@pikesley fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckISTHISREAL

@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.

@Remittancegirl I mean Quorn gives me terrible stomach cramps, so no. But Linda McCartney's veggieburgers agree with me just fine.

@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)

@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.

@Remittancegirl when I say "people" I mostly mean people on the right. People who are absolutely bought into GDP as the prime measure of wellbeing.

@Remittancegirl I rode 10,000Km last year. Each year, I snorkel in Marathon Bay. In all the places I'm out and looking, life is receding quite noticeably. People are choosing not to see.

@Remittancegirl the ecological parts are by necessity going to become defaults. Even if only by watching China roar away on renewables...

@Remittancegirl I hope/think it's going to benefit from the skills of some political migrants

@Remittancegirl I haven't been a member of any party before this. I campaigned for/with my current (Labour) MP in 2017 because he's a good representative but the national Labour party I have few ties with except friends

@Remittancegirl (I've only been here a relative five minutes too)

@Remittancegirl hey, welcome

@Erased_Citizen it's so obvious when you phrase it like that

@Thayer JFC I am *so* far past AI replacing people at this stage. Smash the fucking looms.