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.
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.
LGBT people can be in messy relationships where there is screaming, crying, and angry nights.
LGBT people can hate their exes and be in toxic and/or abusive relationships.
LGBT people are people.
Having a messy breakup, hating your ex, etc. isn’t some “hetero bullshit uwu”. It’s people bullshit. People can get angry, petty, jealous, etc. and LGBT people are no different.
We are human. We make mistakes. Our lives aren’t perfect. Our relationships are not always perfect.
And there is nothing wrong with that.
Cause it’s pride month this is relevant.
Leave abusive, toxic, etc. relationships. It isn’t “heterosexual bullshit” to leave a toxic relationship or have a messy breakup. If a relationship ain’t working don’t make yourself stay because ya gay.
Another success story! It’s almost as if there are benefits to a country when you don’t accept the media demonising immigrants and making them feel unwelcome.
I’ve written about the problem of emoji directions before, but this is an example of a communication-fail that happened in my life because of the problem of emoji showing up as different directions on different platforms.
After messaging with someone about their terrible day at work, I suggested they get away from the (metaphorical) flaming wreck, and then sent this emoji string from Twitter (on my admittedly rather old phone) to illustrate the point:
I was met with a string of question marks, and a screen cap of what the other person saw on their newer Google Emoji enabled phone:
NO!!! Don’t run into the fire!!! Save yourself!
Twitter Emoji on my computer showed the same (but a much snazzier door):
My phone is still using a much older emoji set, but one that (at least for fires that start on one’s left) shows the correct safety procedure.
Of course, all of my angst about emoji directions may soon be moot – Unicode are in the process of considering a proposal to be able to flip emoji, using the same technical process that allows for different skin tones.
here’s a cbc article talking about calls for suspension
if you don’t know what the safe third country agreement is:
the safe third country agreement is a bilateral treaty between the united states and canada asserting that refugees must claim status in the first safe country they arrive in (and in canada, the united states is the only country considered a safe third country) — which means, essentially, if a refugee travels to the united states, they must apply for refugee status there, and cannot pursue claims of refugee status in canada
this is relevant right now, in light of the current political climate of the united states, because:
the united states is considered a “safe third country”, so (predominantly latinx) refugees and undocumented migrants are deemed safe in the united states and cannot pursue refugee claims in canada if they’ve already been to the united states.
clearly, the united states is not any kind of sanctuary for refugees. families are being separated, children are being traumatized, people are being treated like animals, due process is being denied, human rights are being systemically violated, targeting a specific marginalized minority population.
to allow an escape from the atrocities the united states government is committing, refugees must be able to flee the united states and seek asylum in canada. under the safe third country agreement, they cannot.
it’s also important to remember that we had a policy like this in place before in canada — the continuous journey regulation, passed in 1908 as canada’s first attempt to restrict immigration. this order-in-council targeted asian — specifically indian — immigrants, stating that immigrants must make continuous passage to canada from their country of origin/birth. this targeted asians and indians in particular, as the transportation technology at the time meant that most indian immigrant ships needed to stop in japan or hawaii.
the continuous journey regulation resulted in the komagata maru incident, a massive xenophobic and racist tragedy that’s considered one of the greatest stains on canada’s history.
PLEASE contact your members of parliament. we cannot repeat history like this; the consequences are far too great.
you can enter in your postal code and it’ll tell you your mp’s name, with all of their contact info (incl. phone number, mailing address, email address, constituency office address and website)
if you have a social media presence or feel more comfortable doing it online, most members of parliament have their social media accounts linked to their official websites! tweet them! call them out publicly! if you’re writing an email or letter, attach that to your tweet!
call, email, write, even visit his constituency office! tell him that we absolutely no longer can consider the united states a safe third country
marc garneau, minister of transportation, also stated that we can continue to consider the united states a safe third country, despite the current political client. consider calling, emailing or tweeting him to tell him we value the lives of refugees more highly than we value the feelings of our southern neighbours
if you don’t know what to say:
writing a letter in your own voice to your own mp is the most effective way to go about this, but if you don’t know how or don’t feel comfortable, i’ve prepared a template that you can send. it’s linked right here
if you’re not canadian, please reblog this anyways. as the united states’ neighbours, we’re best positioned to offer refuge and asylum to the victims of america’s inhumane policies. please get out and act — contact your representatives and make your voice heard.
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