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@ben it's not necessarily a common occurrence, but it's definitely a thing that crops up now and again
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@ben yes but we expect ableism from the media
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@monorail @BestGirlGrace hm, her avatar must be a mirror
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@BestGirlGrace @monorail no i mean like. mirror. reflected across the vertical axis. for shenanigan
@BestGirlGrace @monorail now if i were a grace i'd have some exact mirror versions of me to do all the obvious things with
@monorail @BestGirlGrace are you asking for a demonstration?
@monorail @BestGirlGrace they will be
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"before money there was only barter"
when i make dinner with my family:
- our labor is not bartered
- our labor is not bought or sold
so clearly there are modes of exchange not encapsulated in "before money there was only barter"
including mediums that societies have and still do use to function.
i'm starting to think that characterizing money as the sole successor and barter the sole predecessor serves a distinctly political purpose.
@monorail yes holly thats exactly why
@ben don't you mean Aacktt fo eht Celnos
@ben what, like. arst arsw
@FirstProgenitor the winnies are kinning
a bug, not a feature.
Genderless* cyberfae & co. at your service
assigned adult by the inexorable passage of time
don't use he/him or she/her pronouns for any of us without express permission
note that if we ever make you uncomfortable in any way please tell us so we know to stop. we're not always good at figuring these things out on our own