I wish I had the capital and time to try to fix the system. I’m not rich, I have to work to pay the bills and mortgage. I do understand my relative privilege and so try to do good where I can. I’m involved in 3 charitable organizations locally. We help feed and house lots of people. We bring clean drinking water to desperate populations elsewhere. I raise more money doing this than I could by taking my salary and directly spending it to fix an entire system. So, am I still a hypocrite? Boolean, absolutist thinking actually hinders progress.

Yeah, that’s a good way to quit right away. Honestly, learning something which they can use to quickly build something tangible is the best way to get bitten by the programming bug. Making a web page or something like that.

If that’s your inflation hedge strategy, you must understand that mass broad usage of this strategy actively causes the impoverishment of those who can’t afford super-inflating home prices.

And yet an individual has to “play the game” to avoid falling into poverty. I’m not sure what else could be done here. Anyway, privilege begets privilege beyond all else, and at the end it’s mostly luck of the draw.

Nah, you’re right. I just answered according to my current doom and gloom attitude

Three dudes: “That big star is in the sky again, Mary wants us to run another train on her!”

Shows up with her payment

“Oh.”

It was Mandatory Fun and we loved it. He’s performing 2 hours away, gotta confirm with the wife but we must do it. Al’s not a spring chicken so we have to do this while we can.

This mess is by design. They pay the manufacturers (a pretty penny, I’m sure) to put it on there.

Maybe the real advertisement could be doing good and not trying to convince people they’re doing good.

Vaccinated by racism and xenophobia

You know what, I did and you’re right! Thanks for reminding me about how awesome he is. Grew up loving him, loved UHF, all that.

We went to a concert of his about 8 years ago and it was awesome. People of every walk of life; young, old, everything in between. Just a great positive vibe brought together by a fantastic show. He really went all out for it.

I told people I was going to Chicago, they acted like I was going to Gaza. It’s a fucking city, stop pretending Fox “news” speaks any kind of truth

All of them

No man is an island, and a society where everyone only does right by themselves is no society at all.

Looks around

Uh….

Thank you for helping educate on this. I live in the best time in history to have the cancer I have. I’ll be able to live a pretty full life with what would have been a steady decline into an immobile death, were this 30 years ago.

Don’t fucking judge my breakfast

I’m still laughing at this comment

It sounds easier to fly to Korea

Yeah true but it’s so fucking good sometimes

Sad, but unsurprising, that right-wing grift is universal.

Oh right, me read gud.