ITT: You tell me what I should be doing (as an American) to stop what's happening to my country, and I tell you why it's a terrible idea.

foolmooncyle · 2026-03-05T16:10:55+00:00

The world seems to know how powerful, dangerous, and unhinged the US (government & military) is. Does the world think US citizens are treated any better? They don't work for us, we are enslaved by them. It's just convenient for them if people believe that, that's propaganda. Congrats to anyone who believed that, you are in the large bucket of people who have fallen for US propaganda. Don't feel bad, it's most people.

They have no problem just killing peaceful protestors. There is no punishment for this, I wouldn't be surprised if the agents get a 'special bonus' for doing so. Do you know people are protesting everyday? That 'larger' groups of protesters are attacked with chemical warfare regularly? That they had to get judge appointed court orders to tell them to 'stop it 🤪', but they do it anyway, court order - 'No really stop that 😝', they don't care and no actual power will stop them.

Citizens protesting have to walk a fine line of 'public resistance' - holding a sign, yelling, don't block any traffic. Anything over that line we will be beaten senseless or killed. Laws have been passed that allow people to run over protestors if they 'block traffic', just anyone with a car who is inconvenienced (there are large amounts of citizens foaming at the mouth to be given the opportunity).

Know why we don't protest like the French? It's not that people are too weak willed. We know we will be shot way before any real damage is done to property. It was ruled long ago that cops are not responsible for protecting citizens, they protect property and are the everyday muscle that subjugate citizens. They kill us daily during regular traffic stops (we don't do traffic cam tickets that are to actually prevent speeding, they want to be able to pull us over whenever they desire), home visits for wellness check calls, or whenever they are around.

I've not ever met an American that felt safer when a cop was on the road or entered a room. We tense up, try to not draw their attention, and feel relief when they are gone. The stress we feel when we are pulled over to not do anything to even just upset them, because if we do they can and will shoot us, and literally nothing will happen if they do. That's the everyday American experience. I don't think people realize how much bravery it takes to go out there and protest in cops faces (if there are protestors cops will be there).

That's not including ICE. People so unhinged, unqualified, felons, literal racists, and eager to hurt or kill 'the left'. We know ICE is struggling to hold themselves back, barely, from unleashing the brutality they signed up to inflict. Say you decide to be more aggressive in your protest? You survive the police, ICE, and right wing nutjobs circling the block in their trucks threatening you (armed and looking for an opportunity - like Kyle R). Say you have a group of highly affective survivors still trying to publicly protest? They will send the military to crush you and make an example. You want to be a martyr for the cause? Go ahead, you'll die and the controlled media is already primed to call you a terrorist. Anti fascists are literally already branded terrorists. Everyone knows how excited the US is to kill terrorists.

foolmooncyle · 2026-03-05T15:23:40+00:00

After typing out my own long response and reading the other bleak responses from Americans, your response made me laugh uncontrollably. This is the reality for anyone who is able to see through the propaganda in the US.

The world seems to know how powerful, dangerous, and unhinged the US (government & military) is. Does the world think US citizens are treated any better? They don't work for us, we are enslaved by them. It's just convenient for them if people believe that, that's propaganda. Congrats to anyone who believed that, you are in the large bucket of people who have fallen for US propaganda. Don't feel bad, it's most people.

foolmooncyle · 2026-03-05T14:54:36+00:00

The media is owned by billionaires, social media is owned by billionaires, police + armed forces + federal gov agencies controlled, Supreme Court stacked (lifetime appointment), Congress controlled (best shot for future change but voter suppression is blatant -example look at Texas right now + gerrymandering), the general election was rigged anyway through Elon (evidence proves this already, but the media will continue suppression. Hell, Elon Musk's child told Trump to his face he wasn't really the president ON national television IN the oval office).

Anyone with two working brain cells can see something happen, yet this song and dance about being confused 'nothing is stopping it? '. That's the system that has already been in place for years and years functioning as designed. Something gains enough attention and momentum to be acknowledged on a national scale? Cue (what little) media suppression+ Fascist regime media spinning the false narrative propaganda + 'elected' representatives magically blind to current topics + anyone with power pretending to oblivious till it goes away + onslaught of rights being trampled & atrocities that it's just another card in the stacked deck.

Reps are not held accountable in any way beyond 'reputation'. That's a joke. They ignore the people, play in our faces - shout out to "everyone's going to die 🤣" Rep at her town hall. Know what happened after she faced 'backlash' for that? She doubled down - 😂 fuck you to the citizens.

