‘tis the season for… the disclaimer post?
my holiday wish is to collectively agree to stop placating those who get off on calling people out for being joyful in public, a thing that should not be cringe.
“I know everything is terrible but…”
“FML but also…”
“Let me tell you how fucked up everything is so you don’t shame me for talking about being happy."
I have been thinking a lot about the twitter pile-on a few weeks back when a woman tweeted earnestly that she liked to have coffee with her husband and was immediately attacked by twitter mob pile on and no one… was… surprised.
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