#no one can afford to eat anymore

[jazzyjesse]

working at a grocery store has only made me even angrier about inflation and how food, water, and shelter isnt free

like just looking at groceries (not water or shelter) i see just a few bags (maybe around 5 or so) of food costing over $125 USD regularly. I've seen orders upwards of $600. and sure those have been bigger orders but no food should cost that much.

my coworkers and i shouldn't be complaining about the price of food when we get employee discounts.

a single bag of food for myself (usually containing some small pizzas, crackers, milk, and cereal) regularly costs between $50-60. minimum wage in my state is 15/HR. thats about four hours of work for one bag of food

a coworker who works on the front end of our store prides herself on being able to catch theives. everyone says how good she is at it. and sometimes it makes sense, sometimes people are just stealing to steal. but how do you ever know?

when the card reader we take outside is broken we are supposed to have the customers come inside to pay for their groceries if they're paying with EBT. there's a woman who's a regular who has a few small children and when she comes to pick up groceries they're usually asleep in the car.

am i supposed to make her choose between leaving her children alone in the car or waking them up and taking them inside?

four hours of work for one bag of groceries. is this not also theft?

four hours of work. let that sink in. four hours for one small bag of groceries.

we aren't supposed to accept tips but if we don't accept tips then how else are we supposed to afford our groceries?

i haven't seen a single person stealing food. you cannot steal whats already stolen.

although im no longer a christian, the teachings of my childhood have stuck with me, and in the bible it says "When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you."

society has reaped right up the the very edge and beyond of its fields, so it's up to us to reap what we can

four hours of work for one bag of food

#kitty talks #idk what to tag this as #im just so fucking mad #no one can afford to eat anymore #all of our money is going towards constant genocides #food should be free #water should be free #shelter should be free #i dont even know if this post is coherent im just *angry* #no one should have to beg for basic necessities #there's a poem in this somewhere #theres a poem in the woman with the few months old baby who had to come in to take stuff off her order #because WIC didnt cover it all

[silenthillbunni]

🐁☁️🌫️

#sorry gnna sound like a shit person now but im not feeling well i just need to rant #nothing good ever happens to me. every aspect of my life is a mess. im constantly miserable w nothing to pull me out of it #it's been getting worse nd worse for years nd if it keeps getting worse im not gnna be able to take it much longer #ofc there are sooo many others who have it way way way worse than i do. so i feel weak nd pathetic for being so affected by it when i know #it could be literally sm worse than it is now. like i get that. i know im not nearly as bad off as many ppl are #but idk still it's rlly tough to have *nothing* that makes me keep going. the literal only thing is that i dont kms bc i dont wanna hurt mom #bc im poor so i cant do ANYTHING. i cant go anywhere. not the cinema not concerts not to the mall not to the bookstore not an amusent park #i cant even go to cafées bc i dont have any money at all to spend on that #i have no friends to hang out w. even if i couldnt afford going anywhere i cant even just take a walk or sit nd talk to them bc there r none #my sisters havent talked for me in over a year #and like yada yada i dont have anything to pull me out of my misery bubble. no friends to comfort me no family to hang out w #nothing to do or nowhere to go. hell i havent even been able to eat for 8 months so i cant even like eat smth yummy nd watch a movie lmao #i cant even read bc of the constant noise! i cant go out into the forest bc there r always subway construction work or choppers or gun shots #i know im 'focusing on the negative' but what am i supposed to do when theres nothing positive to focus on lol????? #im always physically uncomfortable bc of pain nd health issues nd im always anxious nd stressed too so like... yay #and. this is where i sound mean but like after years nd years of nothing good happening to me... idc for others anymore like #when they talk abt their loving relationships and their kind friends nd them going to concerts im like.. wow !! u get to be happy!! i dont!! #im just envious nd jealous nd bitter bc why cant i have ANYTHING good???? not just ONE fkn thing? #other ppl get to have multiple things but i get nothing????? #and its not exactly like i hate them or wish illwill on them im just like wow kinda dont feel sympathy for u bc u have sm things #i've never had :))) nd u can never understand how awful it feels to be deprived of it so idc :))))

[sasssydaddy123]

I cannot fucking believe the audacity of property management. There's a section 8 apartment complex in the north west part of town that recently had a mass shooting (7 injured, thankfully no one dead). And guess what the complex did just days afterwards? Sent everyone a letter saying their rent would increase by $300 a month starting 2024. Are you fucking kidding me? SEVEN PEOPLE GOT SHOT and they're more concerned with the rent. Absolutely unreal. I get that business has to keep going, to a certain extent. How can you know that people have been shot and injured on your property and probably are drowning in medical debt now and still have the audacity to demand they pay more in rent or get kicked out. This is not the first and probably not the last shooting this year here and they're really raising rent? Fuck this fucking city and every greedy piece of shit landlord and property manager out there. I hope they all choke on their own wads of cash so we can roast them over a fire like the pigs they are

