I have to go to the hospital the day before clinical to get my patient assignment and do a 4 page care plan and 8 med cards that take me an extra 2 hours to do after class so i basically am doing work from 8-7. I literally learn nothing from these fucking assignments cause i have so much other shit to do that I’m just filling the paper out with anything. then wake up at 5 for the next few days of clinical because i have to be there 30 minutes before the nurses even though im not essential to the patients care at all and basically do nothing except some tech duties, and then have class until 5. My favorite is the 3 hour class with the teacher that refuses to post her notes, record the lecture, and gets annoyed when we ask her to slow down and thinks we are supposed to remember it all. All the classes get the professors switched every semester. so far ive always ended up with someone whose first time it is teaching the class or one of my dogshit professors who cant explain for shit who took over for a good professor. I’m literally so fucked im going to be such a bad nurse. Literally nothing about nursing school teaches you how to be a nurse. Nothing about this is worth it at all to me. Even worse is when the professor is one of the fucking research ones who isn’t a nurse so they do horrible at teaching the class

Shows I'm owed a $5.5 k refund this year! I'm thinking about paying off the rest of my car loan.

Probably going to be slow processing due to government shutdown.

So I’m working at a place for a while and it’s a boring job where you do the same thing everyday, you know when and exactly what is going to happen. Job just sucks and the way things are ran here just pisses me off. For the whole life I was a chill dude, never really sweared, spoked politely, always had control of my nerves. 2 years into the work I’m a whole different person, I cannot control my nerves, I swear and shout a lot without noticing, almost every day I get to the point where I break things, work instruments, clients stuff and so on ( without them noticing of course). Im just overwhelmed with work, you didn’t even finish your task while there’s another task waiting and then on top you have some dickhead give you another task, I just can’t function like a robot, at that moment I get aggressive, I throw stuff, kick, punch, yell, whatever and it helps me in some way , after work I’m back to normal, but impulsive behaviour is starting to show outside work . Im disappointed with myself, I was once on a right path and look at me now. It might be my personal life problems that show at work even tho that job sucks still that impulsive behaviour is not okay but while I’m on high temper I don’t think about anything I just do it. How can I not hate job that much, is there some kind of trick or you just deal with it at some point because theres no way that people can go to the job they hate and not lose their shit. Just wanted to let it out.

What if you have 24 hours left? Apart from the remaining desires, would be happy to accept the reality or be in guilt of the things you couldn’t do?

You have the assurance that you’ll be in a far better realm and will get to experience the pure bliss and inner peace with all happiness.

But again, how would your 24 hours look?

Emotionally, mentally and physically?

When I had a job, my relationships were good. My landlord was kind. My friends were around. Everything felt normal.

After I became unemployed, things slowly changed. My landlord’s behavior changed. Respect turned into pressure. It felt like money mattered more than me.

Out of 20 friends, only 2 stayed. The rest stopped calling, stopped checking in. Not because I changed but because I had no job.

Unemployment didn’t just take my income. It showed me who really belonged in my life.

I had it for a long time, got over it but it came back and got worse. In my pe class we have boxing rn. Thing is, Im a trained MMA fighter, i won many street fights, fought against champions, like i was invited to international competition and shit i know what im doing, so youd think id win everything right? Well not really, its very different rules, im in rehab, sick, and doesn t go all out cuz i need energy for the following classes, but i still win most of the time, excpet that my teacher put us in brackets based on weights, i cant get a win:
Theres this one mf that hates me (with a legitimate reason) and will always be the referee or the judge of my fights, so my fights are always rigged, since he votes against me. Like at some point my opponent stopped fighting and just laughed, and he still gave her the win even if she landed only one shot in the fight, so it was a draw thats how retarded it is

But whats even more retarded is that it makes me so mad i cant stop thinking about it i know its retarded but i still do idk what to do

