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Get clean. It's difficult to trust someone who you think is just gonna spend money on drugs and steal to buy drugs. Get into a rehab. Drop that shit it's nasty.

An indigenous Peoples History of the United States.

A Song of Ice and Fire series I've read every book at least once, most twice. I'm obsessed with the intricacies of the storylines.

3 name changes and 5 pages... No I think it's just a matter of agree to disagree. I didn't ask your opinion. I'm not uninformed, just done with being so afraid of offending people. I'm not an ignorant American though I get that insult is popular to throw around nowadays. Calling me uninformed...

You're still dismissing all other gypsy cultures. No one race owns it.

don't know if it's much of a conspiracy, but I love the Panspermia hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia That life was planted here on space. Maybe as an experiment or something. I also like to think weed, lsd snd shrooms are from aliens too...

discretion is yet the better part of valor. Keep it out of guest sight, keep it out of my sight. One time I was checking in a fragile old couple and behind them I see some tramps digging in the trash; I kind of signaled to them and appreciated that they cleared out seconds before the delightful...

some good melaoncholy foresty sounding music. I've never heard of "post rock" before.

I thought I was the only one who has a giant keyring full of tools and odd ends and bits! I'd say look into prepper forums and sites and do research. I carry firemaking tools, water filtration, a water key, keys for various toilet paper and paper towel dispensers, swiss army knives, etc. A lot...

If you can, save up for 1 or 2 good pairs of shoes that will last you forever. I know it's expensive but REI rocks, I have Sorrell boots I love.

So all this discussion led me to do a great deal or research and reading. I'm really glad; I learned a lot. Learned that culture is not isolated, nobody owns it, and there's a big difference between appropriation and appreciation...

Socks for sure. When I first moved up here I underestimated how freakin cold my feet could get! Big thick cushy long socks and lots of em! Wool is great too. I also recommend wearing thermals or tights under your clothes.

Right-o. I don't bother snipers and divers, and if you can be discreet when you slip in the breakfast room you won't be bothered. but like other hotels, we do occasionally get the crazy screaming incoherent combative vagrants and they gotta go.

Oh boy I'm rooting for you. But yeah, damn cold and wet. Wear layers, keep warm, take care. We had horrendous snow a couple weeks ago and it's been so cold especially at night. I don't envy people sleeping outside in it.

if you hear a name and choose to associate it with "shit", that's your problem. I don't know why I'd associate a name or title or culture with "Shit". that's pretty negative. I know Tumblr is generally a terrible example but look at the Tumblr tag for "gypsy". yeah you'll see the occasional SJW...

Yeah that's bad.

Yeah this! I always think, that if shit were indeed to hit the fan, the rich are soft and easily frightened. Campers, vagrants, hobos, travellers, etc. are gritty! Tough! Survivors! Clever! Resourceful! Eat the rich ;) it'd be interested. Travellers are already off-the-grid, tough and...

This thread is so heavy, in a good way. As a wise man once told me, "It'll be harder and easier then you can imagine." Regrets... Yup. And they're a bitch. But that's life, you know? That's everyone. So I'm trying to accept that. And I remember that had I done things differently, I might not be...

yeah it's my partner's dream, been wanting it forever. Apparently the guy still blogs about it and is working on a 2.0 design. http://quidnon.blogspot.com/

And also! Use presto logs instead of real wood; I find them to be much more efficiently burning. https://lignetics.com/pages/pres-to-logs

https://www.tinywoodstove.com/product/small-stove-the-dwarf-3kw-lite/ This is the stove I have. Can't praise it enough. And the company is awesome too; they created their own stove when they couldn't find existing ones that met their needs. Has chimney options out the front or rear, has rope...

huh. Well thanks. And yes I actually LOVE boba, but I don't think it'll hold well in international mail. but thanks for the olive branch, er... tapioca ball.

Making sense of your own beliefs is fine. Personal beliefs are personal. But this was a post calling out others and critisizing them for THEIR NAME. I'd like to point out that STILL none of you know me, but have demanded answers and "proof". I do believe this is all a case of people being PC wet...

Sorry. Thank you!

