Post 9jeSS8i1ufpHrTEoa0 by solder_on@hackers.town
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 (DIR) Post #9jeIybiYb2xhYSKNZA by thegibson@hackers.town
       2019-06-08T21:17:59Z
       
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       How much did it help you to help your people?Who are your people?For real.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jeJeaalAkNkE3hPIe by Azure@vulpine.club
       2019-06-08T21:25:35Z
       
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       @TheGibson I'm not sure if I have a /my/ people.When I was at the lowest points in my life resolving to help other people generally pulled me back up and out of them and kept me fairly well off.I guess if I have a my people it's probably autodidacts generally. I view learning stuff as inherently worthwhile and enjoy helping people do so quite an awful lot.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jeMcjsZyFPwJUqLeS by lugh@hyenas.space
       2019-06-08T21:58:54Z
       
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       @thegibson mostly anyone busking, or doing something similarIt takes guts and I’ve been there (still am sometimes)
       
 (DIR) Post #9jeSS8i1ufpHrTEoa0 by solder_on@hackers.town
       2019-06-08T23:04:13Z
       
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       @thegibson listen, it's a nice idea, but I'm sure that if I had a people they'd have let me know by nowI have no peopleI am but another drifting speck of dust, as we all areand sometimes it's actually kind of okaybut I don't have a "people" and the more I want to imagine I do, the more real life proves to me that I don'tso
       
 (DIR) Post #9jeWEKeB8CH8eH6lSS by rook@hackers.town
       2019-06-08T23:46:32Z
       
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       @thegibson the outcastsminorities of population: one
       
 (DIR) Post #9jebfzWDmM7Z01OW3s by ryen@hackers.town
       2019-06-09T00:47:33Z
       
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       @thegibson If I have any “people” I’d say it’s the crazy fucks that decided to make the jump and immigrate to this crazy place. Or at least stay for a while. Especially the ones met from $oldjob and through people from $oldjob.Navigating the systems here, especially bureaucratic ones, can be a bit overwhelming at first, along with dodging the sleaze balls that like to prey on immigrants. I had people to help me, so it just makes sense to pass that help on when possible.How has it helped me out? I guess if I ever take the plunge and get a boat and start doing fishing charters and island hopping tours, I know plenty of people that would make great helmsmen and deck hands. And guests for my kid’s birthday parties. And people to bitch with in my native tongue. That last one is the most important.
       
 (DIR) Post #9jeeQD3lxuMoE3Foyu by bill@bsd.network
       2019-06-09T01:18:19Z
       
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       @thegibsonI used to think I had "my people".I still have people I do things with,  talk to, enjoy the company of, etc.  But I don't think of it as anything exclusive.  There are roughly 7.6 billion people on this rock.  I don't rely on any of them any more than I need to.  That's not a bad thing.