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Gun safety is common sense. I am DONE with people saying their right to bear arms outweighs public safety. DONE. I was raised hunting. I know what guns are, what they do, and how to use 'em. And as my late gramps said, anyone who wants guns that much *shouldn't have 'em*. So, yeah, done with the "second amendment defenders" here in the US. Defend the public safety instead! Schoolkids shouldn't be scared of gunmen!
You don't need an assault rifle with a high capacity magazine unless you're going off to war.. or to shoot up a school, a workplace, a shopping mall, a movie theater, or any other place where innocent people congregate. WTF is wrong with people (and especially politicians) that can't or won't accept the fact that assault weapons and high capacity magazines have no practical use except for killing a lot of people in a short period of time.
Note: I'm a medical doctor. I've seen gunshot wounds in hunted animals, and in humans. Newsflash, for those who missed it: You don't need that much firepower to kill, and there's no reason to have it. Have therapy, yes. An armory, no.
It's very sad that pretty much it feels like we hear about a new shooting every other day (and that's me being generous) in the US, be it in schools or elsewhere. If gun safety was taken more seriously, especially by some politicians, then children shouldn't have to be taught how to act during an active shooter situation as often as they are.
Americans have absolutely lost the plot about their right to bear arms! It’s not even about that any more, it’s about the fact that they are obsessed with having weapons and if you asked and did a survey, I can guarantee that the majority of people that are gun fanatics have a secret wish to kill someone in life, using one of their precious guns.
As my gramps said, and I stated above, anyone who wanta guns that much, doesn 't need 'em (and shouldn't have 'em!). I havew a neighbor with 80 guns. He shoots people's pets. He's nuts. But he can have allllll those guns. WTF? Why?! WHY! I grew up with hunting for food, and the absurdity of gun owners' rationales baffles *me*. End of the day, one gun is all any household needs for self-defense (shotgun) and if you hunt, a single-shot bolt-action rifle shouldu work, or you suck at hunting (quoting my gramps again). I don't get it at all. It really is about the NRA selling fear. And many guns get to criminals via theft, so that blows "responsible gun ownesrhip" outta the water. ARGH.
Load More Replies...Republiclowns love the money they get from NRA to ever do anything to make laws against guns.
If they loved their "freedom" and the constitution as much as their t-shirts and bumper stickers proclaim, they'd take a good look at the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th amendments before they "backed the blue" and our justice system so blindly and enthusiastically. Encroachment of freedom isn't the government passing common sense gun legislation; it's a cop intimidating citizens into an illegal search, a supreme court that pisses half the population's healthcare rights away, a judicial system that jails more people than any other country per capita and disproportionately minority and poor. And you can go on and on with example after example of conservative hypocrisy and mis prioritization.
Instead of gun "control", which is always a non-starter, we should be talking about gun responsibility. You say you're a responsible gun owner? PROVE IT!
And shut up when someone inspects your house about it! "Oh, my privacy!" Yeah, well, it is PUBLIC safety. If you've got nothing to fear (using the impersonal you, which exists in many languages but not English), then why the problem? You can still own guns. You just can't live like it's a video game.
Load More Replies...The Kardashians
I have never watched an episode or even a clip of them Because I just generally cannot stand the money grubs… But I am concerned and curious about what exactly people find interesting about these plastic and filler enhanced, fake, narcissistic trolls? I mean, they can’t be that great if they had to release one of their s*x tapes to get attention and then blame everyone else? I know that much happened but I don’t understand the fascination with them?? “Oohh they’ve had so much plastic surgery none of them look vaguely familiar to what they used to and are a terrible influence to teenagers and young kids but yes, let’s make them famous? “ UCK! 🤮
Everything I have heard about the Kardashians, I've heard against my will...
I was so mad at Kim K. after she damaged Marilyn Monroe's famous dress for the Met Gala! How did she ever think she was going to get her fat a@s into that dress??!!
Go, you. I coulda been #2, because the Kardashians was the first thing I thought of, LOL. You beat me to it. Congrats!
AITA-Stories that’s obviously made up and stupid like: “Oh am I the a*****e for telling my MIL not to kick a homeless person in the face and give his dog up for adoption? I gave this epic speech but now I am not sure…” oh, f-off!
Yes some of these stories are laughably bad. And what always gets me is that the husband, wife or other family members never support the person telling the story and call them the a$$hole. Like if I was in some weird situation or anything remotely like the AITA stories you better believe my husband would have my back. I'm so tired of seeing these on Bored Panda.
Same here. Some of them I read just in case it's one of the rare ones that are actually a gray area. But usually the headline is misleading or the story is written in such a way that you think it's going one way but then goes another way. It's not how people would normally tell a true tale.
The mental gymnastics that Republicans try to do to justify their bigoted, sexist, misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic and hypocritical views and beliefs. 🤬🤬🤬 Please, for the love of all that is holy, educate yourself before blindly following the wealthy and powerful who only use you to maintain their status quo. They don't care about you. Learn to think for yourself.
Upvoting "They don't care about you". I was taught by 10 that no billionaire was gonna care about poor people. It will take the jackbooted thugs marching through their own lives before some right-wingers (globally) realize l... there'll be no one left to speak.
Please, for the love of all that holy, realize that neither party gives a s**t about you.
"Southern Strategy" is what took them down further than anybody could have expected. The last republican President who was somewhat good was Eisenhower - he and Jimmy Carter, tbh, are the only post-WW2-presidents I consider good at all ... his inauguration was some 70 years ago... The "Southern Strategy" aimed at the votes of the southern racists who, prior to the civil rights movement, always voted for racist democrats who, now, were being discarded. The democrats changed and didn't consider losing these peoples' vote a sufficient reason to pamper them - and, actually, they couldn't have both. Those registered voters, now, were seeking something else to vote, and, voila, by campaigning differently in the south and the north, the GOP got to be the default vote for these people - and now, they can't win anything without addressing this group. This leads to people like Governour DeSantis being in office, which is, in itself already, a major disaster. A guy like him in the white house is a terrible, frightening nightmare that might just be about to become reality - and all that because a party didn't make up their minds, but minded the polls, and accepted throwing off sacred, founding, principles that once had defined the entire party and given the reason to found it in the first place. That, really, is sad. And dangerous.
