{"product_id":"we-all-wanna-party-when-the-funeral-ends-slime","title":"We All Wanna Party When The Funeral Ends - Slime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWE ALL WANNA PARTY WHEN THE FUNERAL ENDS \/\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e✋gummy clear sugar scrub\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e👃guava tres leches cake, dulce de leche, tamarind-chile-candy-wrapped plastic straws, lime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough “💀 All Your Friends” (a b-side on MCR’s The Black Parade) was written long before 2020, the lyrics feel eerily relatable to the collective trauma of the past 6 years as we continue to navigate an ongoing 🍳demic \u0026amp; cognitive dissonance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“You can sleep in a coffin but the past ain't through with you” reminds me of how the v👁️rus continues to 💀 \u0026amp; disable people, but many of us cope by pretending it doesn’t exist anymore in an effort to feel the normalcy of a pre-C world,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe song is confrontational about that tension. “We are all a bunch of liars \/ tell me, baby, who do you wanna be?” sits in the uncomfortable space of actively or passively choosing adaptation or avoidance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt takes courage ( \u0026amp; resources \u0026amp; support) to disrupt the dominant narrative \u0026amp; embody the values we want to hold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe song continues: “We all wanna party when the funeral ends \/ we all get together when we bury our friends.” There is cultural pressure to rush past grief, put on a happy facade, perform normalcy, and return to productivity as if nothing has changed. For the sake of the economy, those in power sold us the lie that the 🍳demic is past-tense, a temporary tragedy (“And we are all about to sell it, 'cause it's tragic with a capital T”).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeanwhile, community \u0026amp; innovation sprang from disabled communities, finding creative \u0026amp; safer ways to gather with masks, air purification, testing, \u0026amp; transparent communication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It's been 8 bitter years since I've been seeing your face \/ you're walking away \u0026amp; I will die in this place” - Differences in values \u0026amp; choices create distance between loved ones. This is the dissonance between disabled folks \u0026amp; those not yet disabled - loved ones walking away from community care that keeps us alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe song ends with “You'll never take me alive \/ do what it takes to survive \/ 'cause I'm still here,” speaking to resilience \u0026amp; adaptation; disabled people surviving; how beautiful life can be when we imagine new ways of being \u0026amp; care for each others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"East Bay Slimes","offers":[{"title":"8 oz slime + 3 NEON skull charms + rainbow faux sprinkles + birthday candle","offer_id":64112503357809,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8 oz slime + 3 BLACK skull charms + rainbow faux sprinkles + birthday candle","offer_id":64112503390577,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"3 oz slime) NO ADD INS","offer_id":64112503423345,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/7918\/9617\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-25174406.png?v=1782435307","url":"https:\/\/eastbayslimes.com\/products\/we-all-wanna-party-when-the-funeral-ends-slime","provider":"East Bay Slimes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}