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^ and if people are going to do a £100 shop, with a trolley full of 200 toilet rolls, 3000 tins of cat food, etc, then do it at some other time of day. I've started to go to the supermarket at 7 am these days, to try to avoid these situations. 9pm-10pm is also not a bad time.

And that's another thing as well. I've never thought about the sugar tax until about 4 days ago. You can get 10 tins of coke zero or diet coke for £3 but because of the sugar tax you only 8 tins for £3.99.

It's just ridiculous really. I only have Coca-Cola but once a year (at Christmas) so why should I have to suffer the sugar tax.

Things people say, translated.

"Why don't you just _____" = "I have zero understanding or experience of your problem and I have thought about it for all of 0.5 milliseconds. But that's not going to stop me from patronising you."

"Oh, it'll be fine" = "For you, my friend, the gates of hell are about to open. Seeya!"

"I'm not being funny, but - " = "Hey, look, I can insult you right to your face and then act like you're being unreasonable for objecting! Being an @$$hole is great!"

The word "just" needs to be drop-kicked into oblivion.

#ableism

You know what? I'm sick of being told how I'm supposed to be defining my womanhood and how I'm meant to feel about my body. What characters I'm supposed to relate to and how I'm meant to feel about my physical flaws. As cliché as it is, I'm me. That's enough. I shouldn't have to justify my existence.

I'm just so tired of the hateful rhetoric here on WP. I've met some wonderful people here of course--but the racist, homophobic/transphobic, narrow-minded people are really starting to wear on me. I feel even more like an outsider than usual.

I have even tried to avoid PPR, but it just seems to leak over into other areas of this forum. I may leave permanently. If any of you want to stay in contact, feel free to message me.

^ Please check your PMs.

I think I've become a fan of NASCAR.
Even the oval tracks.

I don't get why they have to make things so convoluted compared to other racing though.

I agree that the hateful crap on here is getting old, and I'm sorry to hear that you may be leaving due to it.

There's a lot of trolls around lately. Personally, I've decided to stick around so I can refute their BS and stand up for human rights. I don't like the idea of these people destroying our (relatively) safe space. I understand though if you feel it's too upsetting. I'd be happy to keep in touch with you regardless of what you decide.

^ The problem you run into... responding to and refuting their, often nonsense, posts is feeding them. Yes, we shouldn't feed them but how can you not in some cases? Their posts are designed so you have to respond. AAARRRGGHH.

I don't like when their nonsense seems to be representative of autistic people.

Of course we can all have different opinions and that's fine, but we can't just let these attitudes take over without a counterpoint.

I try my best to decrease my interactions with some people and avoid certain topics. I learned very early on that many arguments here on WP are not worth my energy or time. Feeding the trolls isn't something I set out to do.

However, it becomes quite difficult to not raise my voice when such awful things are being spewed all over WP (even outside of PPR). I am, of course, concerned that many of these posts are intentionally made to incite a response. Also, they seem to have become more common as of late.

I'm going to try my best to stay. Thanks for caring <3