Well said, iso totally agree with every word. Much to my chagrin I live in a senior community FULL of folks who seemed to have forgotten how to think for themselves and repeat this false narrative fed to them by the republican party. I’ll be quiet now.
Hard to believe that tRUMP with all his millions has to beg poor people for money. And even worse is that they are dumb enough to give it to him.
I'm done with people labeling others with a political leaning over topics that don't have to do with politics. I'm done with the whole lot of people labelling others with c**p just because they disagreed or have a different perspective. Apparently, it's "transphobic" for non-trans people to refuse to be called "cis". I am nearly done with society. I swear to all that's good and holy. I'm through. Finished,
You're assuming that all Republicans are this way? I am Republican and I know some Republicans that are gay, trans, etc. I also know a ton of Republicans that are black (for those that think only white people are capable of being racist). I agree that we should research before voting and make sure we are voting in our own best interest, but it sounds like you are just stereotyping all Republicans.
Just describing the loudest voices among them who are shouting down the rational conservatives who USED to get elected.
Load More Replies...People who think they can't be a racist because they are non-white.
A black man literally told me that he cannot be racist because he isn't white. I told him that that was one of the most racist things I've ever heard.
Here in Australia, if you happen to be white you get called racist all the time. I was at the bus stop with headphones on not realising someone was trying to ask me for the time. This person happened to be indigenous and I pulled my headphones off just in time to hear I was being called "a racist white dog" because they thought I was ignoring them. Some (And i mean some not all) of the indigenous people here are the most racist people I have come across but yet coz I'm white (which obviously I could totally control as I was born) I'm always the racist?
Winnipeg was labelled "Most Racist City In Canada" by MacLean's magazine. Everyone in Winnipeg was like: .... Oo Wtf we do??? But then it started conversations. Some were getting unnecessarily defensive. Some were telling their experiences of racial profiling (all races were, including Caucasians). Some were revealing how racist they were (mostly the people who claiming to be racially profiled). These conversations have become more prevalent since then. News agencies have turned comments off on Facebook, especially regarding anything about Indigenous matters. It has revealed a lot about our society, and people in general. There were people trying to tell the world exactly how I see it. There's racist people everywhere in the world. Not just in Winnipeg. When you live somewhere with a lot of mixed ethnicities, no matter your skin colour or where you come from, you'll experience racial profiling, and racist remarks. If you be better than that, then you're already being the difference.
I'm so tired of Online influencers who have no respect for others' privacy.
And they are very rude to other vacationers. I came to see the Grand Canyon. No I’m not getting out of your “photo op”
I took a picture at the Old Faithful geyser viewing area of a very large and prominent display of, shall we call it, plumbers plumage. I thought it was hilarious but I realized IBTA if I posted it. So I didn't.
Load More Replies...I don’t do social media that often because everyone annoys me because they’re all fake, but the reason they all talk rubbish about each other is because the more they do come out the more clicks they get come on the more attention they get. Any attention is good attention to these disgusting, narcissistic trolls. I have nothing nice to say about them.
I'm pretty much done with "influencers" in general. Who are they really influencing? A bunch of 11 year olds??? Who have no money of their own, no work experience, opinions that change daily. Yeah. influencer. BFD.
It seems like online influencers are some of the most narcissistic and brainless folks on the planet.
FILTERS! My God, I'm 54! I have earned every stretchmark, wrinkle and grey hair. They're my battle scars from a life well-lived. I don't want to look like I'm 34, 24 or 16. STOP USING FILTERS! Be happy with the skin you're in.
My phone has a 'beauty face' filter that automatically turns on, I was really confused why I didn't have freckles in any of my pictures.. then I realized it's because of some stupid filter. Thanks, filters, you ruined half of my pictures.
I find they're just fun to use now and then. I personally don't understand why people think playing around with them means insecurities. It's just fun. I feel this way with make up, though. Now there's some sort of foundation that blurs out skin details and stuff to hide pores. People are more inclined to tell someone who doesn't wear make up they would look better with some on, or how pretty that person looked that one day they decided to wear makeup.
Politics. By this I mean not politics in general, where you can pass laws to better your country and help people out — but the way that people react when you have a differing opinion. It makes people hate each other and I am so over it. You should be able to express your opinion and the reasons behind your opinion, but then it becomes a matter of who’s wrong and who’s right. I hate those arguments. Nobody’s perfect. Get over yourself, please. And try not to judge others either. (Fully expecting backlash for this — “what if they’re homophobic, racist, etc?” Then don’t talk to them or be their friend. It’s that simple guys.) I’m not even old enough to vote and I’m already sick of politics
I've ended a lot of relationships, friend/profession/etc., over time. Why? B/c there are lines you don't cross. Hurting someone else is the line. And the phobic -ist crowd? They cause pain. Not okay.
I understand where you're coming from. But because you're so young, you haven't felt the direct effects of politics. If you were an adult woman with an unwanted pregnancy, and politicians had taken away your right to appropriate healthcare, then you might feel differently. If you were gay but unable to be legally married to someone of the same sex, then you might feel differently. Some things must be fought for.
No, I absolutely agree with that. And I can understand putting someone in their place. It’s just when it turns into an all-out war over who’s right or wrong (and sometimes there is no right or wrong answer, just a difference of opinion) that I’m so over
Load More Replies...What you are calling politics is just the inability for civil discourse in the modern world. With the onset of the internet, people had no immediate reaction to the dumb stuff they say. If someone were to speak to another in person, as they do online, there would be so many more Karens! That is how shootings and road rage and Karens get to be how they are.
Must be nice to be privileged enough to treat politics only as a matter of opinion and not something with personal, potentially devastating consequences.
Wait until you get to be my age and have seen the same lies and conspiracies for decades.
Also people who don't accept that some of us don't care about politics and just want to live without it
Yup, I'm finished with caring one little bit about what other people think about how I look / sound / think. I still like people who have different views from me, in fact I have many friends who disagree with my political stance as much as I do with theirs, however, we are civilised and like each other so we agree to disagree, only coming together, politically, to kick back against extremism. As for how I look, I really don't give a s**t, I'm 65+, skinny and bald so it's OK, I'm never going to be on the front cover of Vogue (unless someone wants a challenge to get this to happen !!). Thankfully, I only have a little over a year before I can retire with enough money to not starve and live in a house that I can almost afford ... After that, who knows, maybe a new modelling career beckons ....
