 Load a god complex, cock it and pull it...
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I need more icons. This requires me getting around to making them, though. And when I'm feeling creative I keep doing other things lately...
Things of the moment:
Today is my day for feeling abandoned.
I'm losing my will to engage with certain people, because there's "calling people on legitimately bad behaviour", and then there's "being a judgemental ass", and if you're over in category two, I just don't have the energy to do more than roll my eyes right now.
Especially since a lot of it could basically be summarised with: "Someone doing something you don't want to do is not a :violation of your rights:, even if they're doing it where you can see it/hear it/whatever."
Maybe you hate Fall Out Boy. If I drive past you in a car with the windows down and loud Fall Out Boy playing in my car at 2pm on a Tuesday, that will qualify as annoying. I am not infringing your rights.
Maybe you hate fireworks. This does not mean you magically acquire the right to object to Diwali fireworks displays. There are fireworks. Deal with it, princess. Shutting down a Diwali celebration because people don't like fireworks, don't like lights, or don't like Hindus would be an infringement of their rights.
(I'm ambivalent about the degree to which the general illegality of fireworks in Australia is wrong, because on the one hand, I believe people should be able to celebrate their religious festivals, but on the other hand, I believe bushfires are a bad thing, and fireworks are kind of high-risk to let loose in the community...)
Unless you can demonstrate a way in which other people's religious festivals actually cause you harm, then regardless of whether you dislike the festival or the religion, we return to deal with it, princess.
(And no, "it upsets me" doesn't count. To return to our Diwali example, the community should be notified that there will be fireworks, so that people who, say, are deeply upset by loud noises can take appropriate action to prepare/protect themselves. However, someone being around who is upset by loud noises doesn't get to have to the fireworks stopped entirely, because shut the hell up if you don't get this.)
Don't even get me started on the topic of hating on Christmas celebrations. Me, I kinda hate Christmas. It's depressing. It's like an event designed to make people with small families, dysfunctional families or no family at all feel as acutely miserable as possible. And it's two weeks after my birthday, which means that trying to celebrate my birthday gets aggravatingly tricky - everyone has "Christmas parties" and nobody cares about individuals' birthdays at this time of year.
I don't like Christmas.
However, trying to stop everyone else enjoying Christmas would make me a jerk.
So, accordingly, I shall conclude this rather dyspeptic post with the following sentiment:
I hope that all of you reading this experience joy this December, however you should spend it, and with whomever you spend it. I hope you are loved and feel it. I hope you are happy, at least some of the time.
If the other festivals don't float your personal boat (or even if they do), I encourage you to celebrate this Friday, the 10th. Have cake, or some other delicious treat, if you can, and have it in a spirit of joy and self-indulgence. If anyone questions you, dismiss their questioning outright, because it will be my birthday, and I will readily proclaim that everyone should feel entitled to some sort of treat on my birthday.
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| From: | ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) maevele |
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December 5th, 2010 08:39 pm (UTC) |
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I shall eat cake AND listen to fallout boy.
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December 5th, 2010 09:11 pm (UTC) |
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*nodnodnod*
It amazed me how many people think "x is annoying or distasteful to me" is supposed to mean others simply stop doing x, when that's celebrating a religious festival, holding hands with a partner, breastfeeding in public, etc.
I pointed out one time to someone for whom seeing breasts is triggery due to past abuse that while that's a terrible thing to have to live with, it doesn't mean all infants in her view shouldn't be fed when they're hungry, direct from the faucet, and I compared it to Santa hats being triggery to me because of abuse issues. (Fortunately they're not, any more, but for a few years it was BAD, to the flashbacks and panic attacks point, when I was actively dealing with surfacing abuse memories.)
And her only response was to insist it was very different, since wearing santa hats is *harmless* and every body does it, but breastfeeding is DIFFERENT. And I pointed out that breastfeeding is also harmless, in fact it's protective, and if every body did it we'd have babies getting optimal nutrition.
HELLO!
So when I discovered you'd moved from LJ to Dreamwidth, and I didn't know what 'OpenID' or any of that other stuff meant, I just got into the habit of, every few days when I glance at my lj friends list, opening your journal as it seemed the easiest way to keep in touch. I couldn't comment on stuff, but whatever.
However, today (I'm imagining my friend Jess was NOT unexpectedly waiting on my doorstep when I got home at 10.30, and that I therefore got on to the internets then instead of now that it is tomorrow) is your BIRTHDAY, and wanting to comment to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY was enough to make me get off my posterior and Figure This Stuff Out. Because, you know, saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY when you sincerely hope someone is having a happy birthday is a good thing to be able to do. Turns out it's super duper easy. So I now have an open ID account with which to say hello.
So, hello. And happy birthday. I know I haven't seen you in quite a long time now, but just letting you know you're in my thoughts still, and I really do hope the coming year brings you all sorts of good things.
Also, I am about to eat a bowl of fruit salad in honour of your birthday, incidentally. Yum. Thank you :)
And with that...goodnight xo
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