uspol, but fairly personal mh -
yesterday's realization that this election pushes some fairly personal buttons;
* people considered to be good seem to get away with anything, as though it's been decided that because they've been the officially good people in the past, that can't change.
* the ADHD/C/PTSD screwed perception of time. I heard about Trump nonstop before 2016, in 2017-2020 even when I was less politically active because I was depressed and sick he was still there, after 2020 he was constantly there thanks to ever-new items of bullshit he'd pulled in office, now it's 2024 and even if he somehow loses I anticipate election denial, possible insurrection, and further new items to mean he's constantly there. To my broken brain all this feels like I've almost never lived and will never live without his constant threat.
imho the point of 40K is that pretty much every faction is right bastards AND anyone can be true heroes.
like; what's ACTUAL heroism if you're an 8' tall superhuman in ceramite casually blasting away with what's normally a squad support weapon? What's heroism if you're merely a normal human in a battlefield full of 8' tall superhumans and somewhat plastered green Arsenal fans in search of cheap kebobs? What's truly heroic to a somewhat plastered green Arsenal fan in search of cheap kebobs?
@obscurestar I don't mind. I don't mind. If all the hippies cut off all their hair, I don't care. I don't care. *two fingered gesture* *gobs*
* Cate Blanchett voice *
The world has changed. Much that once was, isn’t. It began in the faraway kingdom of Salamasond. But then King Yertle, the King of them all, decided the kingdom he ruled was too small. He ordered all the turtles onto one another’s back. And into this stack he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life.
re: US politics, Puerto Rico
@ThatGenieProblem @Chip_Unicorn PR gets SLAMMED by storms, and without statehood to give them official representation, aiding them winds up being a niceity rather than a necessity. It really bugs me.
re: US politics, Puerto Rico
@Chip_Unicorn I checked Wikipedia; about 60% of Latinos in the US are Mexican-Americans, 10% are Riquenos. About 20% of the population are Latinos in general - so that's a staggering 2% of the overall population. There are more Jews and First Nations, and *we're* safe enough demographics to scapegoat.
re: US politics, Puerto Rico
@Chip_Unicorn I think it's opportunism. PR's still a territory, so they can't vote right? And by definition there won't be a big number of Riquenos registered in the states. So right wing whites will understand hating on them as code for hating Mexicans, and right wing Cuban- and Mexican-Americans can feel okay that they're not supporting someone openly dissing them.
@Chip_Unicorn 💙💙💙
@frost @CoyoteTraveller raining in bright sunlight, it's when the foxes get married! well, in folklore anyway.
Hallmark movie where a big city girl is called out to a routine excavation around Christmas and Otzi the Iceman melts her heart with the power of love and also h̶̖͎͒̈ͅa̵̢͔͝l̶̛̥͎̙̥̈́̐͘̕ľ̸͜ụ̶̲̈́̍̐c̵͎̤̽ȋ̴̬̃̂n̸̺̗̲̙̪̆̏̐̆͠o̸̟͇̿̇̌͆͠g̸̝̱̯̗̬͐͐̐̏̿ḙ̷̢̡̪̈́̍̌̔n̷͎͛ḯ̴̭͕̂̊͜c̶͖̬̃̆͆̋͛ ̶̲̎m̶̨̗͎̆̽̿̾u̵̥̲̓̂̇͊ͅs̷͉͓͕̘̎̆̃̒̅h̸̙̑̈́r̷̯̓̒͗̅̀o̵͕̹̓ö̵͔͎͇̪̇̊m̷̛̜̠͚̅s̶͔̝͍̤̑̏̆͌
(we've taken a few liberties with Otzi, hope his descendants aren't furious as that's about half of Europe)
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