yeah saw a YouTube vid the other day two lesbians having a breakup fight really tearing into each other ripping chunks of hair out and shit and the cop pepper sprays them trying to get them to at least break it up before they kill each other and both of them just. keep. going.

So I do inpatient Psych violence management in particular and yeah girl fights are waaay worse (9/10 w men you just have to break eye contact / line of sight) but like. The actual scientific term is hysterical strength (#dadreflexes or mom lifting a car off a baby) but to get that from a domestic relationship breakup...

when you're getting hysterical strength over nothing like that it's because the adrenaline system is getting activated too much without a proper cooldown. every time that system gets activated it gets a little easier to activate again for a while.

so maybe their relationship is just that awful idk. but I bet even if it is it's not just the relationship. they're in an environment where violence isn't just a social norm: it's getting hardwired into them so deep they can get fucking pepper sprayed and keep trying to kill their domestic partner. Shits fucked y'all.

the land of methtasia

Someone tried to steal my plate in 2013, and I'm sure people have been doing it forever. I'm not sure plate stealing is the barometer for how the US is faring, although I don't disagree that it's a dumpster fire.