Angry_Maple

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit. I already knew that I'm not the only person to go through that, but it feels crazy seeing someone else write it.

I'm actually in the process of being tested for bipolar, my doctor wants to rule out every other option first. I respect that, but I need to try to find a better way to remember to actually set up those tests, especially after seeing this post. Thank you for reminding me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

What bathroom should someone born with both parts use?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It's not even a good come back. It's like saying that they're right because they have the power of Shrek on their side

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hey, so be careful if you're planning to move up north-up north.

The ground has started exploding in some areas that have permafrost, and some of the lakes are starting to release a lot of methane. Think Alaska and Siberia.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201130-climate-change-the-mystery-of-siberias-explosive-craters

The weather is probably going to be fucky in one way or another everywhere you go. I don't think there will be an area that you can move to to really escape climate change. Wildfires are kicking the butts of many communities that are further north, and the winter ice storms that happen are pretty deadly too. I can't imagine that those things will go away or improve anytime soon, since they are heavily thought to be linked to climate change.

Some of the great lakes are so polluted now that the governments of both the US and Canada have recommend a safe yearly maximum number of fish to consume. The limit for at least one of those species is literally zero, due to how much fish absorb from the water around them. These are "forever chemicals" that are being absorbed.

We still need to try to work on climate change, regardless of location. I hope that people don't think moving north will protect them from the effects of climate change, because it probably really won't.

I know that you probably already know that, but I would like more people to see this stuff. I've seen too many people saying that they think just moving up north will make them safe from climate change.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's been this way for years. I remember when reddit started getting influxes of highschoolers.

Don't get me wrong, everyone should have a voice. That being said, I'm not sure most teenagers are really able to fully participate or advise on a lot of topics. For example, most teenagers won't be able have solid marriage advice, nor will most of them have hands on experience working.

One of the worst examples that comes to mind was this thread on AITA where the parent was wondering if selling the car that they promised their son to keep a roof over ther head was immoral. For context, the father died a long time ago, and they had bad medical bills to pay. It was pretty easy to spot the lack of nuance in the comments on that thread, I have to tell ya. Shelter isn't something that you're really OK without. Many people seemed to think it wasn't necessary, and that a teenager needed a car (that wasn't in his name) more than he needed a roof over his head. I was flabbergasted, to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

If a zombie virus ever legitimately happened, too many people would purposely get bitten to "prove them wrong".

I want to be optimistic and all, but too many people bought too much toilet paper for a goddamn respiratory virus that it isn't even funny.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I don't care either way on this "kids vs no kids" on a plane, but I used to love road trips SO much. It let me see many new cool things that I wouldn't have otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I don't get the rage that some of these comments have from seeing this meme.

It doesn't say that anyone actually did or said anything, just that their expression dropped after seeing an infant board a plane.

People are allowed to be disappointed. I mean, I don't think that most parents actually love hearing screaming and/or crying either. Is a (probably) brief facial expression seriously the same as hating all children, or wishing for them to dissapear to some of you guys? Jeez Louise.

I mean, normally I wouldn't give a hoot either way. Kids on the plane, no kids on the plane, whatever. If I had a migraine that day though, yeah, I wouldn't be thrilled. I wouldn't be upset at anyone for the noise in the slightest, but I also wouldn't be joyful about it.

Are we certain that that's the actual contect of the picture, or did someone just say it was? Is this the accurate, OG text on the picture? Did any one of those people actually say or do anything beyond a facial expression when seeing very small children board the plane?

Some of you guys need to take a deep breath and just relax. I'm referring to both extremes with this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't know about you guys, but this reality is starting to feel more and more like the things that we used to see in movies. The kind of things that were so bizarre that we scoffed at. I don't like where this is all heading, especially considering it's happening much faster than initially predicted. It just keeps gaining momentum.

I know we're not doomed yet, but most people don't seem to give a hoot. Others see snow and denounce that any of this has anything to do with global warming. It's a bit depressing sometimes, tbh.

It makes sense to me now, but I never thought that I would see a headline like this.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, for me, a company having a union shouldn't really have much of an effect if they are actually treating their employees well.

What wage discrepancies would there be to negotiate? Why would there be any arguing over allotted sick time? Why would an employee have a grievance against a company that they would need legal support for?

A company that truly wants to treat it's employees well should already be on board with all of that stuff. In fact, I'd almost even argue that they should want a union.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I agree with you. It's not like most of these trips are creating any advancements. People are dying so that other people can see a view and brag about it. What a terrible return for a human life.

