Their bank accounts and political ideology datapoints were, I guarantee it.

Power is never given, it is taken.

I see a lot of discourse around this theory that when Democrats are in power they’ll reverse everything this regime has done. Yes this is a comforting thought but it’s way too much to expect from the Democratic Party as we know it now.

The Executive branch has been given (and has taken) an extreme amount of power to the point where the balance we once knew is now nonexistent. Does anyone think for one second the next president will just forfeit those gains? What incentive is there? And as we’ve seen and continue to see, who will hold them to account?

My bet is that we’ll see a few easy ‘gimme’ reversals that are enough to enable our slide back into the complacency we so desperately crave.

I was a kid-tween during the ‘husky’ era and can tell you it never implied athleticism in the slightest.

It was a nice word for ‘chubby’, cos marketing.

They practically have already, without using the word ‘Democrat’. Read the EO from Sept 2025 where anyone who isn’t pro-Capitalism, pro-Christian, pro-nuclear family, pro-Fascist, and pro-American hegemony was declared an enemy of the State.

No really, read it and ask yourself who it describes and why. I know I recognized more than enough to know where I stand when I read it.

Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.

Hmm. Turns out living your life fearing what you don’t understand, refusing to learn about anything new and double down on your own ignorance, and carrying a heart full of hatred that doubles in weight every time you step outside or turn to entertainment is a really unhealthy and even fatal way to live.

I can only imagine how chronically raised blood pressure and brain + body pickled by constant fear and anger (stress, really) wreaks havoc on the system and is a big factor in the exacerbation of health issues that become fatal much faster.

Fear is fatal, acceptance transcends. We’re all going to die, but if you’re going to ‘live’ your life in constant fear and anger you’re not going to make it very long.

Yeah I definitely didn’t think it through, because too small lol.

I too suffered the graphite mark and even had it transfer to my face via scratching an itch. Very embarrassing as a kid!

I also had a tough time with spiral notebooks, markers, and craft scissors.

I’ve been thinking of this too.

Don’t doubt for one second that the consumer will foot the difference, every time.

Same with eggs here. They’re still higher than before they were astronomical, but not by much.

And likely thrice, at that.

At least when and if this is ever over, researchers will have a literal goldmine of data on mass psychosis and the effects of a nationwide death cult on society to research.

Iykyk

I’ve thought of this so many times and I agree with you.

As we’ve essentially homogenized human society and the roles required to sustain said society, we (neurodivergents) have indeed become less and less fit for the environment we’ve chosen to make.

I once heard this great take on neurodiversity’s role in creating groups of people with ‘specialized’ functions that served the larger group as a whole (I’m taking pre-modern/hunter gatherer tribes). What we call neurodivergence was simply a brain wired to complement or even enhance neurotypical brain functions and vice versa. The brain was evolving to become as diverse as the rest of our bodies, as equity helps ensure survival.

The way I see it, we are like puzzle pieces that fit together to make each other stronger as a unit. We are not simple shapes that one stacks together in an attempt to make structure. I’m sure there’s a much better analogy out there, but this is what my mind has been working on for some time now.

Holy shit, I’m so sorry your dad went through that. Like how is smashing a child’s hand less of a problem than that child using their ‘other’ hand to write?

Honestly, I’d really like to know what people were so concerned with. All I ever heard was ‘it’s not the correct way’, and the only evidence my mind can stretch to support this is based on the fact that sure, it’s a right handed world and certain things are more efficiently and even safely used with a right hand. I’ve also heard a few cultural reasons regarding cleanliness but these are from cultures far removed from mine and obv never given as an actual reason (to me directly) why using one’s right hand over their left is preferred.

Idk shit like this and many other examples just remind me of how quickly others turn to control and rigidity when faced with something they don’t understand/doesn’t ‘fit’ into their mental presets. This post officially has me in my feelings this morning.

Ah since some of us are sharing our childhood experiences with being left handed:

I am ambidextrous, like many lefties. While learning to write my letters in Kindergarten (age 5 for non-US peeps), my teacher noticed that I’d switch hands when the one writing got tired. She didn’t like this at all and kept telling me that I needed to choose one. She actually made quite a stink about it so I chose my left, idk why the left specifically.

I still write with my left, despite trying to retrain back to writing with both at different times in my life. I feel like a mini superpower was taken from me.

Interestingly enough, I’ve noticed that my large motor skills are best used with my right side (arm, leg, hand), and my small motor skills with the left. I think it’s a leftover from being truly ambidextrous, or it may be common amongst left handed people. Idk…the very few others I’ve asked seem to be left handed/sided exclusively.

Yep, and their pro life stance includes babies with multiple women, who are left to take care of the resulting children on their own while being judged for maintaining a ‘broken home’ by these very same fucks.

2011. I bought one at Target as a nostalgic adult and played with it for maybe a day. Wasn’t nearly as fun as I remembered and they totally changed the features. Kept it as a keychain for a bit then donated it.

Those eyes knew what they were doing…

I’d be so proud if this were my kid, and would have this photo up at my desk.

Used to roll, can confirm that MDMA and E typically come in fun shaped pills and have since at least the early 2000’s. Nothing new here, just a headline for pearl clutchers.

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Essentially, she showed herself as who she truly is: an establishment Democrat more intent on maintaining the status quo instead of listening to the left and helping push the party further towards progressive policies and reshaping the party into something that represents the modern constituency.

Yeah that.

It’s a seam that’s ‘pinched’ so to speak, right in the crack of the ass.

Funnily enough it looks like a vertically stretched asshole when not being worn.