sigh

[kalliel]

I'm really, deeply sad about lost professional opportunities and lost income and fucking angry at the used golf balls that stormed our state capital guns blazing and I have been staring at this gif for too many iterations to count.

What are you doing, Sam?

Why did you pick the phone up that way?

Who does that?

Why is it so appealing?

Comments

[tabaqui]

And yet, somehow, idiots with guns in the state capitol is supposed to be *patriotic* or *awesome* or *something* positive.

I give the fuck up.

[kalliel]

And then we get this shit.

The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2020

[tabaqui]

Fuck him so fucking hard.

[kalliel]

But here's a thought, "patriotism" people:

I'm from Texas, I'm a military veteran, and I'm a gun owner. Brandishing a firearm to intimidate elected officials shows a complete disrespect for the 2nd Amendment, for democracy, and for the sanctity of life.

It is not protest. It is cowardice and terrorism. #MichiganProtest
- Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) April 30, 2020

[finchandsparrow]

I'm so sorry about all the things you're missing out on. It makes me so sad and it sucks so bad. :(((

"Used golf balls" is, I think, an extremely generous term to apply here. (Please keep up the usage, though. It is a good term: it amuses me and that keeps me from being merely EXHAUSTED AND LIVID.)

I had the exact same thoughts about that gif LOLOL

[kalliel]

Howwwww is this the world we live in. How!! (I have a friend who lives in Illinois, and there was a protest there where people held up signs insinuating that their mayor's SIP rules were facist. They likened him to a Nazi, drew swastikas, and wrote, in German, "work will set you free." Unironically. Their mayor is Jewish. I had a visceral reaction.)

[dustbunny105]

I'm sorry for the opportunities you're missing out on. And sorry you're so close to those used golf balls. Seeing the pictures made me sick to my stomach from anger and anxiety.

Also, the gif is mesmerizing. Like. What is even happening.

[kalliel]

I've never in my life seen someone pick up a phone like that before and it's wild to me that clearly there is someone who does and/or has. What a world!