Anyway, I know that this image is from the UK, but the attitude definitely exists here in the US. I find it problematic anytime people put the blame for poverty on individuals rather than addressing the system that causes it. 5/

The funny thing is some of my family that didn't agree with my sister were part of the help I needed. I am where I am today because when one person saw my actions as destructive, another saw me as trying to heal. 4/

Is that me deliberately making myself destitute? My sister seemed to think so.

Who gets to decide who deliberately made themselves destitute and who didn't?

Call me cynical, but I've yet to see a government put qualifiers like that into effect and not misuse them. 3/

For those who have no context, I came out as a late bloomer lesbian in 2020, left my husband and my religion behind and then in 2021, came out as trans. That journey took me all across the US and the only reason I never slept on the streets was because people helped me. 2/

I saw a 65" TV at my grocery store today (it has a small electronic section). It costs less than 2 weeks of groceries for 2 people. I don't know how to function in this reality.

We get Wendy's biggie bags most of the time we get fast food because feeding both of us with that is cheaper than we can get with almost any other fast food option. Sometimes I want to get a spicy chicken sandwich, but I can't bring myself to buy a normal priced meal. 😮‍💨

There's some things that I buy in person for this exact reason, but we mostly do orders now. I had to put my gf in charge of the order because the panic when the order is processed is way less than the panic of actually tallying up how much everything is going to cost as I put it in the cart. 🙃

I mean, if Democrat views means "we should prosecute all the pedophiles, even the ones in office" then yes.

I just... Why?

I feel like "look, for the record, the people he trafficked and raped were all minors in their teens" is not the defense some people think it is.

(This is is why I'm not invited to parties)

Can you imagine if alien conservationists showed up right now? "These peach colored bipeds have migrated beyond their natural habitat and these brown ones over here also seem to have migrated. We need to cull both groups before they completely destroy the native populations".

Anyway, my brain was thinking about the conversation efforts to protect the spotted owl in the Western US, and how they are going to kill almost half a million of a different type of owl to protect the native spotted owl population.

It's honestly why the Prime Directive exists in Star Trek, but that's my inner nerd coming out.