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bridge burning and social media

The other day, Twitter suspended my account temporarily because of a post i made where i was mean to President Donald J. Trump, who is a member of a protected class: bigots. I appealed the suspension and lost, so i’m appealing again. They won’t unblock my account unless i delete the tweet, which i am unwilling to do.

twitter screenshot of my suspension notification including offending text

In a weird rage, i threw my phone against the door. Lately, any little thing has been setting me off. i don’t even remember what this time involved, but i’ve vowed to stop taking my prescriptions and just drop them all off at a drug drop-off. I also called the mental health clinic i go to and canceled an upcoming appointment. They asked why, so i told them i’m sick of being fucked up and nothing was working so i didn’t want to even try anymore. They responded by asking if i wanted to close my case so i said yes. I quickly hung up once she confirmed.

Honestly, i was a little weirded out that they didn’t try to help somebody obviously having a mental health crisis.

Anyway, at some point i finally got the nerve to look at my phone, and sure enough i saw bad screen damage in the corner, so i threw it into the garbage, logged into my mobile account, and deactivated my phone.

Then i deactivated my Facebook account. Previously, i had begun the process of deleting all my posts, comments, likes, and photos, and it was still ongoing, so it doesn’t really matter that it’s all gone now.

Oh, i almost forgot: i figured out how to delete my Instagram too, so i went ahead and did that.

At some point i heard a notification sound coming from the garbage so i fished out my phone and took the SIM and flash storage out. Out of curiosity, i peeled off the tempered glass screen protector. Apparently it did a great job, because i really whacked that thing against a metal door from about 15 feet away and the screen was actually undamaged.

So i guess all i’m saying here is that i’m having a crisis and burning every fucking bridge i can burn.

Almost cut my hair

Almost sharpened a knife

Told my wife to go ahead and call the cops because even though i knew i couldn’t hurt another living thing, i figured it would probably have been a good idea anyway. She didn’t.

Anyway, i’m still on Diaspora and Mastodon.

And the universe won’t survive Heat Death, so not a single bit of any of this even matters in the slightest.

By jae

jae lethe (he/she/they) is a blogger, musician, artist, poet, web developer/designer, armchair philosophizer, teller of tales, and gadabout. Also, something he calls a "behavioral artist." (Not sure.) She has plans. BIG plans.

Among the things that he has done for a laugh are minor fractures, cuts, scrapes, and various scabs. Though she's quick to point out that they're no imbecile, we're fairly certain that he thinks the word means some kind of medieval pharmacist.

This is her latest home on teh internets - where jae stores their swear words, when they're not hurling them at the sun in vain.