Safe Little Thoughts

The anti-car culture on this website is so fucking annoying. Like, sorry I want to be able to get around without having to spend two hours taking three buses. Sorry I want to be able to go grocery shopping in the winter without having to lug heavy bags home through the snow on a fucking bike

What gets me is that his reaction is truly genuine. He genuinely is grateful. And you can't tell me it's not that he doesn't already know the actual reality of this tidbit of advice, but he's just so *tired* of feeling *alone*. There's a bone deep weariness that grows of only ever having your own experiences to draw on. Even as adults we're supposed to have the background support structure of parents who were there when we needed them. And instead of being glib and brushing off Donna's parental quote encouragement by saying something to the effect that it doesn't actually change any of the odds, he embraces the moral support. And I think not in small part because of the invisible support structure behind it that he is, if he's honest, absolutely desperate for.