Samvega

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[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Easy... 1:30 of silence first.

I like it!

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 days ago (4 children)

"Hi, I don't respect human society because it's observably lacking in compassion. Not only for non-human animals, but even for human animals. You guys are pathetic and I'm not interested in being part of your self-fellating club."

How I'd stretch that out into 2 minutes I don't know.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"I'm a white man with status and power, and I experience the world as great. As these women who don't make as much money as me are just whining."

Some people think they're progressive and caring because they are involved in pro-Dem politics, when the Democrat party is centre-right.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 days ago

Gonna call "hinky" on this.

Thanks for defending a human world which has been purposefully designed to harm other humans.

As the article states:

The harms of drug testing fall disproportionately on low-income, Black, Hispanic, and Native American women, who studies have found are more likely to be tested when they give birth, more likely to be investigated, and less likely to reunite with their children after they’ve been removed.

These are people about whom you do not really care, I suppose, so wishful thinking about how 'isn't the world great?' is more important than compassion for other living beings, in this circumstance.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

He's writing a strongly worded letter!!!

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're right: budgeting is good. For example, I can budget my time by not talking to people who are overwhelmingly obtuse.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 days ago

Large-scale, privatized healthcare appears unable to provide actual healthcare.

Being paid to not provide any useful service is, indeed, most profitable.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

I always support professionals making more money.

As a teacher, I couldn't give a toss about whether I'm seen as a member of a profession or not. I support people who do important work in a place - cleaning, maintaining, driving public transport, delivering food and other items - to be able to live reasonably near their place of work.

Everyone should have a decent life, no matter what their job, and no matter whether they are deemed to be professional or not.

 

Either way, if you're in this situation, please make a budget before it gets to this point.

It's hard for all Americans to budget when so many are forced to live paycheck to paycheck in an economic system which profits off the exploitation caused by forced inequality. A quick check gives me results of 65-78% of Americans reporting that they live like this. And yes, you could tell me about some people you know who successfully manage to live in X city on Y income. That's great. But that isn't an answer, because other people are doing it.

Some people have survived being shot in the head. When I come across people who have been shot in the head, I don't say "be more like those people who survived". I call an ambulance.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago

Asking for censorship seems to be coming at this from the wrong angle.

The intended angle is to block expressions of sympathy, because that runs counter to the propaganda that Palestinian civilians are living beings that deserve compassion.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana

Promotion of anorexia is the promotion of behaviors related to the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. It is often referred to simply as pro-ana or ana.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Glorifying failure always has a cost. The trick is to fool someone else into paying those costs.

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