saying “you are a burden on society” is just such a weird framing of priorities
It’s like saying “wow, think how much better gas mileage your car would get if you weren’t sitting in it” or “think how dry that umbrella would be if you weren’t holding it in between you and the rainstorm”.
the things we create? they’re for us. they are meant to carry us. they are meant to protect us. we are meant to hold them up to keep us dry.why do we even have a society if not to take care of each other?
It’s important that you keep your feelings and your self worth in different places because when feelings get hurt it shouldn’t change how you view yourself.
Being kind isn’t actually about how much shit you can quietly take. You can be kind and still shut down people who attempt to use and manipulate you. Kindness is about treating others well whenever you can, not about how much you’re willing to suffer for others. So don’t confuse being kind with being a victim and a pushover. No one with your best interests at heart will claim that it’s the same thing.
literally every single thing I’ve ever said since day one has been dramatic I have to talk that way or I’ll die
Fun answers for “why don’t you drink?”
1. “I’ve been cursed to an eternal waking death. For as long as I walk the earth all food or drink shall turn to ash upon my tongue, and no worldly pleasures will satisfy my hunger.”
2. “I’m saving myself for my wedding night.”
3. “I once took a vow that the very next time I raised my glass, it would be after the wizard who killed my father had been slain.”
4. (staring off into the distance) “I can’t… not after what happened in Prague.”
5. “November 22, 1964”. Refuse to explain further.
6. Say nothing. Allow a haunted expression to seep across your features. Raise a trembling hand to the tarnished silver locket that you keep upon you always
7. “The Bartender has been trying to poison me for years. Some night they make succeed, but it is not this night.”
8. “The sorceress warned me that if I consumed the food of this realm, I would never again return.”
9. “I am dangerously intoxicated as we speak. In my pocket is a contact number, and my medical details should emergency services be needed. This is not, as you would say, my first rodeo.”
10. “The spirits your kind serve are far too weak to have any effect on my physical form.”
11. “I only drink 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon.”
12. “And give my target the advantage? Heh… Think again.”
13. “Drinking during a mission is what got Agent Stanbrige killed. I won’t be making the same mistake.”
14. “No, why don’t YOU drink?”
15. “The last time I had a beer, I woke up in my mom’s garage thirty-six hours later wearing kitten-heeled pumps, a green beach towel, and a “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” novelty baseball cap. It wasn’t even March”
16. Go, “Haha, I know, right?” And change the subject.
17. Adopt a vague, indistinct accent and mutter darkly about the life you left behind, the trail of bodies in your wake, the ever-present darkness over your shoulder that whispers of how you will never again know peace for what you’ve done
18. Shit your pants.
Just found out sleeping does not erase all my problems. Shocked and upset
