Posts by simplyxtata@c.im
 (DIR) Post #ApVvR6Hjza3mphL5No by simplyxtata@c.im
       2024-12-20T14:00:06Z
       
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       @zegkljan  This is really cool. I recently got into #hema about half a year ago. The combination of #swords and using conversational #Latin is really neat also! My fencing club is German based but I'm trying to pick up a little of all the Hema languages so to speak to understand the text better.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax4FnWOnXmcvAwnqfg by simplyxtata@c.im
       2025-08-11T16:08:29Z
       
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       @Nonilex  thank you for covering this in such detail. This is horrifying and a waste of time for law enforcement and military. DC is relatively safe and most of the "bloodshed" and crime is related to "crews" of wayward youth that have been improving since the worst of the pandemic ended.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0oLZqI5aKCck9Tb04 by simplyxtata@c.im
       2025-12-01T17:08:30Z
       
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       On stupid bougie things I want and a reflection on the transient nature of things... This Burberry wallet. I lost my wallet during my first week of classes here at a cafe. It was a Cartier card holder with my monogrammed initials on the inside and palladium metal edges. I loved that thing. It was an obnoxious status symbol but more so— a present to myself after I started my first job making six figures. I thought to myself it was almost a little trophy— a quiet little "accomplishment" to myself that I too, could be the "boss babe" or whatever at the green age of 25. That I could make something for myself when the first haters in my life, my own parents, literally said to me the best I could do was "become a paralegal and maybe marry some accomplished lawyer or doctor to take care of you,". I lost the wallet at a classmate's birthday party. I was distracted by goofy tales and merry making while drinking a pint and eating a veggie burger.  It probably slid into the couch cushion and wasn't found. I went back multiple times asking both the Potsdam "Fündbureau" (they literally have irl city lost and found here in Germany— stuff I thought was only regulated to a video game like Animal Crossing) but they didn't find it. The thing is, it only had American credit cards and my old DC ID. I cancelled the cards the next day but didn't see anyone try to use them or attempt to. I'm still determined to keep looking but I consider it lost— and on a more poetic note, a shedding of my old life. You see, I had to give up a lot "lifestyle" wise to come here to Europe. I had to be comfortable with the idea that I would be a "broke" student again, living off of close to what I made in a month now in a semester. I had to give up being fluent in my own country to feeling like a toddler a lot of the time—trying to navigate and learn German as best as I can and apologizing a lot. It's been jarring sometimes that I can't just purchase this or that, the convenience of knowing where everything is and the comfortability it comes with that, having to live with much less (which honestly hasn't been that bad)— but more so, be unable to treat other people out as well. I know like the wallet, this season of life is transitory and I'll find my way into another foreign policy/defense/analysis job again and be able to get another bougie wallet. Maybe at that time I'll get this Burberry knight one below and put my initials or my uni graduation date.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2WOpojehNDMQc3Km8 by simplyxtata@c.im
       2026-01-21T21:06:14Z
       
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       @Nonilex I only agree that those sunglasses do look cool on him (most aviators are on people) but yeah sheesh the last week and a half. Holy shit.