most infuriating phrase in the world has to be "I'm just managing your expectations". buddy I'm the eeyore of expectations. you're nailing down the ceiling of a flightless bird sanctuary
writing a novel set specifically in 2014/2015 is so funny because I'm constantly having to google stuff like "when did you start being able to post more than one picture in an instagram post"
when its bad (on fire) its bad (the house is on fire) but when its good (on fire) its so good (the fire keeps me warm which I need it to do because it burned the walls of my house down)
trauma is so dumb. you're telling me because someone was mean to me I have to talk to a nice lady on Skype every week and if I don't I get gastrointestinal issues
like it reduces and intensifies oppression to the specific structures that accumulate and preserve capital in the biological family in a way that's almost... kinky?
one thing I'm really enjoying about this season of bridgerton is that the inclusion of disabled characters without any comment makes it even more stark and arbitrary that society still has misogyny and extreme wealth inequality. truly fanfiction-style worldbuilding