yknow, as an eastern european liberal, western leftists are a funny thing. they seem to want what you want - equal rights, no bigotry, no imperialism, you learn those things from them and you take them to heart. and then they turn around and jerk off to the empire that's been turning your country to shit just because that empire happens to hate the west. and call you a nazi for calling them out on it.

you will not feel stuck forever. you’re actually slowly but steadily moving forward in ways you don’t always notice.

A trope that gets to me: 'guard dog' character and their partner who are both fully aware of it and honestly don't care/kind of like it. Someone says "call your guard dog off" and their partner does call them off. That person, their 'guard dog', is someone who is unreservedly, irrefutably loyal to them. Someone undoubtedly dangerous who is willing to kill, to maim, to obey, simply because of their love for one another. There's no manipulation involved— it is loyalty, brutal, dogged loyalty. And it goes both ways.

everyone in the grocery store is my enemy

Western leftist voice: “I believe in abolishing borders and that no human is illegal uwu 💖 but I also believe—✨leftistly✨—that the movement of millions of mostly male migrants, especially Muslims from North Africa and the Middle East, should be seen as a punishment and threat against Europe💖 leftistly, of course!💖 oh and also Israel is to blame uwu 💖”

Did you hear about that thing nobody cares about and sucked?