#offering solutions

[alyosiuscreightonward]

Dear Diary. Today I’m sitting in the laundromat waiting for my clothes to finish and I hear two people talking about politics.

They both ramble on about how Biden is going to lose in the next election. They mentioned Ukraine and Hawaii. They both agreed that Biden doesn’t care about them in this neighborhood.

They went on how Ukraine got x amount of money and military assistance from the USA and how Hawaii got nothing. Therefore the president doesn’t care.

I don’t understand how people can bitch and complain about this that and third yet they’re unable to offer up a solution. I ponder if either one has ever voted? 🤔 Like my sister in law who watches videos on her phone and believes every single word that she hears and sees. 🤦‍♀️

Now I’m not an idiot and I know that there is some shady shit going down however when I’m sitting in my recliner with my dog, I personally don’t believe that I’m the target of something nefarious. It’s like some years ago when someone said something about Obama. I had to ask them, did Obama knock on your front door and tell you that he was out to get you and that you have folks who would fill Yankee Stadium to prove your point?

I’m wondering if any elected official of any sort has ever been to your house and with malice and forethought deliberately took advantage of you? If so, then I’ll offer up Dodger Stadium.

I mean I am ineligible for any sort of government assistance because apparently I made fifty cents too much an hour and this was from the 90s till today. During the pandemic I had made an attempt to get food stamps and was denied yet again meanwhile several people I know still get them and I’m food insecure. I’m eating most meals from the dollar store and I’ve no clue what healthy food is nor what fresh vegetables taste like.

Though I think that I could possibly find a solution however something else in my life would be neglected and I’d find myself behind the eight ball 🎱 again for the umpteenth time.

The situation I am in right now being at the laundromat is because of my sister in law. Yet I’m going out on a limb here but I’m sure that there are several reasons why I’m here but one of them is because a video she saw on her phone.

In the final analysis, the government didn’t have any say in making me go the laundromat. Ukraine is under siege by Russia. Hawaii is in the midst of a massive natural disaster. Things are being sorted out and a tick mark will be added to the butchers list but it won’t be tomorrow morning.

Another thing that I think of is of a advertisement for a presidential candidate. They’re claiming that every single person who has passed away from an overdose of Fentanyl is directly related to the Southern Border. That’s a small percentage yet they apparently don’t know how the opioid crisis actually started. I’m guessing it could have started with the blue collar workers who were injured and then it went to the nicer neighborhoods. Though I pondered, isn’t there a possibility that in some rural communities there could be an issue of methamphetamines? Yet the television news 📰 is only available in the inner city. 🤔

Y’all can talk about politics and all that rot but have you ever considered the possibility of having a clear understanding of what it means to solve the problem. I’m sure y’all have a hundred page policy with 8 X 10 glossy colored photographs with circles and arrows and a PowerPoint presentation ready to go. I’m sure you have it readily available on your website.

post script…I will admit that that one point in my life, if you called my house over the years, I may have answered the phone with, Thank you for calling, the Libertarian Party, the Republican Party, the Conservative Party and my favorite, Lassiez Faire.

[knightofleo]

Angela Orosco Silent Hill 2

[sexhaver]

when i was 7 i played a lot of Tonka Construction on the family PC. it was a pretty straightforward game, just focused on building (as the name suggests)

and because this was a game targeted at children, they'd have friendly characters pop up in the corner to say stuff like "great job laying the foundations! now let's put in some walls" or "uh-oh! looks like you need to finish the walls before we can place the roof!". stuff like that.

anyways the reason im posting about this today is that one of my most enduring memories of 9/11 was going home early from school and watching news footage of people jumping from the towers and when i went to sleep that night, my dream was entirely in the graphics of Tonka Construction except it had little pixelated people falling headfirst down the side of the unfinished building while the black guy in a hardhat from the last screenshot popped in to say "wuh-oh! that's not good!"

[corpsentry]

a glass sun 1/2

[tbposting]

i don't know how to explain to young, scared, hurt, angry and hopeless queer people that they have everything in common with the other young, scared, hurt, angry and hopeless queer people that they spend all their time yelling at on the internet, and that nothing will help the fear, hurt, anger or hopelessness except the extension of solidarity and community

[martyreddie]

one thing i absolutely love about eddie is the fact that he is always on the lookout for ways to sacrifice himself for the people he loves. girlfriend pregnant? i'll provide for her by risking my life in the military. twice. without asking first. my traumatised son is scared that my job is too dangerous? i will transfer to another one that makes me deeply miserable. also without asking first. can't seem to fall in love with my new girlfriend even though my kid loves her? guess i'll just stick it out. my parents hate my wife even after her death? i will push down every bit of anger i ever felt at her and defend her like a rabid dog. hell, i will romanticise that relationship so bad that I literally cannot move on from her and am haunted by her ghost in both a metaphorical and literal way for years to come. and when, as the crowning result of all my disregard for my personal well-being and healing, my kid has run to texas, and now he does not seem to want to come home? i will bear every bit of pain and embarrassment his obvious disdain and my parents' flagrant disinterest in letting us heal from this causes me, and if that doesn't work, i will upend my entire life, forsake every bit of progress I have ever made, and come crawling back to the city i grew up in. without asking first, of course.