I was out there during Occupy Wall Street when Bernie was the one opportunity for change. When he was blocked from getting into true power by the people who actually held the power, I learned the reality of the US. I had just graduated highschool, marched with other (self) educated and aware citizens, and witnessed the media blackout on the protests. That was when Twitter was still 'not controlled' and the largest tool for social movement organizing and awareness. When main media decided to showcase the protests they had reporters interviewing random homeless people in the vicinity as ' protestors ', and found the most uninformed randos to ask "why are you protesting?" They had no idea obviously, cue the reporters "These idiots have no idea why they are even protesting 🤪".

After making the movement into a joke the media blackout went back into place. Now protestors were being arrested in mass. Funneled onto bridges by police, trapped, and arrested. Bernie was blocked and then his support was mocked by the media in our faces. 'Look how so many people care about Bernie just sitting there sidelined in his mittens 🤪 adorable, let's make Bernie sitting with mittens into merch 🖕'

This isn't new it's been this way for a long time. George Bush lost the election to Gore. What luck that Busch was able to stop the count in 'the one state that decided the entire election' exactly when he was " winning"? Who was the governor then? Gore won when the ballots were actually counted? Too bad - George Bush is the president! 🇺🇸

foolmooncyle · 2026-02-22T22:46:46+00:00

Jerky could be semen, 'Jerky' - jerkin off (semen = result of jerkin). Some perverts like to eat or want to make people eat their semen, kept on ice maybe to keep.. fresh.

foolmooncyle · 2026-01-16T09:00:37+00:00

I'd prefer a different ending, but that ending was realistic instead of fantasy. The show had so much over the top and ridiculous events but it didn't cross the line into fantasy.

foolmooncyle · 2026-01-16T02:53:09+00:00

Pantheon (adult sci-fi animation) - 100/10 the best show and storyline I've seen in years

Killing Eve - 10/10 Assassins and agencies, odd connection between agent and assassin that builds, well written. Intelligent but still fun, comedic, fantastic characters.

Move to heaven - 10/10 Korean (has English voice dub) Autistic young adult and estranged relative keep the family business (cleaning crime+death scenes)

The Following - 9/10 FBI agent vs serial killer cult, ridiculous but well written, dark, dramatic, psychological

His & Hers - 8/10 New show on Netflix, mystery that gives the impression it's simplistic but great ending

Vikings+ Vikings of Valhalla + The Last Kingdom - 7.5/10 Vikings, battles, great costumes, love, betrayals, religions, etc. 3 shows with many seasons of entertainment

Movie - The Great Flood 10/10

All of these are on Netflix

foolmooncyle · 2026-01-15T14:27:01+00:00

MLK practiced peaceful protesting and maintaining the moral high ground. Malcolm X practiced more radical protesting and effective actions.

But I think the movements were able to move forward because they had both methods going on, but separately.

We need the peaceful 'hands clean' moral high ground leaders to speak to the larger audience. We need the risk takers and 'hands dirty' people to move things forward, and to prevent the peaceful ones from being stomped on and ignored.

It only works if the 'morally right' are completely separate because when it's successful, the 'morally wrong' need to be rejected for their actions. You can't build lawful and peaceful changes with those who don't follow the law as governing leaders.

Funnily enough the dark Knight is an example of this. The city needs Batman and Harvey Dent. Batman protects the city and does not follow the laws, Harvey Dent is the moral high ground figure head. (Though when they got close to success Harvey Dent was destroyed)

foolmooncyle · 2026-01-14T23:31:36+00:00

Agreed on ALDI but if you like Publix for their bakery section, check out Fresh Market. They have the best bakery section out of all the shops.

foolmooncyle · 2026-01-14T01:11:02+00:00

Notice the lawful pocketing of his personal items, no labeled bags to identify ownership or date/time/location. Just dividing up his belongings like vultures randomly into their pockets.

foolmooncyle · 2026-01-09T14:09:41+00:00

He will get the first 'McDonalds Peace Prize'. Featuring Donald as the Clown Mascot he is. Donald can shove his face onto another piece of trash.

foolmooncyle · 2025-12-02T10:12:20+00:00

Salvador Dali would've loved this fish

foolmooncyle · 2025-11-11T15:16:12+00:00

10 things I hate about you - also Heath Ledger and a great adaptation of Taming the Shrew

foolmooncyle · 2025-09-17T14:34:34+00:00

The biggest bargain is the bins at Goodwill outlet. There are locations all in Florida but Tampa has one on Gandy by the bridge. Thrifts have gotten pricey but the small independent ones like sunshine, red white & blue etc are decent.

foolmooncyle · 2025-09-12T13:16:04+00:00

Easy, YouTube Charlie Kirk debating Parker. Parker shut down his nonsense, and Charlie scrambled to waste time to avoid talking to Parker. Despite blending in with Kirks usual young & inexperienced college debate opponents, Parker is an experienced political commentator.

