I have found that the biggest deterrent to assholes is asking "why?" Over and over.
"We can't have universal healthcare!"
Why?
"Because I don't wanna pay for a strangers health!"
Why?
"Because if they can't afford their own health care that isn't my problem!"
Why?
And so on and so on. Keep making them dig. Keep making them explain until they can't anymore and are faced with nothing but the ugly mask of bias and prejudice. Only then can they truly see that taking it off is an option. Whether they do or not is up to them. And that choice tells you whether they deserve more of your energy or not.
Trans kids can't be trans. Why? Why not? Why?
Free food is bad for ppl. Why? Why? Why? Why is feeding ppl bad?
Why?
Why is helping one another bad?
Why is doing what humans are genetically designed to do, to help and care for one another to ensure survival, bad?
Thinking about mirror neurons and how there is a specific part of the brain for processing music. That our brains hold music as so fundamental to our functioning as language itself. How some of the most bond forming activities that we perform as a species are call and response. The transcendental experience of being in a sea of people repeating a tune in near perfect synchronicity.
also, i cannot BELIEVE they got the ceo assassin the same day daniel penny gets acquitted after he CHOKED JORDAN NEELY TO DEATH ON A TRAIN. all these right wing fuckers (ben shapiro, matt walsh, tim pool, etc) complaining about how the 'left is celebrating the murder of a CEO' while they celebrated the deaths of george floyd, jordan neely, and summer taylor is beyond hypocritical. I guess it's fine when the murderer is killing black homeless people and BLM protestors, whatever.
the irony is palpable.
Now THIS is cinema
linus takes a trip to the nether. birthday gift to my sister
hate when people are like "trust your gut! listen to your intuition!" like okay well my gut is telling me every person i lay eyes on is hunting me for sport and my intuition is saying i should find a secluded cave and live there forever so what do you suggest i do with that information
Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce
Garden Party Pound Cake (Lemon-Lavender Pound Cake)