Itâs totally fine, itâs something thatâs been coming up a lot which is why thereâs a couple posts about it on my blog – they werenât targeted at you specifically and I apologize if they came across that way! And apologies for the misunderstanding, the problem with our main communication being writing on here is that sometimes things get misread or lost in our own personal translations.Â
The closest thing I have to what youâre asking is this spell:
This spell has been super helpful for me, but a little edit I havenât made is if youâre flushing paper down the toilet it should be toilet paper, not regular paper! You could also burn the paper. Hope this helps!
the US minimum wage that we all agree is too low to live on ($15,080/yr) is far more than many legally disabled people receive in benefits
the maximum SSI for a single person is $8,796/yr if a disabled person marries another, each drops to a max of $6,600/yr
while youâre fighting for 15 maybe look at that too
Not to mention we arenât allowed to have more than $2,000 saved at a time. EVER. Like EVER or we lose all benefits completely. In the bank, in cash, it doesnât matter. The government literally keeps us poor, while also making us pay immense amounts of money for health care that we require to even survive or function (let alone work enough to be able to get off of benefits, not to mention that there are a ton of people who will never be able to do that anyways). Itâs a very, very broken system and not one that was ever meant to actually help anyone.Â
Plus, âmarriage equalityâ is still a huge problem for disabled people (as you can see), which is something almost everyone is ignorant to/doesnât care about.Â
DO NOT LEAVE DISABLED PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR ACTIVISM.Â
Btw thatâs $733 a MONTH they want us to use for rent, food, and everything else. I asked once why itâs so low- how thatâs even fair. She responded that they only factor in how much it would cost for rent and for food (with food stamps). Thatâs it. Thatâs all the government thinks we need to live. Rent and food.
And in case you werenât aware, the disabled cost of living is much higher than the fully abled cost of living.
Mobility aids are expensive. Medications and supplements are expensive. Special diets to accommodate illnesses are expensive. Avoiding a long list of allergies is expensive. Wheelchair accessible home and car modifications are expensive. Hiring someone to do all your cleaning and laundry because you canât is expensive.
And yet they still give us so little money that abled people couldnât possibly live on it.
Also, disabled people often are less able to cook cheaper healthier meals, which almost always take more energy, time, and physical effort (not to mention being able to go grocery shopping) than, say, ordering a pizza, or even just throwing a premade pizza in the oven.
Just a reminder that I really appreciate it when people make an effort to research/find things before sending me an ask. A majority of the asks I get I simply link some tumblr searches and tags that lead people to dozens of resources. Itâs not my job to search through those tags for you and I frankly donât have the energy to do it. When I do link tags, itâs not to be passive aggressive, itâs just to give you the resources I would use.Â
Iâve also gotten so many asks that are phrased perfectly for a google search, and while donât (usually) simply copy and paste your words into a google search and link that – it is tempting! Iâm a person, not a search engine. Google first, then ask people â¤
I am more than happy to:
Give you some search parameters and key words to use if you arenât finding what youâre looking for.
Speak my opinion on certain things, or how I personally incorporate things into my practice.
Clarify conflicting information you find (if I can).
Answer additional questions you have (if I can).
Post your question to my followers if I donât have an answer for you to the above things!
Honestly if you take the time and look and tell me that, I appreciate you SO MUCH! It feels like you value my time, my energy, and my input.Â
Also a huge thank you to everyone who is polite in their asks!Â
This is not to be elitist or rude, but witchcraft involves a time investment and research – please donât expect me to do those things for you if you donât also put effort in!
Important to remember, witches! The witch community has compiled such incredible searchable resources. Bigger bloggers like Mouse can get hundreds of asks, and in most cases, this is their hobby, not their job. Witchblur is also populated by quite a few spoonie, neurodiverse, and poor witches who often have limits on both their time and energy. Please be considerate of that and save your search engine questions for Google, or their resources pages. So many of us have a resource page already compiled â even me, and Iâm not even a big blog. Take advantage of it and be respectful.
fuck all philosophy except for whatever the hell Diogenes was trying to teach
direct action
Diogenes of Sinope was on some real shit i tell you what.
-He lived in a tub in the market place cause fuck houses. There he would regularly masturbate in public and didnât give two shits.
-He would walk around with a lantern during the day and tell people he was looking for an honest man.
-Alexander the Great was a big fan of Diogenes. He asked Diogenes if he could do any favor, and Diogenes told him that he was standing in his light and to move. Alexander was impressed but the balls of this guy, and then said â
But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenesâ. Diogenes replied, âIf I were not Diogenes, I should also wish to be Diogenes.
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-He would Pee on people who insulted him.
-When Plato defined a man as a âfeatherless bipedâ, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it to him, declaring âBEHOLD! PLATOS MAN!â
-The face spitting came from an instance where a man invited Diogenes to his splendid manor, and told him not to spit anywhere. So Diogenes spit in his face.
-For a while his only possession was a bowl. When he saw a child drinking water with his hands, he threw away the bowl because why bother with it when he can just use his hands?
-One theory of how he died is that he just got tired of living, held his breath, and then died. He specified in his will he wanted his body thrown out of the city so wild animals can eat it.
Seriously people should read up on this guy. He was next level shit.
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