I assume much of that stuff is angry AI from dodgy sources. Eg Russian troll farms.

Okay, I’ve rewritten this a few times now and idk what to focus on, so I’ll say that I have also looked at what they write in those places and it brings me such visceral fear and anger that I feel sick to my stomach.

Sure, some conservatives are reasonable normal humans, but that side of politics has been taken over by RW extremists, incels, and misogynists advocating for the legalisation of child marriage (let’s be honest, just little girls married to old men), the forced slavery of millions of women and AFABs, and the forced rape and impregnation of said women and AFABs. They believe they have the right to our bodies just because they are the “stronger sex”, whatever the fuck that means. They want to create Gilead in real life.

I’m tired of our stories being dismissed, I’m tired of the fight against sexism and misogyny that feels endless.

I don’t want kids and I won’t have them for many, many reasons, one of which is what kind of world is this for them? If I had a girl I’d be so utterly scared that I know I would end up like my mum was to me… And that’s no way to grow up, AND it didn’t protect me at all - just exacerbated my naivety. She may as well have put a neon yellow sign on my head that said VICTIM

Their utter disregard for the humanity of more than half the human race (women, bipocs, marginalised groups) scares me so much that I fear there is no hope for this world. It’s all crumbling apart, busting at its seams, that I feel so hopeless. Abusers want what they want, and if they all start working together… Idk, it’s scary to me.

I read Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein earlier this year. She proposes that conspiracy theorist right-wingers feelings that the system has failed them has some merit, but that they’ve completely misunderstood who that is. It’s not vaccine scientists or diverse communities. It’s social media magnates, exploitative capitalism and corrupt politics. I guess when you’re full of prejudice you have to do lots of mental gymnastics to make your world view fit your bigotry.

I’ve been doing that too the past few months.

They sound ok at first, rational, then they get worse and worse as they reveal themselves and go down rabbit holes.

Hi I’m Spin and I… am a bit of a nerd?

Hi I’m Simon, I enjoy pooping normally.

Edit: I also enjoy making music and playing live.

Hi I’m Catfish. I’m neither a cat nor a fish. Nor am I a Troll. Anymore. Most of the time.

I’m Spud and I smell like goats.

Hi, I’m Lady Seagoon and I like to collect and listen to all kinds of really old music LPs.

Let’s hope the sausage doesn’t pay you back tomorrow.

I had some sketchy roast veggies for lunch and seem to be doing okay.

Aww man 🥰 I’ll have to make sure I take the kids and go next year 🤞🏼

Oh my god the bunnies!

Brian Mannix because he had the coolest hair.

Deadpool

Back when I was a kid I always wanted to be Cyclops because I thought he was cool.

The man says Wolverine because he’s got attitude. I still say Brian because hair and all.

Storm because Halle Berry.

Rogue, because she just wanted to touch people without them dying and the other X-Men treated her like a traitor. Yeah she can bring dead things back to life, but never being able to be physical with your loved ones ever without killing them? Yeah I’d cure that shit too.

Edit: I get the metaphor to marginalised groups, like the LGBTQ+, and that the cure is a metaphor for like, conversion therapy. But also, they have supernatural powers and hers is sucking powers and life force out of people. She cannot be cool like Storm and control the weather, and she cannot read minds (unless she takes those powers). So, in my mind, the metaphor falls apart when it comes to Rogue. Gay people don’t kill others by virtue of their gayness; she can. That’s the difference and I hate how the other X-Men reacted to her. Storm is all like “noooo you’re perfect”, but she can hug her loved ones, Soo there.

The last xmen movie I saw was Logan , which I thought was really good, so I;m going to have to say Wolverine and Xavier.

I like speedsters for super powers so whatever magneto’s kid is called. Marvel’s Flash.

From the films? Wolverine. Love the attitude. Or maybe the Cavillrine, simply cause of the shotgun arm reload for the claws.

Sounds like you’ve got a lot of the past to let go of. Speaking as someone who dragged the past around like an anchor for far too long. Even if you were to go overseas, you can’t escape from you. I hope you can one day find a way to let go of it.

Negative experiences (shit job, shit family, shit friends, trauma, abuse, etc) will cause triggers to manifest naturally, it’s the brain ‘misfiring’ doing risk assessments and memory recollection, similar to the way ptsd works. Something in the world reminds you of that time, and your brain treats it like a new threat rather than a memory, even though it is just a memory.

You can run away across the seas, but you will still have your brain reacting to triggers.

It may help to recentre yourself by reminding yourself of what you have achieved, your goals, that you are not ‘there’ anymore. That you have come so far despite your past experiences, and fuck those times where you were in a hard place. You persevered and you are succeeding.

Sorry for the rant and possible lack of help this supplies 😬

Patina is a good thing. Over cleaning is a flaw to me. I’m assuming some sort of treadle Singer.

Take it easy huh… I’m sure there’s a medication for that.

This is the most animated bacon I’ve ever seen

I HAVE ONE TOO

And where did you get this one ring?

What has it got in it’s pocketses?

I ditched all my tape, but still have a functional player

So…are we singing yet?

Mmmm waffles

That looks soooooo good!

OMG

I commented before and the jamwaffle looks delicious, but I don’t know how you managed to achieve the Donna Hay cookbook food porn photo. Amazing.

that all looks very delicious

Cheers 🍻

Cheers! Here’s to avoiding TV for the next 48 or so. 🍸

🍷 cheers!

Not until tomorrow night for me I’m afraid. 🧃