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“Britain’s anti-government mascot”. Iranian nut on the spectrum. Mother of cats. I use hyperbole a lot.
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Nov 2, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
I truly believe the 8/9 hour five day working week is just too much. I do not know how people work full time and still manage to organise appointments, cook, clean, complete errands, socialise, go gym etc I also work in hospitality, with awkward hours (if I work 12-9 for example I do not have time to do anything before or afterwards) and a rota that changes every week. If I need a day off for something important I have to put in a request and there’s no guarantee I will get it
Feb 4, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
The quality of life in the UK is so pathetic. Just work, pay bills, and use whatever little money is left at the weekend trying to forget about how crap life is here. The cycle seems so unfulfilling I am aware that this is generally reflective of capitalism. It’s just worse in the UK because in addition, our government operates on corruption, lying, destruction, robbery, incompetence and actively despises it’s citizens and wants them to suffer
Oct 17, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Not my friend from Yorkshire asking me why I haven’t made him an Iranian “rice dome” yet 😭😭 The crispy layer is called Tahdig and it’s actually unbelievable. Who knew that crunchy rice would be such an impeccable accompaniment
Aug 16, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
One of the greatest speeches ever on war from Tony Benn - “aren’t Arabs terrified? Do they not weep when their children die? What fools we are, when war is just a computer game for our children”. And note who is behind him. People in Afghanistan are people. They’re not video game characters that you bomb at will for whatever reason you think is the greater good just because they’re not white. They also cry when their children are killed.
Jul 1, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
A relationship with a love-bomber will go from the best you’ve ever had to the worst. If someone you’ve just met is putting in effort/attention to unusually extreme amounts, chances are it’s a trap and they are trying to get you committed to them fast so the controlling can begin I was so naive that I thought the reason he wanted to see me every day, take me out all the time, buy me gifts and start a relationship really quick was bc he was just a generous person and really into me. The abuse that started a few months later didn’t stop until I finally left
Jun 25, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Better social care and benefit system rehaul. It’s actually very wild that the Universal Credit amount wasn’t increased during covid even though it isn’t enough to live off and there were actually no jobs Like many others, I had to apply for UC last year because I lost all my work and had no income whatsoever. It didn’t cover my bills let alone food so I had to eat through my life savings and get into traumatising debt by taking payment holidays
Jun 24, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
My least favourite by-product of capitalism is that people (especially in the UK) think that if you’re poor you don’t deserve literally anything. Like if you work a low wage job or are on benefits you’ll be shamed for owning a phone or ordering a takeaway and this makes NO sense I don’t understand how we got to the assumption that poor people don’t deserve things. I remember there being outrage because people were donating biscuits and sweets to a food bank and others thought the people who used them shouldn’t be allowed treats
Jun 23, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
The Tories invest so little into education because they genuinely rely on a large amount of the population being uneducated to vote for them Politics should really be a mandatory subject at school, at least at a basic level of learning who the main parties are and what ethics and policies they represent. We mainly get our information from headlines written by Tory-owned papers
Jun 23, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
I find Geminis really hit and miss because I admire their ambition to always seek truth but sometimes on that path they start believing things that just aren’t true looool and a day later they pretend they never thought that thing Like, they will try to convince you that they never really thought the thing they said yesterday just because they changed their mind since then. It can come across really tapped
Jun 10, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
What is the point of having a High Court if they keep finding that Tory MPs acted unlawfully and absolutely nothing happens “Right, so that’s the 17th one? Good to know. Moving on then”