I post this every year but it’s worth it to remind myself to plant flowers, in the garden and in my mind and whenever I get a chance, in the hearts of others.
Here is a copy of the original from 2017, with the artist’s name! @geopsych
The source for that New Years cartoon I posted. Thank you, @godsbyanyothername !
Wolfenstein, for those who don’t know, is a videogame series with soon to be eleven entries in the series, all of them entirely centred around killing Nazis ever since the very first game in 1981.
‘way to make it political’ buddy do you know what series this is
hey remember the old days when “Nazis were bad” was a politically neutral statement. That isn’t sarcastic i’m genuinely nostalgic
This is silly, but real talk for a second: You are NEVER a burden to your friends, and the people who love you.
Talking about your mental health is NEVER a burden to ANYONE.
You deserve to be happy. You deserve to live a full and fulfilling life.
Think about this: if someone you care about came to you and said, “I need to talk about my mental health with you…” OF COURSE you would have that conversation. OF COURSE you would do whatever you can, from simply listening to actively getting on the phone with a counselor or therapist, to make sure that the person you care about and love can get help, so they can live their best life.
OF COURSE you would do that, because you are a kind and loving person who deserves to have good friends who feel comfortable opening up to you, right?
So *OF COURSE* you can talk to people you love and who love you back about your mental health, and you are not a burden. I promise.
Here, I’m going to give you a buff: If you still feel like a burden (I get it), I GIVE YOU PERMISSION to talk about your mental health without feeling like a burden. If anyone makes you feel like you’re a burden, you send them to me, and I’ll handle them.
You deserve to be happy. You are not alone. You are loved. You are valued. You matter. YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN.
Dale Hansen is a fucking treasure. He admitted he was a childhood victim of sexual abuse in the hopes that it would encourage others to come forward and seek help. He has been an ardent supporter of scholar-athletes and of gay players in the NFL and of trans athletes.
“I’m not always comfortable when a man tells me he is gay; I don’t understand his world. But I do understand that he is part of mine.”
Irony? #2
Telling millionaire celebrities to keep quiet, because being a rich celebrity distorts their reality; yet voted for a millionaire celebrity
Irony?
Those who fly and defend the confederate battle flag, then calling a state ‘traitors’ for discussing possible secession while stating “you lost, get over it”
These words, which Benjamin Franklin offered as the answer to a question about what kind of government the Constitutional Convention had created in 1787, are often quoted, and with good reason. They are just as often misunderstood.
Franklin’s statement is not a guarantee. It’s a warning. It’s a reminder that there is no “them” in a democracy or a republic that will solve the problems of the society on behalf of its citizens. They have to do it for themselves.
Franklin’s statement is, in other words, contingent. The “if” matters. The issue is in no way settled. If YOU can –CAN !! – keep it.
We are at an existential moment in our democracy. We have a charlatan and a thug and a kleptocrat about to become President. The Framers weren’t naive: they knew that was possible. They just figured the rest of the system would mobilize to oppose the authoritarian presidency and limit the damage he would do.
Unfortunately, they assumed such opposition would appear as a function of the Constitution’s programming. They thought the structural divides in interests and constituencies and experiences among the branches of government would make collusion impossible and allow only the least worst options to pass even if one of the branches of government went crazy.
Alas, we know better. We know that feckless Congresses (of whatever party; think the Iraq War) happily enable evil and stupid enterprises. We know that opposing parties will support the abuse of human rights and the passage of ridiculous economic and domestic policies if they think it is their short terms interests to do so.
As Franklin noted, it is up to us. IF … YOU … CAN … KEEP … IT.
