A Comprehensible Horror

now, the answer to this isn't to RETVRN- the problem isn't that we've deviated from the economic norms of the 50's, it's that we have *failed* to deviate from those norms after those economic norms outlived their usefulness. the answer to the problem is to move forward, not backwards. but if you deny the current state of capitalist decline, you'll be politically out-maneuvered by the retvrners.

regarding that second point:

there absolutely are tiny houses? the other parts aren't really true either but the tiny houses one is especially untrue- it was a major point of discourse a few years ago that realtors were trying to sell people on tiny houses, and also that these tiny houses *still* were unaffordable.

so bouncing off that, I think it's really funny that we're seeing a right-wing argument that essentially amounts to:

P̙̳͡h͉̕ͅ'̩͎̫̱̮N̡̞͔̫g̮̪ͅL͕ͅu̺ͅI͏͓̰̣͍ ̳̟̭͔̲̝͟ͅm̤̲̟̟̩͢G̟̫̠̣̹͝l̷̻̰̟͈̲͖W̫'͚̖̜͔̝͜n̸̤͖̙A̦̗̤̹͓̜̞f̫͇̰̦͚̲͕́H̸̦ ̘̗̪̗̮̺c͚͔T̶̻̠̣̬̲̯̬h̴͓͉̥͈͈̙̦Ṷ͍͚͓̫̖l̹̦H͖̹͙͚ụ͈̕ ̹͓͇̰͝ͅͅR͔̻'͉̼̳̜͓͍̙l̜̦̭̟Ỳ͔͉͇͍̥ͅe̵̹̻̖̘H̥͠ ͘ẃ̪G̯̭͙̱a̞̪̰̤͇̖͝H̪̜̪͉̥̰ͅ'̩͖͈̣n̡A̱̣g̻̺̞̤L͏ ̪̙̙ͅf̴Ḫ̺̖̫t̜̜̼A͍̼͎͖̟̞̬g̦N͈͎̺̫

If you go without it you feel unwell in a way that you never usually feel unwell. Sweating, tired, sleepy, headaches, irritable, depressed, etc. For example when I was in opium withdrawal I got incredibly depressed in a way that I’ve never been before or since. When you quit caffeine you might get super bad headaches even if you never usually get any headaches.

Thoughts of it regularly bother you and the thoughts go away once you’ve taken it but only temporarily. Unlike with a food craving which usually stays away once you’ve satisfied it or distracted yourself from it.

You find yourself rationalizing with yourself why you should break your own rules about how much you can take and how often. For example you might only let yourself drink alcohol every four days but start thinking that three days is actually close enough to four days, right? Especially if this happens regularly.

You’re using it so often that you feel the need to lie about how much you use because other people might think it’s concerning

If the substance or activity is nearby it’s genuinely difficult to not consume it or participate in it in a way that’s really frustrating.

You feel bad when you’re not on it and your brain tells you “if you just take the thing you wouldn’t feel this way”

You can only feel “whole” or “normal” when you’re on a substance even though it’s a recreational drug