Hi. You are okay. If you are disturbed, upset, disoriented, angry or anxious about what is going on in this country, there is nothing wrong with you. These are the proper responses of a decent, thoughtful person. Horrible people are very loud and self-assured right now. You are okay. - ThreadSky

theauthorguy.bsky.social • 232 days ago

Hi. You are okay. If you are disturbed, upset, disoriented, angry or anxious about what is going on in this country, there is nothing wrong with you. These are the proper responses of a decent, thoughtful person. Horrible people are very loud and self-assured right now. You are okay.

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truet.bsky.social•231 days ago

BTW, Christopher. It’s nice to have a little exchange (if awkward) with my favorite modern author.

theauthorguy.bsky.social•230 days ago

Thanks. These are difficult times. I'm anxious and angry most of the time, but I try to just feel bad, not also feel bad about feeling bad. That is, it's not a character flaw that we are upset. I try to remember that right now, in this second, in this place, I'm okay. Unless I'm on fire,then FUUCK!

dmax801.bsky.social•230 days ago

I think that’s part of staying sane. After all, theoretically, it only REALLY matters which lever I pull in November. Everything else is social stuff of little value.

truet.bsky.social•232 days ago

….fuck….I dunno

vfxpapa.bsky.social•231 days ago

Same, TBH

truet.bsky.social•231 days ago

I recognize that all the gut “feels” of things I’m afraid of like the lack of a reliable justice system are things that POC have been afraid of….since always….and this is new for us so I’m trying to process that simultaneously and feeling like 💩 because I’ve been blind to it in everyone else’s life

vfxpapa.bsky.social•231 days ago

truet.bsky.social•231 days ago

Like seriously….I have tools for managing the made-up-shit in my head, the unempirical…..but this real stuff, and there’s a lot of it lately….privilege has not equipped me for this and I’m not doing a good job with it

vfxpapa.bsky.social•231 days ago

I mean… I wish I could say something more than just "same" again but, for real… "I have no tools for this" it’s spot on 😫

vfxpapa.bsky.social•231 days ago

And I want to be able to say something inspirational or helpful; be the kind of guy that helps another guy up but like… I dunno, do we go cry together somewhere? Do they have rooms for that next to the ones for breastfeeding moms? Like wtf is even happening? 😭

stevebuchheit.bsky.social•232 days ago

I just hope someone is keeping a list so when (🤞) we defeat this bullshit we’ll have something to refer to when everybody goes, “I was secretly with you guys all along.”

dohmestic.bsky.social•230 days ago

Here, have a Mabel. Every time I listen to Noir or Razzmatazz, I have a good hearty laugh at the idea of this pompom running a cathouse.

lbedinger.bsky.social•116 days ago

Wow. This proved to be very accurate and forward looking.

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