Kindness is Punk

But REFORMING the system would cost MONEY! clutches pearls Sure, we’re already hemorrhaging twice as much on the broken status quo, but have you considered that actually fixing things would require spending intentionally? Better to keep wasting billions reactively than invest millions proactively! That’s just basic economics!

I mean you wouldn’t forget it.

Sucks it had to be like this, really wanted to visit my friends in Florida. They tried to convince me it’d be fine but damned if I’ll support the US right now. Also I’m not rolling the dice on the gestapo.

Tangential for sure, but does anyone think the rise is misanthropy is linked to the documented increase in loneliness and alienation? It’s purely conjectural but it stands to reason that a feeling of alienation coupled with the distance preventing us from humanizing others might be corollary.

I hate getting old, I feel the urge to go minutes after getting up now, like clockwork.

One of my friends tried to say the same about ifunny, fucking ifunny

Would be pretty fun to mess with people, just dissolve the shell so it’s a white capsule and then when you’re having a bad day say “THAT’S IT” and eat the skittle.

Bonus points if you convulse and froth at the mouth.

This is why I like games where I can combine weaker potions into the more potent equivalent.

leave it to ML users to debate subjective experience. Don’t you think you’re being needlessly incendiary?

well we experienced different posts at different times then I know obviously it’s not a homogeneous board, nowhere is, but I can tell you that the subset I dealt with did.

that being said I’m not so interested in laying blame as I am with getting people to engage with the Democratic process outside of major elections.

Remember during the election when the Trump admin was supposed to be good for Palestine. So many people on ML specifically were convinced that Trump was going to solve the crisis.

it’s almost like the issues with the United States government run deeper than the President.

Thiccdonald’s

I hear your frustration, and I won’t deny that some feminist spaces have blind spots or even hostility toward men’s issues. But dismissing the entire movement because of those flaws is like rejecting democracy because some politicians are corrupt it throws out the good with the bad. Feminism, at its core, is about dismantling rigid gender roles, which harms men too (e.g., stigma around male vulnerability, custody biases, conscription).

You’re right that some self-labeled feminists don’t live up to that ideal, but that doesn’t negate the millions who fight for parental leave, against male suicide stigma, or for LGBTQ+ rights. If you’ve been burned by hypocrites, I get it but I’d encourage you to judge ideas by their best advocates, not their worst.

That said, I’m open to your examples. If we agree the goal is equality, maybe we can find common ground on where movements fall short.

Maybe in some circles but I’ve always felt welcomed and supported by the women around me. I’m sorry that you can’t say the same.

I want you to know that your feelings are valid but please don’t let the actions of a few reactionaries spoil the entire ideal that feminism stands on.

sometimes this can just be burnout caused by the unrealistic and mentally draining demands of our modern work culture

The only one I could use would be 5.

If I had to pick 4, 5, 9 and donate the money.