Forever thinking about how, on election day in 2016, I wore a shirt with an American flag on it because it was what was clean. And the 20-ish year old bagging my groceries made a snide remark about it, followed by ‘I didn’t vote, they’re all the same anyways.’ And a fellow grocery worker chimed in agreement that he wasn’t voting for the same reason.
And now I can’t go to a local drag event without having to walk through a gauntlet of nazis.
I realize that the election is a year and a half away, but please don’t fall for the 'they’re the same’ rhetoric this time around. Both candidates will suck, but they’ll suck in different ways and one of them wants my community dead.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
voting on a local level is so incredibly important. as is running for things on a local level. so many republicans that are currently passing anti trans bills in states like missouri ran completely unopposed. the Glorious Revolution is not going to happen overnight, so in the meantime we NEED folks challenging these seats.
my favorite subreddit is r/IsTodayFridayThe13th which makes a single post each day (Yes or No) answering the question. Every single Thursday the 12th everyone goes “This is ridiculous! I’ve been waiting too long for Friday the 13th. I’m not even going to bother checking this sub anymore; I’ve given up hope completely.” and it makes me laugh every single time
sure do put a lot of emphasis on couples falling in love through mutual trust and vulnerability for someone who needs to be pried open like an oyster emotionally speaking
Source: ‘The math checks out. In 2019, the median annual earning for women was $47,299. For men, it was $57,546. Averaged together, that’s about $52,423.The cost of the average home in the same time was $377,700. That is about 14 percent of the median salary.’
The average salary in the US is now about 10.2% of the cost of a home.
But that’s not even the whole story, because “income earned” means pre-tax income, and mortgage payments are not tax deductible unless you itemize (which people w/ average salaries do not do bc it’s usually less than the standard deduction).
In Oct 2022, taxes are a bit more complicated. Assuming you take the standard deduction, file single, and only pay federal income tax, the take-home pay from a salary of $55,640 is about $51,584.
(Using H&R Block’s 2022 tax estimator)
So really, the average take-home pay is now 9.5% of the average home price.
Meanwhile, the person earning $2M/yr in 2022 would end up taking home at least $1,289,600. He is taxed at 35.3% of his earnings. The person earning the inflation-adjusted equivalent of in 1936 (~$95,000) would be taxed at 60% of his earnings.
Tl;dr: It’s an even more dire situation than that tweet suggests. Taxes on the middle class have skyrocketed, taxes on the ultra-rich have been slashed in half, and housing is nearly twice the ratio to income earned that it was in the middle of the Great Depression.
there are actually TWO countries that have used nuclear weapons in war. the second is france, which did “strategic nuclear testing” in algeria during and after the algerian war of independence.
No cause I’m bringing this shit back cus this shit gets no fucking coverage by anyone anywhere and it pisses me off
How do you actually test NUCLEAR WEAPONS in a country with population and people and get away with it
Wanna know a silly fun fact??? The sands are still affected, the regions are still contaminated and there’s so many places the radiation still affects, crops can’t be grown or else they’d be a literal radioactive plant, babies and people are born deformed because of the radiation in the area
And France never got held accountable for this bullshit, my country is suffering long term and nobody talks about it
Man fuck this shit, France should not get away with this
One of the most dangerous things in the world is not being able to say no to people because you don’t want to upset them or dissapoint them. This will completely ruin your life in every way possible, at work, in your private life, your sex life and your friendships. It’s a way of removing your own consent in your own decisions and go against your wishes, it is always a crime against yourself. Let yourself have a say. Upsetting people is better than traumatizing yourself.
Some of you might be mad at me for saying this but “Mel is not an evil person, but a complicated woman who comes from an imperialist nation and despite it all, she rejects these values and choses peace” and “Mel as a person with the most influence in Piltover is as responsible for the state of the Undercity as the rest of the council, and it is their ignorance that leads to their downfall” are both statements that can co-exist actually.