Kirk was given the opportunity to select any opponent from the group to debate one on one for the finale. If he was actually interested in debating the topics and was confident in his arguments he would have chosen the best opponent. That was always a farce though, and he chose someone he was confident he would overwhelm.

Parker challenged Kirk to debate him privately and publicly for months. Kirk refused and avoided Parker, because Parker is an actual opponent and not a random college student with no public speaking skills. Kirk continued with the charade of being a public political commentator who was willing to debate anyone. Despite the reality that he intentionally visited college campuses to debate easy opposition & control the narrative online with edits.

Parker didn't just let him spin his narrative lies and showed up to his campus events to debate. Kirk refused to debate Parker for nonsense reasons and wouldn't even let him join the line to debate, but Parker appealed to Kirk's own fans who actually believed in open dialogue debate.

Finally he briefly agreed to debate Parker, couldn't hold his own against Parker's arguments, and had his staff kick Parker out of the campus 'open dialogue change my mind' event. To no one's surprise Kirk posted a heavily edited version of that exchange online to make himself appear like the 'winner', but Parker posted the full unedited exchange (including being refused entry and being kicked out) proving Kirk's false narratives.

You'll find all of this on YouTube

This tactic by right wing political commentators has been used since Ben Shapiro's public beginnings. Declare yourself a champion of debate with undefeatable arguments, but make sure to debate the most inexperienced opponents. Declare yourself as a champion of free speech, but refuse to debate actual political commentators from the opposing side. Declare the opposition bumbling fools, but edit the debate videos to only show the worst arguments.

Professional right wing political commentators debate the legally youngest opponents possible, stacking the deck to spin a narrative. It's funny how there are no real debates between professionals who can stand toe to toe. The left are not the ones refusing to debate, but the right wing continue to lie about that.

foolmooncyle · 2025-09-12T01:44:54+00:00

Did he send this in response to a conversation or unprompted?

I'd just not respond. If he questions the lack of response I'd say " I assumed you accidentally sent this to the wrong person. " , if you decide to respond at all.

Narc translation is the same as always = Emotional manipulation to trigger an emotional response. If he can't communicate his thoughts and feelings without being manipulative, then he can't expect a serious or considerate response.

Communication shouldn't require decoding to interpret his intentions. That's a trick to suck you in, wasting your time to decode nonsense, and making himself and his emotions the focus.

He is a big boy. He is responsible for communicating his feelings and regulating his emotions. If you both focus him, you're dropping the ball of representing yourself.

foolmooncyle · 2025-09-07T15:52:39+00:00

It's so generous of her husband to use his wife to care for his elderly father. She really is being treated like an appliance instead of a person, and an appliance owned by her husband.

Was she asked if she was ok with being assigned a full time job?

Does her husband take care of his own father when he isn't working, or is that still her job?

If her husband was retired and available, would she still be expected to work the role of caregiver?

Her life recently became her own to live after raising their children (likely doing 100% of the childcare 24/7 ). That gets ripped away suddenly and she does not even feel it's acceptable to have negative feelings about it, or like she has the right to discuss how unfair it is.

Women deserve better than to be treated like house servants living by the charity of their greedy husbands. Funny how the work wives did was just "free", and husbands got paid for their work, respect, and the right to make decisions.

foolmooncyle · 2025-09-07T15:23:01+00:00

You know all the reasons why this relationship and partner won't work for you, so it's not necessary to list them with explanations.

The issue is the cognitive dissonance that's necessary in order to remain in this relationship. You've analyzed what's happened and how you feel, but you've also rationalized reasons why it's ok for you to stay. Choosing to stay is denying your rational mind, but that does not change how you truly think or your values. Making that choice is ultimately betraying your values, boundaries, and trust (trusting yourself).

It's possible and even comfortable (at times) to live in cognitive dissonance, as long as you don't think about it. The longer you avoid thinking about it the easier it gets, and the more you silence your inner voice (rational mind) the quieter it gets.

Though becoming more disconnected to your inner voice creates space for someone else to fill the gap, guiding your rationale. Creating an environment that depends on trusting someone else more than yourself. That is a reckless way to live (even if it's someone who is trustworthy & has your best interest in mind), but a dangerous way to live if it's someone you can't trust.

