(4/5) So when the lecturer asked (as a kind of courtesy to me I guess) who’d vote for another method, not just one, but three hands shot up.
The lecturer looked at us, paused (maybe contemplating what it would mean if three people left the course under legitimate protest), and then just said „Okay, then the three of you will be a team and use the other method.“
Viewed objectively, this wasn’t a big victory, to be honest. After all, everyone else will still be using the slop machine. (...)
(5/5) But at least we stood firm on our principles and managed to defend another aspect of our lives against being encroached on by slop machines.
On a more personal level, it really meant the world to me that my colleagues obviously weren’t opting for the „easy“ way, as everyone else did, but instead had made the ethical choice together with me. Not being alone in this situation really felt so good, and I realize how much I needed this tiny act of joint defiance right now.
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