Dana, I hope you get some relief, and that your birthday winds up happy.
Oh, and an acquaintance from high school got all butt-hurt because I defriended here for posting "all lives matter."
I've been not on for a few days, so I'm just catching up.
I'm fucking exhausted by explaining why you don't "correct" "Black lives matter" to "All lives matter." I can't even fathom how black people feel about this bullshit.
Our community page is really showing the people of our town for what they are good and bad. At least the bad ones I can tell off or write off. It's the dunderheads in the squishy middle who are exhausting, because I feel like, if they're just clueless people of good will, if someone doesn't cluestick them, they're going to slide into willful ignorance.
In re chocolate, I came across this quote (I think it was from Catherine Valente, but I'm not sure), "carob tastes not of chocolate or treats but a fallen world and your parents' lies" (again, YMMV)
I'm fucking exhausted by explaining why you don't "correct" "Black lives matter" to "All lives matter." I can't even fathom how black people feel about this bullshit.
Our community page is really showing the people of our town for what they are good and bad. At, least the bad ones I can tell off or write off. It's the dunderheads in the squishy middle who are exhausting, because I feel like, if they're just clueless people of good will, if someone doesn't cluestick them, they're going to slide into willful ignorance.
OMG, this! I had a "friend" (more like friendly acquaintance, but FB doesn't make that distinction) post a seemingly sincere, "why is saying All Lives Matter a problem", post. So I (plus a mutual friend, plus a couple of his friends that I don't know gave answers. Ranging from posting a meme, posting statistics, posting long, thought out answers. He just kept doubling down with "what about this, what about that...?" so after about my 4th answer I said, "I'm going to stop responding to this post now. We've given you sincere answers, but it doesn't seem like you're here to learn. It seems like you're looking for an argument or for someone to tell you you're right, and I'm not here for that." The only response I got to that was one of his female friends liking my post.
A little later that night, he posted a meme with a picture of a black baby and some "statistic" about "more black babies are aborted than born in New York - All Lives Matter". I noped out; hit Snooze on him.
Your "friendly" neighborhood sea lion?
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Dana!
We're going to have to wrap Nova in a towel to pill her. I got scratched up a bit this morning when we gave her her pill. Gary was holding her, so he got a bit scratched too.
As someone who still eats raw carob chips as a snack, I feel qualified to declare Valente is, once again, full of it.
Everything on my work to do list is done!
I'd better get logged off as fast as possible before something else comes up...
Step away from the email.
Summer session starts on Monday. One of my soon to be students has already sent me the first homework assignment.
