Once, According To Myth

what if bird,,, was big

i knew the state of society’s view of children was bad but i didn’t realize just how dire the situation was was until the lockdown began. this last month or so has really opened my eyes to how much people dislike children, even their own children, simply because they exist and they need them because you know… they’re small humans without the capacity to care for themselves.  it seems harmless but memes talking about how parents need alcohol to deal with their kids or can’t wait for their kids to go back to school so someone else can deal with them does harm in that it dehumanizes children and puts blame on the children for existing when it’s not the child’s fault they were brought into the world. it also brings about another uncomfortable fact: if you don’t like the way your children behave, barring them having a behavioral disorder or disability, you’re probably to blame and need to reevaluate how you’re raising them. children are more than innocent bystanders… they are helpless and absolutely reliant on the adults around them to not only provide for them, but to show them love which in turn sets the precedent for how they will love in the future. this attitude implying they asked to be here and that it’s okay to joke about how annoying they are has got to stop. 

I'm really kerfuzzled today. Here's the breakdown of why:

Any company has the right to refuse to host or sell your book, music, podcast, blog or whatever. They should have this right. It is an important right. Nobody should host any material that they don't see as fitting for their business or image.

But what happens when there are only three companies and they all subscribe to the same ideology and all have agendas of spreading their own message and nothing else? That leads to things getting censored, not by becoming stricken from libraries and hosting sites, but never being approved by any of them at all. And when somebody starts their own company to host these refused messages, the company itself is struck down by the monopolies. We all remember Parler.

We all know the world we are rocketing closer to. Someday soon, I won't be able to make this post and you won't be able to read it.

Wake up babe new fish dropped

The Andrews Sisters (from Left to Right : Laverne, Patty and Maxene) mid 1940’s

But earth, and air, and water, were in one.  Thus air was void of light, and earth unstable, And water’s dark abyss unnavigable. No certain form on any was imprest; All were confus’d, and each disturb’d the rest. For hot and cold were in one body fixt; And soft with hard, and light with heavy mixt.

- The Creation of the World, Ovid

i mean this in the nicest way possible you guys but you NEED to take better care of yourselves online. getting severely anxious about mass quantities of horrible things you cant change every single day is normal considering the internet’s ability to educate on worldwide issues, it shows that you have empathy and that you truly do care. but relentless knowledge of constant suffering on this scale is NOT something humans are psychologically equipped to handle. it’s okay to shut off. it’s okay to just take a break and enjoy yourself for a while in your own localized space

Level 1: Prophecy proclaims that no man can kill villain; killed by woman.

Level 2: Prophecy proclaims that no weapon can harm villain; pushed down stairs and dies.

Level 3: Prophecy proclaims that villain will be brought low by no mortal hand; kicked to death by angry mob.

Level 4: Prophecy proclaims that no power on Earth shall be villain’s undoing; fatally distracted by sun in eyes.

Level 5: Prophecy proclaims that only power of laughter can defeat villain; beat up by clown.