marcicat | the perils of lemonade

I’ve been waiting on this post in hopes that I would just let it go, but it’s been a few days now, and it’s still hanging around.

Here’s how it started:

Me (excited!): “Hey, look, organic lemonade powder.”
Other Person (rudely dismissive): “Why would anyone want that? You could just squeeze real lemons.”

At the time of this exchange, I was at work, and so was under some amount of obligation to be polite. However, I have prepared a numbered list in response to the question.

1. Because I want lemonade, not lemon juice, and I do what I want!

2. Because sometimes I only have five minutes to make a delicious beverage and I want to spend four and a half of them sipping, not squeezing, and I do what I want!

3. Because it seems wasteful to juice lemons and throw out the rest of it that I have no use for, and I do what I want!

4. Because there are currently no lemons, lemon juicers, or sink for washing up afterwards in my immediate vicinity. There is, however, lemonade mix and a bottle of water, and I do what I want!

5. Because fuck you, that’s why. I do what I want!

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