You CAN do something: change you job, study something to improve your skills, change country if you must.
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LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Do you have a problem? Yes, I don’t have enough money for bills + food.
Can you do something about it? No, I’m on a fixed income.
Then don’t worry. Uh…
stefano@lemmy.world 9 months ago
orcrist@lemm.ee 9 months ago
The important point is not to do something, but rather to solve the problem. And some people simply can’t, and it sucks.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I don’t think that’s true. Humans are incredibly good at solving problems, so I really don’t think “can’t” is really ever applicable. The tighter the spot, the more ingenuity it takes to solve the problem. But a solution can always be found or created.
You may not be able to solve the program now, but you can probably do something to help you solve it later.
philthi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is reductive to the point of absurdity, if this were true no one would ever die from any problem (i.e. drowning, falling, etc.) They’d simply activate ingenuity.
Some problems do not have a solution in a given circumstance.
E.g. I’m locked in a prison on a sinking ship that’s already 1km underwater, and my cell is completely full of water and I’ve held my breath for 2 minutes now.
orcrist@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Of course there are unsolvable problems. This is true in both theory and practice. If your family member has late-stage cancer, let’s suppose.
saze@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Humans are incredible at filtering, therefore a solution can float right on by if it isn’t the “right one”. Also solutions to most problems come by as a result of completely unrelated activity. Therefore it is incredibly important to be doing something, anything that isn’t directly destructive to your goals.
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
sure let me just walk to a better country
hey wait why are there people with guns around me
stefano@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Man the US are not the world, in the civilized world you don’t get shot for migrating…
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
I wish I was in the us lol
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Not always. For example, I’m 100% disabled with a neurodegenerative disease for which there’s no treatment or cure.
This is good advice if you’re not locked in a situation entirely out of your control, but for plenty of people it’s not that simple.
stefano@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m sorry, but all civilized countries in the word offer some social assistance to people in your situation. Put together all disabled people and their families and fight for your rights.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
People have been fighting for those rights for decades. That doesn’t change the fact some people are destitute because of health issues with no way to improve their personal situation. And if I had the physical ability to organise people and fight for things, I’d have the ability to work. I’m not sure you know what ‘100% disabled’ actually means.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Well, worrying about it certainly won’t do anything to improve the situation
Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
I mean if a meteor is coming, I’m not worrying.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I agree. Not sure that necessarily means we’re mentally stable.