Tropical Depression

every day i am thankful to ancient humans for the domestication of the cat. fucking genius idea. agriculture was a good one too btw but you really outdid yourselves with the cat thing

gul dukat the type of guy to go to court-ordered therapy one time and come out immediately weaponizing therapy speak. he shows up to ds9 like “i respect your boundaries but i feel that i’m doing all of the emotional labor in this relationship. frankly, the federation’s presence in this sector is disrupting my self-care” and then sisko tells him to get out of his office

they're on a video conference

I don’t think you can raise your children in an isolated ‘off-grid’ way without being massively fucking abusive. Every few years there is a news story about an abusive and/or neglectful parent taking their children out of society and forcing them to rough it in the woods with no medical care, education, socialization or interaction with others outside of the familial unit and it usually results in someone dying or being traumatized for life. And people are sympathetic towards them online. It is fucking evil. Isolating children only benefits their abuser. It takes a village. You know damn well why they don’t want anyone else to teach, speak to, play with or watch out for their kids, control.