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“‪But let’s be clear; going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty. Going high means taking the harder path, it means scraping and clawing our way to that mountain top. Going high means standing fierce against hate, while remembering that we are one nation under god. And if we want to survive, we’ve got to find a way to live together, and work together across our differences. And going high means, unlocking the shackles of lies and mistrust, with the only thing that can truly set us free: the cold, hard truth.”

— Michelle Obama, DNC 2020

tami-taylors-hair

I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money.

“A scam” people are fucking wild.

dragginage

This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, I’ve been there, and now I’m not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being “duped.” I couldn’t believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?

systlin

I once paid for a woman’s bill at the vet…it wasn’t a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says “I don’t get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?”

So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.

And I don’t care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes.

flurrin

Do good recklessly.

solarpunk-gnome

I think “Do good recklessly” would be fantastic word art to hang on one’s wall. Artistic people, go!

7faerielights

So this has happened to me but from the other side. Several years ago when my oldest was around three or so, I had my debit card decline at Walmart. It wasn’t a scam or a mistake, I was genuinely broke. Out of money. I checked my bank and discovered I had something like 7 dollars left to my name and a hungry kid and nothing to eat at home. So I sat there trying to come up with the best way to stretch that tiny amount of money to feed my kid. Not even to feed me. I can live on popcorn or something if I have to but my kid was three and he had to eat. So there I am trying really hard not to cry while I slowly take things out of my basket to get it down to under 7 bucks, when a lady tapped me on the shoulder. I looked up and she smiled at me and started putting the things back in my cart. I opened my mouth to tell her that I didn’t have the money for them but she stopped me right away and said “Don’t worry about it. It’s gonna be fine.” Then she handed the cashier her credit card and said “Ring up all of it.” My kid got to eat because of her. I got to eat because of her. I had laundry soap and deodorant because of her. She could’ve just ignored me silently struggling in that line. She could’ve decided I was a scam and gone home feeling good about avoiding being duped. But instead she chose to help me and she saved us. So maybe the person struggling in front of you is trying to put one over on you or maybe they are just sad and broke and trying to figure out what to do. You get to decide which you want to believe and what you want to do. But I’ll tell y’all, no one has ever been more beautiful to me than that lady in that line who saved me and my baby. Be like her. Be beautiful.

29-pieces

Do good recklessly

lightningchaserarts

DO BETTER. BE BETTER. STRIVE TO BE BETTER.

DO GOOD RECKLESSLY

averagemarvelbitch

One time, my dad and I were living the grocery store and there was a guy outside asking for money to buy some stuff to take home for his kids. It was around Christmas time. My dad asked him if he could give him groceries instead of money, and the guy immediately said yes, so my dad gave him one of everything we bought (meat, rice, some chocolates, milk, oil). At that time, my dad hadn’t gotten his paycheck because the company he worked for was going through a tough time, but he didn’t care, he saw an opportunity to help someone and he did.

Another time, my dad gave 50 bucks to a guy who said he needed to buy medicine for his kids. I told my dad he was probably going to spend the money on alcohol or something, but my dad said that “whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when I have the means to says something about mine”.

I never forget that.

tisfan

“whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when I have the means to says something about mine”

louder, for the people in the back

john-paul-jonesing-for-liberty

I had this conversation on a trip through NC this weekend. About 15 miles down the road, the conversation settled on this: I’d rather be duped 10 times over than have ever withheld something out of cynicism.

mentallyinsaneperson-help

I was just reading this and I just started to cry there ARE still good people on this planet and I’m glad to know that there is

fuckyeahfightlock

Timely post!

Yesterday I was in line at the grocery store, Day 33 of our city’s COVID-19 social isolation event. As I unpacked my cart, the 55ish woman ahead of me was talking to the cashier and bagger about her brother who died of a heart attack, only 61, and now her mother is alone. In Portugal. And there can’t be a funeral…she realised amidst this she didn’t have her card, asked to write a check, was so upset she needed the bagger to spell out “ninety-seven” so she could write it on the check, which was immediately rejected by The Machine.

I paid for her groceries.

Of course she was thankful, and I felt awful not to be able to hug her, all of us there with our surgi-masks and our “stay two carts apart” directive and no milk left in the store, but I told her I hope she and her family find some comfort in their loss. She asked my name and I told her. She said she was going to take the money she’d have spent on the groceries and send it to her mom, and her brother loved pizza so they would order pizza in his memory and they would say that the pizza was from me.

I told this story to my family (kiddos 18, 15, and 8, plus my hub and sister) at dinner last night, and I said, “I just wanted you guys to remember that when you feel sad, or anxious, or helpless, one way to make yrself feel better is to do something kind for someone else. Five minutes earlier I’d been near tears trying to figure out how to make a quart of milk and a bottle of coffee creamer serve six of us for a week, but when I was able to help that woman who was so shaken by her loss she couldn’t even write a check without help, I felt some restored hope for us all.

It all comes back, eventually, one way or another. We pull together, or we fall apart.

daenerys-targaryen-moved

I love it that hufflepuffs are seen as sweet and kind and humble and loyal and also pushovers. No offense but have you ever seen a hufflepuff mad? Have you ever seen a hufflepuff defend their friend and bring the receipts and totally roast the living fuck out of someone? We have no remorse lmao don’t underestimate my kindness for weakness I could literally destroy you and you never see it coming

krista-cyr

🖤🦡💛

skywalkerchick1138

“Those poor boys”

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-”

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

super-secret-bi-spy

“Well she didn’t exactly say ‘no’..”

“Yea, but did you see what she was wearing?”

“Boys will be boys!”

“She should know better than to drink at a party…”

minimalistfish-blog

Cannot not reblog.

captain-ak

“She should have tried to enjoy–”

thosekidswhohuntmonsters

“She’s just saying something now for atten-“

skreeee34982047

boy am i glad this has so many notes

fandom-is-my-middle-name

“But he’s a dude. That’s not ra-”

“He should’ve enjoyed it.”

“She must’ve lead him on.”

“But she orgasmed. That means she liked it - “

winchester-cas

“She’s slept with so many people! She’s a slut-“

emeraldmercury

“Get over it, at least you’re still a virgin”

“Women can’t rape because…”

“Be grateful it wasn’t a man!”

“I’m sorry she hurt you but don’t call what happened to you rape, it’s an insult to the REAL victims…”

“You weren’t raped, you’re just lesbophobic.”

erynspencer2187

“She shouldn’t have posted provocative photos!”

erynspencer2187

“She shouldn’t have been dressed like that … she was asking for it!”

erynspencer2187

“It’s the woman’s responsibility to not put herself in dangerous situations, she should have been more aware.”

the-glitter-acetylcholine

reblogging because it’s gotten even better since last time

larissaloki

I love this post!

i-am-already-panicking

“Well he paid for dinner, she kind of owed him.”

“She’s his wife, it’s her job to please him.”

“Oral isn’t rape.”

“Well he wasn’t armed, she could have walked away.”

“Guys can’t be raped, they love sex!”

“She didn’t fight back; it wasn’t rape.”

narfoonthenet

A good post

ap-kinda-lit

the day I do not reblog this is the day I’m buried six feet under

ice-cream-nekogirl

REBLOG. REBLOG. REBLOG!!

queenrandomblogs

This.

donnajosh

#not to be dramatic #but its it's true

friends-daily

2020

mobius-m-mobius

I observe the facts, without biases of the head or heart. I determine the arc’s path, stroll leisurely to its terminus, and the truth falls at my feet.