Jose F. Mojica

Malice Mansion Chapter 5 Pages 7-11

I cannot stress this enough. There is nothing wrong with you when it comes to asking a person out! You think you're too young/old for them? If they're interested, they won't care. You think you're ugly? They might think you're extremely attractive. I've heard dad bods are the rage these days and bald is beautiful. You have a health condition? We all have our bodies break down at some point in time. And take it from me, sometimes our 'flaws' are what makes us unique.

My point is don't automatically lose your courage just because you think of how they might react. You can't read their minds. Let me emphasize that again: you can't read their minds. For all you know they've been waiting for you to ask them out for a long time. Maybe they've been shyer than you.

However, I will strongly recommend you do two things first. Numero Uno: You need to have self-confidence. If you have that, you're automatically more than halfway there because there is nothing more sexy than someone who believes in themselves. You don't have to pretend you're perfect and have everything together, but you do need to believe your path is going upward and onward. If you think it, you can do it. The other is personal hygiene. You know why some people might not approach you? Because you're not exactly Zestfully clean. Nobody expects you to be radiant like Derek Zoolander but removing that dirt under your fingernails, having your hair areas properly maintained, allowing fluoride to make sweet love to your teeth and gums every day, and spending even a few minutes under the shower a few times a week will work miracles. And I'll let you in on a little secret: feeling clean also helps make you feel more confident. Two in one, baby!

But, for the most part, I'm telling you: don't be afraid to ask them out. You won't always succeed. In fact, you'll probably strike out more times than you score. But you will be able to walk away with your head held high in the knowledge you took a chance every single time! Who's a fearless badass? You are! And besides, we both know if the person rejects you, it's their loss, not yours.

So many innocent trans people simply trying to exist and share some positivity, and thousands flocking into their posts to claim "you're forcing your crap down our throats", accusing them of "grooming" children, and telling them to kill themselves. Meanwhile, trans kids are overrepresented in foster care due to conservative families abusing and neglecting them, while hundreds of pieces of anti-trans legislature being filed in every state is causing more trans teens to attempt suicide.

Meanwhile, women simply wanting to have their own lives, goals, and aspirations are being told that we're "what's wrong with society", and "ending civilization". That we don't deserve to vote or have careers because our wombs are more important than our happiness.

I saw hundreds of people say they openly think poor people deserve to suffer rather than any of their precious tax dollars going towards helping their fellow human being, then watching the same people cheering on tax dollars wasted on a military helicopter doing a fly-by over a d-list celebrity's house for no reason whatsoever.

I've watched these people that have always gone out of their way to treat others as less than themselves claim that marginalized people "came for our children and our religion", and how they need to "fight back" against those they've never stopped persecuting and harassing.

When did people become so heartless? How can we ever hope to become a decent country again when these people are willing to use any and every underhanded tactic to strike down positive change solely out of spite? Why do they get to pretend they're the good guys? Why do they get to keep hurting others while also trying to play the victim?