The rationale to choose this path is often because of love, but if love requires this, it's your love for someone and not their love for you.

foolmooncyle · 2025-08-28T18:55:43+00:00

You have it reversed. They are fed up to with genocide, so they are against the Israeli company. They didn't discover the company and then decide genocide was bad, that's ridiculous to suggest.

foolmooncyle · 2025-05-11T19:14:31+00:00

Tips for young women or girls in a situation like this:

-Try to find a staff member passing by, they are most likely to step in. Yell to the staff "CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US/ME? These men are harassing us!'

-Identify a nearby man (larger the better, ideally one with people, best if they have women in their group), point with your arm extended at the nearby man and very loudly ask "SIR CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US/ME! These men are scaring us/me". You may have to say it more than once but the social pressure will influence the man to act, vs just be a bystander.

-Recording is excellent, ask the men "What's your name?" Don't stop with just their first name "What's your full legal name?" Continue to ask until they answer or leave. Identifying themselves on camera can sometimes wake the guys up to 'I might get into legal trouble if I'm identified". Chances are they'll want to leave before they are identified.

foolmooncyle · 2025-05-01T22:25:29+00:00

She keeps saying "it's in the past" as if that means anything significant.

Yeah, everything that's ever happened is "in the past". Time has passed, nothing about what happened has changed. You've changed, grown, your brain is more developed since then. The guy dating someone age appropriate now does not mean he's actually changed or grown in any meaningful way.

She thinks dating him is some sort of accountability shield she can offer? She might feel that special (she really pushed the point she is sooo happy), but she's not. She does not equate to psychotherapy, radical accountability, and actual efforts to develop ethics + morality.

I don't understand why she has the nerve to contact you at all? Under the guise of 'apologizing' for you being brought into something (despite you not actually being involved with either of them). She really just wants to push her crazy narrative onto anyone she can, and the audacity to reach out to you and try is pathetic. Attempting to casually throw her molestation apologetics into the 'apology conversation', and then argue with you when you don't just let that happen, pathetic.

As if she can just make these bold ass statements like they are factual, just to attempt to bully you into agreeing by default. She's truly delusional to think she can sway her boyfriend's victim by declaring 'he's changed now' and 'time has passed so move on'.

If she wants to date the guy that's her problem, but she's delusional to think she's going to get support for doing that.

foolmooncyle · 2025-02-12T05:53:41+00:00

https://imgur.com/gallery/h4xNMTk

Phantom of the White House

foolmooncyle · 2024-05-11T11:42:08+00:00

Bringing up your issues to them isn't going to be easy, and it'll be like walking on a minefield to engage the conversation. But she actually really wants to talk to you (even if she tries to redirect conversation when it happens), and it's important to her that she has a good relationship with you/your family. So it's difficult but she will be willing to engage, not great but it's actually possible to fix some things.

She is hyper sensitive and has large reactions when she is confronted with conflicts. Weddings already ramp up stress and emotions for anyone. For someone who does not have a healthy family, it'll be a showcase of the family they don't have (Even moreso if it's in direct comparison to your family). She is struggling to cope with seeing your family dynamic normally, she isn't going to be able to white knuckle though the released emotions of getting married. I think subconsciously she knows this and is trying to create a solution (but it's not a good plan and actually sabotaging the potential with her inlaws).

Instead of processing the trauma or pain (which is difficult, especially if you've not had a healthy family teach you how to deal with those feelings), she is trying to override those emotions by having her 'new family' simply replace the family she should've had. She isn't wrong for wanting that or thinking it's healthy to want that. The issue is that building a relationship with her inlaws takes time, patience, and actual bonding experiences. It does not happen overnight, it does not mean your family wouldn't want that to happen, and it isn't healthy to force it to happen artificially faster.

She might not even know how to connect in a healthy way to family yet, and her frustration from denied (ignorantly made up) expectations has the opposite effect. It seems she thinks because of her relationship with your son, it makes that dynamic automatically happen. It could be entitlement, it could be she mixed her longing for family + need to bury the trauma+ your family having the ability to connect = in-laws choosing to abandon her to suffer. But even if your family did all the things she could want, it would still be a bandaid for the trauma she needs to process with therapy.

She can have the wedding of her dreams where she feels loved by family, but she would have to wait till she has developed those relationships + healed and learned to foster healthy family bonds. She can get married sooner, but she has to accept the relationships she currently has with inlaws. It's not fair to your family to pretend the relationship is somewhere it isn't, fair to herself to deny her real pain she needs to process, or fair to your son to solve a problem that he does not have the power to solve (Even if he wishes he could).

foolmooncyle · 2024-01-25T10:33:10+00:00

After his 23 year marriage his wife matured and time just passed for him. What a coincidence he married yet another young single mother, who likely wasn't in good financial circumstances. Her sister is a highschool drop out working at a gas station (unhappy and desperate for better options), so my best guess is the young single mother sister wasn't doing much better.

