Dharma Curious @ DharmaCurious @startrek.website

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That's literally the noise I made when I read it.

That's the whole reason I signed up for it. I'm new to Fediverse stuff, and not the most computer literate. I've never been on Instagram, and just used imgur to post pics on reddit. I like open source stuff on principle, and I figured pixelfed was probably a better place than imgur, and I wasn't sure if there was a fediverse/open source version of imgur.

I now use it to hoarde stolen memes, mainly from u/Stamets on startrek.website. lol.

I count for at least 10. Lol. I've made a bunch of alts, between trying to find an instance I vibe with, and then finding more instances I vibe enough with to use when there's downtime. Lol

I grew up in the US, and the only person I know who didn't drink as a 15 year old is a 33 year old who still doesn't drink. Lol.

We have ramps up onto the bed for them to get on. But they refuse to use them to get down. :/ Monty, the oldest, will just wait to be picked up unless there's some life threatening danger going (like I get up to go to the bathroom and don't take him with me. Lol). But the girls just superman off the bed no matter what I do. :(

She's on Medicare due to disability, but they've told her they don't cover dental. Any idea how we find out more?

Wow. That's incredible.

How free? My mom needs all of her remaining teeth extracted (23), plus dentures made.

I love you all so much, I don't know if anyone can understand just how much. You make my life better in ways I can't explain.

Jack, you're 15, and I know it's a long walk, but please stop peeing on any piece of fabric that lands on the floor. You're a cat, and your pee smells like ammonia's older brother who works out and doesn't shower.

Monty, I know the IVDD makes it difficult for you to play and move around as much as you want, and I just need you to never jump off the bed again. That will make things better. I will always be here to carry you.

Mary, Maizie, you're the babies, and I know you think you can jump off the bed, but just don't do it, and you won't end up with problems like Monty has. Also, stop pooping inside. You love going outside so much, you're always excited. Why do you hold it, and poop in your evil little poop hiding spots? Go poop outside, please!

Daddy loves you all, and tonight I will make you all shredded chicken and carrots.

Edit: I am sorry for this wall of text. I understand if you don't read it. Lol..I have COVID right now, and for someone reason I'm either wired like a coke head, or exhausted like a coke head on Monday. You caught me wired.

Transporter credits I can't speak to, but labor vouchers are something that has been tried in limited fashion in the past.

Basically, the idea is that they are not accunulatable by anyone but the person doing labor to earn them.

Let's say you work, doing some kind of worky type work. You earn 1 labor voucher per hour. You live in a society in which housing, electricity, water, transportations, and food are free at the point of use. Your labor voucher provides proof that you are, indeed, laboring. You have your eye on a nice luxury item or an item that is genuinely scarce and not strictly necessary for life, and thus not provided free to everyone (I have COVID right now, and can't think of an example. Game system? Aren't computers made with rare elements? See footnote). You could spend your labor vouchers for this item. Let's say it costs 20 labor vouchers. You work 20 hours, give the shopkeep those 20 vouchers. The vouchers aren't money, though. They're either digital credits, or little pieces of paper with "DrChaotica's proof of labor" on it. The shopkeep would be unable to spend them anywhere, as she is not DrChaotica. They are either destroyed outright, or given back to the local governing body to be re-given to you upon completion of more laboring.

It's an idea for socialism by people who are socialist, and also think we'd have the whole bUt nObOdY WiLl WoRk problem. We incentivize work through the voucher system, while preventing the accumulation of wealth by making them non transferable and no accunulatable by anyone other than the worker. In theory, you could be "rich," but only by working a shit ton, and your wealth couldn't come at the expense of making someone else poor. You wouldn't be able to extract the value of other workers, and you wouldn't be able to hoarde mass amounts of wealth, only modest wealth, as you'd have to be doing the work yourself.

Footnote:

So, among socialists, this is still a fairly controversial topic. Labor vouchers are often seen as a way of preventing the Socialist Billionaire problem that China faces, while also preventing the common critique thrown at left wing communists and anarchists, that none would actively work in their communities, especially in less hobby-like jobs like wood working or fuggin sculpting or whatever. No one wants to be a plumber after the glorious revolution. This allows for the community to have things that are entirely free, and provide a base level of life that is pretty high, while also ensuring that things get done, and no one is rigging the system in their favor. It's not a system supported by all socialists, and it's not always clear which group would or would not support that type of system.

Footnote the second, because COVID brain and I couldn't figure out where else to slot it in. Labor vouchers could also be used on food, depending on the system. A ration system is often a scary concept, because people think the ration is the most the food you can have. But there's also the type of rationing where the ration is the minimum amount of food anyone can have. You are provided with a base level of calories, staple items, and whatever is locally produced. You will always have access to that, and will never go hungry. But let's say your community is trying to increase the amount of plant based food and decrease animal farming. Dairy may be on the ration, but meat is not. Labor vouchers could be used to buy meat, increasing the number of people willing to do work for the vouchers, while decreasing the amount of meat produced, and simultaneously ensuring no one goes hungry, and no one is forced to go veg if they don't want to.

Hey, Neptune! I'm the only other human to have seen that movie!

I wish there were more. I love it so much.

I love this meme, but I've always been curious what the actual episode was about.

You missed kale and brassica canis.

I understood some of those words! Lol.

Stay the path, friend. Tng gets better in s3, and great going forward. Those first two seasons can be a bit of a slog.

Also, I was never able to watch TOS until after I became a ride or die Trekkie. Now I love it. Lol.

From what we've seen of how good his cooking is, it may well be his customers bringing him the food they grow specifically for his restaurant.

Is bolarus federation? I'm not great at knowing which planets are and aren't. The federation credits beverly uses at far point could still be in line with my labor voucher theory, but I think you're right about it being earth, not the federation, that's entirely post monetary. Now that you mention that, I've seen episodes where they say you have to be a unified planet to join the federation, no caste system, etc. But never have they mentioned on screen you have to be post monetary. Also, as up thread it was mentioned, quark is paying rent on a bajoran station, so probably bajor has money, and they were all set to join on a few occasions, so yeah. You're right. The moneyless folks are Earthicans, not federation members.

That's something I hadn't considered about replicated food. As a gardener, I can attest that the dirt it's grown in can have a pretty big impact on taste. It could be that.

Could also be, like, you order your replicated tomato, and they're giving you Tomato variety number 7, as is standard for replicators, and you just don't care for that variety. Kinda like how banana candy doesn't taste like bananas, because it actually tastes like a variety of banana you can't get anymore, so no one thinks it tastes real anymore.

Good point! Also, don't they use stasis to keep food fresh for longer?

Oh, good, what a relief?