lordpudi:

daeranilen:

real-pcys:

real-pcys:

hot take: moms need to learn how to listen to and comfort their daughters without making everything about their own traumas

a classic example

daughter: hey this thing you do bothers me very much and i wish you wouldn’t do it

mom: well my parents abused me and im not even as bad as they were and i had to sit through it so you gotta sit through whatever i do to you too

a common variant

mom: well i’m having a really hard time right now and you know that i’m doing my best and that i didn’t mean to hurt you ergo you are in fact the asshole for asking me to consider your feelings and change my behavior during this hard hard time i’m having

my favorite version of this

mom: well you aren’t the only one having a hard time, my life fucking sucks and so does the lives of thousands of other people. your pain is invalid! and of course by telling me this, you are suggesting It’s My Fault. Yes, EVERYTHING is my fault you treat me so horribly!

Bonus level Actual Poor People Cooking Challenge: You have some potatoes! But, only the gnarly sprouting ones at the bottom of a 50 lb. sack.

Figure out some type of reasonably appetizing soup or stew to throw them in, using whatever other ingredients you can scrounge up at the end of the month. Because they sure ain’t suitable for baking anymore. Not necessarily good for soup either at this point, but that’s just part of the challenge.

mikalhvi:

ayeforscotland:

What in the fuck is this?

Role playing poverty.

They wanna roleplay poverty?

They need some bulk mac n’ cheese, hotdogs, and canned fruit.

They can even buy the expensive versions if they want.

That? That’s a fucking insult, what they had. Austerity? They fucking wish the poor ate that well.

Tbf, the details of what’s cheap and readily available will vary a lot depending on where you are. The potatoes with (crappy value label) canned baked beans are roughly equivalent here to the (cheapo off brand) box mac and cheese eating plan. In another context, that part wouldn’t seem too unreasonable.

That doesn’t make the whole concept any better, of course 😱 Or a lot of the rest of the details.

(A little more context: St Paul’s Girls’ School ‘Austerity Day’ criticised.)

Also in case anyone else was wondering exactly who thought that sounded like an “austerity” menu, rather than a fairly ordinary school lunch.