@Loukas I think that’s absolutely correct. It’s a stretch,...

@Loukas I think that’s absolutely correct. It’s a stretch, but I wouldn’t be surprised either if some everyday solidaristic institutions here (and here I’m thinking primarily of pubs) derive some of their motive power from the fact that they offer a platform for commiseration and low-key mutual aid in the face of it.

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Adam Greenfield

@Loukas And that, in turn, reminds me of a passage from “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/507105-he-meditated-resentfully-on-the-physical-texture-of-life-had

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Loukas Christodoulou

@adamgreenfield the classic explanation for pubs was they were a place for working class men to escape from the unhappiness of married life. So much so that women used to, and sometimes still do, face violence if they go to a pub, because jer like you say, it's a designated male grumble zone

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