Nokumana said:

That is fair. Thanks for this.

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I get your reaction, truly. It's justified, as time goes on though, you might have a little more leeway with stuff like that.

Horses for courses - measuring others by our own standards will always leave us feeling let down (not always but you know), others might not always be able to go that deep without intoxication, so it might come down to this: would you have rather had the conversation as it was or not at all. Either way you've had a learning experience 👍

Love to see reflection happening, regardless of what form. You'll go in my chants mate, send some vibes your way

Ovoidhunter said:

Gonna drop some bluey Vuitton to grain today. Also, I just got my wild cube prints out to 3 people on here for the grow along thread. The participants should be as follows,


Me, phaethon, Flapping_bird, and NotImlay.


Hopefully between the four of us we can produce some clean prints.

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Lithop said:

Bonnest of voyages, Churpee.

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Thanks!

Yeah subtrops


In a 90*C sauna


My wife wasn't into heavy tripping after our NYE shenanigans, and this was the first time with properly aged subtrops. When they look slightly off and bluish. So I gave her half a gram and took .7 myself. Don't want to be the babbling wreck in her trip

Very smooth sailing. I was surprised at the potency, on par with pans. They really gain from ripening more... Good conversation by the fireplace. Looked at the trees outside. Very peaceful. Good food. Music. Things could've been worse.

Lithop said:

@Klarn, not my favourite GIZZ but I'll abide

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tree frog said:

I confess, I don't open up in this thread much, for fear of sharing identifying info etc.

But last night, while out eating with some friends, one of our friends brought up a snake hunter she met in Florida that collects pythons for the state.  I understand trying to keep invasive species under control (though I might argue, white settlers, including myself, are the most invasive and destructive thing on the planet).  But the snake hunter also makes them into jewlery to sell, and my friends didn't seem to hear me when I expressed that I have a connection with these animals (I kept them as pets as a kid, and consider them as a spiritual guide).  Instead the conversation kept going and got brought back up again before we left.  And these are vegans too, that I certainly wouldn't bring up lucky rabbit's feet or leather jackets with...

I felt disassociated for most of the day and didn't know why.  Then I shot off a somewhat harsh text this evening with this picture of a python coiled around her eggs to the friend chat.  "I'd appreciate it if we don't talk about making someone's babies into jewelry, and next time we get together I'd appreciate if empathy doesn't end with mammals."



I kinda feel like I should apologize for my tone, but also still kinda hurt that I wasn't heard.  And I feel alienated, like I can't relate to most of our culture.  Not like this instance is an outlier in that regard, just kinda drove everything home for me that a night out with friends got so uncomfortable for me over something most folks probably wouldn't think twice about.

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BeefExtreme said:

you should drink it. 

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wait, actually?

tree frog said:

I confess, I don't open up in this thread much, for fear of sharing identifying info etc.

But last night, while out eating with some friends, one of our friends brought up a snake hunter she met in Florida that collects pythons for the state.  I understand trying to keep invasive species under control (though I might argue, white settlers, including myself, are the most invasive and destructive thing on the planet).  But the snake hunter also makes them into jewlery to sell, and my friends didn't seem to hear me when I expressed that I have a connection with these animals (I kept them as pets as a kid, and consider them as a spiritual guide).  Instead the conversation kept going and got brought back up again before we left.  And these are vegans too, that I certainly wouldn't bring up lucky rabbit's feet or leather jackets with...

I felt disassociated for most of the day and didn't know why.  Then I shot off a somewhat harsh text this evening with this picture of a python coiled around her eggs to the friend chat.  "I'd appreciate it if we don't talk about making someone's babies into jewelry, and next time we get together I'd appreciate if empathy doesn't end with mammals."



I kinda feel like I should apologize for my tone, but also still kinda hurt that I wasn't heard.  And I feel alienated, like I can't relate to most of our culture.  Not like this instance is an outlier in that regard, just kinda drove everything home for me that a night out with friends got so uncomfortable for me over something most folks probably wouldn't think twice about.

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Nokumana said:

TF,

My $.02: you communicated your needs. That's a win. You feel like you could have done it better?  Meh. Join the club. So many of us fall short of our expectations of ourselves so often.  You are worthy of the respect for your feelings that you were missing in that conversation, and you are worthy of the self compassion required to forgive yourself for not being "perfect" (is there such a thing?) in trying to relate those needs to your friends. You did it right today.

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AstroSporeFiend said:

Your friends either dismissed your feelings as invalid, though it is entirely possible they may have just misread your reaction.

Sometimes people are insensitive, and that includes all of us, even towards people we care about.

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