The way Alicent reminds me of every traumatized, super catholic lady who tried to force me to make the same mistakes they did because "that's how it's always been done" and they hate that others got the option to live more freely while they didn't and it just eats away at them but of course they can't say I'm mad that what happened to me didn't have to happen to me so instead they go with I'm going to try my hardest to make it so you share in my misery and when that doesn't work and you get freedoms that I didn't I'm going to punish you for it using my religion as a prop instead of supporting you and maybe finally breaking free of these chains that are still hurting me
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Love (cannot emphasis how much sarcasm there is in that word) that an official Canadian government response to high cellphone rates is to switch carriers.
Switch it to what? We basically have three companies since one was allowed to eat the forth (with the government saying it wasn't anti-competition and the company eating the other pinky promising they wouldn't jack rates up). Even the smaller companies have to rent infrastructure from the Big Three so there's only so much they can do if that rent costs an arm and a leg.
And that's not touching on how many "small companies" are actually just subsidiaries of the Big Three. You may save $5 but you're still with Telus/Rogers/Bell.
Or that the actual small companies tend to have shit coverage because they don't have the infrastructure available to them and are prevented from getting it. Or their traffic is throttled in favour of the Big Three's customers. Or both.
Or that they're extremely regional thus aren't an option for a huge chunk of Canada's population.
We have no true options and the government has shown time and again that they're fine with monopolies, in multiple industries, and don't care when said monopolies jack up prices to make shareholders and the c-suite more money at the expense of everyone else. At most there will be a verbal slap on the wrist and a giftcard for $25 that people have to register for, for a decade and a half of price gouging.
It's not talked a whole lot about outside the country from what I've seen and heard but Canada is a country of monopolies. A handful of companies own nearly everything, every province has a family or two that owns a hell of a lot (Nova Scotia is basically owned by one family at this point), and our government ignores it. Even the branch that is supposed to be against monopolies is fine with mergers and takeovers in most cases.
Because, you know, the company said it totally wouldn't use consumers' lack of options to increase prices.
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Zosopp always taking naps together.
Usopp started staying up late just to see Zoro more. It's also a good chance to talk whenever the day was too busy or slept through.
It quickly becomes a habit. And while the sniper doesn't intend on messing with his body, he just can't help it. So Zoro becomes his alarm to take a break. To finish for the night and go to sleep.
Yet, he is also his biggest temptation to slack off. Just seeing him peacefully snoring on deck after lunch is enough. But he can't just do nothing. He has to help Franky, Chopper, entertain Luffy, take care of his plants...
But he looks so, so, so, so, sooooooo comfyyy. Just a few minutes with him. 5 should be enough. Well, okay, maybe 10. A small tiny nap wouldn't hurt?
Zoro feels comfortable sleeping next to Usopp and Usopp feels safe sleeping next to Zoro.
But Nami has other plans. No nap for them. For now...
Ah this is so cute I love it so much just the idea of Usopp using Zoro’s nap as a sign to take a break but also an excuse to slack off… the duality of a man. Just Zoro waking up and finding Usopp using him as a pillow. Normally he’d just push him off and go about his day but Usopp just looks so cute and peaceful he just can’t so he’s just stuck there…
With nothing else to do Zoro just sort of absentmindedly starts petting and playing with Usopp’s hair and Usopp starts nuzzling closer because he’s sooo comfortable and this is so nice.
Zoro starts to get sleepy because sleeping with someone else and feeling their warmth is a lot nicer than he imagined…
That’s of course when Usopp wakes and gets embarrassed as soon as he realizes how this looks and he starts flailing and apologizing profusely. Seeing Usopp so flustered flusters Zoro too and now he is embarrassed and the only way he knows to shut it all down is to just. pull Usopp into chest and smother all his loudness and say something like don’t make this weird. It’s not weird unless you make it weird and Usopp quiets and says something like okay but I would appreciate it if you didn’t try to suffocate me in your big ass tits next time and then apologizes immediately when Zoro actually tries to do it lmao. And that’s how they start sleeping together.
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