TimewornTraveler

not sure what point you're making -- it seems like you're criticizing anyone who engages in this ? regardless of context, circumstance, ability, or reason???

bringing people food is ableist

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it's more about how we write what we hear

if seppos and brits say the same sound, they might spell it differently

It's pretty scary when you think about it: Europe's mild climate seems to be extremely fragile, dependent on the aligning of a few major forces.

Let's hope there are consequences. I can get behind that. I dunno what will sway the power anymore. I don't actually care about what happens with this in congress right now, I'm just trying to end the war between my neighbors and me, and survive. This seems like a golden opportunity to unite with the people swindled by Fox.

see above

i see an entire congress failed yet again to represent my best interests, and i see it done in such a way that people are more mad at each other than at congress.

we know. you've made that clear. you're on team blue. you bought into the theater.

im not denying that there's genuine good guys on the blue team, i'm just saying that there's also going to be a significant number on team blue who are super fucking relieved that republicans shut it down. that's pretty dangerous, dont ya think?

being aware of when we're being pitted against one another is NEVER a fruitless endeavor. you may not like that we're not playing the red vs blue game and that's fine. but you're going to keep getting screwed if you only get mad at half of congress for failing to protect its people.

yes, those are the fall guys. that's in the interests of the capitalists, that you only hear that part, friend. the red vs blue culture war is theater.

don't get me wrong: if you or me wanted to run for house of reps and change things, we'd probably be signing up as blue. there's probably some good-hearted farmers doing the same, signing up for red because those are their cultural "good guys".

we'd all be naive and we'd all be drowned in the corruption, most likely.

this sounds radical until you realize that "reality" being a factor in mental health is like saying "air is a factor in breathing."

although I guess the opposite would be fantasy, that fantasy is a problem in mental health, which... well, it is! but fantasies are also just another part of our reality (and a significant one at that)

maybe this is challenging the folk wisdom of "my brain is broken, chemical imbalance" and while I'm sure that would spark lovely debates over nature-nurture / mind-body, the boring truth is always this: it's a combination of factors

as far as those struggling most: i work with that population, and thank IRS for Medicaid, they actually can afford Dx and Rx. the real trouble is their medically recognized mental health disorder (SUD) is literally a fucking crime, and the local govt pays its bill through recidivism fees.

not true, ive seen the MANGER BABIES and that texas donkey goes eeeeeyooore