I was "in 2020 years old" before I figured out that no small part of the reason American's don't set things on fire is that there is no social safety net or nationalized healthcare. We are literally scared we will go hungry or die without our medicines.

https://twitter.com/VeryBadLlama/status/1345472379812765697

The Greatest, Most Free Country In The World ™️ bows and scrapes to corporate overlords and leaders trying to destroy democracy because we've been blackmailed. When we have to choose between freedom and *the actual possibility of death*, we don't want to die.

I was very brave today! Now I will tell you about it! As you may have noticed, I currently have, to paraphrase "O Brother Where Art Thou" that DE-pression on.

Oh diet season. The ghoulish tradition of reading that 95-98% of diets fail, but being surrounded by them anyway.

Is it any wonder that people won't wear a mask even though science says they work. People don't believe consequences apply to them, but even more critically: There is major profit to be made convincing people to go along with these lies.

I just came across something called "Street Epistemology" and wow, what jerks human beings are. You are not Socrates. You are just a dick.

We got Thai food so I wouldn't have to cook dinner, and the power of very spicy noodles (or at least the chili endorphins) briefly made me feel like myself again. Food not tasting good has been one of the clues that made me realize I'm super dupes depressed right now and not just "in a bit of a mood" for the last six months.

If happy, adopt cat. If feelings, CAT.

https://twitter.com/itsmariannnna/status/1345944532077211648

I have three! Which is nearly enough for my level of feelings!