slightly political stuff

I'm not disabled, well, I'm currently in the process of trying to figure out if I am or which one I have, but that "injury is a free trial to disability" concept feels like it applies to this very process. I have to walk around with this diagnostic device connected to my body. Having it on when I'm isn't much of a issue, but you're telling me that I can't leave my house unless absolutely necessary, can't exercise or be out in heat because sweating might mess up the device, had to use my vacation days because I can't go to work, have to be bound to 2 rooms for most of the day (that's pretty much how I already spend most of my time at home but it's about the fact that I don't have much of a choice), and can't even bathe under running water? Jesus Christ.

I don't like to complain about my job because it's fairly easy for what I get paid. I even get a work from home day every week. It's just that the WFH day reminds me that I could be doing this from home full time, at least in-person by request or appointment. I spend 4 hours a week commuting to and from work, 8 counting how early I have to leave home to ensure that I actually get to work on time. That's a working day's worth of time a week dedicated to my commute. Don't even get me started on how much more sleep I get the night before my WFH day and how much I get done around the house when I finish my work early.

Happy 30 days of people pretending to care about veterans and the military in spite of gay people month

There's something about certain beliefs that makes me assume that a person is a terf despite the belief itself not being terfy in any way. Is the belief that men can't be sexually assaulted by women or that men can't get breast cancer terf rhetoric? I wouldn't say so, but rarely am I wrong when assuming their opinions on trans people.

It's always bothers me that people can't see that the thing making their lives harder is also making other people's lives harder. The older generation will go on and on about how the economy being bad is the reason they can't sell their house, and that's a reasonable complaint. The issue is that they will turn around and say that the younger generations can't buy a house because they refuse to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Like, if only they could see that these issues have common causes.

The way able-bodied people will try to invoke disability advocacy against accusations of laziness always feels off to me. Got called lazy for buying pre chopped onions instead of chopping them yourself? Simply tell that person to fuck off. You don't need to use disabled people as a shield against that criticism. For all the reasons you should chop onions yourself, single use plastics or the price or stuff like that, the morality of an action has nothing to do with how much time and effort you put into tasks you find menial.

I know it's fun to joke about America and it's bullshit but some of y'all from other countries need to quite down a bit. We know what your country did to those natives, what politicians get elected into office, and what side of those wars you were on. Don't act like the biggest difference between America and your country is ideology when it's really timing, power, and opportunity.

I find it quite audacious for restaurants to take dishes known for being eaten because of poverty and charging up the ass for it. The food is already already expensive enough, but you're telling me that you're charging 15 fucking dollars for BREAD PUDDING? THE LITERAL "POOR MAN'S PUDDING?"

You know what, fuck it. If we're getting a new virus, I'm getting a bidet. I see how people acted with that toilet paper last pandemic.

Maybe I'm just nitpicking word choices here but I hate how people have this idea that stem has been "overvalued" in education. No, stem hasn't been overvalued, the humanities have been undervalued. Schools pouring all their resources into stem is the wrong way to frame it. They should have more resources so they can pour it into humanities. The kids need art and coding classes. Book clubs and robotics.

There's this thing that annoys me where people advocate for equally applied injustice. For example, the idea that the draft shouldn't exist, but if it is to exist, it should apply to women too. No. If you believe that the draft shouldn't exist, your statement should end there. There's no need to entertain the idea of making an unjust thing apply to everyone when equally applied justice is the goal.