I'm all for saving lives and looking out for eachother. That being said, many of these expeditions come with a dumb expectation that random people should also be willing to die. You shouldn't be able to intentionally do things for fun that you know will likely risk other people's lives. Many kids have lost their parents because of this.

I kind of doubt that the people who live there really feel like they have a way out at this point. Even if they found a way to be financially stable outside of this industry, I feel like a large amount of very selfish people would be angry that they couldn't go on these trips with the natives anymore. How could they stop people from showing up?

Maybe people shouldn't be going on a mountain that's known to be deadly if they know that they will absolutley need to rely on a guide to survive. Maybe people should be working their way up mountain difficulty, and not just starting at the extreme ones. People should also start to respect the danger of being on a fucking mountain.

So many of these deaths would have been avoided if these expeditions weren't a thing. If people can't do this safely without continuously risking the lives of others, we should seriously look into stopping it. So many families are permanently missing loved ones because of this industry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We don't clean ours as often as we probably should, but our fridge is also weird to begin with. It has this fun habit where it gets so cold that the top shelf will literally form ice, and that's if we have it on the medium setting. On the high setting, it turns into a vertical freezer lol.

It looks sick in the dark sometimes, because you can literally see the cold air coming out.

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Not OC

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Meanwhile, in Canada... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

He is a town favourite somehow, despite this being in Canada

 

The mercenaries’ march to Moscow may have ended, but the short-lived armed rebellion has exposed deep weaknesses inside the Kremlin and undermined Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 23-year rule like never before.

The crisis was unprecedented in Russia’s recent history and may forever tarnish the image of the country’s strongman president, analysts told NBC News. With this authoritarian veneer besmirched by the consequences of his own war in Ukraine and two decades of a divide and rule approach, it’s unclear what’s next for Putin.

“This is a devastating blow to Putin’s image as a strongman,” said Bill Browder, the American-born human rights lawyer and leading Putin critic. “If a warlord with just 25,000 men is able to take over several cities in Russia and make it to Moscow unopposed, it shows that Putin’s authority as a dictator is completely fake.”

Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia under then-President Barack Obama, agreed that even this fleeting display of insubordination would gravely hurt the Russian president.

“I don’t think he’s mortally weakened,” said McFaul, also a former Obama adviser who specialized in Russia. “I think he can survive this. But he is much weaker today than he was just 24 hours ago.”

Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia The mercenaries behind the rebellion were moving toward the capital before they turned back.Stringer / AFP via Getty Images ‘Who can Putin trust?’ This is new ground for Putin’s Russia, until now only troubled by the occasional unarmed protest swiftly crushed by police. By contrast, in a few short hours, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mutineers were able to overrun a key Russian city, shoot down several military aircraft and leave the Kremlin scrambling to defend the capital.

The few Russian troops not deployed in Ukraine were seemingly unable or unwilling to thwart Prigozhin’s advance, with his fighters even cheered by some locals.

The revolt’s abrupt resolution may only add to the questions now hanging over the Kremlin, not least because of Putin’s apparent willingness to pardon Prigozhin — sending him to Belarus and dropping charges against his fighters — just hours after accusing him of stabbing Russia in the back.

A closer look at the man behind the armed rebellion in Russia The situation that unfolded in Russia over the past 24 hours was the most dramatic political development to take place in decades. It was the kind of sudden crisis that at one stage looked like it was evoking the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the 1993 constitutional crisis that saw troops loyal to then-President Boris Yeltsin fire tank shells at the offices of Parliament.

Prigozhin called it a “rebellion” against Russia’s Defense Ministry, led by his rival Sergei Shoigu. The mercenary chief was careful not to criticize Putin, but his advance was a clear threat to the Russian president, who denounced it as such and vowed to “neutralize” the uprising.

While this was playing out, a senior American military official told NBC News it was “a very dangerous time” and “it all depends on how the military acts — the next 72 hours are critical.” The best way to understand what happened is to see it as an attempted Mafia takeover, the official said, with a loyal soldier who has risen through the ranks seeking more power for himself.

The mercenaries got within 125 miles of Moscow before making the shock announcement that they were turning back.

But this maverick act of revolt from one of Putin’s former close allies has presented Russians with an alternative narrative for the war in Ukraine and a glimpse at the weakness of the state.

Prigozhin preceded his advance on Moscow with public defiance of Kremlin propaganda, denouncing the invasion as an unjustified attempt by elites to plunder Ukraine’s material assets — resulting in the needless deaths of untold thousands of Russians.

The Russian people, its military and elites will not forget Prigozhin’s searing criticisms, much less the vulnerabilities his uprising exposed. “What’s done cannot be undone,” as the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank, said in a briefing.

 
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