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Mr PoopyButthole

@ MrPoopyButthole @lemm.ee

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  • How do you guys cope with the fact that the world isn't getting any better?

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  • I want to combat all the people saying "um, actually things are getting better"

    What they mean to say is "The largely meaningless or deliberately misleading metrics the government uses to make its own report card say things are going great!"

    Everybody keeps talking about how the "economy" is so strong. That just means the stock market is doing well and owners of capital are happy.

    Meanwhile, the US has the highest rate of homelessness in its recorded history. Worth noting that the way numbers are reported for things like homelessness, unemployment, and the like are very intentionally designed to under-report.

    Local, state, and federal government all have a long history of changing the method of reporting/calculating those metrics during a term in office so they can say "unemployment dropped 30% under my watch!" When all they really did was not count 30% of the people previously counted.

    Yes, wages are finally rising, and it has nothing to do with the government. It's entirely the work of unions and organization of labor to raise wages, and it's still got a long way to go.

    The best thing that anyone can do is vote for better representation at every opportunity.

    The best thing that not everyone can do is talk to a doctor if you have signs of depression or other mental illness. Yes, it's possible to have those things brought on by circumstance, and no, that doesn't mean you don't have to do anything about it.

    If you can't afford doctor's visits like that, look up non-profit health care organizations. You may be lucky enough to have real, free Healthcare options available through places like Good Samaritan.

    And don't forget to let yourself acknowledge the REAL progress of the world. We're seeing rapid development and insight on treatments for cancers, dementia, new vaccines, renewable tech, and computational efficiency.

    There are many broken systems to overcome, but even still there are incredible humans building the foundations for an incredible future if we keep working at it. Maybe we can help make sure Gen Alpha gets a fair shot.

  • How do you guys cope with the fact that the world isn't getting any better?

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  • Isn't Australia facing a significant housing shortage / pricing bubble?

  • Why'd they stopped making tv shows as good as x-files?

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  • Shows like that are still happening.

    The real issue is that instead of 5-15 channels, there are dozens-hundreds, plus a dozen streaming service, and intellectual property is constantly pinging back and forth between them all.

    No media has a reliable "home" you can consistently access it from. And when it does you still run into the discoverability issue. So many shows are made that you can't reasonably scroll through all of them, so personal recommendations and algorithms ultimately dictate what we find.

    If you want unusual and stand-out sci-fi then I'd recommend Twin Peaks: The Return, assuming you've seen Twin Peaks.

    Also the show "Dark" on Netflix is incredible.

    I still have a cue of newer stuff I haven't gotten to because there's so much to try.

    I think what we've really lost is the social element. When FAR fewer things were on, and everyone had to "tune in" to see new episodes, it meant a ton more people would be watching the same thing at the same time.

    Now the default has become everything on demand, and released in full seasons at a time. "Dark" is actually from several years ago, but became big in the US just a few years ago, and I just found it last year.

    The viewing and Fandom experiences are just more fragmented and scattered now.

  • Sinbad in Jingle All the Way has the best character arc. Sinbad plays a postal worker and starts off fine before ending their character arc by going postal on everyone.

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  • I absolutely love how unhinged he becomes. The passage of time has only multiplied how dark the bit is too.

    Last year stumbled upon a lone Turbo Man doll in a Walmart discount bin, made to look like the box from the movie.

    Best impulse purchase of my life.

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    Oof...

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  • Yes, but we like to build little make-pretend NYCs and there aren't nearly as many gators

  • Is it too much to ask

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  • When are Feminists gonna learn that the Marxists are on their side?

  • Is it normal that I feel pretty bad for ignoring homeless people begging for help? How do others ignore them without feeling bad?

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  • Yes, it's normal to feel like shit about driving past the homeless, that's your humanity working.

    We are not faster or stronger than bears, so we evolved to work together as tribes.

    Seeing other humans abandoned by your own tribe should make us feel bad.

    No, it is not YOUR individual responsibility to assist others beyond your own means. Retiring in the U.S. costs millions of dollars and that may seem far away for some, but time comes for us all and most can't afford to help others with their oxygen mask before putting on our own.

    When I drive by someone who needs help, knowing I'm not equipped to help them, I get angry at every politician and lobbyist whose life work is making sure meaningful social programs never get started.

    My responsibility is to vote for the most humanitarian candidate possible at every opportunity, and to share my values of "people first" any way I can.

    We all struggle, and the struggles of others doesn't disqualify your own. It's healthy to spend your personal resources on your personal problems, and use your social/political power (vote) to address social/political problems.

    Props on being a human being.

  • Minimum wage hikes will take effect in 2024 for 25 U.S. states. Here's who is getting a raise.

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  • You do realize that anyone could still pay a higher wage to compete right?

    You must be confusing it with maximum wage, which is the opposite and not a thing.

  • Why does Denmark have one of Europe's lowest rates of bullying?

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  • They all have the same hilarious accent. Mutually assured destruction.

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    Scientists Discover 512-Year-Old Shark, Which Would Be The Oldest Living Vertebrate On The Planet

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  • Imagine how racist that shark must be

  • A tech picture so real, the computer has TWO power supplies!

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  • Maybe they just have a 4090

  • 1700's Oil painting of Native American eating a fried spaghetti sandwich

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  • I always respected that they used the whole spaghetti

  • The number of endangered species is rising

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  • Soon we will have to battle the dolphins to hold or place

  • me_irl

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  • How much thinking is overthinking?

    And do you mean how often do I overthink, or are you asking to what extent do I overthink?

  • U.S. to offer another round of free at-home Covid tests starting Monday

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  • I just wish the rate of false negatives wasn't so bad. I feel like false negatives have gotten worse too. I've had textbook modern covid for two weeks, and now I'm better, but the cough wo,t go away. Never tested positive, but alternative diagnosis seems unlikely.

  • Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that's different”

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  • Already likely to be untrue, but honestly I'd happily sign up for a world wear "hold music" isn't the same 20sec loop of shit jazz

  • They didn't cover this in school

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  • In a long dumb story I once went to jail over a speeding ticket that was a day late.

    The two cops couldn't believe they had to arrest me for it and the jail was so backed up I was there for four days.

    I was still a teenager and terrified, but I put on a face and told every joke I'd ever heard to get by. My last morning there My bunkmate found me so entertaining he offered me a free prostitute, which I had to very politely decline.

  • Looking for a URL Bookmarking Solution with Obsidian

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  • I also use Raindrop for general bookmarking! It's not open source ir anything, but it's free option is excellent and I think they still have a standard export option 👍

  • If only I had time to re-watch everything again

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  • Still trying to catch back up on Adventure Time