#i hate living in texas so much

[husband]

URGENT!!

We're expecting another freeze in texas so very low temps and no power like last year.

We need money for firewood, gas, candles, batteries, pet food, and water before Thursday when it's supposed to start up.

Most of the money will be going Into food and terracotta heater set ups for my animals who I have already set up all in one room.

Paypal.me/howlp

Anything helps and best wishes to my fellow texas residents during this time.

[inkskinned]

one of the things that's the most fucking frustrating for me about arguing with climate change deniers is the sheer fucking scope of how much it matters. sweating in my father's car, thinking about how it's the "hottest summer so far," every summer. and there's this deep, roiling rage that comes over me, every time.

the stakes are wrong, is the thing. that's part of what makes it not an actual debate: the other side isn't coming to the table with anything to fucking lose.

like okay. i am obviously pro gun control. but there is a basic human part of me that can understand and empathize with someone who says, "i'm worried that would lead to the law-abiding citizens being punished while criminals now essentially have a superpower." i don't agree, but i can tell the stakes for them are also very high.

but let's say the science is wrong and i'm wrong and the visible reality is wrong and every climate disaster refugee is wrong. let's say you're right, humans aren't causing it or it's not happening or whatever else. let's just say that, for fun.

so we spend hundreds of millions of dollars making the earth cleaner, and then it turns out we didn't need to do that. oops! we cleaned the earth. our children grow up with skies full of more butterflies and bees. lawns are taken over with rich local biodiversity. we don't cry over our electric bills anymore. and, if you're staunchly capitalist and i need to speak ROI with you - we've created so many jobs in developing sectors and we have exciting new investment opportunities.

i am reminded of kodak, and how they did not make "the switch" to digital photography; how within 20 years kodak was no longer a household brand. do we, as a nation, feel comfortable watching as the world makes "the switch" while we ride the laurels of oil? this boggles me. i have heard so much propaganda about how america cannot "fall behind" other countries, but in this crucial sector - the one that could actually influence our own monopolies - suddenly we turn the other cheek. but maybe you're right! maybe it will collapse like just another silicone valley dream. but isn't that the crux of capitalism? that some economies will peter out eventually?

but let's say you're right, and i'm wrong, and we stopped fracking for no good reason. that they re-seed quarries. that we tear down unused corporate-owned buildings or at least repurpose them for communities. that we make an effort, and that effort doesn't really help. what happens then? what are the stakes. what have we lost, and what have we gained?

sometimes we take our cars through a car wash and then later, it rains. "oh," we laugh to ourselves. we gripe about it over coffee with our coworkers. what a shame! but we are also aware: the car is cleaner. is that what you are worried about? that you'll make the effort but things will resolve naturally? that it will just be "a waste"?

and what i'm right. what if we're already seeing people lose their houses and their lives. what if it is happening everywhere, not just in coastal towns or equatorial countries you don't care about. what if i'm right and you're wrong but you're yelling and rich and powerful. so we ignore all of the bellwethers and all of the indicators and all of the sirens. what if we say - well, if it happens, it's fate.

nevermind. you wouldn't even wear a mask, anyway. i know what happens when you see disaster. you think the disaster will flinch if you just shout louder. that you can toss enough lives into the storm for the storm to recognize your sacrifice and balk. you argue because it feels good to stand up against "the liberals" even when the situation should not be political. you are busy crying for jesus with a bullhorn while i am trying to usher people into a shelter. you've already locked the doors, even on the church.

the stakes are skewed. you think this is some intellectual "debate" to win, some funny banter. you fuel up your huge unmuddied truck and say suck it to every citizen of that shitbird state california. serves them right for voting blue!

and the rest of us are terrified of the entire fucking environment collapsing.