Totally agree. Been working on it for the last 50 years. Still am because it's so important. I wish you the best.
Thanks. Are you working hard to get on the front cover of Vogue too ?
Load More Replies...Thankfully my Wife does !! But then I'm also an ex high end Chef who makes her fresh squeezed Orange juice and a Lemon, Lime and Ginger infusion every day before I disappear off to work (I still work because I was financially foolish when I was younger ... hey ho)
Load More Replies...I bet you still have a comb, too. You just can't part with it. Sorry, I'll just get my coat and show myself out.
Hahahaha - dafty. Funnily enough I do still have a stiff hair brush that I use to scratch my scalp with as it's a nice feeling that gives my bonce a nice tingly feeling.
Load More Replies...Differing political opinions does not automatically mean you can't be friends or have civil conversations. Like you said, you can be civil. Most of my family leans further right while I lean much further left, but on big key issues like gun control and abortion we actually have more common ground than the politicians want us to think. We know this because we have civil and open conversations. I know not everyone can do this, but it's important to try in my opinion.
I wish to god that the bloody politicians would listen to people like you and me instead of being so fcking partisan, arguing their points of view to the exclusion of everything else and not helping the very people they depend on for their inflated salaries !!
Load More Replies...I'm with you on this. Don't like the way I look? Turn around and look at something else. Don't like me? So what?
Adverts for Temu in every single app. (Obviously other comments have covered more important topics like corruption and capitalism)
Yeah, I've been past that point of being "advertised to death" for a few years now. It's gotten so bad with the Ads now, I just boycott those products/websites altogether.
OMFG it makes me hate temu because of seeing their ads BOMBARDED everywhere I go and my only interaction with the company is the ads alone. It's super annoying so yes- I agree with you!
Ads that cover up the text or use so much of the screen space it is hard to read the news story. Newsweek Is one of the biggest offenders.
I know and what really winds me up is sometimes the items /pictures are gorgeous and I'd happily buy that at whatever the actual retail price is but can you find the originals no!! Iv tried reverse image search and lens but never and clearly they are in existence somewhere as they model the items .. but where r they for sale !! As opposed to temu wish etc that are something akin to a 3yolds version /sewing
Yes! Somehow they're literally everwhere. Glad to see at least one post that's on a lighter note.
I've bought multiple things from Temu and some of them a pretty good. I love buying handbags and have purchased a good one in several colors. With other things, you get what you pay for.
Ok good I’m not the only one and a lot of temu stuff looks and is inappropriate for some ages
Avocados- to expensive and unethical farming. Diamonds- greed driven and unethical mining. EVs- charging anxiety, expense. Republicans- self explanatory Elon Musk- can we send him on a one way trip on one of his rockets? Twitter/X- if everyone quit using it, Elon, musk, fails. Come on y’all let’s make this happen. Facebook- fake Instagram- more fake. Starbucks- i’m saving a ton by not subscribing to the blind consumerism mentality Airline industry- when did it become such a nightmare? Weddings- if I need some drama, I’ll just watch some TV Donald Trump- can he ride with Elon? Keeping up with the Jonses- they’re broke
The same can be said about those revolting Kardashians that everyone seems to watch? I honestly do not understand the obsession with those pigs.
So quit talking about them! It just fuels the fire. They get paid to be mentioned, so stop mentioning them.
Load More Replies...You reminded me to deactivate twitter and I just tried and magically it keeps saying "oops! there was an error try again later" :/
You forgot to put Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Cook and the entire Walton family on that rocket to Mars.
Do you just hate Republicans because you have a different opinion on life? Do you hate my gay Republican friends? Do you do you hate my transgender republican neighbor? Hating Republicans is not self explanatory, please explain why all Republicans are terrible.
I’m a gay man who is a registered Republican. I do not like the direction the GOP is going. At. All.
Load More Replies...As a Republican with Liberal friends, I'm a little insulted to be on here, ngl
No insults intended. As a retiree, I see how the republicans try to enslave the middle class, protect the super wealthy, cut Medicare, cut social security, cut VA funding. I’m a former Republican. I woke up.
Load More Replies...Easy regarding the Airlines - 9/11 ; sad but true. Paranoia was stoked to an absurd degree, and there you have it, airline chaos. I try to avoid flying anywhere these days.
Actually worthless, vapid, sets a realllly bad example 4 everbody who watches them.
I'm holding onto facebook for the sole reason that, being stationed thousands of miles from everyone I know and love, it's often the only way I can stay in touch with them.
Social media
YES! Social media has never been what it was conceptualized as: a place for REAL people to make friends and share REAL experiences over distances previously prohibitive. Instead, it's just become another form of fantasy entertainment that's more detrimental to everyone's mental health because it's CLAIMED to be REAL but most of it is totally fake, a carefully curated snapshot that someone wants people to THINK is their life, but it's no more real than shows on TV or Movies. It's become an epidemic of comparison and feeling like your aren't successful enough, beautiful enough, "spiritual" enough because you, your home, your car, your vacation DON'T look like what's on social media, and it's ruined the experience of visiting places because of all the wannabe influencers trading up space to film themselves in their fake, curated lives
Same used to have snap, but deleted after creepy AI and reading stories of my friends leaving me out
Load More Replies...Darn down vote fairy is at it again. Here's an upvote! I agree with you 100%
Load More Replies...This smacks of 'except for me and my social media' because you are posting it on a social media site. Hello? Come in, Earth?
People labeling each-other before they even know what is going on. No Margaret, that woman is not a Karen. She found a hair in her food and you are being a jerk and filming her instead of offering good customer service. No Aiden, I am not a MAGA Trumper just because I like guns and flags and big trucks. Sorry Lily, I don't hate the planet because I have to drive a car to work to feed my family. I like to be alive, that's what. Yes Bob, I can respect men and still watch Barbie and be independent and single. It's not a stab at your masculinity, it's just a confidence in my femininity.
