like. I’m just a nerd

I’m so bothered that 6th grade me was reading The Hot Zone and understood this stuff better than our current HHS secretary and I’m
not even a scientist NOW. 🙄😑🤦‍♀️

has everyone forgotten covid is a virus? for fucks sake. 🤦‍♀️

“why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?”

because 40 million people aren’t paid enough to eat.

something about Platner felt off to me from the jump. I feel so vindicated right now but also worried people are going to try to ignore the Nazi tattoo, etc.

like, can we please elevate someone else? please? the Dems are so happy to lean on the labor of the marginalized but not put them in office

or if he WERE ashamed of it, and were insisting on looking at it every day as some form of penance, then he should be prepared to talk about how he’s changed since he made that choice.

if he can’t do that, he does not belong in office (to be clear, I think he sucks and doesn’t belong in office).

he’s literally the same age I am and I would either (a) defend my reddit history, or (b) admit I made mistakes and the ways I’ve grown since then.

those are your options, bud. not a lot of wiggle room there.

being fucking brutal helped me, but it definitely was a case of “it gets worse before it gets better”.

I’m sorry your mom does this to you. you’re so smart and accomplished; there’s no call for devaluing anyone but you’re an incredible daughter, I’m sure.

my mom used to communicate with me that way. I started saying my inside thoughts out loud and she’s - ironically - gotten better. 🤷‍♀️

this is why I don’t like acronyms like DEI. please tell me you’re against diversity, equity, and inclusion.

define the terms. tell me you’re a racist, bigoted piece of shit, please. in those exact terms. 🙄😂🤷‍♀️

this is an excellent thread. well-written, 10/10, no notes.

yes, I know there’s real serious shit going on in the world but let a girl be funny for a change.

ICE is the private military of the christo-fascist regime that we’ve only just now woken up to.

uhhhh you’ve got a bit of a false equivalency at the end here. I live in VA, and Spanberger is not exactly “winning” on trans and queer rights. she’s just not attacking us.

not the same thing as protecting and supporting the trans and queer community.

this is wild. what the fuck.

‘hypernormalisation’ as a concept relies on people not calling out the insanity as it happens, and everyone going to ground out of a few for safety. the more we call out what we see, the longer it takes to work.