I grew up getting talked over at home. At school I was bullied and ostracized. After entering the workforce, I’ve been quietly beaten down at every workplace and made to feel like I should STFU at all times.
Today, people ask me why I’m so quiet most of the time and why I don’t attend non-mandatory work functions or teambuildings anymore. I can only smile faintly and fakely while agreeing with them that I must be shy or simply have nothing to contribute.
It is what it is.
Sure, that’s definitely a country that needs more wishy washy magic crap on top of all their current issues.
Doomscrolling? That’s actually part of the problem, lol.
I got put on Ritalin. Was told it’s a miracle drug. All it does is make me extra nervous and jittery but it doesn’t help my (lack of) motivation at all.
He better watch his back. Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he was suddenly and unexpectedly taken out by a “random” perp…
I was already depressed. At least now I have one more good reason to be, lol.
Agreed, but those people are totally shooting themselves (and us) in the foot by continuing to act as if certain issues either straight up don’t exist or aren’t that bad at all. That ALLOWS the rightwing demagogues to offer “solutions” which a huge part of (uncritical) people lap up and run with.
Fucking tragedy, but there is tiny bit of poignant irony here:
Her father, Joseph Cheptegei, told the Reuters news agency his daughter had approached police at least three times to file complaints against Marangach, who died a few days after Cheptegei from burns sustained during the attack.
The fucker killed himself as well in the attack. Good riddance.
Chilling. It’ll come here as well, mark my words.
The knife that mysteriously doesn’t show up on any footage and couldn’t be located after the fact?
I know better than to believe police lies. It’s all they do. ACAB, no exceptions.
No one gives a fuck.
I do. But no one in actual power does, so nothing will ever happen. Welcome to humanity 2024.
I’m firmly in the corner of team cockroach. We.had our chance, we blew it, time to let a more worthy species take over. Fuck all of us, we deserve it.
The mafia, no doubt about it. Fuck corporations. I’ll believe in corporate personhood the fucking moment Texas ecutes one.
Currently going through this. I loathe my company and its higher ups. Crisis after crisis after crisis. Never any acknowledgement, let alone reward.
My company offers two free mental health consultations. Per year. Also in the midst of a “we care!” campaign.
No you don’t. In fact the opposite.
Sometimes I wish I worked for the Mafia. At least then we wouldn’t have to pretend anyone cares about doing the right thing.
Ahh yes. Nothing like killing a perp and a few bystanders for a few dollars’ worth of fare. USA! USA!
I’ve proven this so many times yet still yearn for more. I suppose it’s masochism at this point.
We wouldn’t even be able to restart. All the easily available resources have been delved. Three thousand years ago people could scoop pure gold from rivers by the kilos. Today, all decent deposits lie kilometers below the surface.
But it’ll be for the best. We had our shot and blew it.
Between AI and shitcoin mining, these two “technology branches” already consume more power than all the green power added to the grid combined.
It’s why humans will always remain de facto slaves to a few masters. Anything that could potentially be advantageous to all life on Earth? Only if the ones at the top get to profit first. No profit? Enjoy scorching to death on hell-planet for the next forty years!
I can spend an entire long weekend vaccilating between these two, while not actually doing anything at all or advancing any goals, AND arriving back at work on Monday feeling so much worse than I did before the weekend started - only to crave more time off that I wouldn’t actually know what to do with anyway.
Someone mercy kill me, please.
Right back at you, friendly strangers. How did the saying go? May your days be long and your nights prosperous?
I don’t have any friends, really. Not since Covid.