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third spaces and building community are so important
#.faeposting#third spaces#third space#community#community building#collectivism#leftist#leftism#anarchy#anarchist#communism#communist
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What if we start using Ikea showrooms as third spaces? Read the newspaper in a ekolsund. Sprawl out and do some math homework in the 525 sq ft display kitchen
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The sober, non religious third space DOES exist. They’re just called social hobbies
A list of semi-cheap ways to go out that isn’t just going to a bar/church:
DnD, most libraries have games going, also check comic shops, but asking around to those who look like they would play also gets results (trust me, they either know a game or play themselves)
Social dances. Yes, they still exist. Tango, swing, contra dancing, line dancing, etc. don’t know how to dance? Chances are the dance style literally calls out steps, practices are cheap (as to keep the social dance alive), or they’ll have a lesson before the dance begins. You can honestly just Google this, but might take place at bars
Battle groups. Medieval sparring, light saber fights, etc. this one’s tricky, as they’ll need to provide the gear for you or else you shell it out, and might be a bit hard to find if they’re not that active on socials, but damn is it interesting
Craft circles. Easiest ones to find are hosted by libraries or craft stores, a wide variety of crafts too
Local theatre. Very bold, but most local theatres respect the fact that most people work 9-5 and act when they can. Go for it!
Gaming tournaments, ESPECIALLY pinball! May be at bars, but something you can Google to find as well (and possibly at comic shops)
Concerts. Yes, maybe they’re at bars, but chances are there’s small local venues and basement shows full of local and traveling artists. FYI: at these kinds of shows, it’s common practice to tip performers between sets since gigs are cheap
Watching weird/foreign sports. Most medium to large towns have a healthy cricket fan population. Other sports to look for include: hurling, roller derby, lumberjack events, air guitar, and curling. Once again, might be at a bar/pub
Book/poetry/writing clubs. Tried and true, find them in book stores or local libraries
Zine publications, chances are there’s some punk trying to make a zine in ur town, and if not there then in the next town over
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one of the things that's most important in the discussion about bringing back third spaces is that i really think it's so so necessary for people to learn that strangers can be kind. everyday i think about that study they did that was like, the people who feel lonely aren't the ones who are most disliked but they are the ones who *feel* the most disliked. and with gen z we've thrown them into this internet cesspool where the worst of humanity is constantly being thrown in their faces, and their insecurities cemented at every turn, and so of course they're all bitter and polarized. they haven't learned about human decency yet. they walk around interacting with the furthermost corners of the world around them, all the time extrapolating from their online experiences to assume that everyone is as mean and judgmental as the people on tiktok or maybe the people in their high school and so on. but there's something so formative about entering a real third space, just a place where all kinds of different kinds of people can talk to each other and hang out, and learning that it's possible to enter a room of strangers and have them all be kind and leave the night with all of them friends. that's an experience that cements that you deserve to exist in the space you take up, and the world isn't broken into good and evil, and no matter how differently they see the world most people fundamentally are decent.
#i know that there are also cases where this will not at all be true#and people in third spaces can be cruel also#but even then i think that those two things (sometimes they will be cruel sometimes they will be kind) can coexist is an important lesson#every part of going out in the world and talking to people outside your cemented community circles is important#and we talk about touching grass but sometimes i want to scream it from the rooftops like GO PLAY PICKUP BASKETBALL#OR CARDS OR WHATEVER#ENTER A COMMON ROOM AND PLAY FOOZBALL#learn that not everyone hates you and learn that you don't actually hate everyone either#third spaces#politics#thoughts#gen z
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I just watched this video about the loss of third spaces and it reminded me of how kids don't play outside as much anymore the way my peers and I did, it had me thinking about how cafes and restaurants and other businesses that could exist as third spaces push you out as soon as they can because having you hanging out for 4 hours is not as profitable as many many people coming and going.
