The right wing says things for effect, not for truth. That’s all.
They’ll say Biden eating ice cream is an embarrassment but Trump eating ice cream is showing he’s a man of the people. They have no consistency other than seeking power. They are, if you value honesty and consistency, bad people.
This seems like obvious advice.
I mean, way back when Myspace was new (I’m old) I looked at it and thought “This is going to make me sad.” Like, if people post fun stuff without me I’m probably going to feel left out. If people post sad stuff about their life, I’m going to feel sad. If people don’t interact with me at all, I’m going to feel lonely. There’s such a narrow path forward on that kind of thing that’s a consistent, net positive.
People could keep in touch with email, or texts, or even ancient modes like phone calls and letters. Would probably be happier. The social media stuff is a black hole.
Also remember that time Facebook tried to see if they could just make people sad? And they could? And somehow no one went to jail or anything?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Food_and_Drug_Administration provides some historical context.
You can also read The Jungle by Sinclair
Without the FDA, you’re going to get sawdust in your bread and worse.
I’m aware but worth pointing out. It’s easy to forget. Also to forget that our personal experience is not universal.
I had really bad anxiety in my youth. I’d get nauseous. Staying inside alone made it worse. So much worse. Taking the plunge and actually going out, talking to people, engaging, regularly, that lead to progress. Even if it meant throwing up in the bathroom sometimes. But that probably won’t work for everyone.
But I guess some part of me has a visceral reaction that’s just like “you’re making it worse! You’re just hiding from the problem and it’s never going to get better this way! Just go outside and nothing bad will happen, and you’ll stop freaking out eventually!”. But that’s not everyone.
But yes, to your point, a lot of the time it seems like they’re not even trying, and I can’t know their inner world. Sometimes they’re not, sometimes they are.
I don’t think it’s an accurate assessment to say “everyone is doing their best” though because some people certainly are not.
This was a useful perspective for me. Thanks.
No, it’s “I don’t think you’re doing enough to deal with your problems” first.
Because a lot of people I know and see are like “lol I’m a mess” without seeming to do anything to address the situation.
Though that’s aggravated by the capitalist hellscape that makes getting health care difficult.
But also I’m less generous about this because it’s frustrating to be on the receiving end of someone’s crippling anxiety.
And this comic is a cutesy, romanticized if you will, representation of it.
…why though?
Reminds me of a favorite line from a song, “I don’t want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart”
I don’t get it. Are they afraid of possibly having a brief interaction with a neighbor?
Musk is a dangerous idiot and I hope he dies.
I set my dad up with Ubuntu some years ago. He wasn’t the worst windows user, but he had some troubles.
Now he’s a big Linux fan. Updates his OS himself sometimes. He’s not extremely savvy, but he gets by enough.
American conservatives are trash and shouldn’t be allowed to make political decisions.
Flawlessly clearing Genichiro in Sekiro was deeply satisfying. Parry parry parry, dodge, mikiri counter. Don’t think I got hit once.
At one of my jobs there would be like Important Requirements because someone said something to someone, but if you actually skipped the layers and just asked “is it important this be like this?” they usually didn’t care.
Trump should be ineligible per the 14th amendment.
But also the Republican party is going to send everything down the shitter
“”" And I know you’re going crazy
And I know you’re going broke
And you’re sitting here and laughing like that’s some kind of joke, but I’m not laughing
And I want you to be careful
And I want you to be smart
I don’t want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart
And I want you to remember that you’re better
And I love you and I’ll see you tomorrow “”"
One of the more powerful supportive songs I know.
100% this.
There’s no cosmic law that says you must build a sprawling social network. If you can’t build it safely, then don’t build it.
If someone build a very profitable machine in the town square that shot out rusty nails and killed people every so often, people would shut it down. Well, hopefully.
If there’s going to be fantasies about murder, can his whole posse go out?
The other day in a video game public chat, someone said something like “these zombies are so fast in the cave. They keep killing me!”
Someone replied “skill issue”
I looked at this interaction and was like, huh, why? Why say that? It’s kind of trite but I guess very mildly funny in the “I understood that reference” kind of way. But also it would’ve taken about the same amount of effort to be like “I hear you bro. those zombies are assholes.” Just, like, be nice.
So I asked the guy why he chose to be unkind rather than supportive. He was confused, but after I elaborated he responded by saying I’m “soft”
I think about this sometimes, now. He could’ve been nice. But he decided not to. Because he views being nice as being “soft”, and that’s bad.
That’s not a set of norms I really want to live under.
Maybe someone can find the person(s) making this return-to-office decision, and shoot them.