Not everyone can do big things to help, so what are some small things that we can all do to make the world a better place?
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-Until COVID is fully under control, wear a dang mask -Use the turn signal on automobiles -Corporations to stop using unneeded packaging -Become an organ donor -Spay and neuter -Don’t litter -Use patience when driving. -Assume best intentions -Learn accurate history and understand there is motivation to keeping people misinformed -Understand that just because something has never happened to you, don’t mean it doesn’t happen to other
This one is special to me. An organ donor who left this world, saved my son's life. There is no greater gift.
Hearing this makes me happy...I’m a registered organ donor and I love the thought that someone may someday end up with my liver or some such like. Of course, if I live as long as others in my family, my organs may not be of much use by the time they’re available.
Load More Replies...I'd amend the last point to add "... and that it *will* never happen to you."
all of these are nice things but some are down to choice and in certain circumstances its not a good idea (eg neutering. animals like rabbits are more likely to die from anaesthetic so unnecesary neutering is invasive and the rabbit could die)
People being polite to workers and generally everyone.
Agree with everyone who posted so far. My 2 cents: Admit when you are wrong and if someone admits to YOU that they are wrong, be gracious about it. We all make mistakes; we are all human.
If the USA could go 4 years without getting into a war/conflict that would be great.
This American couldn’t agree more. My first demonstrations were against the Vietnam War and there’ve been waaaay too many since then!
If Christians made a greater effort to follow the teachings of Christ, I believe things would be better.
Well being christian extends to protestant religions.
Load More Replies...I wholeheartedly agree. If Jesus came today and spoke in your average Evangelical or Protestant church, saying the things He said in the Bible, and they didn’t know it was Him, they’d throw Him out.
To paraphrase G. K. Chesterson, following the teachings of Christ have not been tried and found wanting, they have been found difficult and left untried.
Greet the people in your usual store, thank them, say goodbye when leaving.
Put a small saucer with a tiny bit of water on it in the garden during hot and dry periods. Bees, bumblebees and other insects will be very grateful.
There was a girl with a broken leg that fell down the stairs at school. Everyone passed her and didn’t even think to help! So I went over there to help her even though I was 30 minutes late for my last class. Her mother came to pick her up from school and her mother thanked me and hugged me and all that stuff, and me and the girl have been friends ever since. What I am trying to say is, try to make someone’s day a little better and help as much as you can!
My adult daughter had a slip and fall at Arden Mall in Sacramento 2 months ago (Nov '20). A stranger named Dianne stopped, gathered purse and phone, called 911, and stayed with my daughter HOLDING HER HAND until paramedics arrived. Thank you Dianne.
Dianne is a good person! How is your daughter?
Load More Replies...It would be great if we all would put ourselves in other organisms shoes, weather it be a human or an animal.
If breeders would stop dumping animals or giving up on them cuz they are too old. If breeding like that just stopped.
If people would adopt from shelters/pounds, or rescue strays from the street - or go to reputable breeders, or specific breed rescue organizations.
There should be more laws and regulations around breeding, and the number of animals you're allowed to breed should be strictly limited
1) Don't litter. Your mama is not trailing along behind you picking up your messes. 2) Hold a door for a stranger. 3) actually listen when older people speak. And don't assume they are senile, and treat them like children. Don't talk about them when they are right there. 4) Don't judge people too harshly. You don't know what is going on in their lives, or what their history is.
My mother never trailed behind us to pick up our messes...she trailed behind us to tell us to clean up after ourselves.
Don't throw your litter on the floor. If you already don't, pick an extra bit up when you get the chance.
Parents let your boys cry, and comfort them when they do. So much anger stems from troubles in childhood. And I do wish more pet parents would take the time to understand the living soul they're responsible for.
Pay it forward; when doing a favor or helping folks in need, I often ask them to pay it forward instead of pay me back. I have been very fortunate to have friends AND strangers help when life knocked me down, and many of those also only asked that I pay if forward. Buy the coffee for the stranger in line behind you. If you see someone having to remove some food from their shopping cart because they are short a few $$, chip in enough to cover. Put down the phone and drive.
