I’ve recently realized that I have to differentiate sadness and grief from depression and anxiety. Having suffered from depression in the past has made me afraid of falling down that hole again. But everyone experience negative feelings from time to time. It’s natural and not dangerous at all. When I focus too much on my negative feelings and worry about them, that’s when it gets worse. Feeling sad sometimes is normal. Trust that it will pass and it probably will. Depression is not a feeling, it’s an illness.
An action being “punishable by a fine” basically means “legal for rich people”.
Oh wow. That’s…
I once dated a rich guy and if I said “Hey it’s illegal to drink on the street” he’d respond with “Nah, it just costs £150″, or “You can’t park here!” “Yeh I can it costs £35″ like… literally… that’s how he saw fines, it was just how much you paid to do the thing.
Reminds me of the double red lines in London. They exist because rich people kept parking on double yellow lines (which mean “no parking” in the UK) and then just paying the fines. So London started putting double red lines on major roads. If you park on double red lines, they don’t give you a ticket. They tow your car away and crush it.
I like that.
For rich people, it stops being a fine and starts being a fee
This is why I approve of getting a fine based on your income.