#eat the rich #eat the landlords #hit them over the head with a bat until their sludge for brains comes oozing out #make them feel the rage of the poor and needy they've ignored for their own gain #im so angry i just don't know what to do #how many more people have to become homeless before they realize their greed has ruined their own game #if you charge too much for a house then no one can afford it #then youre left with an empty property and hundreds of people kn the streets #and ppl ask why im so radical at a young age #fuckin look around man this shit is not gonna fly anymore #ramblings #angry rant #fuck landlords

[queerdraco]

in less than a month i'll get the keys to the HOUSE I BOUGHT and i'm so scared i'll fuck everything up

#people are like uh why did you buy a house you have to fix shit in #yeah why did i do that #maybe because i am alone and cannot afford anything else #and they're also like why did you buy a house THERE #BECAUSE I COULDNT AFFORD ANYTHING ELSE AND I DONT WANT TO RENT ANYMORE OKAY #people who have been in relationships their entire adult lives dont get how hard it is economically to live alone #that basically everything is double the cost because you only have one single income to count on #yeah sure food and shit go up but like everything else you can split #rent is one example #i spend around 35% of my income on just my rent #if i had a partner with the same income as me the percentage would be literally HALF #can you tell i'm angry at the way life is built around people having partners #also this is a call out post if anyone wants to date me #hmu if you want a lesbian gf in the mid north of sweden #you can live with me in my house and we can do shit together #like snuggle and eat chocolate

[justonefeather]

I do hate that you can't sign a single political thing without them signing your email up for 5 different lists and. No. If I wanted you to email me I'd explicitly ask. I don't have just unlimited money to give to politicians and the emails are written such that they want me to feel bad for *not* sending them $20 but . If I sent every one of you money I couldn't pay bills. Unfortunately I am not someone with a cushy laptop job that owns a home and has extra money laying around, I'm sure that's probably your target audience, but I am not in it. So I have to go unsubscribe to all of them just to be able to find real actual emails and not have 3000 unread to sort through

#Like this is why I have 4 emails lol #Nobody can just send one email anymore. You get marketing emails for life now #Sorry Uber eats that I use once every three+ months. I DONT care that you've added 25 new restaurants in my area #Unless you're giving me a 30% off coupon that will enable me to actually afford your service.. shut the fuck up lol #🪶.exe

[momochiiee-reblogs]

Starting to feel the solitude of a house that is always full of people

The irony istg

#momochiiee mussings #for a place in which everyone brings their friends over every other day I surely feel like I don't exist #I'm the only one there on mornings and I never have anything to have breakfast #my brother eats everything in a matter of two days #my parents forget to buy cereals unless I am present #I usually end having to use my own scarce money to buy something to have breakfast with for the month #and god forbid I ask for 10€ to afford anything. I'm going to get faces of annoyance #like what gives? I'm jobless now. My brother can ask for expensive shit any day but I can't ask for 10€ a month to buy food??? #I'm not even sure anymore about making merch... I have a record of working on stuff and not selling enough to even get back production costs #I like very niche things and I'm terrible at advertising #plus my brain is not always up to the task of creating despite my best efforts #but anyway point is I feel lonely and ignored in my parents house #I need to get better at programming asap I could be able to afford buying a house if I got a decent enough position #meanwhile I'll have to survive on scraps and comms I guess

[awek-s-archived]

the uk just needs to be sunk at this point i'm so tired

em im being so legit when i say every morning i wake up hoping for some kind of creature or rock to descend from space and wipe out the uk like i've had enough of this island

#ITS SO FUCKING !!!! ANNOYING like i promise yall have worse issues than the existence of trans people #im not even offended anymore im like pitying i feel SORRY #your kids have nothing to eat in school and your healthcare is getting worse and no one can afford electricity or heating during #one of the worst winters in british history and youre raging abt ppl's genitals differing from their personalities #i cant do thsi #asks

[fiddlepickdouglas]