I think overall this is one of the things driving my loneliness, third spaces are scarce, and the ones that exist tend to be expensive, or loud, or expect you to already come with a friend. and the video is absolutely right, online spaces are not replacements; they fill a different niche entirely. but a lot of people try to fill that hole with social media, and of course it doesn't work, and it even sometimes does more damage.
and I am also thinking of how I've noticed lately that folks around my age and older, when we walk past eachother we greet eachother, we hold best intentions, we socialize even just a moment with small talk or a smile or a nod. even when we look different, or come from different walks of live, or even if we know eachother and don't like eachother. and how that's really it, that's the community, and just from an interaction like that you can see in others if they have a collective care or not. I'm having friendly small talk with people I never imagined making small talk with, and I realize despite all our differences, we have a collective care for our community, to some extent. and it's such a refresh from the individualist mindset where everyone minds their own business and strangers don't greet eachother in passing.
anyway, please watch the video, it was a good one
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What you can outside the internet
With no or almost no money for entertainment:
Mancala: Search Mancala Rules and how the game looks online dig some small holes on the ground or instead of holes draw circles on paper get some small stones or other small stuff and that's an easy 2 player game
Diy Bowling: get a couple of empty bottles you can take from a recycle bin if you have non fill with sand and throw a ball in that direction and call a couple of friends
Library: they don't only have books but some have free movies free computers comics or free events check them out!
Park
Make Belive: you can play pretend almost anywhere in the world with enough imagination you can pick up some sticks to add extra stuff or use building as part of the story if you get kicked out make it a part of it and move to a diffarant location! With some time and diy you can even make extra props look online for advice!!
The Apricot Pit Game: It's a game where you dry naturaly apricot seeds (after you finish the fruit) and try to throw them to score the most point into a predetermined area harder to throw more point for example you can cut holes in a shoebox and the hardest to score is more points or from farther away etc etc
Meeting at a friend place
Free art galleries schools may have more of those made by the students
Diy arts and crafts when your about to throw away something if you think it cam make a nice craft save it for later to have extra metirials to have fun with don't save all to not start accidently hoarding stuff but yes some an empty cardboard box can make a nice fairy house with some colors as I say
Planting stuff many ppl eat fruits and veggies that have seed when you finish you can plant some and see how it goes maybe search tutorials online and use the water from outside to not higher the water bill
Water Fight: if there's any hoes or chip balloons or even bowls you can fill with water you can start throwing water at each other good for a hot fay
Snowball fight: if you have opposite weather
Sand castle: If you have any sand near ya you can get some water maybe some spoons or even just your hand and start building sand castles aren't just for beaches they can be made anywhere there's sand
Going for a walk and following a random safe animal see where it goes maybe it will interact with you too ^^
Draw: if you have some paper and a pencil or even your finger and sand you can do that you can even look outside for inspiration and draw in the street
free outdoor games search that phrase online you will find there's more than you think!
Go visit ikea play pretend there or hide and seek the place is huge and cool
Invent games look at what you own what's near your home and do stuff inspired by it! Just keep it safe
Go visit a mall try on some clothes as you would play dress up with buying non or explore teh area
Search free event near me just eat beforehand cause the food is probably not cheap to cover it
You have old clothes your not happy with or don't fit you anymore make them into something new! If a jacket gloves crop top tank top doll clothes pillow case new bag whatever you pls! It's free fabric now same with old bedsheets or curtains your about to change if you want even more free fabric tell your friends taht if they are about to throw away clothes pls give them to you!
Ask for specific birthday gifts many ppl want to start hobbies they can afford or go on a specific adventure but sometimes if you ask for your birthday from a bunch of ppl to come togather fir the same gift you may be able to have it!
Picnic: if everyone brings a bit from home you can have something fun togather!
And there are many more! Just search the internet and use your imagination!
Humans are not ment to be trapped inside a digital world at all times so let's change it!
By letting ppl know they have options to live outside of it too!!!
#free game#life improvement#hope#third space#third spaces#diy#my post#ideas#better future#mental health#free
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when the library closes at 6pm but I have something to do in the area at 8pm and it’s raining heavily… these are the times I really feel the loss of the third space in society.
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24-hour libraries would be pretty punk rock
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I think it’s really fun how baby boomers talk about all the places they used to hang out as youths because they’ll make a comment that The Youth don’t do that stuff anymore as if they, the baby boomers, didn’t systematically dismantle the entire infrastructure that allowed people to exist together the very second they no longer wanted to do that sort of thing.
