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That society can function with us working less than 16hrs/week and we could have a UBI and time to enjoy being alive instead of apathetically accepting global feudalism
That would take a whole lot of people being a whole lot more willing to do the dirty work in society though
The fascist takeover. Anyone who isn’t resisting it in some way is complacent.
Notice your default behaviors and take a moment to consider whether they serve you. They might, they might not. You may want to change them, you may not. Just be intentional about how you conduct yourself.
That the collapse is incoming and ignoring that fact is exacerbating it.
Nature. Look around you. Like, seriously, stop what you are doing, and look around you for three, full minutes. You’ll start to notice new things. Bugs, plants, views, animals. There’s a lot going on, even if you just look at a 1x1 in square of grass up close. It’s pretty cool.
Even in human areas, just spending an hour in a space while not being on your phone is kinda cool. I’d be doing something like weeding a local bike path and start to notice way more people than I ever thought used it. It’s mostly asphalt, but even here, the plants are interesting, and you start to meet people in your community that do the same work.
That the way the daily lives of themselves and everyone in their society has so many negative effects. I get they don’t have a choice. You work were you can and live where you can afford and manage what you can based on the resources you have available. I just wish the average person would hate it more and try to disconnect from it as much as they can and realize its bad in all the ways they don’t if they can’t. Drive less, eat less meat, use less proprietary things, eat less processed foods, consume less, simplify, enjoy simple things.
That I am available…
hmu bitchesThe natural world. Watch some birds or pay attention to the sounds of insects. See how many shades of green you can pick out from the leaves in the trees. Count the seconds between a flash of lightning and the subsequent thunder. Observe a lunar eclipse.
You’ll realize this place is kind of neat if you take some time to appreciate it.
100%. Being on my computer so much, I can always appreciate simply being out in nature.
Kind of ironic, because while I’m doing that everyone around me is on their phones.
The rise of fascism.
Yeah, I was gonna say something about how politicians lie or how the media manipulates people. You were more succinct.
We’re standing on an unthinkably thin layer of viable grime coating a very small rock. We should all be constantly aware of how delicate this situation is and act accordingly, both in terms of how we treat each other and the shit we do to the rock.
Seconded. If the Earth were the size of a globe on your desk, he entire biosphere would be thinner than a piece of paper. We have filled the whole thing with our waste and toxins and we are destroying the very systems that we rely on to produce our food and air. If we do not start paying attention and taking steps, I sincerely believe that there will be a society ending global crisis in the next 2-3 decades.
That no man is an island. And even the things you do “staying in your lane” affect those around you.
I’d also love for people to remember that breaking social contracts used to lead to duels and that’s why you saw a dip in violence and breeches. But we stopped doing that and now violence and breeches of social contracts are happening more often.
And lastly I’d like all the people complaining about the biosphere in this thread to remember that they’re Debbie Downers and that’s why no one invites them to parties.
I’m joking about the last one. I agree with them, I just think the solution is getting off this planet as quickly as possible Oregon Trail style.
Is that another joke at the end? There is no place as habitable as earth even with where we have it at today.
Sure, but that’s why I said “Oregon Trail” style. As in most likely to kill everyone on the way but with an outside chance of establishing another place to live.
Exactly. Even as bad as we might still fuck the planet up, it’ll still be easier to terraform actual Terra than fucking Mars.
Sure, but that’s why I said “Oregon Trail” style. As in most likely to kill everyone on the way but with an outside chance of establishing another place to live.
a dip in violence and breeches
Who dipped their breeches? Cheeky bums !
Lol.
…now violence and breeches of social contracts…
The latter? Yes. The former, most definitely not. Violence by all measures is at an all-time low, at least since the 1920s.
That they are not alone. Everyone is having a day just like themselves so being considerate and respectful goes a long way to making it work for everyone.
There are also people that are not like you so you might not understand the behavior of everyone but it could be that that person is struggling the same way you are (when you are) but it might look different.
I’m Belgian. I’m working with and for muncipalities and the regional government for years now and people trend to think public servants are lady and stubborn.
I see a lot of enthousiastic, driven, hard working public servants everyday. They often are mangled between political pressure and civilian pressure. There are rotten apples in the basket, for sure, but tge vast majority of public servants work hard en mean well.
Hi! I am from Canada. A large portion of our taxpayers hate public servants and describe them as lazy, entitled, and incompetent. I have worked in both the public and private sector. My impression is that the public service is mostly filled with idealistic, dedicated people who could make more money in the private sector but choose to work for the public service because they believe in good government. Many of them work very hard, even without pressure from their supervisors. There are, as you say, rotten apples - but they are a small minority.
I think that attacks on the public service are right-wing attempts to undermine faith in government - they are trying to promote privatization (which benefits private corporations at the expense of the public) and cuts to social programs (in order to reduce the tax burden of the rich).
The high pitch noises from so many electronic items. Just as an example HP printers have a high pitch whine from their power supplies. I literally can’t be in the room with them. If more noticed less people would buy the garbage.
My monitor in standby mode emits a slight pitch noise when the power led blinks (why. Why Samsung did you think a blinking led is a good idea for a standby mode???).
I don’t think this is a situation of noticing or not noticing, I’m pretty sure most folks over a certain age literally cannot hear those frequencies. Then there’s the “lucky” ones of us that can still hear every little whine 🙃
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Had this problem at highscool, I could tell if the TV mounted in the room ceiling was on even if the screen was black. I had to ask the teachers to turn them off, they’d look at it and say “it is” and then we’d have an argument about not being able to hear anything. Eventually I would prove it by turning away, and having them randomly turn it off and on and I could tell them when it was off vs on.
Very frustrating, but I got old and now I can’t hear shit
I’m past the point of being able to hear most of it. We have neighbors with one of those high pitched devices to keep teens from loitering: my teens were driven crazy but I couldn’t hear at all.
But my ex is a teacher and I went to see her new classroom. The WiFi had a high pitched whine that drove me crazy yet she couldn’t hear it. I tried to get her to do something about it because I don’t see how anyone can learn with that, especially since students can hear so much better than I.
That time is passing and we will all die. Are you living in earnest?
About once a week I’ll space out and quietly panic for a minute when I remember about death.
Its coming. One day. Forever. No avoiding it. No way out.
That’s a fair reaction, lol. I used to think I thought about death, then I started seeing greys… 😭