Also, volunteering and giving actually can help reduce areas, depression, and anxiety. It releases so many good chemicals in the brain. So, if you can’t move yourself to do it for others to help them, it helps yourself! I work at a food bank (we have people drive up while we load them up all while wearing masks, taking temps, and sanitize our hands after each encounter) and the elated joy and high I feel after is unmatched!
yes, and volunteering helps us feel less powerless
Load More Replies...Treat people the way you would want to be treated. Use good manners with people you dont know. If you see someone being a bully to someone else, stand up to them if you can.
Just to note, this does not include standing up to bullies by giving them a taste of their own medicine. If I were being an asshole I would want someone to call me out on my bullshit too.
sometimes thats the only thing they understand.
Load More Replies...-Stay home until Covid 19 is under control and wear a mask -Don't litter -Turn off the lights -Give someone a compliment
omg the light pollution is getting so much worse and I dont even live in a city. TURN OFF UNNECESSARY LIGHTS!! its not that hard
My mom wanted me to install an outdoor light so I can see my door when I come home at night... I was like why, look at all the neighbours lights. I can see perfectly fine. Poor birds and other wild creatures, we mess up not only our own circadian rythems but everybody else's too. Also for wild creatures who naturally operate at night, our light exposes them to predators. Yay, another way we are messing with and destroying our environment and ecosystem.
Load More Replies...Focusing on fixing a fundamental problem instead of the symptoms. Against abortion or high crime rates? Those are symptoms. Create policies that encourage and support families, the fundamental structure of society. Freakanomics theorized that because of Roe vs Wade, there were fewer unwanted children to become society menaces 20 years later and NY state saw its largest drop in crime. But what if those children were wanted and supported from the beginning?
Oh, oh, oh! And speaking of freakinomics, I was reading that when Romania legalized abortion, it reduced the crime by something like 60%! Less children born out of poverty means less people will have to do desperate things to feed the extra mouths.
Do everything in your power to reduce waste: compost; support zero packaging stores; bring your own bags; buy local, reduce, reuse, recycle; write to companies about excess waste; buy second-hand
Recycle!
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Wash and Recycle. Plastic can only be recycled a limited number of times. Each time it's recycled the plastic polymers get shorter and the quality of the plastic degrade. So We need to employ ALL of the steps, starting with Refusing to spend our money on one use/ disposable crap. If we didn't buy crap, we could reuse which reduces the amount of plastic and crap heading to recycling facilities. Also wash your recyclables! SO much gets tossed because it's gross and contaminated with organic matter. They don't have the time or money to invest in washing everybody's recycling. So they trash it.
I volunteered at my hometown’s first recycling center when it opened on the first Earth Day in 1970. I’ve been an ardent recycler since I was a child. I remember when sodas came in bottles and were returned to stores for three cents (small) or five cents (large), and my siblings and I would scrounge through various ditches and culverts for discards we could turn in at the local supermarket and then buy penny candies or even splurge on a candy bar (5¢). Then some executive(s) at one of the big soda companies decided it would be a great marketing move to use new bottles every time and re-use was suddenly no longer a thing.
Load More Replies...If people would understand that Black Lives Matter
i understand that black lives matter, and i also understand that Female and Male, White, Mexican, Asian, LGBTQ+, Cop, and All the others, all of their lives matter too. All Lives Matter
All lives can't matter until Black lives do. Downvote me if you will, but the truth is truth.
Load More Replies...Being polite
Vote.
I got to vote the first year the voting age in the U.S. was lowered to 18 (1974) and have never missed an election. One year I voted for President (U.S.) from Bangkok. I don’t vote for offices that have no bearing on my life (school board, for instance), but I read the condensed descriptions of the propositions (and the full text if I can’t make up my mind). There are so many people in the world who have no say in their government that it is incumbent upon those of us who do to make sure we exercise this immense responsibility and immensely rewarding experience.
Help and care about others around you. We all have troubles in our life, that´s for sure, but when , with a minimun gesture (like a smile, or helping someone to carry something, saying a kiddo in tears not to worry, just asking someone in car troubles if they need something....don´t know...there is million ways.....) it help me to forget about my own issues... and that way i don´t think about myself....and therefore i know i can do something good for someone.....for me ,maybe nothing changes, but for sure i´m make the world better for others.
