I really struggle with this. I don’t wanna fight, I can barely get out of bed in the morning, but if no one fights it only gets worse
Frodo: "I wish it need not have happened in my time
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us”
Also reminds me of:
there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop
there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop. I have to eat better and also avoid a plague. my rent went up $150. I’ll need to pick up more shifts. Twenty people died in Rafah this morning and every major news outlet is stretching the limits of passive voice to suggest whole families may have leaped up through the air at missiles that otherwise had the right of way. I just got a notification that my student loan payments are starting up again and my phone isn’t charged. My cousin got COVID for a fourth time and can no longer work or walk or even feed himself. The person across from me on the L train seems to fashion themself a punk rock revolutionary, but they’re not wearing a face mask, and that’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes me want to steal batteries. Fascists keep winning primaries for both parties, and I think I gained a few pounds. The CDC just announced there are no more speed limits on highways, and I think this Ativan is finally hitting. The NYPD farmer’s market only sells bad apples, have you heard that one? Listen it’s warm today, too warm for March. But I don’t have time to think through the implications because there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop.
Thanks for this.
You’re very welcome, I’m glad it connected with you in some way
Have a good one, take care ❤️
Reminds me of the intro to Patrick Bateman:
I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st Street, on the 11th floor.
My name is Patrick Bateman.
I’m 27 years old.
I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine.
In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
I can do a thousand now.
After I remove the icepack, I use a deep-pore cleanser lotion.
In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
And on the face, an exfoliating gel-scrub.
Then I apply an herb mint facial masque,
which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm, followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
Only an entity-- something illusory.
And though I can hide my cold gaze…
and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours…
and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
I simply am not there.
That quote if for all you liberals who won’t shoot back.
Lol there is way more conservatives who aren’t shooting back at their own party who can do more for change than any Democrat can. Can’t tell you the amount of rednecks I know who have said something along the lines of “who you voting for?” “Trump. I know he’s dumb as a brick but he isn’t Biden/Harris/Clinton”
I’ve always said complacency is the death of any business but I’m adapting it to be complacency is the death of democracy.
Hey, shalafi! I always like seeing your comments. We’ve talked before.
Managed to get my family moved out of the deep South. We’re in a purple state now. The MAGAts are going nuts around here. Like primates throwing shit but instead it’s red white and blue campaign signs.
How’s it going in your neck of the woods? The Qnuts come up with anything new lately? Seeing anything spooky?
Keep your head down and your powder dry, brother.
Mighty quiet here in NW FL. Signs and flags have been dialing back for quite awhile. No more roadside MAGA merchandise stands. LOL, Gaetz signs are pretty rare and I’m not aware of a single DeSantis sign.
I’ll be at the polls, and I’ll be looking out for bullshit.
Spoken like someone who doesn’t actually have a family.
She was a 21yo student, obviously she isnt speaking from the experience of a mid 30~ with a family. Putting that aside, are you saying that a person with a family, by necessity, needs to restructure values to include survival by any means? By making waves you would introduce potential harm to the family?
No doubt the folks she is referring to do this, but shit… thats putting way to much power into those that expect you to not make waves which would only embolden someone to take advantage of that with threats of intimidation.
“are you saying that a person with a family, by necessity, needs to restructure values to include survival by any means?”
Yes. I will eat way more shit to ensure the survival of my wife and kids than I would as a single person who only has my life to risk.
Yeah that makes sense. So, we kind of need people like Sophia to make statements like this for ya’ll who “can’t” due to risks involved?
Rather than disparaging her sentiment we should be thanking her, and those like her for taking a stand when we are unable to.
Her whole statement is disparaging people who don’t fight. I’m not disparaging her as a freedom fighter, if that’s what she was, but in her words that say if you make decisions for the good of your family, you “live small, mate small, die small”. That’s an insult to people who try to make decisions to protect their family or are not in a position to take up arms in a noble fight, or some other bullshit.
We get it. You’re addicted to drama.
But I’m not a fascist.
