the other day at work i witnessed a wild conversation wherein:
an unremarkable middle-aged white lady (mask off) disclosed a batshit conspiracy theory about covid being done on purpose by the chinese government (also the vaccines are fake, the real cures are ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and the delta variant is a completely different virus but also made by the chinese government)— seeming incredibly relieved to get that off her chest, rather as if she expected to be called crazy and laughed out of the store—and also mentioned some of her experiences actually living in china at some point??
and
a native american lady (possibly also black—idk i'm too faceblind to tell, mask on) with very calm vibes complained about how the annual disastrous california wildfires are caused by forest mismanagement, implying her ancestors were indigenous to the sierra nevadas with strong land back undertones ("we" would let small fires burn so that big ones like this wouldn't happen)
and
the two of them had a bonding moment over their shared distrust in both the government and the medical industry and seemed to leave with a sense of solidarity and slightly more faith in humanity
meanwhile in the background
a very tired-looking amazon delivery worker with pink hair walked in midway through the conspiracy rant, got in line behind this conversation... stared... let out an actual huff of disbelief and ducked around the native lady to hand me a package before fleeing the building in a visible state of "fuck this shit i'm out"
and
i helped arrange for the native lady's material possessions to be moved out of the path of said wildfires while packing up what looked like some sort of homeopathic (pyramid scheme??) product for the conspiracy lady and maintained the best Invisible Retail Worker Poker Face™ that i have ever performed in my entire life
in conclusion:
murica, fuck yeah