"Karen" isn't someone who has a legitimate company that they bring to the attention of someone in charge of fixing that complaint in a courteous, adult manner. "Karen" is someone who PUTS a hair in her own food to try to get a free meal, or who finds a hair in her food, screams at the waiter (who had nothing to do with the kitchen), throws her plate off food on the ground, and acts like someone just got away with murdering her dog and burning down her house because of it! People can have complaints. The preponderance of people who think that having a complaint gives them the right to treat others with disrespect, get violent, and get tons of free stuff is the reason for that particular label
I totally agree with this. My point is that I've seen a lot of "Karen" content going around for poor people who do legitimately have a complaint...they just have a short blond haircut. So they get labeled before they have a chance to explain themselves. Sorry for the confusion!
Load More Replies...Nice. Should have led with Yes, Bob, it's just confidence in my femininity. And don't forget, sometimes, that woman simply is a Karen.
Hey there, sorry to respond to your post slightly negatively. 1. In the case of "Karens", I think as you indicate, it depends on the situation. Calling the cops because a POC is walking his dog in a park on a leash, is unreasonable. Calling for management because there's a hair in your food is not unreasonable. It depends. 2. Maybe you aren't a MAGA, but you're presumably a Republican? Liking guns, I think, means you think killing people is OK. I think that is the height of evil, and, also hypocritical (e.g. foetus = human, must be preserved, but once it's born it's fine to shoot it in school). Re liking flags, I think being patriotic is OK, but not if it means "also other countries are way shittier than ours." As long as you respect other countries. Driving a car to work, sure, but get a small european or japanese car that uses less petrol. Watching Barbie? I would have thought the talk of "patriarchy" etc., would be offputting for a Republican?
Wow. You are really one for the books. Not going to address the whole mess but one item in particular. I sell auto parts. There are no small European cars sold in the USA except for Mini Coopers. They, like every other European brand sold here are notoriously expensive not just to but to maintain. You know what we say BMW means? Break My Wallet. As far as Japanese vehicles are concerned, yeah, they might be a bit more fuel efficient, but they are notorious parts hogs. Hondas. Nissan and Toyotas bought me two homes and put three kids through college. Also, I dislike guns although I earned an expert marksmanship ribbon in the military. I am not a Democrat. I like the flag. I am not a Republican. I also don't like your Eurotrash attitude. You owe Lil Miss Hobbit an apology.
Load More Replies..."What's Trending" headlining every information website. The fact that it changes hourly should tell you something. Like how none of it is important in the first place so get a life already.
Please put an end to these worn out terms. Game changing, Jaw dropping, Broke the internet and any more you can suggest.
People who are famous just for the sake of being famous. Social Media "Influencers" (especially the Paul brothers). Deliberate misinformation being spread around as fact. Websites/services that started off so good, and didn't need to change, only to undo everything that made it good to begin with.
Ex: Wikipedia. I love it when people as "a relaible (sp) f*****g idiots. Welcome 2 the internet !!
Pretty much wrapped up FB, TWITter, IG, tick tock, and YouTube. ETA - tick tock.
Reality TV Movies longer than 2 hours
It needs to not be allowed to be called "reality" TV, because it's no more real than fantasy shows and movies.
I don't know about the long movies. It allow to make a great story without having it cut it into 1 hour episodes, but also get to the point unlike a 8 hour season.
It should have been called 'scripted reality' TV because it is! I love longer movies just as I enjoy longer books. I like to totally submerge myself in it.
TikTok and Facebook pretty much all social media
Boomers getting blamed for everything that younger generations don't like. Check the timelines. Most of it goes directly back to the Silent Generation (1928-1945) and the Greatest Generation (1901-1927).
Y'all who wants to go bully the 80-100 year olds with me Edit; just to be clear I am joking, I don't tend to blame anyone for what's up with the world unless they start blaming me
Generations are always going to complain about the previous and newest ones. We've all gone through it.
My problem with Boomers has to do with their blaming millennials for absolutely everything under the sun, even things that they did to us (talking $hit about us as the 'participation trophy' generation, like we as children were awarding them to ourselves??).
Participation trophies or awards date back as far as the early 20's and perhaps even earlier. Boomers got them too and also got criticized for it. The biggest criticism I have of Millennials is that you think your experiences are unique when they're basically the same as every other generation. You just whine about it more.
Load More Replies...The Great Depression 1929-1932. Welfare-1935 Social Security-also 1935. Cold War-1962-1979. Oil Crisis-1973. Post WW2 saw the rise of consumerism, the spread of suburbia, Increased US involvement in other countries affairs, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. Unions ever increasing demand pushed US businesses to move production overseas to bring down costs leading to underemployment and wage stagnation. Check the timelines and see who was in charge when these things happened. Yes. GW Bush, a boomer, was technically in charge when we invaded Afghanistan but by now everyone realizes Cheney was really calling the shots. We've had success with boomers as president since Clinton, the exception being Bush but, as I said before, Cheney was really the guy in charge. Back to a Silent gen president and, fun fact, it's a mess again.
Load More Replies...People.
Homophobia and transphobia plus racism. I’m trans and Gay ( f to m). And I have friends of all races. And you don’t know how many times iv had to protect them (tho they can fight for themselves rly well).
I'm thinking about becoming f to m but currently I will simply support you beauties!💜(also I identify as gay)
Dude go for it! U be u and nobody no how how hard they try can put u down!
Load More Replies...I'm a straight white female with many non-traditional, multi-racial friends. I don't feel threatened in any way by any of them. I love the diversity of my life. So much more interesting and fun than being a phobic snob.
I agree! I will never understand the need to act on transphobia and homophobia. Congrats on figuring out your true gender! LGTBQ+ rights and acceptance rule. I hope you're living your best life! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ✨
Personally, I’m over people using trans identifier. If you wish to be recognised by your gender, saying trans m just creates curiosity and questions where there doesn’t need to be any.
If you don't agree with a person being true to themselves aka being trans or gay or whatever else they may identify as, that is literally transphobia/homophobia. The literal definition for transphobia is dislike of or strong prejudice against transgender people. Not agreeing to someone's true identity is a form of dislike. This is an actual person we're talking about, not a purple vegetable.
Load More Replies...Oh yes, mocking a person for being true to their real identity they are more comfortable with is a reasonable thing to do. Your comment really speaks about your true identity. Inane.
Load More Replies...Stupid people. Lies. The sense of entitlement that some people have - if you want something, work for it - don’t expect to just be given everything you want when you want it.
