Some of society's problems that concern you?

10 days later

jesus christ, that chinese woman arrested in canada makes me think world war 3 is just around the corner

Tang wrote

jesus christ, that chinese woman arrested in canada makes me think world war 3 is just around the corner

context?

The EU can't make promises on whether their Article 13 will make it or reject it come tomorrow and that will be it, but the guy in charge agreed to let over 4 million petitions in since last time in July he didn't. Then, the other night, a large spillage of chocolate and a terrorist attack right near the very building EU Parliament is. This is just another typical bad day in their bloc, urrgh.

EDIT: The E.U. rescheduled their debate on agreeing on the "final language" draft to around January.

25 days later

Anyone else disgusted by the media's addiction to "Perseverance Porn"? You know what I mean, those feel-good stories which, if framed differently, illustrate how society has utterly failed the vast majority of people.

There is nothing "heroic" about having to work after surviving a car accident, or walking twenty-one miles to get there, or relying on charitable donations to not wither away and die from lack of healthcare. Fuck's sake.

Backlash wrote

Anyone else disgusted by the media's addiction to "Perseverance Porn"? You know what I mean, those feel-good stories which, if framed differently, illustrate how society has utterly failed the vast majority of people.

There is nothing "heroic" about having to work after surviving a car accident, or walking twenty-one miles to get there, or relying on charitable donations to not wither away and die from lack of healthcare. Fuck's sake.

Ah yes, like those stories about kids running lemonade stands to pay for their parents' cancer treatment or something.

malmon wrote
Backlash wrote

Anyone else disgusted by the media's addiction to "Perseverance Porn"? You know what I mean, those feel-good stories which, if framed differently, illustrate how society has utterly failed the vast majority of people.

There is nothing "heroic" about having to work after surviving a car accident, or walking twenty-one miles to get there, or relying on charitable donations to not wither away and die from lack of healthcare. Fuck's sake.

Ah yes, like those stories about kids running lemonade stands to pay for their parents' cancer treatment or something.

Thats kinda how i feel about gofundme and stuff, its good to help and stuff, but really its just helping like one of countless others.

They only get any help in the first place because they just happend to have the most appealing story. It really shouldn't be down to charity to help people in these situations.

Like you feel good for helping, and you should, but really there are loads of people in that same situation that just are gonna go completely ignored.

malmon wrote
Backlash wrote

Anyone else disgusted by the media's addiction to "Perseverance Porn"? You know what I mean, those feel-good stories which, if framed differently, illustrate how society has utterly failed the vast majority of people.

There is nothing "heroic" about having to work after surviving a car accident, or walking twenty-one miles to get there, or relying on charitable donations to not wither away and die from lack of healthcare. Fuck's sake.

Ah yes, like those stories about kids running lemonade stands to pay for their parents' cancer treatment or something.

Aye, aye.

Aiai wrote
malmon wrote
Backlash wrote

Anyone else disgusted by the media's addiction to "Perseverance Porn"? You know what I mean, those feel-good stories which, if framed differently, illustrate how society has utterly failed the vast majority of people.

There is nothing "heroic" about having to work after surviving a car accident, or walking twenty-one miles to get there, or relying on charitable donations to not wither away and die from lack of healthcare. Fuck's sake.

Ah yes, like those stories about kids running lemonade stands to pay for their parents' cancer treatment or something.

Thats kinda how i feel about gofundme and stuff, its good to help and stuff, but really its just helping like one of countless others.

They only get any help in the first place because they just happend to have the most appealing story. It really shouldn't be down to charity to help people in these situations.

Like you feel good for helping, and you should, but really there are loads of people in that same situation that just are gonna go completely ignored.

That's something I often think about, myself. People aren't readily willing to part with money, so it takes charisma to ask and get it. But an individual who is in dire straits and suffering has no opportunity to foster that charisma, and especially when the malus involves constant physical pain, our natural instinct is to discard charisma to get the help we need.

Charity, and by extension capitalism as a whole, is such a cruel system. It forces every act of mutual aid to be a quick calculus of one's time and money.

Im really concerned about how the Internet allows young people to develop really unhealthy attitudes and views on life. I mean obviously hate speech exists and weird fetishes are just part of life, but it seems like there are tons of communities online which are devoted to 'deviants' in some shape or form that encourage their members to disassociate with the rest of society and become less compassionate towards other people. Alt-right groups are probably the first ones that come to mind, but I think the problem is way more pervasive than just politics and probably affects all sorts of communities online.

Impulsive wrote

Im really concerned about how the Internet allows young people to develop really unhealthy attitudes and views on life. I mean obviously hate speech exists and weird fetishes are just part of life, but it seems like there are tons of communities online which are devoted to 'deviants' in some shape or form that encourage their members to disassociate with the rest of society and become less compassionate towards other people. Alt-right groups are probably the first ones that come to mind, but I think the problem is way more pervasive than just politics and probably affects all sorts of communities online.

I tought only I worried about that.

Tang wrote
Impulsive wrote

Im really concerned about how the Internet allows young people to develop really unhealthy attitudes and views on life. I mean obviously hate speech exists and weird fetishes are just part of life, but it seems like there are tons of communities online which are devoted to 'deviants' in some shape or form that encourage their members to disassociate with the rest of society and become less compassionate towards other people. Alt-right groups are probably the first ones that come to mind, but I think the problem is way more pervasive than just politics and probably affects all sorts of communities online.

I tought only I worried about that.

You are (never) the only one worrying about something.

according to current life expectancy i can live at least up to 2060, it makes me wonder what the world will be like by then

Tang wrote

according to current life expectancy i can live at least up to 2060, it makes me wonder what the world will be like by then

What's your life expectancy? I'd be about 40 now if my expected end of life was in 2060.

llik3 wrote
Tang wrote

according to current life expectancy i can live at least up to 2060, it makes me wonder what the world will be like by then

What's your life expectancy? I'd be about 40 now if my expected end of life was in 2060.

i'll be 70 in 2060

9 days later

Fuck the Supreme Court. This is just step one in oppressing trans individuals in the United States.

floattube wrote

Fuck the Supreme Court. This is just step one in oppressing trans individuals in the United States.

What happened? :o

malmon wrote
floattube wrote

Fuck the Supreme Court. This is just step one in oppressing trans individuals in the United States.

What happened? :o

Trans people are no longer allowed to serve in the military. Not that I was ever going to the join the military, but we're still losing our rights because of how we identify.

floattube wrote

Fuck the Supreme Court. This is just step one in oppressing trans individuals in the United States.

I'm with you there, it just doesn't make sense to me why they would rule in favor of it despite the backbone of it being based on something not true. I think it's more of an example of the discrimination of trans people rather than just something that will bring it.

floattube wrote
malmon wrote
floattube wrote

Fuck the Supreme Court. This is just step one in oppressing trans individuals in the United States.

What happened? :o

Trans people are no longer allowed to serve in the military. Not that I was ever going to the join the military, but we're still losing our rights because of how we identify.

I mean... I see why the discrimination itself is bad, and really shows how oppressive the US government can be, but not being able to serve in the military seems like a perk ^_^'