i went to a tiny counterserve diner once and accidentally poured sugar instead of salt all over my hashbrowns and was eating them sadly anyways. the waitress took them away and started making me another one and I tried to protest, but she just snorted and said "we're not catholic here". now every time i'm doing something painful out of obligation i think about how that is not repenting, this body is not a catholic establishment, there is no nobility in suffering.
idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol
One time when I was younger I was refusing to take headache medicine and my mom said “the person who invented that medicine is probably so sad you won’t let them help you” and now every time I find myself denying medicine I just imagine the saddest scientist making those big wet eyes like “why won’t you let me help” and whoop then I take the medicine
the thing abt diet culture is that there’s no way any junk food could possibly be more self destructive than viewing your own body as not only a separate entity from yourself but as an enemy to be conquered
I think a lot of women need to just be really honest to themselves and stop dating men who can't even do the bare minimum chores. It's not funny when a man goes oh my god I can't cook I can't clean, like that's pathetic let's be really honest.
No you can't fix him because all you're doing is parenting him and he should have already been parented. Most men who can't cook or clean are like that because they've been spoiled as children because they were boys and not girls. There's not some nebulous secret reason for their incompetence. We are a part of a generation who has access to a lot of information they could literally look at a YouTube video and learn how to cook how to clean how to take care of themselves, if they can. Reliance on your partner is important to maintaining a close relationship but you know that's not what these men are doing, they have this inherent feeling of superiority due to them being men. And you can and will be able to spot that, leave that man or give him an ultimatum.
working in a library, i encounter a lot of people who are in the process of filling out important forms, sending important faxes, and copying important documents. and the more important these things are, the more stressful, meaning i end up assisting a lot of really stressed people with a lot of really stressful paperwork, and have thus developed the ultimate line to immediately validate and empathize with their situation
“they don’t make it easy, do they?”
i nearly always use this line at some point in the conversation & it works without fail, because there is ALWAYS a they and they are ALWAYS not making it easy. you don’t have to specify who “they” are. you don’t even need to have an approximate idea of their role in this process.
job application? disability paperwork? insurance documents? financial aid paperwork? in any situation, the person visibly relaxes & enthusiastically agrees, because someone understands their plight: they are out there & they are NOT making it easy
i think queer people should be more confusing actually. i think we should make everyone as confused as possible until they give up and realize that total understanding of other people isnt the gateway to respect and compassion