Try to sincerely be happy when good things happen to others. That way, we all get to celebrate and be happy. This is my answer to jealousy, turn it around and be grateful.
For people to be more accepting. Not just some people, not even subsets (the way I said that is kinda weird) ALL people. Like lgbtq+ my dad for example accepts most of them. But he only thinks there are 2 genders. I'm disappointed to be honest with you. Accept everyone.
Btw my dad is a nice dude but he doesn't believe that there are more than 2 genders.
Well all I hope is that they are happier now
Load More Replies...Smiling at strangers and saying hello unprompted.
Sadly, this one depends on the environment. This kind of attitude had me get some unwanted company.
This can be a dicey proposition for young women. I was very pretty when I was young and I worked very hard to not make eye contact with men because too many of them misinterpreted politeness or friendliness as an invitation to harass me. While men harassing woman is less acceptable now than it was when I was growing up, too many women still have friendliness misinterpreted as interest and then anything that happens after that is sadly interpreted as “they asked for it.” Now that I’m an old woman, I’m most inclined to smile at everyone because no one’s going to look at me twice.
If you can, give without expecting to be paid back. I was always taught if you lend money to someone, to consider it a gift as you most likely will never be paid back but to still give with a joyful heart and be a light in this very dark world
Be gracious. Be a gracious host and a gracious guest. Be a gracious winner and a gracious loser. Be gracious when providing a compliment or a criticism. Be gracious when receiving a compliment or a criticism. Be gracious as a giver and as a recipient.
When someone gives you something or does something for you....don't insult that person by saying "oh you shouldn't have....you didn't have to...etc" . A smile and a thank you always works.
I think kindness and taking responsibility, people are always blaming each other, and when they see a problem they ignore it! Be kinda it’s not stooping down! It’s being a good human!
It takes more strength to be gentle and kind then it does to be hard and mean.
Does it? I think it’s a question of training and exposure. I can’t fathom being deliberately abrasive—what’s the payoff there? In general we get back what we put out there, and thus a feedback loop is born.
Load More Replies...people using their common sense and listening to science
Kindness, being/staying clean all the time, realizing the concept of safety first.
It's literally a general statement. I mean quite literally, wash your hands and sanitize all surfaces after use, I literally didn't mention anything about assault victims. If you want my opinion on that though, no, never in a million years should we as a society ever blame the victim, it should and always will be the perpetrator's fault UNLESS evidence proves so otherwise.
Load More Replies...Paying everybody a living wage
I would love to hear other people's opinion. I recently heard about an idea called guaranteed jobs, this was used successfully in Nigeria(?). The idea is that every community will identify jobs that they would like, or need to be done. This would be backed by the federal government like disaster relief is. So when a catastrophe happens and people lose their jobs, they can go to their municipality and request an assignment. They would be paid a living wage, with health care coverage. They would be trained for the job, such as installing solar panels or installing better ventilation in older buildings. When a person looses their job, they begin to cut back on expenses. When people stop buying stuff and eating out, it harms other industries and they will have to let people go. So by continuing to pay people, it's stops the infection of unemployment from spreading. It helps the private sector as much as the people who lost their jobs. When the economy recovers,
/2 and the private recovers. The private sector will have to compete for employees by providing a living wage and health coverage. But the people they are hiring, have gain new skills and knowledge during the downturn. Lastly, it's easier to get hired for a job, when you already have a job.
Load More Replies...Smiles
Even while wearing your mask. People can tell and appreciate it.)
Yep, you can see it in how their eyes crinkle and you can hear it in the way our smile changes our vowels :)
Load More Replies...Air-dropped packages of crayons. Basic 8 or 16 color set. Everyone is happy with crayons, we all just forget about it and think it's "childish" after a certain age.
Right? What defines childish at this point? I don't care what others say; I want to stay a kid as long as I can
"Childish" isn't necessarily a bad thing. If childish means deriving enjoyment from transforming mental images (even those that don't exist in reality) through the interplay of tactile and visual experimentation, being "childish" means tapping into creativity. And yes, that was a very long-winded and pretentious way of saying it's fun to colour/draw with crayons. :)
Please remind yourself often; when you come across a person who isn't all sunshine they may be going through something you don't understand. It is a dark gray place and you can never undo it. It is the death of a child, spouse, close friend, or dearly loved pet. There is really no explaining it, this death changes you the living. You cope as best you can but there may well be moments of anger, rudeness, numbness, blankness, crying, and even excessive laughing. It happens, emotions are complicated. Remember, someday you will cry over someone, and someday some will cry over you. Be kind.
