A Simple Disaster

I kept saying we were still in “the before times” in some respects and things are about to get so much worse for everyone. “the before times” is over nov 1st in my mind

this many Americans haven’t gone hungry in several generations. there is no predicting what will happen, but it’s going to be horrific no matter what

And:

A 'no questions asked' food pantry means no questions asked.

When we're stocking our pantry, we are not looking at a person's clothes or their accessories or what kind of car they drove there in. We are HAPPY to see it BEING USED AT ALL.

I don't know anyone's situation. Maybe they got that designer bag at a thrift shop. Maybe its a knockoff. Maybe it was a gift. Maybe they got it when they had money and now they don't have money. Maybe they're getting stuff for a friend.

Maybe they have plenty of money, don't need to be taking stuff from the pantry, but they are anyway because we said-

NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

Do you know what happens when someone takes from our pantry when they don't need it? We're down one item. But maybe they tell someone that the pantry is there. Or maybe they come back to it when they need it. Or maybe they throw a dollar in the donation box. Or maybe they put an item on the shelf. Or maybe they come to our food drive.

WE DONT CARE.

We don't care who used it.

We care that it was used.

BREAKING: Measles is spreading and Marjorie Taylor Greene is telling people to have… measles parties?

I have this book from 100 years ago when city of Boston used to publish an annual collection of statistics and data that it collected (don’t get me started on my views how this is a lot more accessible than digital data we publish today) and back then before a measles vaccine existed, it was the 8th largest recorded cause of death for the city (this is diseases so excludes things like drowning, falls, other accidental deaths).