They should do a poll how many wanna never see Trump's ugly face again?
Y'know after the douchebag stuck his mugshot on the "America the Beautiful" National Park pass, people selling stickers to cover his stupid ugly face raised $13,000 towards National Parks.
So...that's kinda a poll, and it sends a pretty stark message! :p
The government said it could void the pass if people "deface" the cards by covering Dear Leader.
Given that seeing his face is basically visual molestation, I can see why tons of people "who buy a pass every year" opted to not bother.
Don't have time for too much complex thought right now but just wanted to say THANK YOU.
I feel like pop culture has really fed into this nonsense, where every scene between anybody is written/filmed as "ship-bait".
This idea people can't be friends without underlying sexual tension feels a lot like "you can't just enjoy something without putting it online and side-hustling it." And it sucks.
It feels like another extension of how everyone sees every single human interaction as transactional anymore.
Hah, sorry, I didn't mean it to be depressing. True, I was kinda venting a painful experience but . . .my sincere hope is that someone might learn from my mistakes, and finally stop putting off spending time with people who matter to them.
There will always be excuses to put it off til "next time", "one day", "eventually...", but we don't have forever to get over them, and we need our fellows more than we ever have.
And yeah, the terminally-online are a frightening combination of "ferociously bitter" and "obsessed with being 'a part of something'", that they actually rejoice in the suffering of others as if oppression is some kind of football game.
I want no part of whatever someone like that is selling.
It's definitely a tight rope. I was a bit of a "gun nut" as a teen. Mostly by way of fiction and research.
But the difference, and why I'm probably alive and with all my fingers today, is my dad constantly and heavily emphasized safety alongside exposure in controlled environments. They were something to fear and respect, but not be afraid of.
I worry about this as a soon to be father myself. We might be in a situation where arms become necessary, God forbid.
An interest can be healthy, but we definitely need to put the ridiculous carelessness and violence-porn power fantasies into the "outrageous stupid entertainment in moderation" box, rather than glorifying it as a core part of our culture.
One of the greatest feelings is having been helpful to those we care about. It's sad that some people will abuse that to no end, and you didn't deserve that in the slightest.
I met a fellow in my neighborhood by happenstance. We happened to be crazy similar. He was really cool.
I felt bad not really getting around to checking in on him more often. I was shy and afraid of what I didn't know, or making a fool of myself. But damnit he was a really cool guy...
Occasionally I'd catch him with his garage door open and we'd have a chat. (You gotta understand, nobody interacts in this neighborhood.) We met because I was out running in the rain like a crazy guy (we rarely get rain lol) and HE decided to introduce himself to me as I ran by his house LOL.
So anyway...I saw he hadn't responded to my Merry Christmas text.
...And just a week ago or so I got a text from his wife that he had passed away from an aneurysm 4 months prior.
When I brought her flowers for him, she told me he had said that he thought. . .that I was very cool. . .
Why I'm sharing this:
I know it's awkward sometimes trying to make new friends as an adult, but also it's foolish to simply assume tomorrow is guaranteed. Do that hangout. Plan the game night. Talk about random stuff in the backyard. Whatever.
You will never regret more time spent in fellowship and good company.
I would have been a really good friend to him if I just reached out more...
The loneliness epidemic is absolutely real, and this isolating society is killing us all by design and it breaks my heart.
Also, can't help but think about who the Trump administration is actually sending to the most densely populated areas to carry out these raids, and what happens to them if Trump has to kick off a civil war while they're there...
The images speak for themselves, but every boot-sniffing, spineless suburbanite who conflates what ICE is doing with "law enforcement" and "protection" from "criminals" should take a good hard look at exactly where that leads. Every time.
It's this right here. Uniformed thugs with rifles getting rid of State-declared "undesirables."
"But they wouldn't come after me." They tell themselves, as that old quote goes.
The cops are doing this too, to the surprise of nobody. I guess terrorism isn't against the law anymore, as long as you've got a uniform and an acronym, apparently.
The fact anybody's okay with ANYBODY being treated like this on their own soil is a mirror into the rotten depravity that's taken root in their souls.
Y'know after the douchebag stuck his mugshot on the "America the Beautiful" National Park pass, people selling stickers to cover his stupid ugly face raised $13,000 towards National Parks.
So...that's kinda a poll, and it sends a pretty stark message! :p
The government said it could void the pass if people "deface" the cards by covering Dear Leader.
Given that seeing his face is basically visual molestation, I can see why tons of people "who buy a pass every year" opted to not bother.