It’s a hard-knock life for us
By I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a tweet that more perfectly encapsulates How We Got Here and Why We’re So Screwed:
Tragedy is when I have to endure a minor inconvenience for a few minutes in the middle of a public health crisis, comedy is when a worker at ShopRite catches COVID from assholes who refuse to follow the rules. Make sure to check out my follow-up essay in which I argue that being denied service at the Olive Garden, The Cheesecake Factory, AND Bahama Breeze merely because I refused to wear a shirt or shoes is a worse human rights violation than chattel slavery.