SovietCinnamon

Hey,

I just thought I'd drop in to say thank you for being here. I'm not participating much or reading everyday, but I've been lurking for quite some time - registered on Lemmygrad around 3+ years ago (?) using different account. It was not the first, but still one of the first spaces (online or not) that encouraged me progress past that pseudo-anarchist vibe-based mindset I had, get some more interest in reading and challenge my worldview as a whole.

I find it a bit funny that that simple "stupid" registration question was probably the first time that I had to sit down with my own thoughts and ask myself "what REALLY is gender"? And now, couple years later and a lot of personal stuff behind me - here I am, transitioning in full force and finally feeling alive. It's rather tough but I don't feel dead inside anymore. I believe it would inevitably happen anyway but it probably made things "click" a bit earlier.

Just finished my workout and getting ready to copy that book about Stalin recommended to me some time ago on my e-reader. Posting online may not truly replace more serious forms of praxis but it does have some effect, especially on people isolated from any meaningful political action happening irl around them (think of people living in small towns or countries where propagating communism is illegal - or just terminally online dorks like the one I was back then). And of course the mutual support that happens here is a great thing too.

So, yeah, it's great you're all here (: Thought I'll share that I'm happy this beautiful little instance exist gathering comrades from around the world.

Love ya Comrades

Hey there

I sincerely hope all me comrades are having a nice day

I've been in a somewhat not amazing situation for quite some time (not best mentally, in transitioning and unemployed again), thought I'd ramble a bit and ask for a little advice. I despise almost every job I get and years of constant stress are ruining my physical and mental health to the point where I struggle to keep on going at all. I don't want money from anyone here but I'm trying to figure out how I could fill my budget before I stabilize a bit more and will be able to keep a job which should happen later in the summer.

A friend suggested a free psychological counseling available here where I live which might be a good start.

I'm getting a little bit of income that pays for ~40% of my room rent and receive some help from the family (mostly food). I generally stick to intermittent fasting and get ready to sell some music gear I don't use much. I used to make some small money doing side gigs (physical labor) or constructing a tiny website here and there but I'm not an experienced developer and it shows so can't do it professionally. I found learning python and c++ fun btw (clears my head from worries (: ) but it seems I have to sort out adhd stuff to think about rebranding seriously.

Generally if anyone has any ideas how I could earn or save some extra cash to deal with a small crisis, I'd be very happy to read some advice.

Hugs

I just found out about the official top-level Soviet Union domain that is still in use today!

It seems that since 2022 you can't register new .su domain names and it's future is uncertain. Still, I think it's cool that it exsits to this day (:

A nice example would be that sovietwave internet radio: https://sovietwave.su/

Just a curiosity I wanted to share with me comrades