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#warning this is just dark depressing shit i have on my mind and i need to just scream it somewhere #i genuinely need help. i need someone professional to help unravel the shit that's running through my brain right now #it is not good that i keep imagining harming myself just to get into a fucking hospital to get things addressed #it isn't serious yet but it's getting more frequent and im really scared of what i will pick when it gets worse #im barely functioning as a human and i don't currently have the resources to help me develop better habits #i don't have a support system irl. when you drop the religion your family raised you in- #-and your friends all live 1000s of miles away it's real fucking lonely #the list of things to address with a doctor is so fucking long and i cannot afford that visit #i only work one part time job and im too stressed to do more than that how the fuck will i ever afford anything #things are so fucked rn im constantly in pain and i keep not eating enough and then my food goes bad and it's such a waste #trying to plan anything scares the shit out of me. genuinely don't know why i make plans anymore #i can't even create or keep promises about the things i said i would create and it feels so purposeless #it's like the only kind of happiness i can get is all just diving into fandom and acting like im so funny #like yeah im hilarious huh for enjoying this shit and being so loud on the on site i ever use #and then i fucking hide from the real world because i can't take an ounce of negativity or i will have a nervous breakdown #i want to be known and loved but god at what cost i do not have the sanity to open up like that #i want to be held and have someone check on ME for once. have someone be kind to me for once. #instead of swallowing everything because im so afraid of being hated instead #i shouldn't even be afraid of being hated but damn if my trauma didn't rear its ugly head #and remind me that the people who should have cared the most didn't give enough of a shit to try #and make me wanna die about it #i need to get out of this fucking room but god it's so hard to make my body move #when it's so easy to just lie here watch reruns of whatever proves im not worth a damn #my room is a mess and i was gonna do laundry and i was going to run errands today #but no apparently any time i have off work is dedicated to either distracting myself with blorbos #or wallowing in my miserable shit #and you bet it feels fucking pathetic. like i should know better. i should be better. im not. #im no good honestly. i can't even let myself scream or cry loud enough so that the roommate i don't talk to will be concerned. #why bug him when we've established being chill and knowing nothing whatsoever about each other #i can't be someone else's burden again. being a burden is what fucking kills me.

[ceasarslegion]

Ive noticed recently that my generation has... no concept of what the various economic classes actually are anymore. I talk to my friends and they genuinely say things like "at least i can afford a middle class lifestyle with this job because i dont need a roommate for my one bedroom apartment" and its like... oughh

You guys, middle class doesnt mean "a stable enough rented roof over your head," it means "a house you bought, a nice car or two, the ability to support a family, and take days off and vacations every year with income to spare for retirement savings and rainy days." If all you have is a rented apartment without a roommate and a used car, you're lower class. That's lower class.

And i cant help but wonder if this is why you get kids on tumblr lumping in doctors and actors into their "eat the rich" rhetoric: economic amnesia has blinded you to what the class divides actually are. The real middle class lifestyle has become so unattainable within a system that relies upon its existence that theyve convinced you that those who can still reach it are the elites while your extreme couponing to afford your groceries is the new normal.

#some thoughts

[skeleton-monarch]

hm. that realization always fucks me up. forgot about this part. i feel sick

#hahahahahdhdhahdhhf ;-; #hate when the nausea persists through the dissociation #i’ve been trying to consciously live through things and it isn’t working lol #i mean. idk why i’m surprised considering the everything. #um. anyway. #i can’t do it like this anymore #i feel so guilty because i’m never doing okay and it makes me cancel plans and rely on people without being able to give back #i much prefer being the person that can be relied on and that can care for others than being myself #having wants and desires sucks #idk how i’m gonna get through life… #it all struck me today when i realized one grocery trip for eggs creamer milk cookie dough and some candy was the equivilent of almost two #days of work #if i wasn’t as lucky as i am and had to pay for my own food… i wouldn’t be able to afford to eat #i make almost 17 an hour #i wish i could be a robot with no needs to allow me to take care of others #i’m such a selfish person i wish i was different i want to do more for those around me #and i just. don’t #i’m sorry… i’ll probably be okay in the morninh so anyone who reads this shouldn’t worry #i just needed to let it out for a moment #what’s that uh. yeah sunk cost fallacy. gotta stop giving into that #just because i’ve spent a lot of time and money on something doesn’t mean i need to continue doing so

[tojancy]

nanami’s side of the bed wouldn’t even be called nanami’s anymore. you sleep there nearly every day, blaming it on how the pillows smell of him.

nanami’s clothes aren’t his anymore, you're sleeping in his shorts and t-shirt tonight. you wore his shirt yesterday, and took his ties for some clothes experiments last week.

nanami’s sacred pens are no longer his own, he finds them on the table after you tried to scribble up something and forgot to put them back.

nanami’s mugs are now shared, always in the dishwasher even when he doesn’t recall using them at all. 