And some of us have bad brain chemistry that makes the world a difficult place. Some have bad brain chemistry that doesn’t allow them to interpret the world as a safe place (I have a schizophrenic nephew for whom this is true). And most importantly, remember that kindness is its own reward. Truly and sincerely it is.
A tiny thing that would make the world better is world peace, death of trump, racism ending, sexism ending, and if someone tracks down Epstiens murderer, and give them a cookie and a gold star.
I think death would be too easy, it might make him a martyr. He should be taken to court and put in jail for all his wrong doings. When he is finally behind bars we should try and get him to squeal on his co-conspirators :)
ooh that a MUCH better idea >:D
Load More Replies...If we can find them, give them like a million bucks or something. Whoever it may be, they're my hero
Choose to foster or adopt a rescue/shelter pet instead of getting one from a breeder. There are so so many animals without a home, many at risk of being euthanized. There is such a variety of animals in rescue organizations and shelters, you can find one that meets any criteria you have! There are too many animals, and not enough homes, please don’t support breeders, especially puppy mills and backyard breeders. My dog is from a shelter and everyday I feel lucky to have her in my life
Adopting should always be the first option. But we need to remember that sometimes is just not a possible one. For example if you are allergic to dogs (like a friend of mine) you need specific breeds (like poodle) and it might no be possible to find them in a shelter. In our case for example we adopted our first dog but she is scared of unknown adult dogs, so if we want a second dog we will need to buy one because where we live there are (luckily) very little shelters and dogs and they are usually adults.
Same! There is no difference in the love that a bred animal and a rescue animal can give you. Each year, about 1.5 million shelter animals get euthanized in the US. 1.5 Million. That should not happen. Can you imagine 1.5 million dogs and cats dying every year, not from natural causes or even sickness. Because there isn't enough room. This dissapoints me so much. Please, adopt don't shop!
Clean up after yourself. Wherever you are.
My Mom taught me that when you stay with someone, then leave, the only thing you should leave behind are nice memories...and the small gift with which you arrive.
+ Bank-style lines in every store. + Put the entire message together in a single instance-messaging app (instead of typing one sentence, hit enter, another, hit enter....so that you have to keep watching and then guess when they're done typing.) + Show compassion for public-facing workers who have to try to act cheerful even on their worst of days, when going through a divorce, when mourning, etc. + Never give words of advice to try to comfort someone who is mourning. Just say you're sorry, you're there for them, and do what they need. You can't take their pain away by some inspirational message. + Let me always remove the link from your dryer screen, because it's the most fun thing in the world :-) + People should rapidly get up to speed when entering the highway to allow those behind to both get up to speed and increase their distance from one another. (Would reduce traffic congestion quite a bit.) + People should zipper-merge when entering the highway (instead of all coming in a huge clump).
Stop fishing for self worth by posting/tweeting about how the best part of your day is when your kid falls/fails/hurts themselves. This doesn’t make you a hip parent, it makes you a narcissist at your child’s expense. Be better.
If people would stop taking every second of their lives for granted. If everyone were to live as if every day were their last, I personally believe the world would be a much kinder, optimistic place.
Don’t put dogs always as boi when you don’t know their gender
I think the small thing that would make the world better is TRUTH. Many problems can substantially be alleviated by telling the whole truth. Cuss words are of no value in a conversation of any sort. One old saw that is pure truth: if you can't say something good, keep your mouth shut. PS ... Life is better with a smile above your mask, in your eyes.
I agree with you to a point. However, it has been proven that people that cuss are usually more honest. Plus, usually it is just to accentuate a point. Like people that misuse the word “literally” to emphasize what they are saying. I trusting people that curse more because they aren’t editing themselves therefore aren’t editing the truth
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Load More Replies...Others defended cursing, so I'm going to defend lying. No one wants pure truth all the time. Society would literally break down if everyone gave their unfiltered opinions and views and everything that ran through their heads at all times. Lies are a necessity in any civilized society. Lies can show compassion, no one wants everyone in their life to tell them they're fat, or a jerk, or otherwise point out their flaws. Lies give mental space, for example, if someone went through a trauma they may lie about the occurrence until they've worked through how they feel about it before revealing it. I know 'lies are bad' is popular in our society, but a world without lies would be awful and even more harsh.
