Wtf is it with libs and this shit.

Swear to God.

I moved from the US to Europe and one thing that surprised me is people don't actually dread the holidays. I promise you this is related to this chart.

In the US I spent 8 of the last 12 Christmases alone. Of those 4 Christmases where I was not alone, one was spent with my friends parents (who are Pentecostal; my friend and his wife cut contact with them one year later. The mom yelled at me and lost her shit when I went outside for a break away from the chaos). And another was with my landlords family (MAGA takes from crazy people, with my favorite being "I don't believe in the constitution because no one follows it, so I only follow God's law".) But that landlord was actually pretty good by landlord standards.

What I've found is that people only invite you over for Christmas if and only if they want a guest to "keep the peace so people have to be on their best behavior." After the Pentecostal Christmas, I have declined going to Christmases if I figure out that is why I am wanted there. Fucked up to do to someone already alone.

Some people will go "go to a soup kitchen" or "volunteer" online, which, to be honest, is given by people who have never done that during the holidays. It's good for sure but people will always ask you "why are you alone on Christmas" and you are constantly reminded that you are alone. It's okay to do this once or twice, but when you are with a lot of people it will be brought up a lot. Or you have to deal with an asshole, that's another issue. A lot of these are also ran by religious groups shoving shit down your throat (I lived in conservative areas most of my life, so this was always an issue). People will do anything but invite you to a normal Christmas. You know, liberal lecture bullshit.

My standards aren't high, I promise you they aren't. My fucking expectation is not DV, political fights, religious shit shoved down my throat, liberal lectures, or constantly reminded I am alone. That's apparently too much to ask for in the US.

The point I am getting is that there is worse than being alone, it's being surrounded by people that make you feel alone. US holidays are full of political fights, liberal lectures, and power moves ("if you want to celebrate the holidays, you gotta fit in with our weird religious bullshit"). It's fucking awful and I could see why someone would OD or drink themselves brain dead to avoid the holidays ahead of time, or right after so people don't have to find their bodies on the holidays. It's fucking November 2nd and I'm already fucking dreading it. I get this chart; even when we are supposed to celebrate being together it brings out the worst in the US.

I'm going to Spain for 3 kings day. I think Christmas is permanently fucked for me.

Alcoholics call this "a moment of clarity"

Gregory Stanton, the founder of Genocide Watch, defines “ethnic cleansing” as a “euphemism for genocidal practices” used to cover up events that should be prosecuted as genocide and to dehumanise its victims.

Source: https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/18/2/204/449611?login=false

And China has entered its Century of Gooning.

I had to file a $4000 protective order against a former friend of mine when I came out bi after rejecting her twice. I was in the closet for over 20 years in the American South and thought it would be finally safe enough to come out earlier this year after living in the PNW for a couple of years. Guess not.

She was sending me shit in the mail, going around calling me a predator. She kept trying to find ways to contact me; going as far as a Google photos comment section she had a link to. I gained 30 lbs from stress. I leave the country next month, thank fucking God. I'm done.

I got cheered on by my inmates when I got out and encouraged me to get my life together.

There are some good people there who made a mistake.

Nate Silver calling others terminally online is the textbook definition of the pot calling the kettle black.

This was likely done for 2 reasons.

1. The ag position was used as leverage to walk off scott free from sex trafficking.
2. To make his other picks look better. We will get Ken Paxton.

She intentionally keeps her dockets low so she is more likely to get trump cases. She will usually delegate or throw out cases that are not affiliated with Trump.

To make things even more ridiculous, her clerks hate her and she is likely relying on the heritage foundation to do her clerk work.

"Hunter convicted? Thank God he isn't on the ballot, I'd never vote for him!"

I love it when a snarky neolib gets put in their place lol.

Political instincts so awful it's amazing the democrats have survived this long.