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Society if there were non-home places to hang out with your friends for extended periods of time without spending money or consuming alcohol
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hello hellosight I would like you all to know that I care about people. That all my friends have to super duper for sure promise to create amazing third spaces in their communities so that I can travel the country and marvel at them. Something about impermanence and solidity.
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Libraries are wonderful places but they aren't there to fulfill your every desire. Librarians are not qualified to babysit your little kids while you work or run errands. Keep that shit up and you'll get a visit from CPS.
The whole "libraries can be anything" mentality has to die. Rather, consider that libraries can be what the community needs within reason. And I know they're one of the few Third Spaces left for some of yall, but like....that's the thing. They shouldn't be. It's nearly impossible for one place to provide for all the community needs. They are (largely) not playgrounds or rec centers.
It's not wrong or anti-child to emphasize that libraries should remain reasonably quiet and mess-free. (Key word: reasonably) Thoughtfulness and honoring guidelines will help preserve these spaces. Please have some respect.
#public libraries#librarians#books#reading#third spaces#if you honestly think all this translates to 'i hate kids and fun' then you are hopeless#kids DO need somewhere to be loud and run around#but this aint it
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great news: all-ages versions of hands-on science museums certainly exist! for example i grew up near the pacific science center in seattle, personally, but there are many others :) would recommend checking out any science museums near you!
(In reference to this post, about alternatives to nightclubs)
Good to know! Thanks!
[psst: @annabelle--cane]
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So I have a conspiracy theory about third spaces (places to be when people are not at work or school) when they start to appeal to minorities or those who don't have much money to hang out; those in power eliminate them for us. They tell kids to be working jobs as their "third space" thus disappearing them before younger generations realize how important they are.
For example as a person who doesn't drink alcohol or play cards or even have money to spend where am I supposed to socialize outside of college?
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Can we like, as a community agree to, when we have some semblance of power in this world, that we will bring back Third Spaces?
If you don’t know what a Third Space is, a place that isn’t work, or home or school. It’s a place where people congregate just to socialize. This can be a Coffee Shop, Rollerblading Rink, Parks, Parking Lots, Etc. Anywhere that the primary function isn’t to go to work but to sit and enjoy another person’s company in some way.
Can we somehow get rid of loitering and stigmas of teens hanging out in groups as bad?
Can we somehow agree that a gaggle of friends sitting outside of a donut shop or hanging out together in a parking lot at night while everyone sits on their cars isn’t something nefarious?
Can we somehow encourage just...people time.
I get how these things get harder every day, with our climate, our social structures and our lives all being difficult but- It’s not going to get any easier if we don’t try and connect again.
I miss it so much. I miss it so much it hurts because those moments you don’t get back. You don’t get summers anymore where you just talk to people for days on end while walking on the tracks or hanging out on front porches.
And those moments aren’t just for teenagers. Those are for everyone. Kids, Teens, Adults and Elders. We all need our third spaces. We all need a place where no one expects anything from us and we just have somewhere to exist with other people.
I don’t have a lot of money and I don’t have a lot of power being poverty class but there are so many of us. We could totally take back our space. Those of us who can just need to do it.
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The MTA’s recent $1.7 billion order of 640 “futuristic” train cars spells the end of the cars with orange and yellow plastic seats arranged in groups of twos and threes.
The cutting-edge cars, which are fancier versions of modern trains already in service, will be gradually introduced through 2028, replacing the older trains with the vintage “conversational seating” arrangement, the MTA confirmed.
The new trains have fixed benches and folding benches on both sides, as well as extra space at the end of the car with no seating at all.
The older cars, most of which have been in service since the 1970s, break down more than twice as frequently as their modern counterparts, creating less reliable service and more headaches for the MTA.
Trains with the soon-to-be-obsolete seating arrangement primarily travel along the B, D, N and Q lines, allowing riders to take in the East River, the Lower Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn waterfront while crossing the Manhattan Bridge.
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The increasingly rare seating arrangement dates back to the very first subways 118 years ago, when seats were covered in fabric. The seating layout was then known as “Manhattan style” – a reference to the trains that ran on elevated lines in Manhattan.
The layout doesn’t just make for easy conversation. It also allows straphangers to prop their feet or a bag on the seat in front of them, sending a message that they want to be left the hell alone.
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