Unfortunately people that fall under this specific category will never fade 😔
Job hunting I'm completely and utterly fed up with it. Something is gonna have to give and I think it's going to be be me!
I sympathize with you but I myself haven't had to job hunt in 35 years. Networking has worked very well for me. With your experience they should be looking for you.
I've done a good amount of job hunting, and I soon found myself just f###ing over and done with adding my resume to a site to apply for an opening, then having to input BY HAND all the info that's on my blooming resume. Also, I am SO OVER having to go through the same accursed rigmarole when applying for more than one job at the same company! C'mon, make it simple, folks! You could be missing a lot of outstanding candidates because the process to apply for a job on your website sucks like a platoon of Oricks!
This is why I look at the positives of any job I have until it becomes too s****y to see it in any optimistic light, that job searching seems more appealing. That's how much I hate job searching.
The reason I stayed in my job so long was not because I loved it. It was because I hate job hunting so much.
Load More Replies...It is very tough to be looking for work after being a steady part of the workforce for so long. What is worse, is getting a job and being treated like an idiot by a supervisor who is half your age and who has about 25% of your experience!
It's also being rejected for jobs I can do standing on my head.
Load More Replies...Just so you know I'm not getting any money from the government I'm living on my redundancy I got after being made redundant from a job I was at for 24 years so no freeloading here.
Keep plugging away. maybe this will be a window of opportunity that you had not yet considered. When I got fired, I started my own successful business. That was the most satisfying and hardest job, ever! Good luck to you.
Load More Replies...People who intentionally make stuff up about others for personal gain/pleasure.
Capitalism, consumerism, the mentality of infinite growth on a finite planet, people who celebrate celebrity lifestyles and their crass consumerism. People with private jets. People who wear an outfit once. People who celebrate their first-world lifestyle and think their country is great meantime it is built, still built, on slave labour in the Global South where people are paid pittances to do your basic work like mining, sewing, assembling motherboards, etc. For example a minimum wage in my country is R 120 or so per day. That's $6 per day or about 0,75c per hour. But every time we support another "global south" country we get penalised by Wall Street who devalues our currency even further, to ensure that we pay ZAR more per dollar in interest on our loans and bonds. Your greed is disgusting and insatiable. And by the way, my country (SA) is technically and practically the richest in total on our continent. We - SA - make about 30% of the continent's GDP out of over 50 countries (the number varies!). Yet even we are struggling. You have NO idea how unpopular the west is outside your borders. Please advocate for climate justice, fair wages / fairtrade, and cancellation of loans to the global south. Please stop lending us money as well, we do not need it. We need you to pay fair prices for our minerals.
Also hypocrisy. Please don't ask the ICC to arrest Putin if you yourselves are not ICC signatories and haven't arrested Bush/Blair. Please don't weep about Ukraine if you aren't weeping about your Allies - the Saudis - using F16's that you sold them, to bomb Yemeni children (I'm not supporting Putin. I am saying Bush/Blair are no different. If you want to criticise and arrest him, if you think the Ukraine thing is bad, please cry a bit for us brown folks who are the victims of your violence). Please don't lecture the Global South about corruption when you still have the NRA pulling strings and "lobbyists" (ie professional bribers) in your government. Please don't lecture us about "third world coups" when you had January 6, 2021. Please don't issue "travel warnings" for Africa when you yourselves have the same gun violence levels as El Salvador and Eswatini (you know, third world "shitholes" as trump called us). Please don't lecture us about "democracy" when you have race riots over police brutality. Thanks.
So will you be publishing your full manifesto soon or was this it?
Load More Replies...Harry and Meghan
I love the South Park parody of them. Who gives a hoot about English royalty, or any other royalty? I don't care about entitled celebrities of any background, and most of them have done something to be celebrities. H/M haven't done anything. Harry was born into royalty and that is not an achievement, just an accident of birth. Like birth order. He could have been the next King, or living in the dump in Mexico City. Who knows or cares about his bride? Tey need to become good and accomplished at something and make a career out of it.
Stop caring so much about ANY royalty, period. They are not important or relevant to you in any way.
I commented on a drag queen's video once... I keep getting replies from small-minded bigots, and I've reached the point where I'll just ignore them
I have heard that there is a drag queen who has changed her name to Rhonda Santis! Now that's FUNNY!
Having been friends in the drag community I found that it's VERY easy to step on toes that are in open toed shoes. 😂
Double standards.
Euphemisms. Someone is not unalive, they are dead. Unless a word has become an insult by misuse, just say what you really mean.
But, think of their feelings! Someone could get triggered and actually have to deal with a negative emotion! /S
It’s all about YouTuber culture spilling into the real world. There’re certain words they can’t say or risk losing monetization. You hear those euphemisms enough, it bleeds into every day life.
A polite society and small talk require some way to say harsh things nicely. But I agree with you. I am tired of 'made up' words and terms. It is kinder to say unemployed than to say fired or jobless. It is dumb to say unalive rather than deceased, dead, etc. Other terms in this group are woke terms like 'birthing persons'. Or political names like 'un-documented Americans'. The lists can go on forever if you throw all of the political leanings in. Ack!
Playing with my younger sister. What’s the pint of all that’s going to happen is she’s going to get HERSELF injured and then blame me for it and I GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE MY PARENTS NEVER ASK FOR MY SIDE OF THE STORY AND ONLY BELIEVE HER SIDE OF THE STORY!!?? Oh He HiT mE aNd AlSo TrIeD tO kIcK mY tUm-TuM!!11!1!!!11! Like SHUT UP!
My sister didn’t grow out of that until we were in our 30s. I still don’t trust her.
wow that's weird. Sorry to hear. Me and my brothers stopped with that c**p around 20-23-ish
Load More Replies...My sis died in her mid-twenties, and I still wouldn't trust her if she lived today (pushing 60). Why? She tried to say a kid THAT much younger/smaller could beat her up. OK, then, how did I get all MY bruises? But nobody asked that, did they?
Stop playing with her. Literally refuse, and if your parents get mad when she immediately tattles, tell them "she blames me when she gets hurt even though I didn't do anything to her, and you never bother to ask ME for MY size, you just get mad at me! She's not my kids, so it's not my job to make sure she doesn't hurt herself, so I'm not paying with her anymore because I'm tired of getting in trouble for her getting hurt!"
