the average person doesn't expect you to be a perfect ethical consumer, that's not possible for the vast majority of us. but what youre saying is it's better to do nothing at all and choose the worst possible options (sweat shops, overseas shipping waste, idea/product theft, all wrapped up in SHEIN) than to put even the tiniest effort in where you can.
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What I said was "some people are doing literally everything they can to survive and have no extra bandwidth to spend extra time and money on their purchases, and it is cruel and therefore un-punk to gatekeep punkness and add additional shame to these people's lives based on that fact."
I think it's still a good thing to try to ethically consume; I literally never said it wasn't. I had never even heard of SHEIN before. Rather, I am much more concerned about what I saw as arbitrary gatekeeping based on ability and income.
And frankly how dare you claim that I am supporting sweatshops and abuse by saying that this additional work you are demanding (in this case, presumably, vetting every clothing company you buy from) is not always possible for people. It is not a light accusation to accuse me of supporting abuse.
"How dare you say we piss on the poor", Etc. 🙄 this isn't Twitter. You are determined to enforce moral purity, but you are failing to see the nuance.
Because when I say "no extra bandwidth," I mean no extra bandwidth. This is not the "car shows it's on E but actually secretly it has a lot of gas left" situation that abled people constantly assume disabled people mean when they say they are at their limit.
This is "the car has stopped moving, and to move it I'd have to break my body pushing it." This is "at a certain point, people will hit a wall in terms of money and time and energy, and any energy spent after that comes directly out of their life force."
So the argument "okay but just spend a little more time money and energy actually" is not a valid one.
And the argument "if you are not able to do this specific task, then it means you're not doing anything else to make the world a better place" doesn't exactly impress me either. You said yourself that it is impossible to be a perfectly ethical consumer for most people.
How do you know what else people are doing to resist oppression? How many hours per week until your standards are met?What if someone works 3 jobs? Does that mean it's harder to be a good person if you're poor?? Why do you get to decide what specific avenue of bettering the world is the most morally repugnant or acceptable? What kind of proof of goodness and effort would make you satisfied enough to lay off on the shame?? Who are you helping??
Clothing is a fundamental human need, and some of us have to buy cheap fucking clothes quickly. Billionaires are buying their seventh yacht this month. The people who own fast fashion companies are abusing their workers and putting local affordable clothing stores out of business - and this applies for basically every company with price points that low because governments are failing to regulate corporations to enforce basic human rights.
I have $300 to spend on a new wardrobe as my old clothes have fallen apart or become too small. Do you have a way for me to get a new winter coat, 3 flannels, 10 shirts, 3 dress shirts, new sandals, 10 pairs of pants, 5 bras, 12 pairs of socks, and 10 pairs of underwear within that budget and also definitely 100% ethically sourced, with free returns in case it doesn't fit? Or will I simply have to use the cheap stores?
I have about an hour to spend on this per week. Many mainstream stores doesn't make clothes in my size, and I am now in *year 5* of needing an electric wheelchair and being unable to get one; plus I live up a flight of stairs, so I can't even bring my walker out with me - so thrift shopping is not gonna cover this. Should I continue to wear small and tattered clothing until I have the time, money, and energy to meet your standards?
Did you know there are more empty homes in this country than homeless people? If I decide to splurge on only 100% ethically-produced products, and I can't make rent, and I become homeless, are YOU going to be there for me?? Or are you too busy litigating the endless tiny shames of poverty in your own community?
So I ask you again, are you SURE this is where you want to direct your punk energy?
Because there are a whole lot of rich people relying on people like us punching down and to the side instead of looking up to see where the money is going.
Because energy and time, as it turns out, are limited resources. And I would never expect you to secretly have more than you claim to have.
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Y'know, the thing I'm starting to hate on you all for is slightly mischaracterizing Killbot 86 as a robot who would "miss his aim" or just a fucked up all because he was- y'know. HE WAS LITERALLY SABOTAGE?!?! BY THAT FUCK ASS EYEBALL BITCH WHO CANT DO HIS FUCKIN JOB???
KILLBOT 86 IS LITERALLY REFER TO AS "The best bounty hunter in the galaxy" ALONGSIDE RONGRUFFLE & POTTED PLANT!! JUST BECAUSE OF ONE MISHAP, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HIS TITLE GOES OUT THE WINDOW CAUSE OF COMMANDER PEEPER
I genuinely hate you all. Wander over yonder fans DO NOT INTERACT W ME I SWEAR TO GOD-
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If I have to walk my fucking dog again I'm going to attempt
Context: My mom asks me to walk the dog bc my sister and brother don't ever wanna (Which pisses me off bc my brother dropped out of highschool freshman year I think and hasn't picked up a fucking job and just stays home and.. Games all day ig and my sister had gotten a job but right after her first shift decided that she won't work again but WON'T tell them so my coworkers have asked about her and it's fucking humiliating and it's just like AGGG. WHAT THE FUCK DUDE??) Anyways yea
So I walk her every fucking time bc my sister always refuses (My mom doesn't ask my bro a lot bc they kinda have a silent fued going on sooooo.... Yea, she gave up on that but sometimes she'll ask)
Anyways the only reason I do it is so the stupid fucking baby wont shit in the house and like.. Not her fault. It's a fucking animal. But also every single time a fucking moving organism moves around her she goes fucking nuts and it's like STYA THE FUCK AWAY FROM PEOPLE I DON'T WANT THEM TO TALK TO ME I DON'T EVEN WANT TO WALK YOUR DUMB ASS I JUST DO IT BC WHO ELSE WILL??? AND IT'S SO OVERSTIMULATING SO AT HOME I'M JUST FUCKING MISREBLE AND LIKE SUUUUUURE MAYBE I'M A FUCKING HERMIT BUT AT LEAST I ACTUALLY GO TO MY FUCKING JOB AND WOULD ACTUALLY, OH I DUNNO, COMMUNICATE TO THEM IF I HAD A FUCKING ISSUE OR IF I WASN'T READY FOR WORK OR SOME SHIT AND IT'S JUST LIKE-
IT'S BEEN AT LEAST TEN MINUTES AND IT STILL PISSES ME OFF LIKE DUDE??? MY DOG HAS NO REASON TO BE THIS BATSHIT CRAZY ONCE SEEING PEOPLE AND I FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE HOLDING HER AWAY FROM THEM BUT LIKE GOD DAMN IT STOP JUMPING AT PEOPLE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE ME YOU STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLE IT'S NOT EVEN YOUR FAULT YOUR ONLY CRIME IS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR ASS AND IT FUCKING AWFUL BC LIKE.. WHO THE FUCK DO I BLAME? LIKE YEA, I'M MAD AT MY SIS AND BRO BUT ALSO LIKE THEY'RE BASICALLY STRANGERS IN MY LIFE I BARELY FUCKING KNOW THEM SO HOW CAN I BE MAD AT A STRANGER????
Anyways if it's not obv I've been off my medssssss
Kinda wanna die guys <3
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