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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 08:30:28 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   I often look at my feminist career aunt with wonderment. She had it “all”, got to have the career, got to be the first generation of strong C-suite managers, had everyone in the building afraid of her (because, of course, she had to be impatient and cunty to be ‘taken seriously’) for years, she left that embarrassing, uncivilized small town life behind her….

   yet she spends her days dying alone, surrounded by foreigners she pays out of the hundreds of thousands she saved for her “easy”, “relaxing” life in retirement. She never wanted anything to do with us, she would grimace when the kids tried to give her a hug and loudly say “I’m just not a kid person, thanks”.

   Today I’m pretty sure she hated being around us because it reminded her of her roots, maybe even scared her when she saw how happy her sisters were in comparison. All that cool stuff she bought with her career lucre is in a landfill today, very little of it was made from true, lasting quality. Instead of everyone moving her absent-minded body into a home and fighting over all her amazing stuff, we were talking about who would become the steward of her father’s “old”, “ratty” tools.

   • Eoka Pistol (mutsu_a125@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 08:33:27 JST Eoka Pistol

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot >>All that cool stuff she bought with her career lucre is in a landfill today, very little of it was made from true, lasting quality. Instead of everyone moving her absent-minded body into a home and fighting over all her amazing stuff, we were talking about who would become the steward of her father’s “old”, “ratty” tools.
     
     honestly some wanky art is probably the only thing most would be interested in for many since most of their stuff would just be obsolete (but no particularly valuable) consumer goods, the wanky art would only be worth it for the quick sale.
     
     Old tools have some soul in them and it's often nice to use them even if a modern tool can do the same thing, hell still got a lot of tools from my grandfather who's been gone 20 years now.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 08:42:55 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Eoka Pistol

     @Mutsu_a125 I’m pretty good about seeing the value too. Stuff like old furniture of the era, tupperware, and the like can have value. But she lived her life constantly rotating things out. There were no cool treasures, just junk from cruise line gift shops and target furniture she replenished whenever things looked “dated” more than 5 years