My whole entire life ive been blamed 4 things that was isnt envovled in. Ive caught my older sister in sooo many times even into my 40's, im 58. And i finunly just gave up.
Load More Replies...Sounds like you and your parents need to have a mature conversation about your frustrations.
hate to tell you but this is EVERY sibling relationship. It gets better once you are adults.
It didn’t happen with me and my brother. If something was my fault, I owned up to it. If my something was my brother’s fault, he never tried to pin it on me
Load More Replies...I have a brother just like that and at the age of 80, I hate him with a passion!
Im 47f my sister is 33 and our mother is dead. She still does!!!!! Jk, I love the h3ll outta her now. She’s become my favorite person
Wow, you're describing my brother perfectly. Convinced my Mom at 4 years old (Me 10) I was trying to kill him. Drove a wedge between the close relationship I had with my Mom. She wouldn't never believe he was lying because he was too young to do that. Our relationship never healed. He became a violent, narcissistic, controlling, entitled, borderline sociopath. I never felt I mattered to anyone.
People not following simple traffic rules because they think nothing bad could possibly happen. I've been almost hit several times at the store I work at because some people don't stop for the stop signs. There's a DOOR there; people will be coming out of it!
Lots of people don't turn on their blinkers when they're going to turn. Maybe 70 or 80% of the time, at least where I live, in Ronda, a small city in the south of Spain. I don't know if they think they can wear out from use... One of these days, car manufacturers will stop making them with blinkers...
Many years ago, I saw a question posed to Click and Clack, two super car guys, from a man that didn't want to use the electricity needed for his blinkers on his car. He was basically roasted by the experts about the tiny amount generated by the car's electrical system needed for his blinkers at the expense of safety. I just wish people would use some (not-so-) common sense!
Load More Replies...Life in general
I love being alive! If you look, you can find joy. I don't mean an organized home or any of the self-hyped joy seen on TV. I mean a litter of 4-week-old puppies to play with, a sunset on an empty beach, a serene garden of flowers and vegetables, the parents of a newborn, and so on.
I see how you could feel that but I have depression so that's not totally useful in this situation
Load More Replies...Party politics! Stop wasting time and money arguing and mudslinging ang get on with the job you're paid to do. I don't care what colour your underwear is, I want the best candidate for each position.
Politics suck and in general I am against them. They're stressful and literally no outcome is actually good
Unfortunately that will never happen. The republicans r vile corrupt scumbags (my opion) and the democrats behave terribly weakly.
Overuse of the word "woke" especially from those who don't seem to know what it means.
I HATE that word. Once trump used that it immediately became null and void
No. I mean the word "woke" that the media keeps throwing at us. They call it "woke" like it's a bad thing. I call it "empathy" and I think it's a good thing.
Load More Replies...People using bullying tactics, both online and IRL, to impose their will and beliefs onto others. Oh, and Cancel Culture.
Someone, somewhere doesn't like something you did, either recently or decades past, so they wage a campaign against you to have your life ruined.
Load More Replies...Every single post that has to do with older v younger generations. I was sick of the trope when I was 16 and 50 years later I'm even more sick of it. Everyone has something to learn from other people. Shake off the arrogance, STFU and listen. The rant is over, go in peace.
Grocery store inflation. Can barely buy fruit and toilet paper. It's doubled in price in a matter of a month. Galen Weston made over 30% profit increase since 2021. He used to have some of the most affordable grocery chains in Canada. Not really that affordable anymore. The Canadian government supplementing low to moderate income earners to make up for the inflation with grocery rebates, etc. But even more fed up with Canadians getting upset and shaming the recipients, who might not have been asking for it, just getting automatically based on their income in the previous tax year. I'm over it. Leave the people alone. Get mad at the government if it upsets you. Get mad at the grocery chain CEOs. I'm am very much done with job shamers. There's nothing wrong with being a janitor. If you're working at a call centre, I feel for you and know you're having a miserable time and just doing it while you find something better. But, hey, if you're enjoying the job, good for you. If you're working in fast food, thanks for making my coffee, burgers and fries. I know you're doing the best you can and not getting paid enough for the bagillion things you're doing throughout your shift. If you work in retail, it's not all hanging and putting up clothes, and ringing up items. Totally get it. Thanks for not putting me down when I try on those tight jeans that made me look like Yosemite Sam, or that dress I thought made me look like a centaur. I know you all work hard. I'm done with people wanting to bring me down about working an "unskilled" job. It doesn't define my intelligence nor my worth as a person.
Very well said! I'm convinced that many of these people who talk down to retail workers spend most of their days getting sh*t on at their own jobs, and use the "customer is always right" position to vent. It makes them feel big and powerful in a world where their opinions matter little and their feelings are not dealt with in a healthy way. "My day sucked because my boss was unhappy, I'll go order a cheeseburger without onions and then get righteously outraged when they forget to leave them off! YARRRR!!!"
apathy regarding things in life that people love to complain about but never do anything to make a positive change. it could be about so many issues such as gun control - people are angry but unless it has touched their lives they don't get passionate about it. politics - if you don't vote don't complain. also, if people would act like they expressed themselves regarding politics then maybe we would get something done to benefit the people instead of watching life long politicians do nothing but fight with the other side. people don't realize how much power we have if we would only take action on the things that we care about.
I stopped smoking tobacco when my oldest daughter was born, 30 years ago. Well, I smoked two cigarettes while waiting for my son to be born three years later. But not one more...
❤️👍👌👏👏👏 Good job. I also gave up smoking when I was told I was was going to be a dad. I am so glad I don't stink around my little darling boy. I was coming home a few weeks ago and a guy got on the train and he reeked of that burnt, sickly sweet, mouldy golden, stale smoke stench. I used to smell that bad too. Just the thought of putting my little angel's spat out dummy in his precious little mouth, again and again with nicotine stained fingers makes me retch. I am pleased I've quit but sort of ashamed it took such a life changing event. I couldn't quit even as I tried my best to care for my mum dying from smoking related cancer because she didn't want to die alone in a hospice. Cigarettes are gross, expensive and deadly. I also miss them from time to time, like the other day I realised I no longer spend any time gazing at the night sky anymore.
