Tag: lies
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Coming Soon
One of the lies I was told as a child is that we are in late stage capitalism. It’s been fifty years since the system was about to collapse. It’s coming soon and the people who believe it won’t hear otherwise. It comes from an older strain that communism is inevitable. It’s been almost a…
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Stephanie Yells
Stephanie is yelling at me about genocide again. There’s nothing I can do about it if it’s actually happening. I’m uninformed. She’s yelling at me about that too. There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. She passed her statistics class. I didn’t. She reads way more than I ever will. Such is my lot in…
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The Long Walk
There’s a little comic book tract called “The Long Walk” (you can read it online). It talks about a man who thinks for himself and puts off converting to Christianity until a later date. He meets a guy on the spacious highway who tells him he’s right, and that he doesn’t need Christianity yet, because…
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Mobile Lies
Today has been a better day. I went to my counselor for the first time in months which got me out of the house. I should get out more but I prefer to be home in my pajamas whenever I can help it. I’ve mostly been playing Bud Farm on my phone today otherwise. It…
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Pride and Judgement
I am a judgmental person. No one seems to care. I do not have authority over anyone. I can judge all I want and most of the time people just ignore it. I am not proud. I don’t really expect the world to care. I reject infinite worth and that leaves me feeling rather worthless…