re: benefits street.
they weren’t claiming benefits like an mp claims benefits - or prince charles. but a different sort of benefits that they weren’t entitled to, because they were poor.
when i was watching it i felt sort of, pity, for the people in it. but when i went on twitter, everyone was angry with them. so i thought, “oh i’ve got it wrong. i’d better join in with that.” so then i wrote these little tweet things about how they were scum and bastards, and how i hoped the government fucking shoots them and then stands over their bodies, pumping bullet after bullet into their benefit scumbastard bodies. and i got like 20 new followers for that, so it was a pretty good program, yeah.
people say there’s no community anymore, but watching that interesting show and joining in with everyone on the internet; hating them together - sort of, outdoing each other to express how much hate you felt was amazing. i don’t think i’ve ever felt so much, like, part of a huge group, with all this fun anger surging through us. it really made me feel alive. i can’t wait ‘til next week’s episode.