every lactose intolerant person in the world is burdened by their own hubris. they see a mcflurry and think, “this time my tummy will not hurt. this time i can eat this delicious dairy treat without consequences. this time i will be the master of my body and i will feel no pain and no distress because i am a god among men.”
and every single time, they will be wrong.
I mentioned this once while at my psych’s, cuz I was sitting there drinking one, and she joked I was just renting the calories and I found that hilarious enough to share 😅
(Mcd’s is basically next to their office, I wasn’t being rude showing up with a mcfrappe)
Reagan-era “stranger danger” panic has done so much harm to americans’ sense of community. It cemented the idea that only the nuclear family could be trusted with the care of the child, deterred people from cooperative living with an extended community, and continues to place abuse victims in danger by perpetuating the misconception that most child abuse is done by strangers rather than someone they know. It is in our best interest to become more interdependent than we were raised to be.
US gov’t: hmmm… that’s not good. You should stop having that problem.
folks: I mean I’d like to, but I could use some help.
US gov’t: Hmmmm. What if we make the problem illegal?
folks: Well, that’s –
US gov’t: The problem is illegal! Stop having it!
folks: I’d really like to but –
US gov’t: WHY ARE YOU DOING A CRIME
The above deserves to be inscribed on gold tablets
And don’t forget that the people making these decisions personally profit off of this criminalization – for-profit prisons which donate to politician campaigns, tax money diverted into new and elaborate unnecessary policing and weapons purchases (which, again, donate to politicians) – whereas spending taxes on treatment/problem resolution would only benefit the public as a whole. Can’t have that.
if you click through to the source, which is reddit, you can see that in many cases you don’t need any data at all! you can just retitle a population map, and delete your account when people ask for a source. hope this helps ❤
