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Scarlet Astrorum

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Scarlet Astrorum

@ScarletAstrorum

let truth be kindling to that sacred fire. technofuturist victorian matriarch, wife to @anonynaut, dreaming of the next Columbian exposition

Chicago (Sicagum Pontificis)

Joined August 2023

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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
May 27, 2025
A medium-sized autobiography to help you understand what I’m about: -grew up homeschooled in what I call wave 2 (00s/10s) in the Southeast -grew up with 2 subcultural influences: UMC striver and conservative Christian homeschool subcultures, that were at odds with the
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Nov 3, 2024
You don’t have community because you aren’t a good community member. You don’t host events, you don’t know how to cook, you don’t know how to dance, you don’t know how to sing, and you aren’t doing anything to learn. You can’t tell stories or jokes.
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Jun 18, 2025
every creative hobby has its own “90% sanding” sewing - 90% ironing baking - 90% measuring fermentation - 90% waiting
the Rich
@Duderichy
Jun 18, 2025
woodworking sounds really cool until you find out it’s 90% sanding
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Mar 10, 2025
The saddest part about growing up is watching the compound interest of bad choices overtake old friends
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Nov 3, 2024
Replying to @ScarletAstrorum
You don’t have community because community is what happens when we imperfect humans spend time together. It’s flawed and frustrating and certainly not maximally entertaining. People will disagree with you and disappoint you and spill things on your couch.
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Aug 26, 2024
fiancé is drinking scotch watching a Youtube video about mega floods narrated by a man with a heavy russian accent the video involves a heavily detailed minecraft model of the megaflood I’m not sure I really knew what men were like behind closed doors until this moment
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Oct 10, 2024
about half of the foods that vegetarians describe as high protein aren’t, but most notably, PEANUT BUTTER which should be treated nutritionally as a fat and has lower protein/cal than many cheeses
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Nov 3, 2024
Replying to @ScarletAstrorum
You don’t have community because you stopped drinking for your health but you don’t invite your friends to the gym, either. You don’t have an open door policy and you don’t drop in for tea. You don’t play an instrument and you’d rather stream something than see a live band.
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Nov 3, 2024
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You don’t have community, but you can change that, even now. You can learn how to dance and laugh and sing at weddings, how to write good things in cards, how to make chili for a crowd, how to accept mud on your doormat. Companionship is a long-term investment.
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Jun 23, 2025
I think one of the biggest bottlenecks to marriage rn is people looking for compatibility before marriage in ways that can only really exist *within* marriage
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Nov 14, 2023
everyone is talking about the Great Wealth Transfer but what’s already underway is the Great Heirloom Transfer hop on marketplace to see what I mean… KEYWORDS for finding beauty:
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Nov 3, 2024
Replying to @ScarletAstrorum
You don’t have community because you have optimized your productivity and your accomplishments and your amusement. You spend your free time online, casting shadows on the wall that you think are real- your opinions are yours and yours alone because you formed them alone.
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Aug 19, 2025
“Why don’t men dance anymore” Well, the West Coast Swing community is currently having another ‘degendering dance’ push, which, for the uninitiated, means if you are a man you are expected to dance with other men and not notice a difference between that and dancing with women
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Scarlet Astrorum
@ScarletAstrorum
Mar 24, 2024
You’ve heard of nominative determinism but may I present: Aesthetic determinism
frye
@___frye
Mar 24, 2024
how much of san francisco’s crime problem is because it looks like a place where crime would happen
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