Citizen Erased

When I was a kid in Vancouver there was an older, childless couple who used to sit on their screened porch on summer nights with no lights on. You could see their cigarettes in the dark. They would drink until they started to argue, then half the street would have to put up with two people calling each other every foul name they could think of at full volume. This would last until one of them got up and slammed the door behind them on their way in the house. Nobody ever talked about it and nobody ever called the police. Alcohol and anger are a bad mixture. Doesn't matter if it's 2023 or 1963, things haven't changed much.

I wish it was only in Surrey. Our neighbour called another neighbour a f'n N-word a while back, loudly enough that the whole street could hear it, including my kids. That was a fun thing to explain.

Jesus Christ what is wrong with people?