people confuse 'immiseration' with inflation (i know i have). i think pretending the former isnt happening when denying the latter, as many globe emojis do, is unhelpful. i think it actually further tears things apart. its a way of 'denying people's lived experience' if you will

what else is a layman to think when they see the big ticket symbolic structures bump up out of their pay grade? what do you expect them to think?

if someone doesnt have the language to describe a pattern they've recognized, you can either equip them, or mock them

far too often we (myself included) just opt for the latter bc it feels so much sweeter, like honey