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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • kofe@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldgotta bump those numbs
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    10 days ago

    I grew up with that fear and don’t think it was acceptable. I understand why others do, and I won’t invalidate the feelings behind why. I live with chronic health issues that I don’t have insurance or money to see a doctor for, and I desperately want change for everyone else suffering, as well. I don’t think compounding that through vigilante justice is the answer. I can’t change that it happened or that others sympathize with it, but I can continue to listen and advocate for systemic change moving forward where and when I can.





  • kofe@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldGit good, son
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    1 month ago

    If the follow up to you saying you’re done is them demanding to keep going, that is coercive and fucked up. I wouldn’t suggest lying in response unless you never plan to see them again, though, or if you feel safe and plan to address it later. It’s just as fucked up to keep up with the lie afterwards as it is to be coercive, imo. Both play coercive, indirect ways of refusing respect, and the tit-for-tat dynamic risks setting up a breeding grounds of resentment for at least the person maintaining a lie. It also denies the coercive person the opportunity for growth.



  • This gave me a weird reminder of an elementary teacher I had that wore this animal print often (not like leopard print, but actual leopards on it?)

    In hindsight, your question is spot on. I was an extremely miserable child to even take note enough to still remember that in a critical way. Not that I’m critical of it now, and I never said it to the teacher or anything. I gave her trouble enough in other ways

    I wish I remembered her name now. Poor lady. She was nice


  • This really depends long-term. Not everyone that experiences trauma develops PTSD, but at least speaking for myself, I’ve had a few decades of hopelessness, helplessness, and a lot of general emotional immaturity for my age. Particularly since so much of it occurred when I was a kid and heard the line about being mature…I regress to that childish mindset often in my 30s still. It’s taken a lot of effort to develop the social support I’ve needed in conjunction with therapy and education to even start the process of actively healing rather than just surviving.






  • I need to ask my parents, cuz last I heard around June my dad had snapped out enough to at least to say he was considering not voting for the first time ever in a national election. There’s an ironic push for ranked choice style options moving forward now thanks to our state Republicans trying to revert back to caucuses and pissing a bunch of constituents off by having us vote to ban other options


  • kofe@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldThey're Never Happy
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    2 months ago

    Honestly I wonder how much reading comprehension they struggle with. Like the average reading level is 8th grade, if that iirc. I swear they drop out as soon as there are big words cuz they get pissed they can’t understand. People that lean left are clinically shown to be more* (not not) open minded, and I imagine are the ones going and googling when they don’t know or have someone right there they trust to explain.