tom petty's little freak with the lunch pail purse

ah, there's nothing wrong with her a hundred dollars won't fix

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My mom and dad were so abusive that every time I hear about someone else's parent dying, I react like I didn't get a raffle prize I really wanted.

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Another one of my friends just lost their beloved parent and I acted like those people in 90s sitcoms who get upset and stressed that they're going to be the last friend who gets married.

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I'm jumping in on my knockoff Substack re the influencer couple who had an abortion for a fetus with Downs Syndrome.

I'm glad they had the option to make the decision that was right for them, and to quote atheist activist Promise Backlund, "I don't care if it's a full-term baby or a grown ass man. No one has the right to my body without my consent". I'm also glad they shared it because it helps destigmatize this and opens a dialogue.

I'm a disabled person. My disabilities are invisible, and more saliently, largely unfetishizable and unexploitable for masturbatory virtue-signalling Facebook posts. No one is calling me "such a joy" or "the light of my life". I am unable to access support outside of my communities and I experience job discrimination because my disabilities are heavily stigmatized. They call my people evil; they use my disability as an insult; they imply that my people shouldn't exist.

I think people view persons with disabilities like they view puppies or kittens. Everyone wants the perfectly "cute" person with Downs Syndrome who Always Smiles And Is So Happy. Well, guess what? People are legally allowed to pay your perfect little prop sub-minimum wage because of their disability. Disabled people don't have marriage equality, as they lose their government benefits due to the change in income.

You don't want to be there for the ugly stuff. God forbid you're there for the day-to-day. You brag about your goodness on Facebook while their caregivers drown in 24/7 care, burnout, endless doctor visits, medical emergencies, worries about what will happen to them if their caregivers pass, and a long, long list of other issues that pop up. You don't fight for their right to exist in society. You don't fight for universal healthcare and the bolstering of professional caregivers and facilities and easy, no-cost access to them. You don't fight for marriage equality. You don't give a damn beyond seeing their Cute Lil Smiles.

So shut the fuck up.

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Five of Cups and Four of Cups

It went wrong again, and you're losing your motivation to keep trying.

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I hate when screen adaptations make up the most batshit storylines and change the characters so dramatically. What the fuck do you MEAN Enola Holmes is with Tewksbury, what the FUCK?! He's a KID in the first book, and she saves him and then she drops him off at the police station and never sees him again. Her name is literally ALONE SPELLED BACKWARDS. She never sees her mother again after her fourteenth birthday!! If you wanted to bring a minor character to the forefront LADY CECILY IS RIGHT FUCKING THERE. Lady Cecily is Enola's foil!! And what the fuck is the "tis I" catchphrase??? She's basically in disguise all the fucking time!!!! She doesn't want to be found!!!! She spends most of the series hiding from Sherlock and Mycroft!!

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The Moon and Three of Pentacles

You're working on building your shelter from all the weird scary stuff out there.

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I hate how long-form standup has turned into a sort of moralistic youth pastor pseudosermon with the slow, deliberate intonation and the "gotcha" points. Get the fuck out Joshua Generation I'm here to eat garlic fries and hear Mitch Hedberg talk about how rice is great if you're hungry and want to eat 1000 of something.

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The Star and Seven of Pentacles

Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

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You Can Never Hold Back Spring, by Tom Waits

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I think I'm done with the Nancy Drew games honestly. I might change my mind but they just don't feel good to me anymore. I was telling a friend about them and I realized how fucked up "the dev crew had to do a Mission Impossible-level operation to sneak a small throwaway reference to a queer person...IN 2015" was. It's kind of put me off the series as a whole.

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I have not seen any studies linking lack of dietary fiber with the sharp rise in colorectal cancer among millennials and Gen Z. If the typical American diet is low in fiber, then why is colorectal cancer only spiking in two age groups? To me, it feels like a way to punch down at "the youths" and "fat Americans who are too stupid to healthy food".

I also have issues with the rabid increase in "eat more fiber" content. Is eating more fiber a good thing? Absolutely. But it's sinister when combined with the rise in 90s eating disorder and skinniness culture. They're just inventing new ways to police people's diets and make more money based on emotional manipulation/fearmongering.

The rise in "eat more fiber" content is also emblematic of the "my team/your team" dynamic that plagues American establishment politics. It's so obviously the backlash to MAHA's based-on-vibes diet plan of "red meat and full fat dairy".

I'm not trying to say "both sides are bad" here. Rather, the focus on diet has always been "eat this, not that", and not "making sure every American has access to a nutrient-rich and varied diet, no matter their geographic location, socioeconomic status, or level of disability".

Couple of other things I wanted to rant about:

There's so much moral virtue attached to the consumption of legumes. Beans are some of the cheapest, most nutritious foods, and anyone trying to save money is exhorted to "EAT BEANS AND RICE" and/or shamed for not already doing so.

I think there's also an element of racism disguised as "look at how this stereotype shows how much better this ethnic group is than us". For example, when people bring up that Mexican food has lots of fiber because of all the beans, it feels kind of racist. It's literally a slur for Mexican people. It's like saying how much better Africans are than Americans at exercise because they run a lot.

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bruh the penelope pendrick game is some white woman goddamn nonsense. Peak Her Interactive-type ignorance at best and bigotry at worst. Spoilers under the cut

what the fuck do you mean, not only is the culprit is the disabled guy, but you have to shoot water at his prosthetic arm to give him an electric shock so you can get away???? This is some real Liz Lemon fucking bullshit

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Something I see a lot is when people post things like "she wanted a $5,000 ring, natural diamonds only" or "she wanted a fancy dinner and not street tacos", all these horrible little pick-mes coming out of the woodwork to scream about how *they* were content with a 25-cent ring out of a gumball machine, *they* love tacos, and on and on. It feels like that trope in romance novels to dog on the "high-maintenance", "ice queen", "head cheerleader" female antagonist, while the female main character is messy, klutzy, quirky, lovable, and oh god, the dreaded "down-to-earth".

This is a form of misogyny. What does it affect you if it's important for another woman to have a specific ring and go on a specific date that is different from your taste? I also see this weaponized as a way of saying "if I don't put effort into doing something I know you like, you're just a materialistic bitch". Completely skipping over her desires to showboat about what a Good-Hearted Gentleman they are.

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I understand that the algorithm censors certain words but y'all motherfuckers have thoroughly ruined the word grape

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Look. All I'm asking is for you to not be hypocritical about the word "retarded". Do you use "delulu" as a cutesy Internet phrase? Do you call people narcissists and psychopaths for nonpathological asshole behavior? Do you believe the horrible stereotypes about people with borderline personality disorder or bipolar disorder? Do you co-opt therapy language or make quirky jokes about your "OCD"? Do you share inspiration porn of Beautiful/Popular Prom King/Queen asking a person with Downs syndrome to prom? Do you infantilize people with Downs syndrome by calling them "adorable and happy all the time"?

And that's not even getting into normal everyday words like crazy, insane, or mental. Just try to think about why you go so hard (justifiably) for people to not say the word retarded, but you do all this other shit and see no problem with it.

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I thought we were all boycotting Bruce Springsteen until he stopped being a billionaire. You can write all the songs you want about Minneapolis but you're someone who actually has the power to enact real meaningful change.

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Missing my late sister today because there's no one else in my life I can text "Harriet Vane sucks lol" to

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Happy religious trauma trigger weekend to those who celebrate