Oh fuck it all.

I would kind of like to see a monotheist vs polytheist philosophical/theological debate. I am not sure why. Maybe because my brother's on about Aquinas and "necessary existence" and I'm not sure how I would (if I presently could) counterargue.

I wish my mother would shut the fuck UP about the US military and religion. I don't know any side of the story but hers but I can tell her "the military is anti-Christian" thing is at least half bullshit.

Wait, my coworker with the "Happy Federal Holiday" 'joke' last week wasn't joking?

I REALLY wish Mom would shut up about socialism and inclusiveness and other words she doesn't know the meaning of.

Ye gods I wish I'd not come to the family thing today. But I didn't want to be alone while hacking my fucking lungs up.

My uncle likes to talk politics.

Yeah, I'll believe the NSA spying protects us from terrorism when a white male mass-shooter-wannabe who posts on Reddit about shooting people the next day is arrested that night, not shrugged off.

Can SO be angry at companies for being companies, that is, for considering the making of money for the owners to be the sole priority. But am not having the Why Capitalism Fucking Sucks discussion with Mom present.

How did we get on gender politics in STEM with me on the verge of laryngitis? Everyone is telling me to shut up to save my voice but we are finally on a subject I can TALK about! (I've gone down like two octaves from the coughing.)

(no subject)

Dad shared a thing on Facebook alleging that order kiosks at McDonald's replacing cashiers are because of workers striking for a living wage. (Snopes says not true, but wtfever.) Dad CALLED ME OVER to show it to me on his phone. And yet it is MY fault we just had the Fuck Capitalism argument when nobody wanted to argue.

Well. The first bit of the argument. Mom abruptly changed the subject and my voice is shot.

(no subject)

Oh for fuck's sake. I am literally arguing that class stratification via college price tag hurts many more people than it helps, and my uncle is telling me to find an argument that free higher education does more good for more people than high tuition prices do. Because that's what sells politically.

I have hardly slept for four nights. I have a killer cough, killer sore throat, and killer headache. And the football game is audible from the sitting room, which means there is nowhere sensory-friendly in my aunt's whole house right now. STOP PROVOKING ME.