My son's kindergarten teacher called because he's been telling everyone that we're "in witness protection." We are not in witness protection. We just moved from two states away and he overheard us say we wanted a "fresh start." This child has been maintaining an elaborate story about our "previous lives." Named our old identities. Made up crimes we witnessed. Other kids are OBSESSED. Parents are concerned. The principal needed to verify our background. My son had given himself a backstory where he was "originally named Snake." He's 5. When we asked him why he did this, he said his real life was "too boring" and he wanted to "make kindergarten more interesting." The teacher said this was "the most elaborate lying she's seen from someone without object permanence.”
I told my cat, “If the soup starts boiling, let me know.”
Five minutes later she came over and started yelling at me.
The soup was boiling.
I’m not saying my cat understood me, but I am saying I’m a little afraid of her now.
Fun fact. For the 1966 World Cup, England debated denying visas for North Korea. FIFA responded that if any players from any teams were denied visas,they would relocate the World Cup, even at the last minute.
En Albacete (donde se dedica el 29% del salario al alquiler), todo lo que ganes desde el 1 de enero hasta el 16 de abril se va íntegro a tu casero; a partir de ahí empiezas a trabajar para ti. En Pontevedra (43%) te liberas de tu casero el 6 de junio. Y en Madrid (72%) no dejas de pagarle hasta el 20 de septiembre: 9 meses de trabajo antes de ganar 1 euro propio.
He adaptado el mapa para que en lugar de los porcentajes aparezcan las fechas, que son algo más informativas del esclavismo moderno al que hemos condenado al 20.8% de la población que vive de alquiler en nuestro país.
Imagínate llegar a casa y contarle a tu familia que hoy has utilizado la coacción para dejar sin techo a una persona de 67 años. Y que tu conciencia se calme diciendo "es la ley", "es mi trabajo", "cumplo órdenes", "alguien tendrá que hacerlo".