TheSatanicEnbyDragon

Most people I've seen talk about their tolerance for other people claim that they "Don't care what you do as long as you're not hurting anyone."

I believe people when they say that. Or at least, I believe they think it's true.

The thing is, we can't all seem to agree about what constitutes harm.

It's insanely stupid and hypocritical when conservatives make fun of hipsters

Yes, but a lot of places won't let you in for longer than a vacation if you're not at least moderately wealthy or if you don't have some sort of savings. Residency usually has some pretty high financial barriers. There's also the difficulty of getting a job (legally or otherwise) and moving costs.

Except this wasn't one election cycle. Fascists need social and political instability to take hold. They prey on fear. Comfortable, happy people don't elect fascists. They've been setting the stage for this administration since Reagan and it's taken that long for them to get all the pieces in place.

Honestly, I don't know the best way to explain it to people, I can't say I've had a great track record with people believing me when I talk about it. Though I would argue that fascism has definitely had it's tendrils in the US for most of if not all our history in some way shape or form.

Oh it's been looming for years. We've been warning people for YEARS. It's been in the works for a long time and only a surprise to people who weren't paying attention before.

Not really though. Every country is vulnerable to it, but some are much further from it and at much lower risk. And "not fascist yet or in the foreseeable future" is a significantly better situation to be in than "rapidly descending into genocidal fascism".

That's good news! New Zealand has always seemed like a bastion of hope in the sense that it's miles ahead of my own country and I hope that we learn to follow your example on most things. Seeing it slip is awful, though I know it's worse for y'all when it happens.

How would you rate Mexico? Specifically looking at Guadalajara and Jalisco state. If I have to pack up, it might be my only option.

That makes sense to me, purely because kids have much more sensitive taste buds than adults, so probably tastes a little stronger to him and possibly overwhelming. Even good things can be too much. He'll probably like it stronger as he gets older!

You ever just walk around doing shit that at least feels totally normal, then somebody loses their shit laughing because of how "odd" and "neurodivergent" that thing you were doing is? Like I'm not mad or offended, just consistently confused. Sometimes these obscure social rules blindside me.

Oh that is wild to me. I went to college in Iowa, and I remember everyone hating on Pete Buttigieg as a poser or something, and everyone going real hard for Bernie. That could have just been my college though, we were pretty insulated from the rest of the state in a teeny tiny town.

I'm pretty sure they'd just come up with some insane bullshit and their bootlickers would cover for them like "oh no, you don't understand, this is what he REALLY meant"

We have to make it as tediously high security as ACT tests, but more so. And have the whole thing publicly televised live, so the whole world can see if they're cheating. There are few people I trust less than politicians to be honest on a test.

To be fair, I'd probably get those wrong too. I don't buy anything often enough to remember how much it costs, and every time I'm grocery shopping what runs through my mind is "oh shit I don't remember that costing that much". I buy bread maybe once every few months, and I don't usually buy milk.

Both have a time and a place, but bravery and fearlessness are mutually exclusive.

To be fearless is to act without fear.

To be brave is to act despite it.

I need an anxiety translator.

New roommate: Do you mind if I deep clean the carpets?

Me: (anxiously rambles about cleaning the carpets at their old place and the carpets at my place/their new place, my shitty carpet cleaner, professional carpet cleaners, etc.)

What I really mean: Go for it.

It's like when adults call their real dad "Daddy" or their real mom "Mommy", except instead of having an innocent origin that got corrupted, it was always degenerate.

It's not my thing but I've known enough adult littles that it's so gross to hear kids called by it. It's for adults only y'all.

This is a PSA to all the vanilla suburban white moms:

For the love of all that is decent, stop calling your children "littles". That term originated in the kink community as a word for adults who age regress, and it's really fucking weird when people use it for their actual kids.

Something that's really fucking with me right now is that I've noticed now when I'm on the phone if I'm talking quickly or anxiously rambling, people start yelling at me. I think maybe my anxiety comes across as aggression now that my voice is deeper? It's the opposite reaction of what I'm used to.

Yo Mama jokes become a lot less funny the older your friends get. I have to admit I have accidentally insulted way too many dead moms.

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I noticed something comforting today. It used to be that when something bad happened it would cause overwhelming despair, like I was trying to tread water with cinder blocks tied to my ankles. Now when something bad happens it's more like a sprained ankle: painful but manageable. It DOES get better.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is bullshit.

What doesn't kill you can permanently wound you and disable you. What doesn't kill you can upend your life and emotionally stunt you. You don't have to be okay with pain.

You were already strong, you just hadn't had a chance to prove it yet.

Fucking MOOD 😆

79. American citizen.

I've been trying to get myself out there to make friends and kick the agoraphobia, but this fucking administration is not making it easy.

I find myself wondering why I should put down more roots when I could lose it all in the near future anyway. But connection is worth it, no matter how short.

I just remembered the game sunset overdrive exists. That makes life seem a little better.

I don't get high often, but it really is starting to seem like every time I do I find out something really bad happened. This time it's that the bar I'm a regular at is closing down permanently. That was my second home. I'm going the fuck to sleep.