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Druthers

This is a colloquial word that basically means preferences.  It's your laundry list of what you would rather  have IF you can get it and I believe it most likely comes from saying "I'd rather..." (probably with some kind of rural or regional accent) and then the S on the end means you've listed out multiple things you would rather have or multiple reasons why this specific detail matters to you. To my mind, it implies a stigmatized out group that gets insufficient respect speaking to preferences that are not merely "nice to have." They are important for reasons this individual is familiar with due in part to being a part of a stigmatized out group but they also are being realistic and know that odds are long against getting it because it will be counterintuitive to the people in power and the rules and laws they write up and still enforce. It is rooted in my father using such expressions. He grew up on a farm and was a high school drop out (in an era whe...