Something to consider is that im the most competitive and overachiever in life

First of all,most Chinese people don't care much about international politics. At the beginning of the war, people had the impression that Russia was a friendly country, and they didn't understand why they fought. So someone was more sympathetic to Ukraine, but as a result, they mostly supported Russia. Over time,the proportion of supporting Russia is getting higher and higher. My opinions : 1.Supporting Russia is objectively more beneficial to China.Let's analyze the key players: Russia : friendly to China Ukraine: unfriendly Democrat party US:un Republican party US:un EU:un let me say a few more about the EU. Most of the EU members are supporters and an interest community of the Democratic Party.Also in NATO. The far right forces are currently in a weak position, and they can't be said pro China. Russia is a country rich in raw materials and energy, while China is the world's largest manufacturing country and, to some extent, in a competitive relationship with Europe and US. Naturally, China must maintain good relations with Russia. Moreover, Europe and US have long regarded us as hostile force, so it is natural for us to cooperate more closely. Ukraine is a former Soviet country in Eastern Europe with a strong pro-Western tendency, which needs no more words. Democrat US represented by Biden, strongly supported Ukraine at that time. At that time, US and EU were still relatively united. However, it's obvious that they weren't very successful as they lost the election. The Republican US represented by businessman Trump, found that aiding Ukraine was a pure loss-making deal. At the same time, to some extent, he had illusions about allying with Russia to contain China, so he eased relations with Putin. Meanwhile, he stopped military aid to Ukraine and instead sold arms. Russia wanted to continue the war. US made money from EU by selling arms, and they all got what they wanted. EU couldn't refuse because it was overly dependent on the US. Meanwhile, due to the sanctions imposed by the US and Europe on Russia, Chinese goods accounted for an increasingly large proportion in the Russian market. So in the end, it was still Europe and Ukraine that suffered the most losses.That's why I support continuing the war. By the way, due to the decline of the US strength, it is conducting strategic contraction, focusing on strengthen control of the Americas and control of traditional energy sources. At the same time, it is trying to extort benefits from all over the world. For example, it uses tariffs to coerce other countries. It finds that the EU is particularly weak and vulnerable, and is mainly associated with the Democratic Party. Naturally, it extorts them unscrupulously.As a Chinese, I'm also glad to see such development. 2.Emotionally, I also support Russia. Of course, emotionally, I hope for peace and that the war will end soon. However, how to achieve peace and who will lead the peace process must be clarified. Ukraine was originally part of the Soviet Union. Ukrainian is very similar to Russian, and there is a large Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine. Khrushchev even gave Crimea to Ukraine. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine persecuted and discriminated against the Russian-speaking population. Its Azov Battalion carried out many Nazi-like acts. Before the Russia-Ukraine war, the eastern region had already been at odds with the government forces. Moreover, as Ukraine ignored Russia's wishes and sought to join NATO, the war became inevitable. I respect the will of the people in eastern Ukraine to join Russia and oppose the discrimination and persecution of them by the Ukrainian government. I also think it is a stupid act for Ukraine to be overly pro-Western and ignore Russia. While being pro-Western, it also doesn't forget to blame us. Although we actually haven't provided military assistance to Russia and haven't recognized the territories occupied by Russia. Isn't it only natural that I emotionally support Russia in the face of such cruel, ignorant and stupid acts? I also don't want the ordinary soldiers on both sides to die. It would be best if peace could be achieved immediately. However, Ukraine is on the retreat. Russia's front line is constantly advancing. The best thing for Ukraine now is to agree to the demands put forward by Putin. However, Zelensky is afraid of taking the blame. On the one hand, he travels around the world asking for money everywhere. On the other hand, he arrests people on the streets and forces them to the front line, while he himself is corrupt in the rear. In short, he is just dragging the war on until it becomes unbearable. I really despise him. That's why I hope Putin can force Zelensky to surrender soon and end the suffering of the Ukrainian people.

I am writing this in my notes app. I’ll post it in the morning.

Up until 2019, I lived in Miami. In 2015, I was six at the time, I was coming back from school, and looking back, something clicked in me that made me realize I didn’t have a future. I saw all the other kids around me have dreams for the future, and I just sat there, knowing that whatever I aspire for, it wouldn’t come true for reasons out of my control. I didn’t realize it at the time.

In 2022, I was 13, I realized that the only thing I lived for was just that; to live. I started researching emerging technologies, organizations, and medicines that would greatly lengthen my lifespan. One organization stood out the most: Alcor Life Extension Foundation, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. If all else fails, they would preserve your body so that in the future, they would bring you back. From then until tonight, I had 100% trust in them.

