The problem with “senseless violence” narrative around the UnitedHealthcare CEO is that it ignores the inherent violence of the insurance industry. Denying someone lifesaving care is violence. Subjecting someone to drawn out periods of pain before treatment is violent. The industry is made up of millions of acts of violence everyday, with the CEO at the helm guiding it all. This is not unprovoked and it’s not an overreaction; it is just harder to ignore
truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.
really though to be genuine and vulnerable and maybe even a little breedable on main for a moment i repost my art a lot bc it took me like almost two decades to finally look at my own stuff and think “this is good” and not hate myself for not doing a better job and its not really because i got better, i did but that’s not the point, i got more comfortable with what i thought was “failure” and just let me bar drop to a point where i realize it doesnt have to be perfect it can be mid and that’s fine its great actually. like. i like my art a lot now and the things i dont like about them i can change. i have time im only in my 30’s. i have like. decades to do what i want and feel good about it.
so basically if you think you’re not doing enough at your age or your art is bad or you’re scared to fail, just let that bar drop a little and relax your grip and close your eyes and have fun and i guarantee you’ll feel better in the long run. like unlearning perfectionism is A Fucking Struggle but it’s necessary to live a life worth living because if you’re always running at your top speed you’re not going to take a break to recharge and rest and you’ll gradually lose speed and fall behind and literally die miserable
just have fun i guarantee it’ll pay off
tldr just fuck it up and dont care and have fun but still fuck it up out there. dont hurt anyone including yourself and your feelings but absolutely tear it up and dont care who see it
amhrancas 