my head that have free admission. I think state and national parks would be a better example of free public spaces.

non-american here but i've downloaded libby before and they let you access some libraries without a card/proof of us address

It is one of the things I like and use a lot. I'm sorry you don't have accessible museums or libraryes :(

We have an app called Libby which is not sustainable for several reasons, but for now, lets you access ebooks and audibooks in your local library's catalogue.

It's also one of the things I'm afraid of losing. The fourth reich is here, we have book burnings, we have libraries under immense fascist pressure, and I am worried that libraries could even stop existing entirely.

Most museums here are not free, but most of them are not prohibitively expensive. (Usually, only popular museums in dense cities are expensive, and even then, those usually start at around $30, with discounts available. They make most of their money in the gift shop.)

There's a lot to be grateful for-- I could list a thousand things right now. I think capitalists defend capitalism by looking at how much worse things can be, while leftists are unified by looking at how much better things can be. We have so much wealth that we want to hold on just to ourselves and even then it's utterly wasted.

Which leaves us taking a lot for granted. Plumbing is a modern miracle. Your post resonated with me a lot and I appreciate it, and I'm sorry again you don't have access to these things.

I saw a big Tweet that basically said "he's not a Nazi, he just has Asperger's and is confused" (paraphrasing). I don't know what new type of bootlicking this is, but it feels disgusting.

Evil John Lennon imagine life with no sour cream...

There is something to be said about how being dead smooths out your edges like nothing else

My mom and I just reminisced yesterday about how my dad sometimes called foods by overly formal names like he was ordering at the restaurant, it was a peculiarity of his that I always thought was kind of putting on airs but I'm thinking on it fondly now

Average Midwest dad moment

This is very true in may case

i think huawei is an interesting company because they're basically building a technological ecosystem independent of western interests and intellectual property. plus they make some really nice stuff. i got a huawei nova 5t phone some time in 2020? and it's still running great in 2025, and their screens are beautiful. only trouble is that they don't always sell in the west

My wonderful partner picked me up more hummus while she was out!

does a happy dance

i never understood this back then because i'd never had quesadillas or sour cream until recently but i'd risk it all for crema it's true

I just took critical damage from this reference

For me, this is a fact, and one of the beautiful things about the world

i'm haunted by visions

wow that's not even a full sentence. and it strikes. fear and sorrows into the heart

It could be that you'd benefit from something more vigorous or frankly stressful. I had a period where I didn't do much besides very leisurely activities - was injured and had to stay in bed, recovered. Not just physically but also had no external demands. My stress tolerance went down and I was hyper all the time, but I started literally playing fps games and high intensity cardio (the kind of where you go hard for a minute or two and have to take a break) to get adrenaline flowing in my body and get used to it again.

cool movie

100% the same reason i chose the girl mmhmm yup yup

Neat. as a kid i just did it because i was closeted transgender

communism is when everything feels like the inside of a Trader Joe's

capitalism is when everything feels like the inside of a Wal Mart

Oh, that? That wasn't me.

"Yes we are"

clicks post

:0

Flabbergasted once again

why do you keep telling me to do those things?