November update ama and ramble 1 hour special!

“Just fuck it, lie down,tuck yourself in” I’m trying so hard to hold back the tears. I needed to hear that.

Signed up as a birthday present to myself (I turned 38 yesterday) this makes me happy

Ecostacey

I agree with you on all of these points! I’d never shame anyone for not being vegan. I might talk about it some more sometime, but I’m really not a vegan preacher. I just live that way myself, and talk about my experiences here and there. Thank you for the perspectives 🤍

I'd actually be down for a vegan ramble about your own experiences. Just. . . don't shame people who aren't vegan. I can't tell you how many times I've seen vegans harassing Natives for not being vegan. Most of the Inuit of Canada and Greenland live on permafrost. You cannot farm that. There was a post on Tumblr where someone came up with the 'solution' of growing only beans to feed an entire Nation. . .it doesn't work like that lol. Leather/fur's controversial too. Its important to many people, it's been vital for clothing, shelter, and culturally significant art/crafts. Meanwhile, pleather production uses chemicals that are toxic to people and the environment. And doesn't last nearly as long as real leather, which means more of it has to be made. This kinda turned into a rant and I might delete this later, but I'm just saying that there are pros AND cons to veganism. (I might have said something before about veganism and privilege but as long as you acknowledge that, I'm not saying you CAN'T talk about it) P.s. hope your butt feels better today ☺️

Acedia

Good morning! ☀ Coffee, breakfast, and time to reply. Taking the Lord's name in vain -- Growing up my family never cursed. We didn't even say darn or anything like that. But despite being a very sincere spiritual person, my Granny's favorite expletive was, "Jesus CHRIST!" She always had a way of exclaiming it at the most inappropriate times -- like in front of my sister's church mouse friends at her VERY conservative Christian college, or in front of our pastor or something. It was so silly and it always made me laugh. I love a good subversive, "real" Christian. I've adopted saying it in my adulthood because it reminds me of her and makes me smile. Me gesturing wildly and crying out to my phone -- "BUDGIE! You can just call it a budgie!!" 😂 Listen. My car doesn't have any dents. MAYBE the paint is flaking off in spots, but that's because of a recall that I haven't had fixed and it's not my fault. Pls. 😂 You would die where I live, though. Tons of the rural roads here are dirt and most people have trucks or 4WD because when it rains a lot they can become impassible. I have my nice newer car for everyday but I also have a 25 year old beater 4WD SUV (also no dents, thankyouverymuch, lol) for when my road gets bad. Re: Love. I think for me at least, when you're younger you just kind of ride the wave of feelings and it's just this whole mess of learning and growing and chalking it up to experience. But as you get older you realize more of what you want out of life and relationships in order to feel fulfilled, and that's when the heaviness of it sets in. You can't just go around giving your heart away willy nilly, or taking whoever offers theirs. It becomes about so much more than feelings and attraction. Like you said -- trust, but also respect, give and take, communication, all of those adult-y things that come with age and experience. It's nice, but sobering. (Grrrr, I keep accidentally hitting enter and having to edit. Patreon on a laptop is frustrating.) I love living alone and being independent. Wanna get married? Then you can go on your merry way and be free and live over here eating barrels of guacamole with abandon, lololol. Why is being insane chef's kiss?! Wise words about bad brain days. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to tuck away the thought about when you have a broken leg you don't walk. I'm bad about setting deadlines and goals for making myself to take action before I'm ready and then feeling stressed when I'm not up to meeting those goals. I've said this before, but your sister and nieces are very lucky to have you. You do good work, Crunch. Thanks for this ramble! It's always so lovely to just follow along wherever your brain takes us. I'm going to listen again later today to keep me company while I do some ironing and laundry. Happy Thursday! Hope everyone has a nice day today. 😊

A small tight-fitting man’s swimsuit is known in Australia as a pair of “budgie smugglers”.

Thanks for answering so many questions! Good thing I’m not a cat…#curiositykills What vegan chocolate were you eating? You should try Rapunzel Nirwana vegane Schokolade - it will ruin all other chocolates for you 😮‍💨 We have shit roads because over 20% of our the federal budget goes to the military while only 3% goes to infrastructure and transportation and we give tax exemptions to rich men who act like children. Also when the department of transportation gets sued over the bad roads and people literally dying because of it they just pay out and still don’t fix the roads. ❤️❤️ You really gonna make us ask for you to share this amazing guac recipe 💀 It’s super easy to be vegan in Germany and the cost of living is much lower than in Denmark 🌚 There’s also a handful of vegan Christmas markets happening if you’re looking for a lil Udflugt

Sorry you missed the eclipse! I hope you get to see many wonderful astronomical events soon (and sending hugs) 🤍💫

Also, good morning, Crunchy 🌞 Yes you, the Crunchy reading this.

solarpowerduck

(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)☕💕 thank you for the serotonin, friend Everyone asked such interesting questions!! In the US at least, we just call them budgies or parakeets 🤣 Americrunchy slang 💀 I loooove hearing people's accents when they're trying to do other accents uwu I liked that this was one of your more vulnerable (?) rambles. I don't have much to say but I enjoyed lying on the floor and listening. Rambles always feel to me like those nights just sitting around with friends and saying some shit about life. aaaand I winced because my work right now is about in-groups and affinities, but holy shit that was all so interesting to hear, ty for laying it out Ugh I meant to just leave the cute emoji and not write a long response, but I compulsively need to express my thoughts and feel seen?? I think, therefore I said some shit on the internet, therefore I exist??? It's nice to hear your take on bad brain days. I've been, like, hella sick for several months and had to leave school and work, which has been actual hell!! for me as an obsessive personality! and workaholic! so it's forced me to work on how I set expectations for myself and see my value. all that is to say, I've been stuck at home with nothing better to do than think really hard about myself. so it was nice to hear from you about these things~ LMFAO "hEre's My cOcK 😘🙈💁🏻‍♀️" Bad brain day solidarity to anyone who needs it 🧡 hope everyone is drinking water and smiling today ✨

solarpowerduck

Thank you for this, Crunchy. I made it through and have a bunch of comments, but I think I’d rather just ask for your guacamole tips, stud 🥑

Ange

A-CAY-DI-A! Not that I care too much. But you have been struggling with this so I'm putting my foot down. Going with the Greek(?) pronunciation 😌 [You can only stay with a work visa or marriage.] "Next time on 90 day fiance~" lol I've never had a fried pickle even though they're (1)popular here and (2)I love pickles. They just seem like an abomination and too "Americanized" even for me. Fried Oreos tho. . .🤤 That feeling of being included in a community is so fulfilling. Whether that community be based around enthinicy, language, geography, culture, whatever, that shared experience brings a sense of belonging that's hard to define. I've been having to think a lot about my experiences with culture this month. So I've been full of feelings about it. I really look forward to the culture ramble whenever you do get around to it. "Fungi are more animal than plant and have complex neurological pathways. As a vegan are you okay with eating mushrooms?🎤" I'm being facetious but I actually kinda want to know the ethics of vegans eating mushrooms. I think the main argument is that they don't have central nervous system but neither do jellyfish really. Thank you for answering our questions. A whole hour of content 💙. We love to see it.

Acedia