@_txgal Me, but with Ambien.

@LianaBrooks I think for a lot of people it already is.

I traced the 'get out of my sandwich' meme back to its apparent source and I must say, I am mystified.

Mild headache today. I really should be masking around all these random folks. Good way to get myself Oregon Trailed.

@CherNohio There is a small but nonzero chance that I will be approved.

It would be an amazing thing to have happen right now- I could take the 2 years' backdated and have a fat stack of cash to wave in any potential landlord's face.

@LnzyHou Lots of self-work in trauma therapy has given me the language to express situations like that.

Small wins, I guess 😁

@LnzyHou Yeah, it's just about making a strategic exit at that point. It's like realizing that you have been walking through a mine field of irrationality and having to try to retrace your steps to avoid an... Incident. #IYKYK

I personally start with only one assumption- that human life has inherent value. I can demonstrate it inductively and subjectively, but cannot "prove" it (to the extent that anything *can* be proven which it turns out is quite a bit) deductively.

It's an assumption I am willing to make.

When you begin with the premise that your beliefs are inerrantly and unchallengably Truth™, you close your mind to learning and personal growth.
This is my personal opinion, so take it with as many shakers of salt as you like- but I have found that the approach of evidence-based reasoning and sound logical analysis is far superior to simple acceptance and repetition of unquestionable concepts.

If we critically examine others' schemata and fail to do so to our own, we have failed. </rant>

I was discussing religions with someone earlier this week and found that, while they had some very enlightened views on the beliefs of others, they showed a very markedly different approach toward their own: ignoring the fact that the very charges they level at others are equally as valid towards themselves.

And I just... How? How do you continue a conversation like that under those conditions? There's just nothing else to be said.

@The_USA_Singers If only someone could have warned us 8 years ago. 🙄 #WeTriedToTellYou

@redenigma Same shit, different camel.

@Graci A taco inside a taco, perhaps?

Either way, the mascot has to be a tuxedo cat with a very prominent mustache. And a little sombrero.

Went looking for a spare sewing needle and what do I find on opening the tin but a bunch of fucking COOKIES and I just don't know what is real anymore

@CherNohio I am just awaiting the rejection letter at this point.

After that, it's time to shop for lawyers.

@Graci I think I might have to invent an inside out taco...

Also would love to transition into owning a food truck.

"Tacocat" is probably already taken, but it would be a cool name.

@CherNohio Also saw yet another government hatchet artist today re: disability. They said the same thing as the last guy- "I am not the person who makes the determination, but I can tell you this- you're not faking." 🙃