Whats_your_reasoning

Damn, as a polyamorous vegan with a pilot’s cert, I feel called out. But I wasn’t going to say anything about any of that until your comment performed a hat-trick and summoned me from the depths.

That still doesn’t make sense. Women still have to pay the same costs of living. We’re all in the same boat, trying to survive on the scraps the capitalists offer us.

I don’t have a magic “vagina pass” that makes my wage higher or rent more affordable. If I were running away from a psycho, I’d still have to somehow make ends meet while also dealing with hostile people. That’s where I get confused. Pride is one thing, but when your ability to live in society is hanging from a late-stage capitalist thread, pride is no longer the primary driver - survival itself is. Man, woman, non-binary, we’re all struggling in this same way.

How is any of that exclusive to men?

Though I agree it is somewhat of a privilege to have the time and security it takes to allow for self-actualization, that’s a struggle that a lot of us have to deal with, regardless of sex, gender, or sexual orientation.

That’s absolutely wild. Before my state started selling legal weed, I would sometimes take trips to Massachusetts to buy enough to last me for months.

The one thing I never did on those drives? Speed.

I figured I was already technically breaking the law by carrying so much weed across non-legal states. To get pulled over for speeding could’ve led to massive trouble. Why put a target on my car (beyond already having an out-of-state license plate)?

I went the other way - I meticulously watched for speed limit changes and set my cruise control accordingly, so it would be one fewer thing to worry about. When possible, I drove so there’d be a car some distance in front of me, but still within my view. That way, if there was a cop up ahead, I’d see the other car slow down first and it would give me a heads up.

Adding more distractions and driving more erratically when you’re already breaking one law is a really stupid way to get caught.

And it might sound crazy, but there are tons of people living in motels full time as well, with no more than a mini fridge and a microwave to cook with. Some of the only affordable housing out there is simply rented out bedrooms in someone else’s house - meaning a shared kitchen, complete with competition for cooking times and space.

It’s easy to say as others have and talk about it being far cheaper to make soup yourself. But the reality is, not everyone has the time, space, or equipment to do that. Having to buy ready-made food is another poor tax, in a way.

I thought this was about to go a very different way at the beginning.

You’re free to re-post the quote with the swears put back in.

Like how when my brother and I hear a “radio edit” song that censors swears, we sing the swear louder than all the other words, making up for their absence.

Sure, I’ll just ask my partners to strip down to their skeletons real quick. Brb

I hate it because it’s true.

It’s evitable that the crash test dummy will become a smash test dummy.

Then again, I have zero doubt somebody’s tried to fuck the male dummies, too. People (in general) are predictable in some ways.

Even god’s sick of his shit

There’s an apparently-eternal rose bush outside my childhood home. My parents wanted to change up the landscaping decades ago and have tried to remove it several times since. Each time, it sprouted back up.

My dad managed to dig it up from the root last time. Yet somehow, it still grew back!

I told them - clearly, this house does not and never has belonged to you. It belongs to this rose bush. It has decided that it lives here and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.

It’s the workers who really make the world run.

We know this because the entitled rich fucks “in charge” would collapse into helplessness without us. They like to think they’re above us all, but they’re practically spoiled toddlers, completely dependent on us “grown ups” providing food, clothing, and other basic needs through our labor.

If only we could shake off these leaches.