nanami’s thoughts don’t belong just to him anymore. you’d bug him about it all day if he doesn’t share what he’s thinking — so he, with an exasperated sigh, tells you what’s on his mind.

nanami’s salary doesn’t go straight to his savings account like it used to, instead taking a portion of it to spend on you. ‘you’ means gifts, flowers, dates, trips, trinkets, and so on.

nanami’s weekends aren’t as quiet as they once were; now they’re chaotic, full of so much of you. 

nanami’s fridge is full nowadays. candy, leftovers, ice cream, cheese, cake, bread, and the list goes on. so many things that don’t go along with his diet fill the once-empty shelves.

nanami doesn’t spend as much time in his study as before you moved in. now old books are left to collect dust, long forgotten in a room that’s never lit. even when he decides to pick one up and read it, it’s the minute that he sees your face the book is tossed away.

nanami’s happiness still comes from days off, but now it’s because those days are spent with you. days when he slept long and ignores the world are long gone, now he gets to sit and focus on you, watching as everything else becomes nothing but background noise.

nanami has always been sure he’s not looking for marriage, at least not right now. but he swears that ring looks so perfect for you. there’s no way he’d miss it. 

nanami stands in front of the bathroom mirror 5 minutes late every day because you’re still figuring out how to fix his tie the right way without any help. he can’t seem to rush you, though — what’s being precisely on time have on your little giggles as you sit on the sink and struggle to finish a task he could have done in under a minute?

nanami has been spending so much time eating as of late, more time than he can afford. while he used to finish a meal in approximately fifteen minutes, now dinners could stretch to two hours. he couldn’t get off the table early when you sit across from him, talking and joking and doing anything that’s not eating. he simply can’t possibly not indulge in the little conversations, appreciating every moment he gets to spend in your presence. nanami’s life wouldn’t even be called his anymore. you’re a storm, invading his life all at once, bringing in your chaos along with you. you’ve infatuated him, you’ve assailed his senses and changed his very being. every time nanami’s eyes align with yours, he prays your presence isn’t a fleeting one. he silently hopes you don’t leave as suddenly as you came, that you plan to stay.

#✧˚₊‧𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 #nanami #jjk #nanami kento #kento nanami #jujutsu kaisen #nanami x reader #jjk x reader #nanami kento x reader #kento nanami x reader #jujutsu kaisen x reader #nanami fluff #jjk fluff #nanami kento fluff #kento nanami fluff #jujutsu kaisen fluff #nanami x reader fluff #jjk x reader fluff #kento nanami x reader fluff #nanami kento x reader fluff #jujutsu kaisen x reader fluff

[inkoutsidethelines]

Thinking about how I would write an adult Scooby-Doo series, because I think it can be done.

The first thing I’d do is make the characters actually be adults.  Still young, but adults, in the mid to late 20s range.  Mystery Inc. is a private detective type business that they run together.  In this universe, the supernatural/ghosts/etc are real, but not necessarily common, so when they take on a case, the culprit might be a person disguised as a monster, or it might actually be a real ghost.  The stakes can be higher; sometimes a bad guy is legitimately trying to kill them.  Sometimes the mystery they’re trying to solve is a murder.  Sometimes they actually get hurt on their cases.

Fred: the core of Fred’s character should be that he’s incredibly kind.  Like, give a stranger the shirt off his back kind.  The “Fred can’t talk to potential clients because he might take a case for free and we need to eat” kind.  He’s an honest and good person and sometimes gets himself into trouble because he assumes other people are too.  While he’s not very good at reading people or noticing ulterior motives, he’s brilliant when it comes to mechanical or engineering type stuff, so he’s the one who keeps the mystery machine running, builds their gadgets, and of course, designs the traps.

Daphne: she comes from old money, and her parents absolutely despise her life choices, to the point where they haven’t officially disowned her, but they have basically cut her off, so she doesn’t actually have access to any family money.  Growing up wealthy has granted her a variety of skills, including speaking multiple languages, horseback riding, and fencing.  She’s very into fashion and jewelry (even if she can’t afford it anymore) and has extensive knowledge of both that can occasionally provide a vital clue in a case. And even though her parents have cut her off, Daphne still has a wide network of contacts she can ask for favors sometimes, because she’s personable, and people tend to like her.  Daphne is also very emotionally intelligent, and is usually the one who can spot when someone is lying to them.

Side note - I ship Fred and Daphne, so I think I would start them off as an established couple for this universe.  Dating, engaged, married, I don’t care.  They are stupidly in love, ride or die for each other.  There’s no will they, won’t they, no worries about cheating.  They are in a healthy, happy, loving relationship, and no one (not even Daphne’s disapproving parents) are going to mess that up for them.

