it was a slap in the face

I remember that too. The hypocrisy is so obvious

getting chills (derogatory/complimentary)

yeah with budget fountain pens volume is the name of the game, lax qc is one way to cut costs and the nibs are inexpensive enough that people can just buy another and replace (or take the time to try and fix), either way the onus is on the customer to fix

i can believe it but i can't believe it that they're going full tilt into "yeah man fucking kids totally rocks"

I brought mine back out of its case after seeing your post and I am enjoying it more than I did before. I do think I need to use a wetter ink with it to avoid scratchiness though.

the funny thing is i mourned the past so much more before my egg cracked. like i was searching for the one choice or set of choices that could have lead me to anywhere other than where i was, with the exception of the ONE choice that would have mattered

clearsky is the pandora's box of the bsky pantheon

my first thought would be a nib issue, safari nib replacements are inexpensive and easy to do. a lot of entry level pens have poor nib qc unfortunately so it can be easy to get a bum one out of the box

grief fried rice

this is honestly disgusting. i'd say you're a pig but pigs are in fact intelligent, sensitive animals. you're just being a piece of shit.

you can always log off and go attend to those real problems like an adult, instead of whining like a child online to your sycophantic followers who make sure you always feel coddled and immune to the consequences of your own behavior

yeah with will it's always "bad faith brigading" and never "the consequences of his own behavior". we all know he's a special birthday boy who can never ever be wrong, only be wronged

entirely expected but no less disgusting, will is like a caricature of a shitlib except that's just how they are

the idea that we can't affect society, only ourselves tied neatly into the atomization at the heart of neoliberal capitalism and spawned an entire industry that focused solely on improving the self without ever engaging with the society that put us in that position

this was what initially defanged the left in the US. Nixon's crackdowns on leftist groups pushed many of them to pivot to individual improvement over societal improvement. Programs like Est laid the groundwork for self help and motivational speakers placing the onus for change on the individual

I like the nibs on the 3776 more but the body of the President is much nicer (and unfortunately the nibs are not interchangeable)