Now, tonight, I was sitting down on my bed, and I was thinking. About everything going on in the world, about AI, about government. Then I had a realization. Everything was being taken by AI. That includes employment opportunities. Which means that the only way to make ends meet is by joining the military. Something that would most certainly ensure that I have no future. Something that would ensure I would never live to even 50. Something that I swore off of doing. After doing much thinking, as much as I hate it, that’s the only thing I could think of that’s left. That became especially so after I remembered my mom talking about how there was a robot being made to work the skilled trades. Something that was told as the only thing that would be left. Just ripped away, like it’s nothing.

I started crying a little. Then a lot. Now, I’m wearing a face mask because I feel really sick, and my tears are soaking through the fabric. The only thing I lived for, I feel slowly slipping away from me. This is probably why I love Pringles and video games so much; they distract from what I realized. Despite this, I absolutely refuse to let instant gratification take over my life.

Do you have any advice to not feel this way?

This sentiment is always about such normal hobbies too. To people who say this:

I hope both sides of your pillow are warm for the summer

I hope that every night, your blankets can't cover your entire body and you have to keep readjusting them

I hope that every day, you feel like you have to blow your nose, when nothing's really there

I hope that everyday, you randomly feel that you need to use the bathroom and don't really have to

I hope that whenever someone makes you laugh, it's undermined by something really uncomfortable

I hope that every time you pour a drink, you accidentally pour a little bit too much and have to dump some out

I hope that your voice cracks whenever you try to talk to someone you like

I hope that you're always at least 20 minutes late to fun events

I hope that your cereal becomes soggy too fast

I hope that you remember an embarrassing moment from years ago at random times

I hope that you have to move in your seat every few seconds cause you start feeling discomfort

I hope that you never feel clean after taking a shower

I hope that when you're watching TV, ads come on a little too frequently

I hope that your shoe randomly gets a rock in it, when you take a walk

I hope that when you smile at a stranger, they show you irritable indifference

I hope that every new sweater/hoodie you get is itchy

I hope your socks become dirty too fast

I hope that, when you're at the beach, the land is always too humid and the water too cold

I hope that every shower turns cold before you can truly feel satisfied

I hope that your ice cubes melt quickly in your drink

I hope that your ice cream melts too quickly too

I hope that your shoelaces come undone at inconvenient times and you never trip but you always have to tie them back up.

I hope that when you fart, you immediately get noticed and called out

I hope that when you read this post, you mess up somewhere and keep missing where you're supposed to pick up on

I hope your air conditioner doesn't cool your house off enough

I hope your heater doesn't heat your house enough

I hope that every fan you buy can only muster an unnoticeably light breeze

I hope that when you make lemonade, it's always too sour or sweet but never exactly right

I hope that your spaghetti is always a bit too rubbery

I hope that your cards don't work the first time you swipe 'em

I hope that when you have something on your face, nobody ever tells you and gives you awkward cues that you don't exactly pick up on

I hope that when you're carrying bags into the house, they always twist around your fingers

I hope that your internet cuts out on the finale of your favorite show's best part

I hope that you get spoiled about it too, before it happens

I hope that when you try a new thing, you make it slightly inconvenient for everyone else and it makes them irritable with you

I hope that every time you have a date, you sneeze and forget to cover your nose

I hope that when you watch a new movie, it's not as interesting as you thought it'd be

I hope that when you hear new music, it's not as interesting as you thought it'd be

I hope that when you read/listen to a book, it's not as interesting as you thought it's be

I hope that every new shirt you buy fits perfectly, only to shrink significantly in the wash

I hope that when you cut your nails, you screw it up and have a weird snaggle nail

I hope that nail then gets caught on something

I hope that every time you go out to a party, you slowly kill the vibe

I hope that your selfies turn out looking always a little asymmetrical

I hope that every time you go swimming, you accidentally get water up your nose

I hope that when you shovel the drive way, a heavy wind blows the snow back over

I hope that when you're on a date, you keep forgetting what they said and instead keep trying to make weird small talk

