I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL
“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”
I’m serious too when I say that settlers and their aggressive, destructive farming practices were main factors in the dust bowl.
They stripped the prairie by plowing deep, deep into the soil—destroying the deep roots of the prairie grasses and plants that hold onto moisture in the soil and hold it together even during a drought.
Those roots were so important:
They planted voracious plants by themselves acre upon acre—things like corn which is so destructive even here in the Great Lakes region we rotate our fields of corn with soybeans because the corn strips nitrogen and beans put it back.
The soil turned to dust. The plants were not there to hold the soil and hold the moisture. The droughts hit and that was that.
Settlers version of farming is DANGEROUS and harsh and requires so many chemicals—chemicals most white people will never have to worry about in their water
So yes. Fuck your fantasy. Grow some lettuce in a wheelbarrow, put some herbs on your window sill, and raise some backyard chickens instead lmfao.
So I’ve been on T for a little over a year, and it was pointed out to me that my transition looks a lot like Bitty at the beginning of the comic vs. now