Veganism. I went vegetarian and stayed there for a long time, and I assumed taking the extra step to being vegan would be too difficult relative to what I thought at the time was a marginal benefit. A couple years back, I watched the documentary Dominion (NSFL) and realized pretty quickly that I’d been mistaken. Of course it was more than just Dominion, but it’s such an acutely traumatizing kick in the teeth that it was definitely the last straw.

A few years ago deciding I actually didn’t owe my dad my participation in our relationship.

There being totally different personalities that just don’t mix was something new to me when I started university in a different part of the country. Totally changing my social circle and meeting entirely new people was an eye opener. Growing up I thought that with a little conversation everybody could come to a single conclusion that would benefit everyone and work together. But now I know that there just are different people that want different things and there is no way to please everyone. And some even actively work against others just because they don’t like them without a valid reason.

Not me, but I still can wrap my head around how my sister went from a fully vaxxed reasonable adult who had both her daughters fully vaxxed too, to a raging Anti-vaxxer.

It started some time before the pandemic with public schools mandating measles vaccinations. I thought she was only annoyed back then, but the pandemic brought out her raging insanity. Unfortunately.

About a year ago, communism. This is what I’d say was the tipping point in which I began to see the world differently.