For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.
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@Remittancegirl absolutely. Purity tests are not the answer. Only "can you do slightly better than yesterday". Stopping drinking was "slightly better than yesterday" until it was just a new norm.
@rgarner We're all at different places in our journeys. And for some, the journey of life just cannot end in Quorn. hahah.
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@rgarner We're all at different places in our journeys. And for some, the journey of life just cannot end in Quorn. hahah.
@Remittancegirl I mean Quorn gives me terrible stomach cramps, so no. But Linda McCartney's veggieburgers agree with me just fine.
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@Remittancegirl (yes, I still occasionally have something, but it's in the order of months apart now which is functionally not hugely different to teetotal)
@rgarner
That's a good way to think about it. Honestly, we must embrace those little pleasures in life, and the rarer they are, the more pleasure we get from them. But to be puritanical about it... meh, for me that lands somewhere between Kant and de Sade -
It's not that I put my faith in anyone who seeks political office anymore. I have grown to be extremely suspicious of anyone who seeks power in my old age.
Wanna know what changed my mind? That Green Party video, with Zack Polanski running.
It's not that I believe it. It's that I believe they actually know what people want to hear. That's a start.
@Remittancegirl Yep. That was extremely well made, say I as an erstwhile copywriter.
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@rgarner
That's a good way to think about it. Honestly, we must embrace those little pleasures in life, and the rarer they are, the more pleasure we get from them. But to be puritanical about it... meh, for me that lands somewhere between Kant and de Sade@Remittancegirl I *can* do disciplined (in a non de Sade kind of way), and most of the time I will, and feel better for it (with exercise particularly).
But yes, an occasional real pleasure, rather than constant low-level Bacchanalia.
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For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.
It hurts. And yet.
I am fairly convinced that Labour will not keep the hard right away from power. So that kind of freed me up, in a strange way.
I have become a member of the Green Party.
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It's not that I put my faith in anyone who seeks political office anymore. I have grown to be extremely suspicious of anyone who seeks power in my old age.
Wanna know what changed my mind? That Green Party video, with Zack Polanski running.
It's not that I believe it. It's that I believe they actually know what people want to hear. That's a start.
I think all the parties know what people want to hear.
I think the difference is the Greens aren't beholden to corporation donors -
@AspiringLuddite Thank you! Hahaha. Kind of you to let me in!
I'm pretty new here, myself
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@Eetschrijver I don't thank my father for a lot - there isn't that much to thank him for. But one thing he always believed in was acting. Feelings are transitory. If you really care, then act.
I have always been pretty actively political and that is why.
@Remittancegirl Well, that, at least, is good!
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@Remittancegirl Yep. That was extremely well made, say I as an erstwhile copywriter.
@Eetschrijver 100% agreed
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