reluctant_squidd

@reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says US Navy will begin Strait of Hormuz blockade after failed talks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  The ultimate bully snowflake grifter madman.

  Remember when this guy was just a shit tabloid piece once in a while? The ones that used to be where all the candy is now by the checkout, with shocking news about some b list actors nonsense drama?

  Those were the days…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you are right. The staggering thing for me is the shear apathy required to do what they are doing. It’s revolting and frankly terrifying, but fascinating.

  There is a yet to be diagnosed mental illness involved here, for so many people to so callously trumpet and parade toward things that actively and directly hurt them as well, just to prove some imaginary point.

  It’s like psychopathy mixed with a side of Stockholm flavoured bias soup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean. You have to give it to them. They are really going all in on destroying anything that actually made America great.

  I’m not sure if that was the original goal, or even the intent now, but even with how terrible this news is, if the goal is to systematically dismantle a country, these guys are very very good at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever feel guilty for trying to sign up for government assistance programs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No. They are there for a reason.

  Will some people grift the system for free money? Maybe, but the benefits to those who really need it outweighs the people misusing it, in my opinion anyways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam can't escape the fallout from its censorship controversy⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How hard would it be to do direct bank withdrawal? Like governments and taxation firms often do?

  There has to be something else relatively easy to use that customers can use to electronically pay stream without these knuckleheads in the middle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oatmeal⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Croissant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear you and agree, but part of me wonders if that is solely because they were always nasty people, or they are actually reacting to the awful way they get treated.

  They are already probably dealing with failing health, burying most of their friends, not understanding most of what is going on in the world, feeling left behind, etc.

  In their shoes I’m not sure if I could be very cheerful myself. Maybe I’ll get the opportunity to find out and hopefully I’ll not be one of the ones you mention, but who knows.

  Most of us are tired from all the crap of the world already, imagine 30-40 more years of that on top of the things I just mentioned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely, which is why cooperative corporate structure appealed to me. Everyone has there same stake in it and still maintains their own separate lives. Only things that are agreed upon as shareable would be shared.

  Like bulk food, equipment, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TL;DR: capitalism.

  I’ve put some thought into this and I don’t have a good answer other than because of how society is designed to keep us from doing it now.

  Evolutionarily speaking, we are designed to thrive in smaller communities. It’s only in the more recent part of humanity that we seem to have moved away from that. I mean, there were still cities a long time ago, but within them were what could be thought of as smaller communities.

  I myself am of European descent, but currently live in a place where there is a thriving native community and realizing that I sometimes have envy of some of their ways of life is what got me thinking.

  For instance, in western society becoming elderly is almost seen as a problem, like a burden that needs to be “dealt” with. For them it is a station of respect and reverence. If an Elder walks down the street, they are taught to show respect and pay heed to their wisdom and guidance. If the rest of us are lucky, we can get a seniors discount at select stores by declaring they we are among the needy.

  I’ve even went as far as researching communal living, intentional communities and cooperative housing, but I keep chickening out when it comes time to pull anything into action.

  The idea of finding 4-6 like-minded families to share resources with and use our individual talents and skills to help each other really appeals to me. It makes sense to build resilience against harder times.

  But to answer your question, smaller communities helping each other is against the capitalist ideal and is/will be thwarted at any scale by corporations and corporate influenced governments alike at every turn. So I guess that’s the most likely reason.