Question of the Day: I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore

[the_siobhan]

Missed more than a few of these, mostly due to my completely inability to even[1].

4 – World Hypnotism Day: Have you ever been hypnotised? If so, how was the experience?
5 – Whipped Cream Day: Do you like whipped cream? Have you ever made whipped cream from scratch?
6 – Take Down the Christmas Tree Day:  If you celebrate Christmas, when do you put up your tree and when do you take it down?

Never been hypnotised, probably never will (Can you say trust issues?), have no particularly strong feelings on whipped cream and have certainly never tried to make it, can't be arsed to faff about with Xmas decorations of any kind.


7 – I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore Day: What gets you to the point of saying you're not going to take it anymore?

It takes me a long time, honestly. I tend to try to "manage" untenable situations for far longer than is probably healthy for my own well-being. Once I do draw a line though, it's immutable. Even if I try to go back to the way things were, I can't. Something in my brain switches over, and I might as well make a river flow uphill.

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Things here have been both busy and quiet. Plugging away at work. Got a few more things struck off the to-do list. I used to take vacations at this time of year because travel tends to be slightly cheaper. With the pandemic it feels more like a holding pattern, waiting for the world to thaw so outside stuff can start happening again.

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Toronto appears to be experiencing a rash of random attacks on public transit. These things come and go but of course they make everybody nervous when they are in the upswing. People are rightfully pointing out that prevention lies in things like public supports, housing, mental health, food security. Our useless fucking mayor has leapt into action and - gave the police more money. So now we will have even more officers employed to pitch people off of balconies.

Honestly, this city feels like it's falling apart.

(That impression is probably not helped by the fact that two huge sinkholes just opened up in the street in my neighbourhood. One of them outside my door. Parkdale is slowly washing away into the lake.)



[1] I'm trying to picture my high school self trying to parse that sentence.

Comments

[china_shop]

(That impression is probably not helped by the fact that two huge sinkholes just opened up in the street in my neighbourhood. One of them outside my door. Parkdale is slowly washing away into the lake.)

Ack, how unnerving! (I know the feeling of having your city crumble around you! Our water infrastructure is on its last legs, too. /o\) *hugs*

5 – Whipped Cream Day: Do you like whipped cream? Have you ever made whipped cream from scratch?

Ha, I may have bought it pre-whipped, like, once? Whipping it ourselves is standard operating procedure here. :-)

[the_siobhan]

I should ask the gf if she ever makes her own whipped cream. She's the cook of the two of us.

[greylock]

It's more used in baking, isn't it?

[houseof9cats]

OMG, another friend had a sinkhole up by their place in High Park this week. That's spooky. While I've also witnessed TO in decline the past two decades, I never really pictured it would sink into the ground. That's a bit extreme. :|

I have a weird hypnotism story I might bang out in my journal later. Love these prompts.

[the_siobhan]

Decades of shit maintenance finally catching up to us.

[greylock]

Toronto appears to be experiencing a rash of random attacks on public transit.

I see you were caught on one.
Is it meth? Gang violence? Or something like a TikTok trend?

[the_siobhan]

Increased homelessness, food insecurity, reduced social services, no access to any kind of medical care including mental health supports. In the winter desperate people often use the subway to stay warm and there is reduced transit service so people are jammed in closer together

Add that to the fact that people tend to "copy-cat" when acting out.

It's all been loudly predicted by the people who pay attention to this shit.