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Dogmantra wrote

Reply to you just gained the power to shoot five different fluids from your dominant hand, one fluid for each finger. what are your five fluids, and which finger for each? by hollyhoppet

In order from thumb to little finger on my right hand:

  • potable room temperature water (always have fresh clean water to drink!)
  • potable boiling water (no more waiting or using energy for kettles and so on)
  • coca cola from a room temperature can (my favourite beverage and way to drink it, on the middle finger because it's sticking a middle finger up to the coca cola corporation by getting it for free)
  • helium (gases are fluids too! help solve any helium shortages and also gain access to a cool party trick [squeaky voice on demand] ring finger because I don't see myself using this one all that often and that's the most uncomfortable one to use)
  • acrylic paint thinning medium (sounds like a good idea but I've only ever used water, would like to experiment with it but it's expensive and I could just get new colours for the money)
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nomorepie wrote

Reply to you just gained the power to shoot five different fluids from your dominant hand, one fluid for each finger. what are your five fluids, and which finger for each? by hollyhoppet

Thumb - vodka. I had to include some kind of alcohol if only for mixing purposes, plus I feel it's the most versatile booze.

Pointer - water (clean, cold, potable) This Queen needs no explanation.

Middle - Lighter fluid. Many uses and I find it funny to have a flaming middle finger.

Ring - most awkward finger to hold out by itself, at least for me. Would be a liquid I would need rarely. Prosecco, maybe.

Little - espresso. Once again no explanation needed. Imagine the little finger extended over a tiny espresso cup shooting out piping hot coffee. Prego!

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nomorepie OP wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by neku in Exciting developments by nomorepie

I switched it around to top when I installed it and used that way for years, seemed weird to me to have it on the bottom lol. Just recently I was lying in bed dead tired on my phone and I was like wait why is this so unwieldy

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS wrote

Reply to you just gained the power to shoot five different fluids from your dominant hand, one fluid for each finger. what are your five fluids, and which finger for each? by hollyhoppet

Long ago I made a d666 table for various fluids to be found in d&d style alchemy jugs. I will roll on this table to determine what fluids I get. Please excuse me for being a fluid anarchist at time of making the table

Pinky: Heavy Cream

Ring: Olive Oil (hell yeah yhell yeah hell yeahfgh)

Middle: Carbonated water (HELL YEAHGFH)

Index: Oil Paint

Thumb: Molten Silver

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neku wrote

Reply to Exciting developments by nomorepie

i think firefox does this by default so i've never known another way except when fixing something on my mum's phone. taskbar on the top seems like a bad way to live

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cowloom OP wrote

Reply to comment by rain in If you STILL aren't organizing, then you're part of the problem. by cowloom

For example, no matter what else they do, Food Not Bombs feeds hungry people, and that is worth doing.

The point the video made was that while it is a good thing to do, it isn't toppling the conditions that give rise to starvation or homelessness in the first place, so it's not the most effective thing to do. Our org tried to do red charity and organizing work for a while, but we eventually had to face the fact that the charity work was eating up too much of our limited time, energy, and funding. Since we were such a small group of people, it was sapping most of the energy we could've been putting towards organizing, so we eventually had to make the difficult decision to suspend the program. The decision was delayed for quite a while because some people thought it was too heartless to stop doing grocery handouts.

At the same time they offer a chance for meeting people with similar values and philosophies.

They touched on that, too, and came to the conclusion that a limited grocery distribution could be useful as a stepping stone to connect with the advanced masses. If it's done with that in mind, with the intention of moving on to bigger and better things once you get more people on board, then it can be a good starting tactic.

That’s where having pre-established networks of people willing to help each other may be life saving - both for you and others.

Sure, I agree with this. I have a side project that I run that would fall under your definition of mutual aid (I can't say what it is, due to OpSec). But it's not a massive drain on my time or resources, so it's feasible for me to do. I think mutual aid should be something that the masses do themselves to support each other. The issue I'm talking about is when a self-proclaimed revolutionary org is spending all of its time and energy doing one-sided "mutual" aid work that doesn't get them any closer to revolution.

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