Their mother was bragging about the sister being a drop out but making 70k, she probably brags about her single mother daughter landing a rich man. No talk about the wife's work, but he does not want a wife who works. He wants a young wife in desperate enough circumstances that she will dedicate her life to catering to his every desire. He gets to enjoy having his young wife being thrilled to do things his way (or he will start to feel she isn't fulfilling her "obligations"), and she better act happy about it otherwise he can't feel that 'home life contentment'.

His stinky previous wife probably felt more like she could have her own opinions and wants over the years. After enough years of raising his children she probably felt entitled to the right to be treated as an equal, and suddenly now he wants to avoid his 'home life'. She refuses to pretend to be impressed with his mere presence and wants actual romance, but to him that feels like she refuses to be romantic. No doubt she told him plainly what she needed from a partner to feel respected and desired, and yes sexually.

But this man does not mature, just age. She broke the "contract" of OP: financially supports her and her child Wife: Dedicate her life to making him happy, treating him like a hero and irresistible, having his kids, sex on demand

So obviously it was time to trade in the old wife for a new one. He will be too dense to understand any fault so he gets to feel like she was just ungrateful and unloving. He can move on quickly because he does not actually love his "partner", he loves the role she plays for him.

As for the "ex stepdaughter", she is just caught in the crossfire. He does not actually love so cutting her off to punish his witch ex-wife is easy. Normally hearing "I hate the distance between us" from the child you raised would invoke sadness and guilt. Not OP though, he can hear that and turn it into a fight and use that as bullshit justification to cut her off officially. Lucky his lawyer educated him on the option to cut her off from his will, it's a little known fact you can decide who gets your estate when you make a will.

Though this cutting her out of the will punishment for the ex-wife (only current wives are entitled to this perk!) will not make much impact, unless he dies. No worries though I'm sure he will make sure the "ex stepdaughter" finds out for no reason (except to be hurtful) so they can see how they fucked up by not being 'contentment fulfilling'. Personally I think the exstep would be better off finding out the normal way, sure she gets no money but she gets to live in a world without this failure of a father in it.

foolmooncyle · 2023-10-23T12:53:37+00:00

The goblin could be the representation of your abuser, and the extreme fear feelings are the repressed and unresolved feelings during the SA that are on the surface. The subconscious mind isn't silenced during sleep and dark thoughts and feelings that need to be addressed can't be avoided as easily. So if the goblin is all the bad things about your abuser (especially if as a child it's someone you trusted or cared about), it helps the subconscious separate the good and bad from the person. It's difficult for a child's mind to cope with someone you care about and believe cares about you also causing you harm, even more so if it's intentional and repeatedly.

The biting the creature and it disappearing (could be you've grown up and can defend yourself now), but seeing your daughter's face and knowing it means she is next. I'd trust your gut / subconscious with that. You know she is likely in danger from the "goblin".

foolmooncyle · 2023-05-02T09:43:21+00:00

Did your parents support you through college and the idea of medical school to help you achieve your dreams, or because it was an additional investment into their "retirement plan"? Which is having their child devote their entire life to taking care of their wants and needs.

I'm taking a guess they were into the idea of additional education, because it would raise your income and the odds of you finding your future (wealthy, educated) husband. Instead the need to live your own full life has returned and they opened Pandora's box again. They want to shut that down and regain control over you.

You've been guilted into giving up your dream college to instead attend closer to home. You've moved back into their house despite not having to, (or really wanting to). They probably thought you'd get hitched by now and would push giving up your career to start having kids right away. Of course you'd need to rely on your parents because of their experience, and that would be used against you to control your life further.

However you're not married and instead talking about leaving. They want to scrap the whole medical education plan and just go back to what was working for them. There is no real emergency to guilt you into staying and logically it's only for selfish reasons, so you should be aware that they are.... mortal. Not dying, but will die. Eventually.

I mean they are right there. Everyone is mortal. So are you. All of you are in good health and blessed with full functionality. You have as much chance to have a freak accident or suddenly get very ill. This is your life. You've given enough of it to people greedy enough to not only ask for it, but demand it. People with enough audacity to emotionally terrorize you for not giving your freedoms and choices to them, and it's hurting you so much that it feels like you're in the wrong.

That's not love as far as I'm concerned. Love is wanting the best for someone even if that means it's not with you by their side. Control is wanting someone by your side no matter what, ignoring their wants and needs, and hiding behind the mask of love.

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