#i feel like I'm crazy

[anti-ao3]

"leftists" who refuse to acknowledge that people who are incarcerated are PEOPLE really disgust me.

like these "leftists" in my country, for instance, are so fake. they think that not allowing people who were incarcerated to see their families is justified, as if it's not a tremendous violation of human rights. also, those idiots genuinely think it's only going to affect the rich white corrupts.

excuse me, do you "leftists" even know who are the actual targets of police brutality? who are the majority of people in prisons? do you?

[moeitsu]

mini rant/vent

Why is it so hard for me to see my doctor and tell her the meds/treatment aren't working. Like my twisted mind tells me that I'm inconveniencing her by seeking a different option. I also hateeee felling like I'm self diagnosing myself but I literally cannot afford to see a doctor/therapist every time I come to some kind of conclusion on my mental health.

Like its been almost a year since I've met with her. And what we both thought was BPD, I think might actually be PMDD. What she suggested just isn't working, and the only thing I have to fall back on is a journal I've kept for over a year. I'm starting to notice patterns, and the more I research it the more I'm convinced there's a cyclical pattern to my symptoms.

I shouldn't be so nervous to bring this up to her, but it feels like I am opening a door that I will never be able to close. When we thought it was BPD I convinced myself I could manage it with time. I even thought that it might just go away. I'm afraid that if this is a mood disorder linked with my menstrual cycle and hormones that I will never shake it. I wanted to get an answer and be done with it and never think of it again. Now it feels like I'm poking a sleeping bear.

[chiarrara]

I don't know I just feel like....

We just watched a man self-immolate in his military uniform. And I don't want to sound like an idiot, because it's much more than this but, couldn't you say that was a very extreme form of conscientious objection?

He could not be complicit anymore, but there is literally no way out of being complicit in this genocide if you live in America. For him especially, being trapped in military service. But for all of us. All of us are trapped in complicity in some way, and we can try to counteract that sin with as much meaningful direct action as we can possibly do, but all of that action comes with some proportional level of risk.

So, a man burned himself alive in an extreme form of conscientious objection (the only form available to him - one of great violence)

And people are still on here telling people to suck it up and vote for Biden.

I just... maybe I'm really stupid and I just can't see the logic y'all are putting forward. Because the way you lay it out it all seems to make so much sense to you. I understand we're trapped in a two party system. I understand the Republicans don't have the same consciences we do and are gonna vote en masse for Trump. I understand Trump is a danger globally and domestically. I understand all that, and I don't want his second term to come to pass. I'm not ignorant of how dangerous he is.

But a man self-immolated to object to the system of complicity he's trapped in, and the most logical response y'all have to a bunch of people wanting to opt out of complicity in this election, and the next four years of horrors that will be done in their name is to tell them, you just have to suck it up and be complicit. Your only tool is to make a phone call. You can try to protest, but there's a non-zero chance you'll be beaten and arrested and have your life ruined, by the way. You can donate to try and put a bandaid on the horrors you're seeing through your phone screen everyday (and you should, but God it's sure not stopping anything). But you're not allowed to object to being complicit in the selection of the Genocider-In-Chief.

It's not going to stop the genocide. We know this. It's not going to stop the election. We know this. It's not going to change anything directly, and Trump is going to get elected (which he will either way. most people who would vote against him are doing it anyway, y'all are fighting a very very small online minority).

But a man self-immolated in his military uniform. He didn't think that act was going to directly stop aid from going to Israel, or stop the genocide, or destroy the US military industrial complex. He didn't think his one small (but extremely brave and impactful) act was going to solve everything. Everything that was going to happen is still going to happen just with one less man in uniform.

But it wasn't nothing. It didn't do nothing. It's not his fault that the military will keep on chugging. It's not his fault that things are getting worse in Gaza every day. But he's not complicit anymore and he sent a message. And he had to die to achieve that.

And y'all are telling us we can't even do the very small act of not being complicit in the presidency. It's a less effective act of protest, but I also don't have to die for it.

It's not a boycott (I've seen this strawman, i don't know why you think we think that). It's not going to "send a message to the government" (obviously, we're not ignorant). It's to the Party that runs these candidates, and makes money off of "pick us because we're not the other guy" then commits crimes against humanity. I don't want to roll over and be fucking complicit in that.

Parties and candidates look at those numbers. they see how many people voted for them last time and how many people this time.

They don't care about our voices, and our protests, and our emails. They care about donations, and they care about votes. That's it. That's all they look at. If the emails and the phone calls and the protests don't result in a drop in one of those two things, they don't fucking care.

I don't know. This is a long ass ramble, but I'm trying to work out my feelings about this. Because we can't opt out of paying taxes, we can't really opt out of the benefits of living and being born in the Global North, we can't opt out of work, we can't opt out of the military, we can't opt out of following the law without extreme violence being brought against us. We can't do a whole fucking lot besides call, email, donate, and protest in a way that doesn't get us beaten and arrested, and if you do get beaten and arrested, you'll be dealing with the legal consequences for years or potentially the rest of your life.

And a man burned himself to death to object but I can't withhold my vote???

[girlyriddler]

jealousy is the most putrid feeling ever in the world i think ! i hate it i hate it more than i hate hatred. I DISLIKE FEELING JEALOUS SO BAD it makes me wanna puke and everything and it's so wrong it feels so inhumane >_< eeewww!!! i feel like an awful person!

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID in ALT] I've made posts before about Talia/Dick co-parenting Damian moments (will never happen but let me dream) and this came to me in a vision. Took me ages to finish for some reason 😭 and then even longer to post

[mroddmod]

what cipher has done to my hands

[lazylittledragon]

look gang i know the cishets are going to be annoying about chappell roan like they are with every popular queer artist but we CAN'T gatekeep, because think about how much it would've meant to your little queer self to hear songs about girls kissing girls being played on the radio every single day

[iamamatus]

I feel like I'm overreacting for being angry that my compitas from Valorant are still pals with that dude they claim to dislike and happens to like dating underage girls; but he's a good player, I guess.

I'm hurt, that's all.

[bixels]

tarpit site.

[sciderman]

How did your meeting go with the surgeons?

it was memorable

[petricorah]

scenes i loved from Real Enough to Get Me Through by @marriedzukka <333 [ids in alt]

[onceifixmehesgonnamissme]

i got that deer in me (constant urge to run into oncoming traffic)

[simplydnp]

do you. do you understand. do you understand.

[bluewolfangel01]

*End of a long day, classes are over*

Beel and Belphie: *ready to go home*

Mc: *looks very tired and is laying their head on the desk*

Belphie: "Mc, class is over, we can go now"

Mc: "Yeah, I know Belphie. Just... give me a minute."

Belphie: *looks at Beel*

Beel: *nobs, swiftly picks up Mc and begins to carry them on his back*

Mc: "W-wha?! Beel! I said I could walk if I was just given a minute!"

Beel: "It's fine, I like holding you."

Mc: *slightly stunned and also tired*

Beel: *begins to walk while carrying Mc*

Belphie: *walks along side Beel*

Belphie: "Also means we'll get back faster, which means more time to nap before dinner."

Mc: *sighs* "Alright. You win."

Mc: *closes their eyes, wraps their arms around Beel's neck, and let's their body go slack*

Mc: "you win"

Beel and Belphie: *look at each other and smile*

[benevolenterrancy]

May your hardened heart be woken By the soft and distant song Of all you left here unspoken All the shards we keep stepping on - Take this body home Take this body home Call the wind, and let her know Take this life outgrown Take this broken soul Call the stars, call them all And take it high, take it far, take it home

[polygonlaundry]

lasso tool rinchan