She/Them
Asexual
Reading comprehension is a dying skill that needs to be taken seriously, without it, critical thinking dies and misinformation spreads.
I don't care if every Palestinian on the planet has a blood lust hate for me specifically. I still don't think they should be genocided or kept in apartheid conditions and Israel still has to go immediately.
FYI It is still illegal to be gay in 63 countries across the globe. THAT is why pride month exists. No, it isn’t just gay people shouting about how amazing they all are, it’s a celebration of how far they’ve come in western countries, as well as an acknowledgment that there’s more to do across the globe. If you can’t understand the significance of a government having the ability to prosecute people for consensually loving each other then your ignorance goes beyond just homophobia.
Grown adults will look at this, clench their fists, and GENUINELY get upset at a little pin that stands for nothing but a positive message. We (usually) live for less than 100 years, minuscule in the grand scheme of the universe. Yet, some people will allow their indoctrinated prejudices to dictate how they feel about something as amazing as love.
If you are one of these people, before you go into the replies of this post and hit me with a “GAYYYY” or some cringey Homelander gif, I want you to just think about how irrelevant your existence truly is. How irrelevant MY existence is. And then I want you to really consider whether it’s even remotely worth it to uphold views with such unnecessary hatred. Who are you helping? Is that how you want to spend your very limited life? If so, then you are beyond saving, and if you’re religious then you should educate yourself about the actual values of whatever it is that you believe in (which most likely involves spreading peace and love, not hatred).
Happy Pride month. I’ll lose followers for this post but I don’t care. If you’re someone who is as gullible as to allow somebody else to control your own views and opinions (since nobody is born homophobic) then I don’t want you following me anyway.
In America, a warehouse store. A fully roasted chicken costs five dollars, the raw chicken beside it costs seven, and I stood between them like a man between two truths.
Golden. Hot. Seasoned. Spinning in glory under the lights, in a line of its brothers. Four dollars and ninety-nine cents.
I checked the raw birds. Seven dollars. Pale. Cold. You must do everything yourself.
This is not commerce. Commerce does not move backward. Somewhere in this building, mathematics lies defeated.
I asked the man at the counter. "How is the cooked bird cheaper than the raw bird?"
"Been five bucks forever. They keep it that way."
"But the store loses."
"Yep. On purpose."
On purpose. I held my receipt with both hands.
In my land, a lord who lowered the price of rice in a hard winter was remembered for generations. They built him a small shrine. This store does it every day, with chicken, and tells no one.
A woman behind me grew tired of my reverence. "It's just a chicken, sir."
It is not just a chicken. It is a wound the merchant takes on purpose, so that anyone, on any day, with five dollars, eats like a lord. The bird is the message. The price is the vow.
I will confess: I bought two. I did not need two. The second was not hunger. It was gratitude, and it was delicious.
Some prices are not prices. They are promises.
I return every week now. I take one bird. I bow toward the deli, briefly, so as not to alarm the staff. They have begun nodding back.
The vow holds. The bird turns. Five dollars.
Long may it spin.
rest easy oliver you will always be an inspiration.
thank you for sharing your creativity and brilliance with the world. my heart is shattered right now.
hold your friends and family close
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@angelsyndrome_@ToonHive I'm sorry. After going through your account, I realized I'm talking to an actual child. I'm sorry for expecting more logical thinking. Please continue with your day.
@SetsubunHiro You are by definition subhuman. You lack the intelligence of an average human and the empathy of one. You're so lost in the hate that you don’t see the accusation I made, that Republicans keep shooting themselves and everyone else in the foot with every decision they make.
@SetsubunHiro Why does the average Republican subhuman trash usually use pictures and memes that have nothing to do with the initial conversation instead of explaining their accusations and arguments? You have not disproven or even disagreed with anything I said.