I grew up in a household that kept with a healthy Mediterranean diet, no sugar, drinking whatever milk my mom decided was healthiest at the time, salads and kale chips, where cutting the bottom of a broccoli stock would be considered a cookie-

And then I moved to the Midwest. My god the orgasmic feeling of digging into chicken wings for the first time or a corn pudding. I had no clue that everyone here puts marshmallows on sweet potatoes or in a sandwich with peanut butter, like what?

And pizza- PIZZA. Look, I’ve had plenty of pizza before, vegan, peach slices on arugula with a light sauce. But Chicago deep dish? Pizza or not it’s a monument to man’s gluttony. Double dough? My god that thicc slice is choice.

The chef’s here are essentially participating in assisted suicide, and it’s the best thing ever. When I go out now, I’m going to Dr. Kavorkian’s 24 hour diner, extra gravy please.

Yup, avoidant attachment style.

I’m generally seen as pretty emotionally open, but it’s always a front, like a negotiation to give the appearance of warmth but I’m terrified to open any deeper. I feel like what people think is the core us just the rind.

Babies will actually show this behavior as well- so this trauma goes DEEP. It might even be more genetic than behavioral. They’ve shown when a parent leaves a baby for a bit, the baby begins to cry, but when the parent returns, there are three responses (I’ll pretend a baby can speak, but this is what they say with body language):

1. Ah! You were gone but now you’re back! I missed you and I’m happy you are here let’s play with my rattle (stable)
2. OH MY GOD YOU ARE BACK I MISSED YOU PLEASE DON’T LEAVE EVER AGAIN I’M HOLDING ON TO YOU HARDER (Anxious)
3. Oh, you’re back? That’s fine, I’m not gonna look at you. If I stop caring you can’t hurt me again. (Avoidant)

I know I’d keep a pretty clean & minimalist room as a kids- I remember straight up saying “I want to be able to pack up my life and leave at a moments notice and no one will ever know I ever existed” when I was 10. It’s still hard to believe people care about me in any meaningful way.

Weird thing- I had a very supportive childhood. Having a sister with intense ADHD was tough though since she took up 90% of my parents time, so I think that’s where it comes from.

When I had a housewarming party, I put a bunch of googly eyes in a bowl and instructed everyone to become googly eye terrorists in my new house.

It was really fun, and a great surprise to find all my eggs googly-eyed with pieces of paper with pleas for help written on them.

Still finding them to this day.

I’m 90% sure that’s an asbestos ceiling.

This cat is protecting us from more than you know

Almost like it’s propaganda.

Yes https://i.imgflip.com/7u5nhi.png

I’m copying and pasting from another thread I posted in just a few hours ago on basically the same thing.

If you’re wanting a good faith explanation:

The folks who own guns are almost all conservative and live in red states where there is positive sentiment towards ice. The people who are protesting are all left wing and very likely don’t own a gun, and bringing a gun to a protest is easily how you make what could be a day of bruises and cuts into a day of bloodshed. I’ve been to several protests, and the big message is “don’t give them any reason to mow down the crowd”.

Let’s also consider why we don’t organize like they do in Paris. You get arrested? Fired from your job. You get fired from your job? There goes your healthcare. There goes your housing. Our resistance is slow, not because we aren’t passionate or are too complacent and dumb, it’s because the sad fact that sick, starving, and homeless people make for poor resistance, and I doubt anyone wants that fate.

The system we have is against us in ways far more sophisticated than what you deal with in other countries. We are surveilled by are government, controlled by our cops, and sold by our corporations. But we aren’t dumb. We aren’t weak. We see the hellfire and somehow still go out to do what we can, it’s just we are up against the most powerful domestic military force in the world.

Anyway, I gotta go teach children who didn’t ask for any of this. I don’t know how to keep it together, but somehow they do. If you’re in Chicago, I’ll see you in the streets next protest.✊

PS: the kids are alright

Having been homeless for a hot second, I did have a life I valued to lose.

If you’re wanting a good faith explanation:

The folks who own guns are almost all conservative and live in red states where there is positive sentiment towards ice. The people who are protesting are all left wing and very likely don’t own a gun, and bringing a gun to a protest is easily how you make what could be a day of bruises and cuts into a day of bloodshed. I’ve been to several protests, and the big message is “don’t give them any reason to mow down the crowd”.

Let’s also consider why we don’t organize like they do in Paris. You get arrested? Fired from your job. You get fired from your job? There goes your healthcare. There goes your housing. Our resistance is slow, not because we aren’t passionate or are too complacent and dumb, it’s because the sad fact that sick, starving, and homeless people make for poor resistance, and I doubt anyone wants that fate.

The system we have is against us in ways far more sophisticated than what you deal with in other countries. We are surveilled by are government, controlled by our cops, and sold by our corporations. But we aren’t dumb. We aren’t weak. We see the hellfire and somehow still go out to do what we can, it’s just we are up against the most powerful domestic military force in the world.

Anyway, I gotta go teach children who didn’t ask for any of this. I don’t know how to keep it together, but somehow they do. If you’re in Chicago, I’ll see you in the streets. ✊

I’m in this photo and I don’t like it :(

Frankly that party needs to go. We’d be better off if there was another dramatic party shift- send the Dems to the way of the Whigs.

I was wondering if someone was going to point this out. So many memes either overtly or discretely have a “dumb woman doesn’t know computer”. I don’t wanna seem nitpicky but it’s hard not to see it.

Look, Noam isn’t wearing his glasses, he might think he’s talking to Anthony Bourdain

Oh absolutely. I’m a full time musician and the only way I’ve been able to do that is play 23 different instruments. Being good enough to play in a group is all you need- you get good really quick when money is on the line.

The time was yesterday last year last decade but I guess we can do it now of everyone is up for it.

You’re worse than Ted Bundy.

I mean you can tell if it’s ripe or not by pressing against the part where the stem used to be- if there’s a little give, you should be good.

I feel like people who hate Honeydew are like people who hate bananas but only have eaten fully green bananas. Like yea, if you don’t let it ripen it’s gonna suck.

Look, I think having people pissing and shitting in a room designated for rest is anti-homeless architecture so sue me

I’m sorry, it’s a RESTroom not a PEEroom. I came here to rest and God damnit I’ll exercise that right. /S

Yea, I could have done a much better job at the execution of this meme, but that’s posting memes for ya.

Sometimes you bite the bar, sometimes the bar bites you. But at least I posted to Lemmy to keep the community alive.