I am used to living in an insane world.
It is June 2020, and the world is going through a pandemic scare. Mass media peddle panic porn at an alarming rate, by design. Our city has come up with a mask mandate. For 60 days, you aren’t allowed to go out in public without wearing a face mask.
Of course this puts me in a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. Don’t wear a mask, and risk fines/citations from some Karen snitching. Do, and pass out and/or die because I can’t pull air through a mask or any other face covering. Of course, dying would be the better option for ME, but that would strand my son (if we were out together) and make their lives quite inconvenient.
But I am used to this.
For example…
Growing up, I was usually in a similar double bind quandary. If someone else were to take and use or destroy something explicitly mine, it was “tough luck” and “fair use”. This included things like homework, unfortunately. But if I looked at something – not even consuming it, just looking at it – it was stealing and a punishable offense. Even and including if someone else decided to lay claim to an otherwise unassigned or unclaimed thing.
Tough luck, indeed. RIP me.
We shall see what further dumpster fire July 2020 brings.