The Thoughts of a Progressive Madman

spacedogprincess:

jerseyfiredragon20:

thewhaleridingvulcan:

crystalsoulslayer:

I always hate it when people are all “so do you go to school, or are you working, or” and I either have to

• make up some lie, or
• eventually get around to “I am not working because of depression/anxiety,” and subsequently have to deal with whatever bullshit-riddled and completely unsolicited opinions on mental illness this stranger feels obligated to share with me.

So my therapist was like, “You don’t have to do either. You can just say you haven’t worked in a while because you’re recovering from an illness.”

I tried it when the home inspector was here today, and it fucking worked. He was like, “oh, I’m sorry, are you doing better now,” and I’m like yeah, and don’t worry, it’s not contagious, awkward laugh, and we moved on.

MY THERAPIST. IS A GENIUS. Because it is an illness, so it’s not a lie to say that, and it’s also none of his business to know specifically what it is, and I clearly don’t want to give more details, so we should move on from this topic. MY THERAPIST IS A GODDAMN GENIUS.

Dude I needed this. I never know what to say when people ask if I work because I’m severely disabled and don’t work.

REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE HOLY SHIT

To add, this works on job interviews too.  I once had to answer the ‘so whats up with this gap of 8 months in your resume where you were unemployed?” and I just said I had suffered an illness and I needed time to recover.

It’s easy enough, not a lie, and puts them on edge enough that they usually don’t go digging.

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elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:

hurricanesunny:

tom nook isnt a landlord oh my god. u dont pay him rent. u pay him to build ur house. thats it. the bill is for ur house. it is not monthly. it is not rent. it is a bill for the literal construction of ur house and unlike real life theres zero interest on the loan and u never have to repay it in order to progress thru the game. simply the fact that nook builds the damn thing for u without even needing proof that u can or will pay him back is incredible. how is he the bad guy.

“yeah but i have to pay him back if i want to get a bigger house—“ Sometimes We Must Exchange Video Game Money For Video Game Goods And Services. literally wht universe is it common for games to just hand u all free shit n upgrades. it is so easy to pay nook back on day one. go catch some gd common butterflies

tom nook has created a small community system of barter for goods and services supporting a collective structure rather than a capitalist one. he makes no profit. he teaches valuable skills and offers goods and needed services in equal exchange with villagers. how dare people slander tom.

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cupcakeflake:

As a certified fan of 2000s pop punk, I can most definitely vouch for the accuracy of this review.

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nadi-kon:

anyway NO ONE should be a billionaire…..NO ONE should be allowed to hoard THAT much money when whole countries starve to death. If you think I’m bitter that’s fine but it’s the truth, I don’t make the rules

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bluesturngold:

bluesturngold:

saying the democratic primary is now down to two white men implies bernie sanders and joe biden come from the same background as every other non-obama president and pretends that bernie sanders’ lifelong commitment to civil justice doesn’t come from growing up learning about the suffering his family underwent during the holocaust.

it’s fucking insane someone could look at him and decide his being jewish, which would make him the first jewish president in the history of this country, isn’t important enough of a ‘diversity win’ to care about because he’s not elizabeth warren, a white woman who lied about being an indigenous american for decades to boost her chances of being diversity hired

if you want to rail against the type of man who dominates american politics in order to advocate for more diverse leadership, take aim at joe biden, the white man who pushed the racist crime bill through the legislature that directly led to the mass incarceration of black people in this country for drug offenses

hey, just so you know? this shit is so fucking serious.

someone in the crowd at his rally tonight (march 5, 2020) unfurled a massive nazi flag behind him, and since then photos of trump supporters protesting against him as recently as last year with swastikas on their posters have started making the rounds again.

when the media boils bernie sanders down to ‘just another white man’ they are intentionally burying his lived experience as a jewish person because they do not want to acknowledge the discrimination he has faced that has made him the staunch advocate for civil justice for all people that he has always been

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