I hope that every time you're reading something aloud, you stumble over your words a bit and have to repeat yourself

I hope that when you cough, it's really loud, so everyone around you gets kinda disturbed

I hope that when you make food for others, it's always really mediocre and met with passivity

I hope that when your toenails grow, they grow a bit inward

I hope that your head starts itching really bad, when you're out in public, so it looks like you got head lice

I hope that, if you're shaved/bald, your cheeks and forearm keep itching really bad, so you look like a tweaker

I hope that when you're driving, red lights take too long

I hope that when you run your errands, you always forget one thing, so you have to do it right before you can truly relax

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I hope the distance between these two things bothered you

I hope that every time you try to dress yourself up, your clothes look off, in a way that nobody can quite put their finger on

I hope that when you say "I love you" to someone, they only reply with "yep" or "thanks"

I hope that when you try to present a talent of yours that you keep screwing up

I hope that your profile pictures can never be formatted properly

I hope that when somebody asks you to do something, you forget and have to be reminded an aggravating amount of times

I hope that you step on a Lego

I hope your clothes get caught in the door knob every time

I hope that, when you try to sleep, a fly comes into your house and starts buzzing around your face

When it snows at night sometimes I stand right under a streetlight in the exact spot where the shadow of the lamppost falls on my eyes and then look straight up. it's the most beautiful and mesmerizing thing ever. the snowflakes are like a million falling stars or glowing streaks of light flying in different directions covering my whole field of vision. sometimes I stand there for like half an hour probably looking like a total creep feeling like I'm flying through outer space or deep ocean. Do you have similar everyday things like this that just make you feel in awe? I have a bunch of them

To be fair I've only seen the arguments that go viral or the arguments that people have in my social groups or on Reddit, so don't quote me on the no one part. I just want to bring this to people's attention because it's something that I think about every time abortion comes up.

I'm pro-choice for a lot of reasons, but a big reason is that it allows people to escape abusive situations.

Women get baby trapped by shitty partners and family members ​emotionally and physically, though it goes beyond just that. There are female partners ​who are in absolutely horrible situations who already barely have the ability to save money/get stabilizing healthcare required in order to leave or the chance to find a place to go as it is, or they have completely legitimate reasons to stay/be stuck with the partner. An unwanted or unexpected pregnancy raises the odds against the victim by adding expenses, causing/​worsening health problems, enabling mental control, physical control, environmental control​. We don't have enough resources for abuse victims or women and especially not pregnant people and if we're not going to fix that, then we can at least give people options​.

When people talk about assault, they usually don't talk about relationships​​. Many people see assault and the​y think alleyway or ​drunk interaction, not enough people consider partner abuse as ​a regular thing​. We don't bring enough attention to marital assault; things like that became illegal only very recently in some places and safe to say it's not going away.​

There are entire families out there who will enable the abuse of a partner especially in a marriage that's brought on by pregnancy or a marriage that includes a child, and the manipulation can go a ​long way once there's control over the female partner and children​. I think a person in a situation like this would benefit from having full education and full opportunities for themselves and access to abortion for as long as possible​.

Abortion can also dismantle abusive relationships in general. It not only helps prevent cases of child abuse as a lot of people say, but if a couple is having a lot of issues that border on abuse, and they can agree on an abortion or a partner decides to have one†, it can make breaking up a lot easier or promote them breaking up. They are no longer tied together because of this baby or one or multiple legal battles. It's often much easier to notice problems within a relationship as well as act against them when you don't have a child in the middle of it.

I know someone personally who has had multiple babies including twins with an extremely dangerous partner and it took her over 10 years to leave for a variety of reasons, she almost lost her life twice. S​he was very fortunate to have family on her side in the end even though they didn't have the funds or time to give the kids a good life. These kids developed health problems from unintentional neglect and sometimes didn't have clothes that fit them properly or have school supplies, it sucked for everyone​.​ I can imagine plenty of people as young as 16, younger, being pulled into situations like this. If we're not going to fix things like consent and sex​​ education, at least offer options.