eddie diaz will see a cross, ask "is anyone going to die on that thing?" and then not wait for an answer

[neechees]

Me and many many other people have said this before, but White ppl saying that our opinion is only valid when calling someone out as racist if we "provide solutions" (and if we don't, then it's not really racist, we're "overreacting", and any fallout is OUR fault) is literally just them saying that it's not only our burden to bear racism & they think we ought to do the labor of educating people on it, but we also have to do the labor of offering solutions for THEIR behavior

[gayofthefae]

Okay, simplest possible explanation. Core breakdown.

They had a character say that as an outcast, he feels like a mistake, but there is someone who makes him feel like he is not a mistake.

The show ends with him not being with that person.

The theme of the show is outcasts deserve to not feel like mistakes.

Do we honestly think that's gonna happen?

"There is one thing in this world that would make me feel like not a mistake, one thing specifically, nothing else specified. I do not have that thing and won't"????

Like he didn't say "a boyfriend" please realize, he said Mike. "I hate myself and there is a solution to that. That solution is not something I will receive and then the show ends. The theme of the show is receiving solutions to self hatred."

Like GIRL WAHT???

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Sometimes I think I’m not that weird and then I spend a solid amount of time wondering what kind of contraceptives are available in the Grishaverse and specifically how accessible they are in the Barrel, particularly based on the quote “Getting pregnant isn’t actually a special talent. Ask any luckless girl in the Barrel”. Is unwanted pregnancy more common in the Barrel than elsewhere in Ketterdam because of the lack of social services in the city and especially in its poorest areas? is it because teen pregnancies often lead to kids being kicked out so they end up in the Barrel? is there a higher statistic by product of the pleasure houses and especially if there aren’t safe contraceptives readily available in the pleasure houses? and if so what do the people running the pleasure houses do to the girls because of it? is it because unexpected pregnancies in higher social classes would just lead to rushed marriages so it’s more noticeable in the Barrel? or is the comment based solely on Kaz’s individual experience of the city, ie its slums, in which case whilst it’s telling us about the Barrel it’s not making any particular comparison to the rest of the city? I kind of assume there must be some contraceptives available because the possibility of pregnancies in the pleasure houses is never discussed but I doubt they’re readily available and based on what we know about the resources and development in the worldbuilding and timeline may not be the most reliable, in which case what is happening to indentured girls who end up impregnated? Because, somehow, I just don’t think they’re safe. (Where could I have possibly gotten that idea?) So yeah, I am, in fact, that weird. But I really need to know the answer to this.

[themisterhip]

The bunny selfie! 🐰 ✨

[twistcmyk]

i can't remember which FA crisis i drew this about but it has not aged well

[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

Holy shit holy shit HOLY SHIT.

So last year I won @pandamomentum 's @bishopmyrielfundraiser offering of binding a fanfic of my choice. (Speaking of, they're offering it again, I HIGHLY recommend their work, especially for such a good cause!) I requested @starkey 's iconic Icarus Experiment to be shipped to a friend's place to stay until I was able to visit, and!!! I'm finally here, and so is it, and!!!!! It's so gorgeous????? Probably the most beautiful book I own, just look at the binding!

And then, as an unexpected bonus, they also formatted and printed my Leveller AU? (Truly, nothing could have prepared me to see my own tag "Gerrard Winstanley Call Me" in printed form.)

Weeping openly, it's beautiful and perfect, I am spiritually kissing Panda on the mouth with tongue for this incredible gift and their work.

(Go bid on their offering, and also read Starkey's Icarus Experiment if you haven't yet, it's so good.)

[creativesparkz]

who here remembers my dhmis era ???? anyway i redid my recolor trio interpretation for shits and giggles 😊

[r26yz]

even the rain is kinder

for @kaeluczinefmty

[silvialightning]

To the people wanting to be informed about politics but are being overwhelmed with information, anxiety, stress, and uncertainty. Doom scrolling, seeing clips, trying to get the latest snip-it of what’s going on can be information overload (especially to someone newly paying attention to politics.)

I would really recommend people looking into left-leaning podcasts and political talk shows. It’s an environment where people who have like 10+ years experience can not only tell you the news, but these people also have the ability to break topics down and explain the possibilities going forward.

It can be educational. It can make certain topics easier to understand. It will be cathartic to see these people reacting to news stories. Because they can say, “this could be very bad,” then take a step back and also say, “here’s how this might be impeded,” or “here’s what people can do to prepare.” Hearing a calm response will help people not be overloaded with doomerism, and also keep people informed (and hopeful).

(My recommendation is The Majority Report with Sam Seder. On YouTube/Twitch. I think it’s a good starting point. I listen to it while I work. But try some stuff, look around for something that works for you.)