[n3onwraith]

The tension between church and state/ref

[bibleofficial]

i’m not crazy abt youtubers but like the 1 person that i just SEE & UNDERSTAND like 🤝 is drew gooden & its for the sole reason that he will Always find a way to feature runescape in a video, be it explicitly talking about osrs or slipping in a song from the soundtrack as background music

[bearplants]

i think the thing about referring to trump as a "convicted felon" is... i dont think a lot his supporters really believe that it's true. or, they at least believe it's all an over-exaggerated anti-trump smear campaign that doesn't matter that much

so it almost kind of doesn't surprise me that so many people voted for him even in light of his bullshit. they don't take it seriously

(also... stop blaming folks who voted third party. they're not "responsible" for these results (ive seen this sentiment a couple of times). this is a very small group of people out of the voter turnout we had this election cycle. it wouldve been nice to have more folks vote blue and keep that freak out of office but... its too much of a disparity to say that its them specifically that made this happen. I am sorry. If you've really gotta let it out, take out your frustrations on the millions who voted for Trump. then you're gonna focus on helping people who're gonna need a lot of help versus people who've already made their choice.)

[soupza]

mitski just loves ripping my heart out, first with her music and second with her choosing to go to FUCKING NORTH CAROLINA OVER TEXAS?????

[miserye]

i think i actually have to get a second job or something if i don't get a scholarship this sem

[absoluteboatfreak]

guy who tries to explode tourists in his small coastal town with his mind every single day (it has been so so so long since i've taken an asl class so i apologize for any errors. I think this dude would prolly use msl anyways but i had a very hard time finding any words in msl anywhere)

[valentinesparda]

psychic and physical damage being taken this weekend but first we have to get through the 3 hour drive

[timeisacephalopod]

Been listening to the behind the bastards eps on Henry Kissinger because I always hear about this man being a trash bag on fire but uh. I mean this guy is a HUGE trash bag on fire wtf I'm not even halfway through the series and Kissinger has committed treason AND extended the Vietnam war, resulting in MILLIONS more dying. Like what the fuck. What the fuck. America y'all are being held hostage by literally the worst people ever y'all need to like. Call the French and see if their revolution stuff can help you out. Like the french arent working in an American context which is why they can do what they do but also damn at least ask em to bring a guillotine or somethin ☠️☠️☠️ Reverse American revolution. Or american revolution two electric boogalo, the sequel wherein America fights America instead of Britain which feels VERY American lmao. Time honored tradition of not trusting America with America 😂😂

[idkitsjustmeandmyself]

sometimes i think about everyone i knew when i was younger and how they have a memory of me who isn’t me anymore. how am i supposed to cope with the idea of me as a little girl running around in the minds of everyone i used to know. i want to dig my nails into those memories and scratch her out of every image and every video that could get played in the brains of those remembering who i was before i turned into the person i am now

[stinkrascal]

living in the city fucking rocks dude. im 3 minutes away from a venezuelan restaurant and 8 minutes away from the best vietnamese restaurant ive ever eaten at

[lowdowndandy]

maybe ive lived in Texas too long but ive started to like summer. not the texas summer. my summer. the 86° days and cool nights with stars twinkling through the trees.. the breeze carrying sweet smells from the forest... Little campfires to cook fish.. wandering around the woods chewing birch sticks and finding bugs to show my siblings... Swimming in the cold river water hole... Jumping into pools and getting a little too much sun and falling asleep in the sibling pile on the living room floor...

[solsthiems]

I’m going to shoot the next person who tells me “oh I’m sorry” after I say I’m from Texas

[platypusisnotonfire]

Texas has been trying to secede from the union since at least when I was seven and lived there half a year and they were collecting bricks in my neighborhood to build the Great Wall of Texas

I remember thinking very clearly “please wait till I can leave I don’t want to be on this side of that wall”

I am almost certain this violates some kind of interstate law. You have to be able to travel between states without documents or impediment.

Iirc it's included in the Privileges and Immunities clause of the Constitution (I'd have to check, it's been about a decade since my last ConLaw class)

This might cause an actual Constitutional crisis. That's actually kind of a big deal.

[moonybadger]

I think one of the main reasons I still get very excited for my birthday is because since it's about halfway through October, the weather is FINALLY getting into the 60s and 70s regularly as opposed to skin meltingly awful like it is now