I also miss watching the night sky while smoking. But, you can still go and watch for owls and meteors and the ISS on your porch while having a decaf or a beer.
Load More Replies...The two party system in the USA. I will not be gaslit into voting for a terrible candidate just because the other candidate is more terrible. I will vote for the person who is most in line with me, even when I know they cannot win.
There are many political parties in the US, just 2 main strong ones. When I look at France and Germany which have dozens of political parties and see that they can't compromise to get any real business done, I change my mind. I think the 2 party system or even a 3 party system could work if they were not all controlled by the same money!
Hear Hear. That's what I do. Don't care if people thinking I'm throwing away my vote. If a better party is on the ballot then it's a legit vote.
The use of animals for human entertainment, ie dog fighting, c**k fighting, big game hunting, animals in the circus, puppy farming etc etc. Also, animals being used in laboratories for testing if any other method is possible. I am NOT a fan of PETA but I object to animals being abused in this manner.
This is a lame one compared to more serious stuff, but…. People that use social media of neighborhood groups on Nextdoor or Facebook for their personal memes and just plain stupid posts. Good grief, you can just post that stuff to your “friends” on Facebook. Strangers don’t need to know what goes on in your everyday life unless you need help from us or an opinion on a local business. Rant over.
Daylight savings time. Tired of changing my clocks and my body suffering for it.
Many a first responder will tell you that accidents and heart attacks spike on the Monday after we "spring forward." We need to end this madness.
Fashion. I look at people and not at their clothes. (I still think one should look proper and clean, but who ever thought torn jeans look good?)
When I'm sorting clothes at my job, I'll come across very tattered, top to bottom, jeans that look like they're barely hanging on. I'm told they can get put out because the torn look is the style and they'll still sell. Ooookayyy.
reddit stories. “am i the jerk for telling a depressed sucidal person no one likes them and to just jump off a cliff and do a flip and they actually do it?” LIKE YES YOU ARE. BFFR
Apple products
Got one too. Got by accident trying to buy a new phone.
Load More Replies...listening to the news it's sooooooooo depressing, NEVER anything good
Like, i don’t wanna hear that my country is BURNING ALIVE, thank you very much for the insane anxiety and panic constantly
I am getting tired of always having to wonder what people really meant by what they said. Like the statements that could go either way. It’s like nails on a chalk board…. If you have something to say then say it, if you can’t say it than learn how to say it, I don’t have patience to wonder what you really meant.
Perfect example—I’m good with X. Are you saying “I’m good” as in yeah that’s fine or “I’m good” like naaaaaahhhhhh, no interest in that.
THRIFTING! It used to be a way to stretch our budget, get a cheap piece of furniture, or maybe an inexpensive decoration. The way prices have gone up in ‘thrift’ stores, I might as well shop at the big blue store. A small dresser in my local Goodwill was $129.99. Utterly ridiculous.
I only ever get clothes at thrift stores (theyre more interesting and i like the clothes in general more) and the ones I go to are all good with prices. It might just be a thrift chain thing? There's also the thrift shops that only exist cause aesthetic which tend to also be overpriced
There are good deals to be found. I bought a really nice top for $3.99 last week. The higher end brands are the ones that get higher thrift prices. If you take the time to sift through everything you'll find the more reasonably priced stuff.
I just bought a heap (way more than I needed but anyway) of tops because they were under $2.50 each! Where I live, they usually have a day pensioners get 20% off, and one for students, plus $1 racks for stuff that's not selling and coloured tags that are cycled through with one colour being half price for a week. It also depends what suburb/town you shop in whether you will get mainly cheaper items, or designer ones. Also as you said, sifting through things helps.
Load More Replies...Totally disagree. 4 those of us who cant afford "nice clothes", no not a qoute, but i cant afford most clothes at walmart so i survive on thrift stores .
It is still possible to find good deals, but not at Goodwill. The small thrift stores that support churches or hospitals tend to be pretty good. The Habitat for Humanity thrift store is wonderful. I also like ARC. If you want good furniture, go to a used furniture store.
Influencer culture in general. Most are faker than unicorns, and they succumb to the hype and pressure of social media. Also mlms and guns. Like, stop with it already!
People saying "woke" or "anti-fascism" like it is a bad thing. Look, if you think being aware of racism, or wanting to stop fascism is bad, you are a bigot and a fascist, and I'm on the other side.
I mostly think some people are a bit confused about what fascism is...
Load More Replies...well than what is being woke? tell all of us "uneducated people" what being woke is if you know what it is.
Load More Replies...Accepting the excuse "I didn't mean that i was really drunk" as an apology... That got old fast...
Shaving. I am done with shaving my legs, arms, etc, to please people. I have hair. GET OVER IT.
I personally like shaving my armpits because I don't like the feel of hair there, but that's me and I see more women with body hair now than ever. Go for it! Like you said, you have hair and the world can just deal with it!
I'm just done with inconsiderate people in public! TRY to remember that you are not the only person on the bus, plane, train, ferry, etc. Take a look around you and notice if someone is standing behind you before you randomly take steps backward and trample toes, luggage, or children. Look BEFORE you merge. Wait your turn without grumbling or cussing. Realize that there are usually fewer workers these days (because they don't want to work for a non-living wage), and that the workers that are there are taxed to the max! Getting off my soap box now, but in short, BE NICE!
People pearl-clutching in the comments about "how awful" something is.
Debating whether ‘trickle down economics works’, it doesn’t.
U mean where ecomincs pissed (trickles) down upon the poor? U can blame reagan-no-matics 4 that
The entitlement people feel to bring their (non-service) dogs everywhere!
Can I upvote this more? I'm tired of seeing dogs in fake service vests running amok everywhere.
obviously fake reddit content, s**t that they call “breaking news” that’s just “OMG LOOK WHAT THIS CELEBRITY YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF WORE TO THE AWARDS” and how all entertainment sites basically have all the same stolen content, taken from each other 😭
Living in a world where the majority have to change their views or beliefs to satisfy the minority is a challenge
The White savior complex of some activists. They creep me out
I'd love to know how Janet graham knows for a fact that Jesus wasn't white? Do you have his DNA report in your Bible or something?
