Tbh I’m salty about a lot of things today. The Cheat Sheet told me that when I find out why Tr**p eats so much fast food I’ll feel sorry for him. Fuck off I will never feel sorry for him. He could be on fire in front of me and I wouldn’t feel sorry for him. He deserves his low quality cheeseburgers and old fries screw you.
2. Creditors trying to find my mom by spam calling me.
3. The “passionate” open letter some schmuck on yahoo wrote to a woman walking her dog in a stroller, because said writer nearly ran over the stroller with her car and was horrified to think she almost killed a child. Because it’s totally fine to nearly kill a woman and her dog with a car. No it’s the woman who is wrong to keep her dog in a stroller (even though I can think off hand of a dozen reasons why a dog owner might do so) and you are completely absolved of your responsibilities when operating a 2 ton vehicle, as long as there are no infants involved.
“Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.D. ― Dominique Amiotte, 17, always makes sure to keep a few extra tampons in her locker. It’s not much, but it’s enough to encourage at least some of her struggling friends to come to school when they have their periods.
About half of Amiotte’s girlfriends can’t afford tampons or sanitary pads. As a result, when they menstruate, they’ll skip school for as long as a week. This can lead them to fall behind in class, contributing to the already abysmal graduation rates on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There are no official records on how many of the young women at the reservation’s 13 schools have felt the consequences of this issue, but individuals we spoke to say it’s an inescapable part of everyday life.
“It makes me angry,” Amiotte told HuffPost unflinchingly while seated in an empty classroom at the Crazy Horse School, where there are 70 girls enrolled in middle or high school classes.”
Getting tired of the minimalism videos in my youtube feed. I like declutter videos but minimalism is not the only way to live. And these people always want me to get rid of my books. Lol yeah fuck that. (And “who watches dvds anymore just stream it” lady – we need to talk.)
Especially the “how to cope when the person you live with is not a minimalist.” There’s a wide gap between minimalism and hoarding. If you can’t stand anything more than minimalism then don’t waste someone’s time.
Yeah, I’d love to see someone streaming something on our sub 1mpbs connection. Also, I don’t want to have to rely on the things I want to watch always being available online. What about when the service decides to remove them because they’re not popular enough, and so on?
Also, yes, books!!!
The things I like to watch tend to fall under a genre I like to call Weird Niche-y Bullshit. Ridiculously old shows, or really cerebral stuff or kids shows from the 90s that nobody else remembers, Canadian horror series, 60s soap operas about vampires, etc. Most of this stuff is not streaming on legit sites so I either have to get it on dvd or pirate it. Some things aren’t even on dvd. (So Weird, I’m looking at you.)
It would have blown that girl’s mind if she knew I still have vhs tapes and 2 vcrs. But some movies I even have on both dvd and vhs because the dvd is better quality but also has scenes removed so the only way to watch the theatrical release is on vhs. Also…old school previews.
Same with books. One video said you can just borrow a book from the library if you want to reread it. Pretty sure my local library doesn’t have The Archaeology of Garbage or any of the other obscure text books I’ve collected lying around but thanks for playing.
And you are so right about not wanting to depend on an Internet connection to watch things. I don’t live out in a rural area but my connection here isn’t great and my computer is so slow. And about stuff getting removed. Golden Girls is only streaming on hulu so having physical copies just makes it easier to access.
I don’t even want to get into how difficult minimalism can be if you’re broke. Maybe I didn’t need 2 toasters or 2 hair dryers, but I’ll be glad I have them when one craps out at the worst possible moment. For some people “just go buy another one” isn’t an option.
Getting tired of the minimalism videos in my youtube feed. I like declutter videos but minimalism is not the only way to live. And these people always want me to get rid of my books. Lol yeah fuck that. (And “who watches dvds anymore just stream it” lady – we need to talk.)
Especially the “how to cope when the person you live with is not a minimalist.” There’s a wide gap between minimalism and hoarding. If you can’t stand anything more than minimalism then don’t waste someone’s time.
The upcoming midterm elections are poised to be incredibly important for the future of our country. You need to vote in them–the primaries and the general.
Are you registered to vote? If you think you are, take a moment to check your registration well ahead of voting day. Make sure you know your voting dates, polling place, how to get an absentee ballot if you need one, and any ID requirements.
If you aren’t, register right now! Many states require registration before a deadline some time in advance of voting day, so don’t wait.
(Vote.org is reputable, but if you don’t want to use them, just Google “[state] voter registration” for information.)
And I don’t want to get too partisan on this post, but… if you have any reservations about voting for a “lesser evil,” get over them now. Our voting system requires strategic voting, and that sucks, but since it’s true, vote strategically! Vote your heart in the primaries, but in the general, vote for the lesser evil. It’s a hell of a lot better than sitting on the sidelines patting yourself on the back for purity while the greater evil wins.
Ugh all this Starbucks crap. I wish coffee shops were the way they USED to be.
You know…friends gathering to gossip, that one guy who’s always yelling about liberation from monarchist oppressors, students throwing chairs out windows to build barricades, the French National Guard showing up and slaughtering everybody…
The Paradox Machine 