So when I left I was like I guess I’ll see you guys in 2 weeks :) and they were excited lol very fun interaction

Reminder and brought back

But yeah the best part I think was at the end when everyone else was leaving and I asked a question to Emily about sending the case studies before meetings so people could read them (I like doing that and also there was lots of confusion among ppl about exactly what the case was)

We basically had a discussion on a case study about AI replacing healthcare providers. They planned for it to be a debate thing where people argued for an assigned side but it quickly broke down lol

But it’s super cool that the execs were like super go with the flow and chill. Also they had good takes!!! Really interesting talking ethics with ppl with more specific knowledge about an area bc they’ll catch things I won’t

Like for ex I was like well AI doesn’t have the ability to be conversational and answer clarifying questions like people can and Emily was like yeah but do physicians (don’t know the word) even do that now? Like I’m super divorced from reality of practice and it’s cool to be

Then there was a junior, the only other non woman there and he was kinda know it all bro and was terrible at conversation lol and I hated his takes

But!!! The 2 exec ppl were super chill and I had great interactions with them back in forth and had super chill convo after but I’m getting ahead of myself

I mean it was totally scuffed bc everyone was gone for exams but it was endearing in that way

Only 6 people, and 2 were exec ppl. 1 freshman was totally quiet the entire time, 1 freshman was like… ok maybe this is ableist but I think they were on the spectrum (I wanna say not in bad way!! But don’t wanna just be coping)

Like they hyper focused on certain aspects and lost sight of the bigger picture. They also talked a bunch and I hated their takes lol

Attending a bioethics group tonight, will update later

From what I can tell so far it’s premed / bio major girls

Ya lol they’re all talking about taking chem and physics and bio shit

Fuckn nerds lmao

That was awesome!!! So fucking cool holy shit

Lmaooo this is the shit I dealt with yesterday

Tactically making friends from different cultures so I can dress up as a caricature of them

really able to explore myself and come into my own individuality, ofc never done but i think it has been really enpowering. been able to become much more self sufficient and independent, and feel so much more capable. obv none of this is to say i dont need anyone or anything

bc i get tons of help from others, specifically financial and resources from parents, but also emotional stuff from friends. but im able to be a lot more happy by myself.

and im sure some of that is like ive always been p introverty, but having the opportunity to feel out my own limits has been super great. ofc not perfectly voluntary interactions always but more control in that department

also again should clarify none of this is like >:( i hated my time with her she held me back like no it was really great and important in tons of ways, ive just been able to grow on my own in a lot of unique ways and i think thats cool

on the topic of thinking about gail stuff, something i would like to note is how beneficial this period of time has been to me

im not sure whether to embrace this and just be chill with it? bc in a way it feels off like that ship has sailed sis - but also it feels weird to like actively root it out?

its also probably more problematic for me than most bc thats been my main "romantic" and sexual experience and it lasted for a long part of me, so kind of my only reference for a lot of real world experience stuff

so for now i am concluding its alright, even tho might feel a little like i am obsessing, i think its fair amount of thought given my life, they just def stand out ig

i was listening to a streamer in the background and they were talking about the differences in body types for different sports, like how cross country runners are actually very skinny and not very muscular bc extra weight is not helpful

and they talked about how soccer players had muscular legs bc they needed more explosive bursts and i literally went hnnnnngggg 🤤WHY HAHAHA ITS SO BAD

fuck dude lately ive been internally simping hard for gail lol wtf

its half very funny but half like hey wtf chill out

and then i think about she would scold me like chilllllll sometimes w sexy stuff and i melt 🥺 lol wtf is wrong with me

I’ll see if they send out the slides so I can post them here for history, it’s pretty hilarious

There was even this moment in the slides where he describes a bunch of social programs and the slides literally say “some people would say this sounds like capitalism, but it’s different” lol

Idk I’ve gotta do some historical reading for Lenin and soc dem theory bc maybe they’re just presenting it poorly but this shit is hilarious after already being familiar with anarchist critiques

The objections were hilarious too. Some people were confused that he was talking about revolution at all bc he was so reformist (and to be fair, when pressed, he danced around it like a motherfucker)

“Wouldnt the people in power block this stuff” LOOOOL The response was even better tho “They would but we wouldn’t” Holy shit I’m crying dude no materialist analysis literally just evil money ppl bad and when we come to power it’ll be different no way hahahaha

My favorite part was black and queer attendees asking about intersectionality and the white male speaker and another white male leader was just like “yeah that’s important but we’re focusing on the economic and it would be apart of the new constitution”

And they kept getting pushed (very lightly tho) like how in any meaningful or material way and they were just like “we’d just include it bro” no way dude

Other gems include their praxis being “building a working class party *like the DSA*” lol

Lmao I was so fucking right oh my fucking god Karl Kautsky Co op Capitalism Nationalize some stuff

Dank memes dude holy shit

Windy cold weather + punk (no ca$h) + walk home is nice :)

Also I def got my groove back after reading manga for a bit, only took like 2 volumes

Idk why but that activity just hit exactly right, not too intellectually engaging, just cute and relaxing

Attending a YDSA talk tonight titled “what will socialism look like?” And I’m ready to be disappointed

Predictions: 1. The USSR was based actually (at least in theory) 2. Social Democracy 3. Spicy Social Democracy (Dengism) 4. Collectivist “worker MoP” definition 5. “Class abolition” definition understood as universal proletarization (except the epic vanguard revolutionaries)

It’s being given by someone I think is a bit more well read in Marxism but I don’t know in what direction so we’ll see

also valkyrae is having a bunch of drama rn for the blue light skincare scam and it would be really interesting to see what gail thinks lmfao

:)