Sewju

@phantombravo.bsky.social

He/Him 🇰🇷Korean/White | Salty Millennial with back and knee problems | Fighter/ Nerd/ Reader/ Artist/ Partner/ Dad/ Combat Veteran- 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🍉

Just got this email from the VA. I'm a disabled veteran who was once proud. But specifically (and falsely) pointing out Democrats are blocking the resolution (despite all branches being Republican controlled) is fucking disgusting.

VA email about the government shutdown. Highlighted is a sentence blaming Democrats.

HOW TO SURVIVE WITHOUT STREAMING SERVICES: Use a VPN, such as Proton. Download QBittorrent and pirate whatever the hell you want. Download Jellyfin on your tv to maintain that streaming service feeling you've grown accustomed to. DO NOT feel bad for the billion dollar companies. easy peasy

I am of two minds. The first being that we've had it too good for too long, and by we I mean the US. We've forgot how bad it can get. The suffering from disease, the oppression of others. And now the other, we need it to get much harder before we do better. We learn, but we also forget.

I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them. Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.