I'm not on socials a lot. I don't have a platform and, quite frankly, I don't know if I have the mental fortitude to have a lot of people listening to what I say
But I saw some accusations against Flyana Boss recently and it made me really upset. This isn't even ABOUT Flyana Boss. But the accusations and attacks on their characters and morals made me very upset
Like, for real, what's going on with Flyana Boss is straight up racism, misogyny and misogynoir more specifically. And if anyone tries to deny it, they might be able to fool themselves but they're not fooling me
But there's another issue here and I feel like I have to say something, even if nobody's listening:
DO NOT USE VICTIMS AS A CUDGEL TO BEAT DOWN OTHER PEOPLE
Whether it's genocide, murder, assault or abuse, it is absolutely inappropriate to use real victims in order to attack other people, ESPECIALLY people from oppressed groups
The amount of fucking times I've seen people use a woman's husband's crimes to attack her character, even using the victim's names, ESPECIALLY when they're minors? It's fucking disgusting
And now people are using a genocide to do the same thing. This is not activism and it needs to fucking stop
You wanna support Palestine? How about instead of attacking individuals online, you
BOYCOTT THE COMPANIES BANKROLLING ISRAEL
I'm not gonna name all the companies here, it's a lot and there are already exhaustive lists that people can look up
But you could also
Donate to groups that are actively helping victims, survivors and their families
And that includes survivors of abuse
RAINN literally exists guys
As for Palestine 🇵🇸, there's a Palestine soda brand whose proceeds go to helping people in the Gaza strip. It's not easy to get a hold of, believe me, but going to local stores and restaurants and asking them to carry it is still ACTION, it's not that difficult and it actually helps real people, instead of hurting
And here's a link to genocide watch
You want to help stop genocide?
Talk about ALL the countries that are at risk or currently undergoing a genocide including, but not limited to; Sudan 🇸🇸, DRC 🇨🇩 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Myanmar 🇲🇲 and Lebanon 🇱🇧 (at risk)
And find organizations that are on the ground, giving aid and
I don't mean this to be a callout post, I don't want to make people feel bad (except for those who use real suffering to hurt other people, they need to cut ✂️ it out), especially for not donating or protesting
DONATE TO THEM
This goes for the LQBTQIA+ community as well
Here's a link to the Trevor Project and their partners
I am a poor, homeless, disabled person with multiple chronic illnesses. All I can really do to help anyone is run my mouth
But not shutting up, not forgetting, not letting other people forget and doing what little we can, if at all, isn't nothing. Ignoring atrocities is probably the worst thing we could do, second only to committing and/or supporting them
And I COMPLETELY understand if you don't have the ability to boycott EVERY company supporting violence of any kind, especially if you're poor. Do what you have to do to survive
But please, for the love of peace and everything that is good, do not use real victims, dead or alive, in order to hurt other people. Please. It doesn't help anyone and it only drags innocent people's names through the mud and makes a mockery of what they, and their familes are going through (or did go through)
Also, canceling doesn't work and ANY engagement is still engagement. If you hate someone (even a government) and want to tear them down, I beg you to use that energy instead to SUPPORT those who need help
I mean, talk shit about governments all you want, I don't give a fuck about them. And corporations are not people, fuck them too
I don't know if anything I said makes a cohesive argument but, if you remember nothing else, please remember this
But don't center them in conversations about their victims
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Actually this is an obvious question but it’s not what you might think. Let me explain it to you, I’ve been an opiate addict for a long time and tried many drugs. Drugs that are ‘uppers’ have the most ‘obvious’ euphoria. For example if you take adderall/coke/meth/speed/MDMA you will get this shining bright euphoria, self confidence, energy, and other drug-specific feelings (for meth like you are king or for MDMA like you love everyone). However, you owe these drugs back what they delivered to you. After a meth binge, or lots of MDMA use, or staying up all night on coke you will feel like shit. To an extent this aspect is similar to an alcoholic hangover.
On the other hand, for many people who experiment with heroin they are underwhelmed (not including IV usage, but most experimenters rarely ever IV first time). They just feel good, chill, happy, but they feel like this spooky drug ‘heroin’ hasn’t delivered. They are just mellow. Oh obviously it has all been a lie they will think. Heroin isn’t spooky, it’s chill. It’s not addictive like everyone else thinks. It doesn’t make you do stupid shit or stay up all day and hallucinate like amphetamines or coke. It doesn’t empty your serotonin like MDMA or give you a hangover like alcohol. People tend to just think oh, what a nice drug.
So the next day they wake up and everything is normal. No headache or shitty feeling–just a slight afterglow of that nice feeling. Oh it was cheap as well! It only cost $10 for a whole night of being high! I thought people said heroin was expensive? And then next weekend comes… There are all these drugs I could do but I liked heroin. It didn’t fuck me up,‘I could still think clearly. No hangover. No feeling like shit later. I still was awake. It just made me happy and content with life. Oh and it’s only $10! Well, I should get some more for the whole weekend. This is great! I will use Heroin on the weekends now!
Now let’s say this person works and has responsibilities. He knows he can’t go into work drunk, or on MDMA, or high. So he doesn’t. It’s actually simple. But heroin… Well the user might actually find they do better work on heroin. Instead of being sad or grumpy or depressed with his job… he is just… happy. Mellow. Content. Everything is fine and the world is beautiful. It’s raining, it’s dark, I woke up at 5:30AM, I’m commuting in traffic. I would have had a headache, I would have been miserable, I would have wondered how my life took me to this point. This point I’m at right now. But no, no, everything is fine. Life is beautiful. The rain drops are just falling and in each one I see the reflection of every persons life around me. Humanity is beautiful. In this still frame shot of traffic on this crowded bus I just found love and peace. Heroin is a wonder drug. Heroin is better than everything else. Heroin makes me who I wish I was. Heroin makes life worth living. Heroin is better than everything else. Heroin builds up a tolerance fast. Heroin starts to cost more money. I need heroin to feel normal. I don’t love anymore. Now I’m sick. I can’t afford the heroin that I need. How did $10 used to get me high? Now I need $100. That guy that let me try a few lines the first time doesn’t actually deal. Oh I need to find a real dealer? This guy is a felon and carries a gun–he can sell me the drug that lets me find love in the world. No this isn’t working, I need to quit.
To answer your question, heroin feels nice. That’s all, it just feels very nice. You can make the rest up for yourself. Attach your own half-truths to this drug that will show you the world and for a moment you will feel as clever as Faust.
Edit: Thank you for the kind words. I received help and I’m doing well now. Luckily I was able to pull up and get help right before I entered the deadly downward spiral. Some of my friends have not done as well. Sorry to steal the limelight from OP
A reply to this from Ifuxdalion
Reading that was more haunting than any anti-drug campaign that I’ve been exposed to. Thanks. A lot.
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The third image are tags on tumblr. They read #anti-drug campaigns should be run by recovering addicts #cause like #how are you gonna talk honestly about how a drug affects your life if youve never done it #how can you really communicate what it does to your life if you ignore the reasons people do drugs in the first place? #i dont think anyone’s gonna believe you when you say a drug is bad if you never acknowledge the way the drug makes you feel good #tags
Speaking of heroin: 16 years ago on Reddit, a user going by the name u/SpontaneousH posted about his heroin use for the first time ever. And then he kept posting, and his words are still up on the site, and so this user remains an interesting look into the way that heroin usage spiraled for him. It’s a tough thing to read, but relevant to the above post.
People who use drugs are not bad people. The drugs are dangerous because they work and they are very effective at what they do. The problem with addiction is that it narrows down what a person finds pleasant or good, until it’s only the drug left.
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