The fact that Jesus was Middle-Eastern is enough. The chances of him being a lily-white, blue-eyed boy are few and far between. Further more, no one knows when Jesus was born. Dec. 25 was selected because it was some kind of pagan holiday and was celebrated.
Load More Replies...Lululemon. All the popular girls in my high school wore it and thought it made them better.
Somehow, it’s still pretty damn popular today, I don’t get the point of it
JUST BECAUSE YOU WEAR WHATEVER EVERYONE ELSE IS WEARING DOESNT MAKE YOU COOLER
everything. i'm so sick of the world that i rarely leave my house during the day. I just cannot be bothered having to live the way other people think i should. whether its the jobcentre trying to force me to take a job that wont even cover my rent, to having to apply with online interviews or on the phone. My hearing is c**p yet they refuse to make any accomodations for that. If i cant hear you i cant answer. being told my billionaires that we have to change how much plastic we use to save the enviroment when they continue to pump out the stuff. then they fly their phallic rockets to not really space and tell us we polute too much. I'm a grown adult and i know what i need to survive and its not 2 part time jobs miles apart that still wont pay enough to live on. and employers that dont have the simple decency to say sorry not this time. this is the evidence i need to keepgetting my unemployment support but not one place bothers to send one out. i could go on and on with this subject
Been there, and felt that! I'm sorry, that is a rough road that is always too long. Try to keep your mental health up by finding humor and joy. Yes, you need to look for it, but it's out there. Blessings!
There are services that can get you free hearing aids. Not sure why you think an interviewer should yell at you just so you can hear them. That is unreasonable and sounds entitled..
it only for online stuff or phone that i cant hear. there is about a year wait for a hearing test so until then i cant get help. I want to work and dont see why my hearing issue cant be accomodated in some way. if i was missing a leg they would accomodate that but wont accomodate my lack of hearing? I just want a f*****g job
Load More Replies...All the popular girls in my school wore Lululemon ,picked on me, my dad just left my mom.
I don’t get why people flex their stupid new and in “style” clothes that look trashy
The overuse of the word ‘issues’, no one has a problem anymore, they have issues. No one has a conversation anymore, they open a dialogue. What is wrong with people and all this clever speak. For heaven’s sake use the English language properly.
People getting offended for every little thing, even something that isn't targeted at you. It's the same as telling the group of people it's targeting, "You're not smart enough to know you're being made fun of, but it's ok, because I'm offended for you" Just F**k off
People literally get offended by every little thing these days. Like come on just chill.... I accidentally "offended" someone the other day by calling them "sir" dude was like 80 and all I said was "hello sir, what can I get for you today?"
The term Karen Everything is "This Karen...."
So true. I've known 3 Karens, and every one has been just a tad off.
Load More Replies...Protests, protestors and activists.
Civil Protest is a foundation of our country. But, I said civil. Not rioting, murder, and mayhem. I wish today's protesters would look at the civil rights movement. The protesters, not the cops and crowds. If you compare Dr.King's work and its outcome with the BLM, its riots and outcomes and just guess how that will look in 50 years. Riots and violence should never be tolerated! Vandalism and looting because a person was killed by a cop is just as bad as when it is caused in celebration of a national sports title. Stop it and act like civilized adults!
There were riots in the '60s. MLK said that rioting is the language of the unheard. “And, what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the economic plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years.” Also, according to him, riots are “the rumblings of discontent from the ‘have nots’ within the midst of an affluent society.” He thought peaceful protest was superior, but never condemned the rioters or talked about law and order. There will always be people who take advantage of situations for their own gain. Most of the violence and looting at BLM protests was done by people not associated with the protests, people from out of town.
Load More Replies...I don’t know if this belongs here but I was over and done with Minecraft but I kinda want to play it again and I just don’t know
I also have another I forgot to put it in and it’s animal abuse. Also what I’m trying to say is people should stop not playing a game just because it’s not number 1 that happened to me
Life and people who hate cheese. I just don't get it!
Unfortunately, I became clearly disabled 8.5 years ago and even though I wear floor length clothing, people still ALWAYS stare at me.. I’m extremely aware of it and I hate it.. Yes, it’s normal to notice people who appear different to others walking around but come on; have a GLANCE THEN LOOK AWAY!!! DON’T continue to STARE at them!! We are NOT side show exhibits! We are NOT here for your enjoyment and entertainment. Sorry everyone, I had a moment.
You are entitled to have as many moments as you want
Load More Replies...When wealthy/rich people and politicians (who get stipends, free healthcare, and security for life) tell other people to cut back on their spending if things are financially tight. Because of their ignorance and financial resources, it literally takes almost every dollar for normal people to make ends meet. I'm on disability but still work a part-time job to make ends meet. Social security and disability do not pay enough to cover basic living expenses. However, they sent an inquiry to make sure I am not making too much money. With inflation rising so astronomically over the last 2 years, my supplemental income still doesn't cover all of my expenses. I cut out television, landline phone, everything "extra" I can think of, and still have no money left at the end of the month. I have even stopped driving anywhere if I do not absolutely have to go. I think every politician should be required to spend 1-2 years living on minimum wage before being eligible to run for office.
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Unfortunately, I became clearly disabled 8.5 years ago and even though I wear floor length clothing, people still ALWAYS stare at me.. I’m extremely aware of it and I hate it.. Yes, it’s normal to notice people who appear different to others walking around but come on; have a GLANCE THEN LOOK AWAY!!! DON’T continue to STARE at them!! We are NOT side show exhibits! We are NOT here for your enjoyment and entertainment. Sorry everyone, I had a moment.
You are entitled to have as many moments as you want
Load More Replies...When wealthy/rich people and politicians (who get stipends, free healthcare, and security for life) tell other people to cut back on their spending if things are financially tight. Because of their ignorance and financial resources, it literally takes almost every dollar for normal people to make ends meet. I'm on disability but still work a part-time job to make ends meet. Social security and disability do not pay enough to cover basic living expenses. However, they sent an inquiry to make sure I am not making too much money. With inflation rising so astronomically over the last 2 years, my supplemental income still doesn't cover all of my expenses. I cut out television, landline phone, everything "extra" I can think of, and still have no money left at the end of the month. I have even stopped driving anywhere if I do not absolutely have to go. I think every politician should be required to spend 1-2 years living on minimum wage before being eligible to run for office.
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