I actually don’t think violence should coincide with justice. It just does because violence is enforcement, and we don’t have a better way laid out for peaceful coexistence (at least, not in the US at present). Violence exists, and one of the most reliable methods of regulating violence has unfortunately been to meet it where it is, with greater violence. Beyond that, we have a tendency to go to great lengths to justify violence against one another, so much so that it’s an art in and of itself. I’m well aware how idealistic I’m being in wanting peace as a baseline, but nothing worth doing is without challenge.

Private property is a can of worms I can’t touch right now. But I have ancestors that were considered private property, and existence itself is being claimed by the highest bidders with little that can be done to resist it. You won’t find me arguing that private property isn’t at the very least directly supported by violence. I’m not quite sure why I’d have to preach about it to substantiate my desire for peace though? I’m engaged in a system I didn’t choose, and I find my rebellions where I can. It’s hard to exist in these times without a bit of personal dissonance.

Back your words up.

My situation right here. Condoms suck, vasectomy is too much, and birth control isn’t on the table. Please give me a pill already.

I don’t think we have yet. Not for this guy, at least. He called a kid hot, in front of colleagues who were amused by it, and the proof is undeniable. I’m sure enough local pressure could get him (and maybe his colleagues) fired, and a black mark on his character would be even better. People should let him know what they think of him everywhere he goes.

That said, the president and his ilk…tbh that’s where I struggle to find the peaceful option. Can’t find a better representation of institutional failure. Violence won’t necessarily make things better, but I can’t shake the feeling we’ve been backed into a corner.

Violence is a circle. You do it to someone, they do it to you. The only way to stop that cycle is to kill your target. Now murder’s on the table for anyone who thinks a type of person is unacceptable, which is only sensible until it really, really isn’t. Operating under the assumption that violence is a reliable deterrent will ultimately get you killed, man. Unless you plan on being the only guy with the nuclear option at your disposal. Good luck with that one.

Peace should be the standard, even when it’s hard. Don’t get me wrong, there are people I won’t shed a tear for when they get hurt. But I would consider the best case scenario to be “a problematic person course corrected before they hurt anyone” and the next best to be “a problematic person learned from their mistakes”. That’s what accountability looks like imo, and we don’t always meet that mark. That’s a shame, but not big enough that violence is the only answer we have. We can and should be better than that.

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This is all a you problem. Your shame is misplaced. Just tell your partner not to do anything to you in your sleep, and your problems are solved. But realize that not everyone has your same problem.

Consent is the magic word here, and you seem to have forgotten it exists. I’ll let you in on a secret: some women really like it when you wanna have sex with them, even if they’re sleeping. Shocking, I know.

Be less terrible.

Damn, that sounds trippy. Like you felt threatened on an instinctual level. I had a similar experience star gazing, but not in a threatening way. I saw a star moving around and dancing in the sky for me. Unreal stuff, I couldn’t not see it, even if I looked away, closed my eyes, squinted, anything. It was clear as day a dancing star, twirling and bouncing. My buddy had a telescope, so I used it to take a closer look and figured out what was going on. Turns out I was looking at a cluster of stars twinkling in a sequence that gave the impression of something akin to animation. I was also on shrooms, so I was primed for an emerging pattern. Made for an awesome experience.

Wasn’t on a whim. And you totally can. Whether or not it’s a good idea or without consequence is a different story. However, it’s not a stretch to suggest that most people who deal with road infrastructure have dealt with unsafe conditions that could be avoided with restructure. If conditions were unsafe, nothing was being done about it, and the community did something about it to make it safer, power to the people. No one is suggesting a precedent should be set by this, but I would suggest that if we don’t want a repeating pattern, there ought to be a better, more expedient process in place than breaking the law to make this action unnecessary.

It really is. Slippery slope fallacy. Letting one neighborhood collectively decide to make an intersection by a park safer for children to cross is not the same as letting all people make their own decisions regarding signs and intersections. We are capable of handling individual situations as context-sensitive instead of assuming universal application is the only option.

This. I hear the same stories a lot, but I’m shit at remembering details. So that’s what I say. People are happy to recount old stories, and I’m happy to hear them over and over again. Hasn’t produced a problem so far.

It appears we have the same monster.

I used to have no one in my life who’d initiate, and was quite happy with that. So from my perspective, 3 does sound like a good number of friends willing to keep you in their circle, but of course we don’t know the first thing about you or your circumstances. What is it about those 3 people that makes it feel like their effort isn’t enough to stop your feelings of isolation? I assume if it’s not about quantity, it’s about quality. Am I on the mark, or is it something else you find unsatisfactory?

It’s a hard life for those of us who believe in reincarnation. Future’s looking real rough.

Can you provide a source for the cannibalism? All I ever saw was speculation about a handful of possible code words, but never a smoking gun.

Gut punch…

“If you type your password, it automatically gets filters into asterisks. For example, my password is ********!”

Someone believed this. His password was hunter2.

The Overton window has been busy.