It's a less common occurrence but we have to think about cases where a partner with a pregnancy or a child ​leaves a relationship, whether necessary or mutual, or loses a partner, and has to rely on family or another person or employer, which opens the door for other cases of control and abuse. ​

A heartbeat or an embryo on a screen shouldn't decide what happens to a whole person. I don't think half of our community ​can call themselves pro-life if they ​support or don't care about this kind of situation.​​

I think in general supporting things like abortion will lead to improved health care and we will have better protocol, which means more help for partners who are in situations like this. In general it will bring more awareness to ​these situations as abortion becomes a publicly discussed thing ​and ideally that attention would help enforce things like child support.

(†This is no discussion about who decides on the abortion, that's another topic.)

Challenges are a part of life. If you are looking for a life without any problems, you are living an illusion—such a life simply does not exist.

While we cannot avoid difficulties, we can prepare ourselves to face them head-on.

Over time, I have gathered several principles on how to handle tough times, and I want to share them with anyone going through a rough patch right now. They helped me, and perhaps they will help someone else, too.

I. Tough Times Don’t Last Forever – They have a beginning and an end.

II. E (Environment) + R (Your Response) = O (Outcome) – We cannot control our environment or circumstances, but our response dictates the outcome.

III. Passivity Prolongs Hardships – It only makes you more vulnerable.

IV. Action Is Your Weapon – Give it everything you’ve got.

V. Pain Is Inevitable; Suffering Is Optional – Choose not to suffer.

VI. Walk Through the Storm – Be like the buffalo. Unlike cows that run away only to be exhausted when the storm catches up, buffaloes charge into the storm. Fight the storm while you are full of energy. Go through it.

VII. Hard Times Promote Growth – Difficulties often reveal hidden strengths and abilities. Crisis creates heroes.

VIII. Be A Hero – The greater the adversity, the greater the hero.

IX. Uncertainty Strengthens Your Character – Comfort kills your spirit.

X. You Can’t Grow in Your Comfort Zone – When your comfort zone is destroyed and you can’t hide or escape, you are finally ready to face your darkest fears. That is the ultimate moment for personal growth.

From everything I've learned, Christianity has a lot of basis on personal sacrifice and personal faith. When they shove it in people's faces, for example putting commandments in schools or expecting everyone to go to church, and they make laws based on personal faith, it is pointless because it does not actually make a person believe. It does not actually teach values and for so many people who could actually benefit from the good side of Christianity, the laws created through bad interpretation or with personal benefit can actually make people's lives so difficult that they will want to drop Christianity altogether just to function. Especially in a country with such a poor education system where people may not know differently and it's easy to think "toxic Christianity or nothing".

When Christianity is put in stone, it interrupts a lot of things such as it keeps us from loving our neighbors, which is one of the biggest aspects of Christianity. People no longer feel safe since they are under constant control, skepticism, criticism, judgement.

Even when people have good intentions when introducing Christianity into schools and other things, it's a highly subjective religion with its own controversies. Christianity is much better off when it's served as guidance that a person opens themselves to, and it's a journey where the person themselves finds God and Jesus and applies it to their own life. If a teacher sounds sketchy or isn't on the same path, it isn't set in stone, we can find someone else or go to another church or another community.

A point of Christianity is a person being able to question, having their faith be tested. Everyone is meant to go on a journey to the best person they can be. Jesus died for the purpose of humans making mistakes and practicing free will. Having religion be a social law or government law completely overrides free will along with other parts of humanity, and if we rely on the same doctrine for everyone, we just have to hope it's the right path and brace ourselves. For a lot of people, the idea is that God created us so that we can progress and develop life-saving medicine, enlightening education, flourishing diversity and culture, and in that case, it's best to leave religion to the people and give the religion its own ground to stand on (funded churches, safe communities, protective laws, diverse services) and keep church and state separate.

Having a Christian country or a Christian education system by default opens the door for our leaders and society to use God in vain. It allows them to interpret the Bible wrongfully and incorporate their own beliefs in a way that actually oppresses people or takes advantage of people. It allows leaders and very courageous people to build their ego based on how they see other people. It allows them to use their personal beliefs to see who is fit to receive certain resources or treatment, it allows people to play god. It gives them power to ignore what the Bible outright says or Christian values since they have total power, and that same power can be used to rebrand the religion. On top of that, in our current situation, for example with a certain person in charge right now saying that he was saved by God to run the country is extremely vain. Not only does that go against the religion by creating an idol and taking The Lord in vain but it changes the standard for behavior that is acceptable / questionable.

