fun fact, meteorologist Robert Ricks authored this message. the following congressional investigation into the failures of governmental Katrina prep/response found that he was likely responsible for saving thousands of lives. that’s my goat
ice cream and/or a bev can be incorporated BUT! the trap is that these can also be present during a friday night no plans
they are not enough on their own & must be paired with one of the aforementioned options
friday night no plans: depression-inducing, lonely, empty, wasting my life
friday night solo sleepover: delightful. rejuvenating. embodied. enjoying all life has to offer
@portalgunnr it finally clicked for me that some people are determined to be miserable. not the same thing as depression, just like they absolutely refuse to attempt to find beauty or joy (let alone gratitude) in anything at all. sometimes i gotta take a deep breath and let them rock w it lol
when you scroll your phone: how sad. mindless. no inner life to speak of
when i scroll my phone: haha! i am learning so much at an astonishing speed. these jokes are so unique
my greatest shame is that the universal cat distribution system has never bestowed a cat upon me. i can only assume this system, and thus, every cat, sees a fundamental inadequacy within me that human eyes are clouded to
i’m throwing my hat in the ring in twitter discourse for the first time in my life and i get why people do this now. accepting rage bait can be so fun. like okay let’s be silly!
@shadowweaverss@alethia__23 i dont think you truly believe that wives abused their husbands as often as husbands abused their wives. there’s a difference between what could happen in theory & what does happen in practice
@alethia__23 absolutely. but the church condemning abuse didn’t stop many men from abusing, but the church condemning divorce did stop many women from divorcing. i wish they could have left those situations. i’m glad they can now
@alethia__23 there are plenty of examples in biblical text and in subsequent theological scholarship (st augustine cough cough) but one real life example is my grandma had to stay in a marriage with an abusive alcoholic for decades because of the Church’s views on divorce
@rach_k06 exactly like SORRY im tired of women being narrative vessels for the Real Characters (men)! it’s boring & also a huge storytelling flaw!
but it’s one you’re expected to overlook bc it’s so pervasive that its presence doesn’t even register. it’s literally the fish meme
and when you say things like that the response is generally like. woww ok WOKE FEMINIST can’t even ENJOY MOVIE without making EVERYTHING ABOUT HER. and i want to enjoy movie! so i suspend this. but it gets tiring