Lexi @Lexi@octodon.social

Maybe our soul/essence/core is the choices we make whilst having these thoughts, feelings, and bodies we didn't ask for forced upon us. And if that's the case, maybe realizing we're not responsible for or defined by the three can help our choices be more genuine to who we really are.

A technique some people use to cope with mental health issues is to "re-raise their inner child" in their head. The idea is to give the inner child support and love and comfort so they can grow up secure and confident--basically, re-write your traumatic childhood.

I've tried it, and I think it's a good technique, but personally? In my case, it kinda ends up being the inner child raising me instead of the other way around.

I 100% recommend challenging yourself to stop using ableist words if you haven't already. Some people dismiss it as "a step too far" and say "words have to mean something", but it isn't just the words: it's the way of thinking that goes with them.

It's meeee~! 100% furry edition!

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Hi, I'm Lexi! I'm a geeky nerd who's tired of the birdsite and its hate. Sorry for being a social media immigrant~

More about me:

🔹 I like cartoons and comic books. Also anime and manga, but I don't dispute that they're the same thing.
🔹 I like fantasy and science fiction. Star Wars is okay, but I prefer Star Trek.
🔹 Video games are neat, but I sorta grew out of them. Still like retro games!
🔹 Very pro-free speech, but even more pro-anti-harassment.

Just wanted to say that we're about 5 or 6 episodes away from finishing "The Good Place" and it's been flippin' fantastic and I love it.

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Our takeaway from this should be that the _only_ thing that got New Zealanders to break lockdown procedures was anger over racial injustice. That's the kind of country we are. Instead of complaining about how that's unfair to small businesses and the economy, how about we have a conversation about racism in New Zealand? How about the government does an education based push on what non-white people have to deal with here?

But some of our officials--and our most right leaning party, ACT--have had this response of: "Ugh, this is so unfair to the small businesses who have been following the lockdown rules all this time."

Fuck off you ghouls this isn't about you. Sit down and shut up for once.

One unfortunate thing that's come out of this in New Zealand, though, is that the protests broke our lockdown rules, and our leaders are trying to walk a tightrope of "we understand the reasoning" and "but we can't condone putting themselves and others at risk."

And I get it. It's unfortunate. And I hope anyone who went to the large gatherings is doing self-isolation to protect themselves and their loved ones, just in case.

You know what's pretty cool? There are Black Lives Matter protests going on all over the world. This is good because America is definitely not the only place with racial inequality in the world, but also because I hope it shows the American people that the world--despite always being exasperated with America as a country--has always wanted what's best for its people.

Guess which I am!