What& #39;s so fucking grating -- to the point of being repulsive -- about all the whining is that it& #39;s people of privilege complaining about shit that *plenty* of people in *their own country* have *always had to do*

And was never an emergency then https://twitter.com/ambernoelle/status/1330907362979360771?s=20">https://twitter.com/ambernoel...
All the people who& #39;ve NEVER gotten to "do Thanksgiving" or "do Christmas"

For YEARS

Because they had seasonal jobs, because they were poor, because they& #39;re alone and have no friends and family

You all apparently didn& #39;t think that was much of a problem back then
*Other* people not being able to do holidays wasn& #39;t a problem worth raising your taxes by 5%, or staying in with that family you love so much instead of going out shopping on Black Friday or to see a movie Christmas Day, or doing anything at all
But *you* not being able to do the holidays like you planned is such a big fucking problem it& #39;s worth it to kill hundreds of thousands of people to indulge you

Fuck& #39;s sake

Listen to yourselves
All this fucking garbage you have to sit through about the basics of human social psychology, how we crave face-to-face interaction, how "touch starvation" induces anxiety and depression, etc,

Yeah how do you think we discovered that

It& #39;s not something that started this year
There have ALWAYS been people living lives of exhaustion, isolation, deprivation, ALL AROUND YOU

And you thought this was a natural phenomenon, just part of life, unavoidable

And you think this is a big problem NOW because it& #39;s happening to YOU and to people you know
And you& #39;re openly willing to deny reality and deny the laws of nature and tell God you& #39;re fine with the deaths of millions of people because YOU CAN& #39;T LIVE THIS WAY, not even for a year -- some of you not even for a month

God fuck you
The City of Omelas runs on leaving the one kid inside the closet because they& #39;re supposed to be there so they& #39;re used to it and that& #39;s okay

If you proposed "Hey how about we all take turns in the closet one day at a time, so it& #39;s fair" the city would collapse in a week
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