If you do evil, then you are part of the problem. That only changes once you stop.
I think we fundamentally agree, and are now just debating tactics. Personally I’ve found that telling someone they’re evil makes it easy for them to dismiss my opinion completely.
I’ve found it’s better to focus on people’s actions, rather than the people themselves. i.e. if I tell someone they as a person are a problem, that’s very hard for them to change. If I tell them their action is a problem, that’s a lot easier.
ofc it may still be tough to change their action, but at least it makes them consider why they are commiting that action, and it may even lead to the realization that (often) the problem is systemic.
I did. That’s why I don’t have 3 kids and a mortgage.
Wow. it’s like 3 different songs being played at the same time. Verily this is the music of the future.
Very interesting, thanks, I used LeafPic for a while but it keeps crashing (on a relatively older phone).
Can you recomment some good image-editing sofrware for phones? I haven’t found any that work for me yet. Thanks.
Yeah I was gonna say this. Even just focusing on Lemmy/Piefed, when I’m on the phone I’m just scrolling, maybe sometimes making a short comment. When I’m on the PC I’m editing images to post, or typing longer comments.
To make matters worse, you can’t even go by the calendar and do “every odd date” or “every even date” because some months end in an odd number (31) and the following day, the next month begins with an odd number.
Choices we make em
Chances we take em
Some are mistakes
Some we celebrate em
We don’t look back 'cause
So much we’re facing
I always stay proud of myself
I’m yelling: FUCK REGRET!
Maybe they will take us along as servants? Oh, no, they will build robots for that…
Let me know when the first colony is formed, then I can get excited.
It will only be open to billionaires. Or to people there to make money for billionaires. That’s why I’m not excited.
I don’t really like manga, but one of the best stories I’ve ever read in any format is the 7-volume Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. It’s post-apocalyptic fantasy about the nature of evil, the corruption of humanity, the extent to which individuals can fight against historical forces, and the fragility of civilization, for a start. Plus there’s a lot of action and world-building. There’s an anime movie which covers about one tenth of the story, if you want to get a feel for it.
Recently I’ve been thinking one of the best things Alan Moore has written is the original 12-issue series Top 10. It just has certain characters and events that stuck in my mind.
I don’t mean any disrespect, you’re right, food/housing insecurity is a systemic problem even though it doesn’t need to be and high-quality individual decisionmaking doesn’t provide any guarantees.
If I’m being flippant it’s a reaction to those who say families (especially large families) are a joy and blessing and everybody needs to own a house. That might be true in some cases but for others of us that was never something we could count on so we had to adjust. No disrespect to anyone though, truly we all deserve better.