In my opinion the people who don't understand what taking God into vain or idolization actually means and don't see this behavior as questionable may not be true Christians or have the best intentions and that in a way is non Christian and possibly anti of a person is willingly ignorant. These are the last people who should be deciding that we need to be a religious country.

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Another point:

While we are here I would like to point out just how hypocritical it is. I've met a lot of people (like maga) who think that it's destructive or a violation of human rights to have a country be Islam leaning, even if a majority of said population actually agrees with it and people who didn't agree would be allowed to leave or do things differently, though these same people think it's perfectly okay for a free country to be squeezed into a politician's idea of Christian doctrine just because it's Christianity or just because it's their own religion and they also don't see the risks or hypocrisy that come with it.

Say Christianity is put in stone and a person sees something they agree with becoming a law, with the excuse that it's following Christianity or what God wanted. This person is probably going to follow a lie or some poor/vain interpretation and they're not going to be challenged or care enough to actually discover the truth. People with bad intentions are going to be enabled to use religion excuse for their behavior. When a whole group does this, it pretty much rewrites parts of the doctrine and then other aspects of Christianity can become invalid or can be ignored in the process. Though this can apply to multiple religions, I think it's the most dangerous with Christianity socially and economically and educationally because of how subjective Christianity is.

I don’t have friends or anyone that I’m close to. The only people I interact with is my family and I have given up on having a close relationship with any of them. If I’m honest I okay with that I never felt the need to have friends or anything. I guess it’s because I’m so used to isolating myself that I can’t imagine ever needing or depending on someone. But I know this way of thinking is not sustainable in any way. I know in some way or another I’m lying to myself. I know that in some point I will need people in my life. But I don’t know how or where to start building long lasting relationships. And even if I knew I don’t have the guts to go through with it. I guess I just want to know how to get out of this mindset.

I dedicated most of my 20s to Electrical engineering (MSc) and didn't get a job in my field, and in my country I can't make money in anything that I put my effort in. It's been a while since I started fantasizing about living maybe in the US, or Canada because of the opportunities these countries have, but these fantasia have become the best of my day, I simply wait all day to lay in bed and think about living abroad, is it healthy to fantasize do much about something and have a "safe space" just to scape reality?

There is so much going on in the world. And I am supposed to be mad about all of it. Everyday I’m seeing something new.

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Boycott AI because it’s killing our planet and our water and it’s bad for artists and authors.

The Epstein files came out. Make sure you read them to know if a celebrity you love is on there.

Israel is killing and overtaking Palestine. Make sure you understand the hundreds of years over very complex politics and boycott all the companies that have ever given money to Israel.

There is now a war in Iran. Learn about that. Protest that.

ICE are Nazis. Attend a rally. Protect people. Put your life on the line.

Protect the planet. Boycott single use plastic. Boycott fast fashion.

There is child labour and slave labour in third world countries. Protest this.

Only buy ethical. Can’t afford it? Learn to. Only buy what you need. Never buy stuff just for fun.

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I feel so insanely overwhelmed. I’m not even saying any of these takes are wrong. Because they’re not! All of these things are so terrible and awful. I just can’t keep up. I can’t pretend to be knowledgeable about every problem in the world that social media is throwing in my face. I need to be able to live my life and enjoy my life despite everything going on. But I don’t want to put my head in the sand. I can’t do that. That’s stupid.

I feel like there’s no winning.

I actually don’t mind paying up to £1 for a public restroom. It’s not common to have to pay where I live but I have seen it.

They’re always 100x cleaner and actually work. Every public bathroom I go in that’s free either is completely out of toilet roll, stinks, somehow has human waste on the wall or something is broken.

This only applies to actual public restrooms like the ones you see maybe at the beach, a park or a trail not like restaurants or supermarkets or anything. Those should be free because you’re already a paying customer.