Wow dude, thanks. You made my morning. I'm so glad you get it. Your metaphor is spot on.

Wood stoves are AWESOME. keeps us plenty warm, and definitely dries out the air. We have a heat activated fan (from stove creator) that sits on top of it and distributes the warmth as well. I would next recommend dehumedifying crystals or beads. You can buy them at marine stores; they sit in a...

It's not a a slur. And none of you know my ethnicity though you all insist you must. But who cares? Go give yourself a pat on the back. I hope you're really thrilled. You're so edgy and woke.

I understand exactly why people are giving me shit. That's the thing. I get it, but people here seem to think they know me, or maybe they require a DNA test. And so far, @SlankyLanky , @Matt Derrick and @Prophetess333 have been the only civil people here. I give into peer pressure, into the...

Same... the political climate, climate change, impending war, natural disaster. things are getting bad, shit's gonna hit the fan. best to prep yourself best you can for impending SHTF doom.

wow you still don't know who I am and you dare assume to know my motivations. I'm respectfully peacing out of this internet lynching, talk about bad taste. Hope everyone got their fill of internet badass points.

this guy's trying to make kits for people to build their own liveaboard boats. really interesting project!

oh geez yes i cannot emphasize enough- oil! We blew the engine on our last bus because we drove to Goerge, WA then Eugene, OR (following Dead & Company) and... well we were having such a good time, we forgot. Got a rod knock, and an engine replacement would have been more expensive then just...

fair nuff. well put. Guess I meant "this forum".

so awesome. You're indeed right about the universe. Glad the universe is being good to you.

well put. And not nosing into other people's lives or identities. That's just wrong and rude and I really thought this community knew better.

? not at all. I invite you to point out where I've done that. I never tell anyone what they can and can't call themselves. This thread was created to dictate what people may and may not call themselves. I call bullshit.

that's completely different. Native American is a race. "gypsy" isn't. There are many different types of "gypsies". British, scottish, polish. If anything the word was originally taken from the "Egyptian" because gypsies were supposed to have come from Egypt. So if you really wanna run around...

Woooooooo! make me want to put on a flouncy translucent boho dress and dance

Thank you! I'm so glad someone gets it. Cultural gatekeeping is wrong. Man now I'm craving me some Fleetwood Mac!

Sounds like you take responsibility for your choices in life and where you are, and you have a good perspective and attitude. Just keep working at it. Everyday is a new day.

with certainty... that IS funny. You're asserting you know someone who you don't. I've communicated with plenty of people with this moniker, and I've never been attacked like this. Let me spell it out for you. Culture is a multi-ethnic thing. No one RACE owns a CULTURE. THAT would be.... that's...

wow, I do NOT get what this hostility is about. You don't know who or what I am and I'm not obligated to justify myself. So your point is null. Shame on you for being racist; claiming you OWN a culture or word. I'm glad you're all having fun attacking me. I'm sorry you're all so threatened...

keep going. you should go back in time and rate all my posts.

That's really cute, rating me like that because I proved you wrong. I'm flattered you made a thread just for me.

don't get what the condescending tone is about. I was polite when appropriate, but I'm not the one making an entire thread telling people what they can and can't call themselves. Don't know why you feel it neccesary to make a proclamation like an authority.

"should"? and who are you to be doing the supposing? Respectfully, who put you in charge of Roma gypsies AND language? Again, you don't know me. Who I am, where I come from. And that's why policing other people's identity is WRONG.

I disagree. I don't "gotta be" anyway or anywhere. To claim cultural appropriation is to claim that you or a race own a culture when a culture is a multi-ethnic, ever evolving thing. And that's... racist. Our PC world of calling cultueral appropriation on anyone wearing an asian dress or eating...

I unapologetically call myself a gypsy. 1. my ethnic heritage is my business and I don't have to justify it to anyone. 2. I'm a traveller in a bus that lives a romantic bohemian lifestyle.

and actually, also wanted to mention a big point By claiming only certain races own certain cultures, you're making the claim that a single person or single race owns a culture when they don't and that's racist. When cultures meet and mingle, they inform and enrich each other.

I couldn't have put it better myself.