The Enemy of Mine... Isn't He of Your Kind?

the man who owns and runs the thai restaurant in my town knows me by name. he is one of the kindest and most thoughtful men i know. i started ordering from his place back in january, which was when i got my fibromyalgia diagnosis. back then i was using a walker, had limited mobility in my entire body but especially my hands, and was very visibly in pain. i always ordered the same thing: yellow curry with no meat, potatoes and carrots only (i have texture and other dietary issues). he always made it a point to make sure i could get out the door and carry the food safely. he had his workers package the food so that it was easier for me to open. as i kept coming back and i told him a little bit about my health status, he would always encourage me to keep going. he told me about how the spices he used were good for inflammation and began to edit the recipe just for me so that spices that were even better for fighting inflammation were used. he’d give me extra portions and despite the fact that i would tip every time, i realized later that he never charged my card for them. as time went on and my condition began to get better, especially with the help of a physical therapist, he would make encouraging remarks and tell me how happy he was for me. the day i came in without my walker, he practically jumped for joy, and despite my insistence, he gave me my meal for free that day. i continue to make progress with my conditions and i continue to go to the thai place. this man who does not know me personally and who i hardly know anything about is one of my favorite people. it’s interactions with humans like these that make loving life easier. and his curry really does help my chronic condition. it’s comfort food taken to the next level.

This is what I think about when people ask what the meaning of life is

Everyone needs a sicko to bounce ideas off of. It's necessary to survive any fandom ever.

what’s the opposite of a poor little meow meow. this man is pathetic but he’s unfathomably cocky and i want to make him cry

woem woem

hold up mfers in the notes saying" Stupid big bark bark" are onto something

#god tos was ridiculous #and yet

#but TOS wasn’t ridiculous #literally every episode had a greater meaning behind it #and every character represented something about humanity #be it in general or in the then current era of the late 1960’s #do you guys grasp the concept that a woman of color in an intelligent and prominent position on a crew of an important vessel #or the fact that someone with a strong Russian accent from the Soviet Union was working together with a crew of ‘American’ shipmates #in the middle of the cold war and only a few years after the cuban missile crisis #or the fact that the show had television’s first interracial kiss #and the first show to portray a man putting on his boots to tell the audience out in the open that he and a consensual unmarried partner had sex #and the fact that Spock existed as a way to show that even in the utopian future there will STILL be racism but even those who judge him by his literal race only do it out of their own insecurities #and shows that people of other races #literal races but meaning race as we know it today #ARE CAPABLE OF INCREDIBLE AND VERY IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE WORLD #or how about the fact that a woman subordinate officer who accused her captian of sexual assault was treated with respect #and the CAPTIAN WAS PUNISHED #or ongoingly how it reiterated how women should be respected and are not some plaything form men #but all women are individuals equal to them #and as stated above not objects  #and the fact that the series was set in a future where there is no money #no famine #no poverty #not even hatred on earth #and then they did something so wonderful as EXPLORING SPACE #the entire series isn’t stupid it’s about the betterment of man kind and how we are essentially good #but we can only overcome our negative traits when we vanquish our hatred #following a semi apocalyptic ‘World War III’ #and humanity TRIUMPHED (x)

#yeeeep #and it’s not even like most of tos’ lessons are subtle?? #like if people stood in the background with signs that said THIS IS AN ALLEGORY ABOUT RACISM it could not be more obvious #yeah there’re unicorn dogs and penis rocks and the gorn #but tos is ridiculously obviously a Show With A Message #and that message is ”get your heads out of your asses and let’s do something awesome together” #star trek

setting up a tiny detail in one chapter to pay it off in the next few chapters feels sooo devious like oooh i can't wait to write the small little reference here that 70% of readers will miss but 30% of readers will cheer for

it feels so good loading the gun when you're Chekhov