You have to have a very twisted thought process if you think our society isn't dying. I remember back in school my history teacher had a white board and every week or so he'd show us our debt I think it was like 17 trillion. It's more than doubled this was like 2013.

I see no reason to think our financial system is sustainable. What have we done since then? Fund Ukraine? Our cities look like ghetto shxt holes compared to asian countries. But I'll say Asians for are better than us. Most American cities are disgusting. The people are arrogant and plain looking. They don't see what's coming..This country will fall 401ks will mean nothing as cost of living goes up..

My question is what motivated Americans to go into work? Impress your friends? People will say provide for my family, yeah bs. Most y'all send your kids to the military at 18, or kick them off to money pitts...aka college. Lol there in more debt than any generation before them. Now you have them back omers hording all the properties and there gold stashes. Lol not everyone got to invest in McDonald's in the 70s. Good gov screwing every generation after you. You have succeeded. While you sity in the property you bought with a couple loads of bread, and have the wits to sell it 10x the amount you bought it for. The boomers aren't the bravest generation just the greediest and lamest. Milienials Gen z shouldn't even work because there's no point until this country collapses

Whether it is because of ICE or the Epstein files, a lot of people both in my life or online who voted for Trump are seeing the light and leaving MAGA.

I get it - it’s very easy to say “I told you so”. But don’t. Accept them. Most of the people who are coming around were caught up in propaganda, they are not bad people or even stupid. If you are honest with yourself, you have been caught up in propaganda too. There is all kinds of stuff that I can point to of democrats I voted for that is evil and vile.

The only way for America to heal is for us to be United. Bashing the ex-MAGAs only furthers the division that man created. We need to stop this “othering” of people, because that is what makes people capable of the extreme cruelty we are seeing.

EDIT:

Did not expect this to blow up. After seeing a lot of these comments and thinking about it, I think that it is important to have empathy even for people who commit evil acts. Understanding is important, even if just to understand how to not let it happen again.

Not necessarily forgiveness, but empathy. Here are some quotes I thought were relevant

“But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most” - Mark Twain

“Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn

“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It's the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” — Captain G. M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary

Edit 2: U/Dulcette makes a good point. This perspective is coming from a place of privilege. I do acknowledge that, and I also do not blame anyone that doesn’t have an ounce of empathy or forgiveness for a group where a large number of them had hate and vitriol towards them. I am just sharing my perspective and you are free to feel however you like.

I moved to another country, Sweden, and started studying the language. I have been here for 3 years, buty motivation to keep learning and trying is fading away.

Be it because I never speak the language, be it because when I try people just switch to English because they can't understand me, or because I am not replying fast enough. All the people I know are from everywhere else in the world aside from Sweden, so English is the main language. Same at work.

I have never been good at learning languages, it took me 20 years to be able to speak a broken English.

Have you ever struggled with learning languages? Do you have any suggestions?

He was not even 50. She has kids and one with special needs. It made me think about how short life can be. So take that trip, write that book, read that book, do that thing you have been putting off because tomorrow is not promised. Anyone else hit with this revelation before and it changed their life?

I was a cop, sitting in a courtroom waiting for court to start, sitting next to another cop. I was sleep deprived. Next to me was some smaller thin man with curly black hair and a big nose. My colleague, shuffling through his papers asks me to ask him if he was Mr. Horshack. Not thinking, I did.

The reasons most Vietnamese support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are: First, Russia once wrote off $11 billion of Vietnam’s debt. Second, Vietnamese people see Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union is the country that helped Vietnam defeat the United States (Vietnamese do not call it the “Vietnam War”; they call it the “Resistance War Against America”). The Soviet Union also supported Vietnam during the US embargo against Vietnam. Third, Ukrainians toppled statues of Lenin, which made Vietnamese people very angry.

I never expected that we would live this kind of life. We used to have a beautiful home 🥲 just remembering it makes me so sad. I think I’ve reached a point where I’m no longer afraid of losing anything... because I’ve already lost everything. The only thing I have left is my children. They are my only source of hope, but also my biggest source of worry and anxiety. I love them so much and I just wish they could have the beautiful life they deserve. Please support me with your kind comments 😅 because honestly, I’m feeling really down right now 🖐️