Velma: she is the forensics nerd who sometimes gets super excited about the wrong thing at the wrong time (”He was mummified in seconds? That’s so cool!” “Velma!  His wife is standing right there!” “Oh.  Sorry.”).  She’s not purposely insensitive, she just gets laser focused on her work and forgets to filter herself sometimes.  She’s also the one who can get so fixated on solving whatever mystery they’re working on, she’s willing to bend or maybe break laws.  Is breaking and entering really so bad?  Not if it gets them answers.

Shaggy: he is still the comic relief, but he’s the comic relief by being the only person in the group that actually has common sense.  He manages the business’s finances, he’s the only one who knows how to cook, and the others tease him for being a coward sometimes, but Shaggy maintains that if a ghost with an axe is coming for you, running is the only sensible option.  He should also have a range of random knowledge that sounds useless, but sometimes saves the day (ex ventriloquism, origami, the history of spoons, etc).

Scooby: as this is a universe where supernatural creatures exist, Scooby is an ancient eldritch type being that took a shine to Shaggy when he was a kid, and took the form of a talking dog to befriend and hang out with him.  Aside from the talking dog bit and not aging, he never uses his powers in a way that anyone notices.  The audience is not told upfront that Scooby is an ancient eldritch being; it should slowly be hinted at throughout the series so the audience put it together, but the characters never realize it.  Scooby genuinely considers Shaggy to be his best friend, and cares about the rest of the gang too.

#ink speaks #scooby doo #i like the vibes of a grown up scooby doo #where they're part of a mystery solving business #it needs to be a monster of the week type deal #so that it can play around with the character dynamics #because i think that's fun #long post

[wither-is-suffering]

I wish i didn't have sensory issues. I wish I could eat. I wish I could go out. I wish I could fucking function. Every fucking thing messes with me and it all leads into me having to spend more damn money to live. I hate it I'm poor I can't afford this. I can't live like this. I can't fucking stand this

#tw vent #tw swearing #i can only eat one meal a day because i cant afford more #i dont know how to handle this anymore #im stuck im stuck im stuck #im so hungry

[doctor-wombat]

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#honestly I can’t do this much longer #everything is awful all the time I wake up feeling awful I go to work feeling awful i go to sleep feeling awful #nothing is fun anymore #I don’t want to do anything anymore #I’m so fucking exhausted and it’s fucking pathetic #I literally don’t know how much longer I can do this for #every day it takes so much energy just to do the bare minimum #and nothing is enjoyable I don’t want to do anything but fucking sleep forever #I just… i don’t know what to do #I need help but no one understands when I try to tell them what’s happening #my mom thinks I’m blaming everything on my autism so I’m not even trying to get better #but god I’m trying SO HARD everything is just so much effort and so draining #and she still says I need to go out and see people more exercise more eat better sleep better go back to school etc. #I just can’t do it anymore I don’t know what to do #I can’t even talk to my therapist because she just raised her prices and I can’t afford it anymore #and I know my friends are sick of hearing it since I’m like this literally every day #fuck me I hate myself so so much why do I have to be like this #tw: self hatred #tw: despair

[knifehandsgf]

Can it be sad posting hours rn

#im gonna make it sad posting hours #as much as im happy i found out I'm autistic #it's led to such an even more isolating experience #i finally got tests run and found out im probably just going to be disabled for the rest of my life #ive had horrid knee pain that just aches and throbe #i cant cook anymore or do dishes or bend over to pick anything up #I've been living off microwavable and ready made food because i cant handle the pain anymore #and all i can do for it is get braces/physical therapy/painkillers/take care of myself as best as i can. #and i dont feel like i can talk about it #i dint feel like i have anyone that will actually sit down and feel emotionally vulnerable with me #or understand me #i feel like my symptoms and what I've already been tested for are being dismissed by everyone #no one believed i was autistic either. #i had friends and famiky immediately dismiss it every time i would talk about it #same with the pain #told to take ibuprofen and just eat better #as if that's going to fix this fast enough so i can function again #i can't afford anything right now because all of money went to needs this paycheck #i just feel lonely and isolated #I've been feeling apart emotionally mourning this finding #i just keep finding all the signs that were missed and ignored by my parents and told how lazy i am #and now im finally getting disability diagnosis and im completely alone in it #it sucks when you've been the one to listen to others your whole life #and not question any friends or loved ones when they think there's something wrong with them #but then be told it could be so many other things when i have concerns #or be treated like im not smart enough to know my body #i dont feel like i get the support i give out ever. #I'm more alone and more disabked than ever

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say