I’m sure it’s still happening today, but the article is from 2 years ago.
nothx
joined 2 years ago
The use of rubber bullets makes them even more eager to shoot people. They are told that it’s non-lethal, so that means these fucking oinkers take their liberties with regards to unloading point blank at bystanders.
Time to prove he deserved it after the fact.
I have this patch that I have been procrastinating putting on my bag, but it really speaks to my mental state as of late.
“See, the richest man in the world mixes uppers and downers too!”
My most contrarian behavior is that I refuse to leverage technology that only solves made up problems.
I don't need google to turn on my lights for me.
I don't need alexa to order me more tissue paper.
I don't need chatgpt to proofread my emails.
I don't need my washing machine to text me when my clothes are done.
I just don't need any of the nonsense in my life. Not only are we creating a dependency on a private corporation, but its not even dependencies that are worth while to me. I can walk over to the light switch, or click "Buy Again" on the website, or use my reading comprehension skills to ensure my email doesn't sound like most of my posts.
“Hey so let me tell you about some of the modifications I did…”
That's a great point as well. The reluctance to look inward and question their beliefs is at odds with the... dare I say.... identity politics.
The fucking zip tie holding a keyring to the steel cable....
As if the Tesla situation couldn't get dumber, the owners really bring it home.
Also.... do you think these people tell their passengers about it whenever they get into the car? Or are the owners assuming they will have the capacity to explain it in the moment of the crash/fire?
that avenue is only for people capable of self reflection.
100% agree. Most people wont look at how their position fits in with the larger picture. They are haplessly self-absorbed in their own story-line, which I can only fault them for so much, I am a miserable sad-sack because of my inability to do this.
I was like 13 when 9/11 happened and everyone including me were heavy into revenge, the military and islamophobia.
Sounds like we are around the same age and I can say that I had a very similar shortsighted worldview at the time. Especially because I grew up in a very privileged bubble with a conservative family. It wasn't really until I went to college in a major city that I started to see and experience what the world was really like, both good and bad. I became way more progressive and had my Obama arc as well. Then I had my Bernie arc, which started to really push me away from the centrist liberal ideations. My full radicalization came in 2020, COVID and the piss poor reactions/response to it is what got me to the point I'm at today. Watching as the world around me did everything it could to fake normalcy for the sake of "the economy" was extremely eye-opening and made me extremely resentful of the establishment and everyone's unfeathered support of the capitalist machine.
All that said, back to the initial response, I think at this point its very hard for the adult liberals of our generation to make the turn anymore. They have established themselves, started families, are in the middle of their careers, all within the confines of the current system. I think we are seeing them slowly become part of the "fuck you, got mine" demographic that for a long time has been reserved for boomers and genX. Not to say that's everyone, I am definitely making a few broad strokes with some of this, but by and large its what I have seen from people in my life.
The scalpers are also the rich assholes tho, buying up as much stock as they can takes capital.
At the end of the day, the issues runs much deeper than which individual we can blame. The issue, like everything else is systemic. Some of it is the conditions that create scalpers, and as you say, a lot of it is the consumerism that brings people to spend the exorbitant amount of money on treats.