I, Anonymous
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Y’all Need to Chill
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It’s summer, the weather is nice, and people of all gender identities are showing more skin. There’s an election in the fall and plenty of time to bitch about the government and the end of the world or whatever. Let’s just hangout and enjoy the summer, hey?—Anonymous
Beyond Hope
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To the cretin turning left into the Tigard courthouse and almost ran over a pedestrian, and shouted “I didn’t see you!” when the pedestrian rightly gave ’em the finger:
There is stupid, and then there is — too stupid to KNOW you’re stupid. If both of your brain cells lack the sense to know you are responsible for “see and avoid”, and lack even the sense to have embarrassment and deep shame over being that stupid, then you are a waste of life energy and resources and are beyond help.
Do not reproduce.—Anonymous
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
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I’m sorry, but the continued cuts in TriMet service and a snowballing downward spiral towards a near death state is unacceptable. And we should NOT be sucking $50 out of people who are already fed up for an Arts Tax they don’t want, when that very same money (if it were to be taxed at all) would be much better spent funding TriMet. However the hell it’s done I’m starting to care less and less about. Believe it or not, one of the reasons I came here was because of the transit system. And if that goes, then so do I.—Anonymous
Dog Gone It
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Alerta! Gabriel summer dog park is closed. In JUNE. No explanations have been given. Let’s not let some new cat loving park and rec manager become the tail that wags the dog. Cynophiles unite!—Anonymous
Loving Loving Myself
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I am grateful to have wandered away from a place where cruelty passed for connection. You all relentlessly body shame and talk shit for what …fun? What a miserable way to live.
I have spent years carrying grief, untangling trauma, and building this little life for myself. Yeah I’m a little weirdo and my anxiety can be off-putting but I know I am kind, interesting, a beautiful person. It took a while but I found my people. They like art and music and sharing their crafts. They speak honestly of their struggles and are supportive. They meet the world with tenderness and understanding.
You all chose judgment over kindness, superiority over connection, I carry no desire to follow you there. I don’t need to become bitter to understand what bitterness does.
I hope, sincerely, that whatever pain you have faced that makes you shame and diminish others one day heals. I hope you discover that there is far more joy in building people up than tearing them down. I hope you learn that love is not scarce, that belonging is not earned through cruelty, and that there is enough beauty here for all of us.
I wish you all well but I am so glad I have decided not to be the object of your harm.—Anonymous