Lavender [they/them]

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Cake day: May 8th, 2025

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  • I’m glad they’re scared, but it is strange to witness in real time.

    We’re not bringing out the Central Park Guillotine with this primary win, but they legit believe that they can’t safely live in New York anymore. Like they don’t have layers upon layers of social protections to insulate them from their consequences.

    I mean it makes sense the way they regard homelessness, but to see them buying all of these lies wholeheartedly. To be that out of touch with reality.

    I still see them as evil more than foolish, but damn what a waste of the time and resources at their disposal. What an utter lack of curiosity. They could’ve gotten the best education in the world to leverage their power in the most effortless ways, but they see a mayor winning a primary and they’re heading for the hills.

    This is a win, but still. Weird.



  • I would argue that it’s more ironic and less parasocial than calling someone Daddy. There is an implication of less closeness, and uncles/aunts aren’t as societally revered as patents, especially cool uncles/aunts.

    I also think there’s less of a parasocial dynamic since we tend to approach these people from a materialist standpoint. These folks are compared to a cool uncle because they introduce ideas outside of the traditional education we receive from parents, not because they are aesthetically like a parent we can project our vague wishes onto.

    Like the presupposition of closeness isn’t there.



  • I mean the US is a deeply patriarchal society that has normalized and enabled abusive patriarchs in the homes. It stands to reason that the highest office in the US is a reflection of what its people view as the position of father.

    It’s not unique to Trump, but it’s certainly the most open-faced. His supporters go on like insufferable kids, trying to stay on his good side and celebrating him for enabling their worst impulses.

    But the libs have done it too, Daddy Biden, Daddy Cuomo, Tim Walz, etc. Even Kamala had maternal traits imposed onto her, but only in relation to her running mate being coded as a father.

    There’s some serious pathology going on in the US. Shit sucks.