• Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    And so you have beef with my habits because… I don’t know. I’m still trying to connect how me using an AirBnB maybe once a year within the USA not in Tourism cities is related to giving non-citizen landowners of foreign properties money.

    Are you saying because I use AirBnB at all it is benefiting that group of scalpers? That sounds like saying using ebay helps scalpers and you shouldn’t ever use ebay because of that. I don’t see/agree with that connection.

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      12 hours ago

      Have you never chosen to boycott a company before? I won’t go to Chick-fil-A for any reason. It doesn’t matter if the franchisee holds the exact same level of hatred for lgbtq+. The fact that it isn’t a disqualifier is enough for me. Not all MAGAts are pedophiles but the fact that they can excuse it for other reasons in their head means I don’t fucking talk to those people. So yeah, you giving money to horrible people makes me think of you a certain way.

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        18 minutes ago

        That’s a fine conclusion, I don’t expect us to agree after all. I think I better understand where you are at after all this conversation. Thank you for having it with me. You are going for abstaining. My big focus has been reduction. I do need to travel or my mental state just gets bad. It doesn’t help that I’m stuck living in this state via a multi-year contract.

        And as for boycotting, only a few places completely; Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, and many other places. The rest is significant reduction. WalMart, Amazon, McDonalds, etc I will use rarely (maybe twice a year) and have been funneling a lot more of my finances to the local grocery Co-Op that primarily stocks local farm goods, Etsy, and locally owned restaurants. Similar to not adopting veganism, but eating a lot less beef, adding in vegetarian meals, and mostly going with fish for protein.

        I support as much local as I can afford to, and that is more than I can ask for from others. Intentions matter more to me than the rest, because it can be worked with. Hope you have a great day!