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alpaca-clouds · 9 days

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Solarpunk and the Third Place

Let's talk about third places. It is a topic that has been brought up in a lot of Solarpunk and leftwing places have brought up during the last few months. Andrewism has made a video on it for example. And given that during the last few weeks I actually made a lot of use of third places, I thought I also could talk a bit more about it.

See, I have spoken about this: Due to my roommate just being very hard to live with right now, I kinda fled my home. (Which yes, is due to her mental health, but that does not make it any better for me.) And basically I just looked into: Where the hell could I spend my time?

And then I remembered the thing that I did throughout my youth: Hang out at gaming stores and, well, play games. I did that a lot for so long, given it is often a place for nerds to gather. And yeah, what can I say? It still works.

Heck, I found even someone who plays Digimon Cards with me.

But of course we do know - again it has been discussed a lot - that in recent times a lot of third places have either been erased, or the way we live have stopped the third places to work the way they used to work like this.

Let's quickly go over what a third place is: A third place is a place where you can hang out and get to know people. A place distinct from the place you live and the place you work in (or school, for students). Stuff like a park, a café, a library... things like that. Places that encourage you to interact with new people and start conversations.

Recently those places have been destroyed a lot. Partly because a lot of them have become hard to afford (especially on a regular basis), partly because they have become shut down, and partly because our culture actually does no longer encourage interacting with strangers.

And, I mean. Yeah. Parks are counted among third places, but honestly, I cannot remember that I actually interacted with a stranger in a park. If a stranger talks to me, I am afraid they are a creep. And if I see someone I think I could get along with, I do not dare to talk to them.

The fact that most of us run around glued to our electric devices (I am counting myself there as well) does not help this fact, right? If I am sitting in a café, I am usually working on my laptop, which will make it less likely that folks interact with me. And, of course, my autistic self will also not do that in turn.

Solarpunk both as a genre and a vision for the future is very much build around the idea of community and working together as a community. And for that we need third places in Solarpunk futures. Places that are easily accessible and that people can just go to to talk to people.

But more than that, Solarpunk also needs a society and social rules that actually allow for folks to interact with each other, talk to each other and ask each other for help and stuff.

Sure, there also need to be safe and silent spaces for people with needs like that (including autistic folks like me). And really... Frankly, I would not know how to talk with someone outside a nerd context, lol.

#solarpunk #lunarpunk #third places #community #community building #cooperation #hang out #parks #society #we live in a society #social life

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joshof13thfloor · 5 months

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#old #old man #grumpy #tired #my back hurts #hang out #home #i like my stuff #antisocial #people suck

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thoselovelythings · 6 months

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#fall #autumn #spring #fire pit #pretty places #cozy #hygge #hang out #chill #March #April #september #lights #lighting #outdoor lighting

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max-the-lady-alexander · 7 days

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Guess who is backkkkk

Hey!! It’s been a while y’all let’s catch up 😘

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2tr4ng3r · 2 months

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Da homies

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justlaurynxo · 11 months

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cerealkiller740 · 1 year

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1963 Budweiser Beer advertisement

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wrenlink · 4 months

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If you're interested in my indie horse game, I'd love to see you on our discord ☺️

I'll be posting updates, dev streams and I'll keep in touch with you!

#horse game #indie games #game development #game dev #video games #gaming #game #horses #indie game #say hi #hang out

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euesworld · 1 year

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"All I want is to be with you.. I would hang on your leg if it didn't make me look like a bigger fool that I am. I love being around you, every second that I can get away with it.."

Smother me in affection please.. give me something to think about when we aren't together - eUë

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airissecret · 8 months

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#late 2000s #hang out

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icingnsprinkles · 19 days

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I just wanna hang out, smoke weed, read books and go on spontaneous trips with some really cool people.

So were you at

#icingnsprinkles #mine #black #black tumblr #girls with tattoos #girls who wear glasses #friendship #spontaneous #trip #hang out #new weed to try #girls who smoke #biseuxal #me #open book #books and reading

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pencil-urchin · 6 months

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Doodled a dumb scene from a fic I'm working on with my Mirialan OC, Iria. The three in the back are Eli, Faro, and Hammerly, playing Mariokart.

I slapped Ralph McQuarrie's illustrations in the frames because I was too tired to do anything else.

I like imagining Karyn Faro is the level-headed friend of the gang right up until her competitive side comes out, at which point she becomes an absolute monster.

Also Eli had to dress Thrawn because my favorite dumb blue bitch was going to wear his uniform because he always wears it and Eli had to be like "No you idiot this is a casual occasion meant to make her feel comfortable, you cannot look pristine and imposing."

Anyway, I'm still dying but I have antibiotics and a prescription cough suppressant now, so I'm going to go back to sleep.

🤘 later y'all