Those are lies we do FOR others; lies AGAINST others are a different story entirely.
Load More Replies...I dunno... sometimes you can't "keep your mouth shut" because you need to speak up and it's not "good." This could be dangerous advise in some situations.
While I recognize the right of each individual to have their opinion on all matters, I am nearly always sorry to express mine. Due to my 80+ years, I believe my opinions have merit even if they are passee to many. Telling the whole truth should be qualified by "if you can not say something good, keep your mouth shut". Which does not mean a person is ignorant of the wrong done, rather that one prefers not to speak ill will of another. As for cussing: I am not above using a 'damn' once in a while. But, I still am repelled by cursing and find no redeeming quality in its use in daily life. These are my opinions.
Load More Replies...okay we all know what we want first no karens anymore like yeah they make the drama but being rude to other people like that's wrong 2 just wear a mask 3 don't do anything mean PLEASE
I hate that the name KAREN has become a 'thing" and no, my name isn't KAREN. I just think it's stupid.
Literally an article about being nicer, and yall are being mean to KAt, i could read it perfectly fine, and I think that everyone whos telling her to use better grammar should shut your mouths. Have a nice day everyone :)
you didn't even put and period or caplazed on your sentence so please don't be a judgy person and maybe focus on your grammar and not mine okay thank you :)
A place without money struggles. Concept: No more money. people are depressed cuz they poor. People who do the terrible jobs get little tickets that give them better things. example: garbageman gets first class on flights for 5 tickets.
Money is a tool, you are suggesting that these tickets take money's place. Money is not evil of it's own right. It's is just used by people will a lot to do bad things. Money helps people get what they want and need on a very basic level. Before money we had a trade system. If you had a cow and you wanted to exchange it for 2 pigs. You would have to find someone willing to make that trade with you. What if there was only one person willing to trade 2 pigs, but he doesn't want a cow, he wants 10 chickens. So now you have to find someone willing to trade 10 chickens for your cow, to trade the chickens for the pigs. Without money things get very complicated fast. What we need is a living wage, that accounts for the cost of food, housing and transportation. Simple. Also I've heard garbage people are actually quite well paid, for a job you doesn't require a post-secondary degree.
PLEASE adopt instead of breed! There is no difference in the love that the pet can give you, and breeding pets just puts more and more pets on the streets. Also neuter and spay. Don't use too much social media. I'm not saying that you should comepletly cut yourslef off, but sometimes you need to have a break, especailly when someone is putting others or you down. I know a whole lot of people are going to be yelling at me in the comments for this one, but sometimes its true. Repsect others needs. If someone needs to be alone, let them be alone. If someone doesn't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it. Don't waste. Wasting is a problem, wether it be food or just everyday items. Everything you waste is ending up in landfills when it could be helping people that actually need it. I know a lot of people said this already, but don't litter. It's just like wasting, except instead of the landfill, it ends up on the street. WEAR YOUR MASK! I have seen how much it helps. It can literally be the thing that decides life or death. So please, until COVID-19 is under control again, wear your mask.
Why are people against abortion? I’m asking because it was mentioned in a post.
Because none of them actually understand what it's like. They just think they know bc they've heard stories about it.
Load More Replies...Easy, just go onto your profile and click add post, there you will see the option to ask pandas a question then you personalize it. Good luck.
Load More Replies...Many of these are not "tiny" things. Sometimes a very small thing can make a big difference, but something like, "people using their common sense and listening to science" is absolutely a GREAT idea, but is not a tiny thing. I was hoping for more creative responses like using reusable rags instead of paper towels.
Why are people against abortion? I’m asking because it was mentioned in a post.
Because none of them actually understand what it's like. They just think they know bc they've heard stories about it.
Load More Replies...Easy, just go onto your profile and click add post, there you will see the option to ask pandas a question then you personalize it. Good luck.
Load More Replies...Many of these are not "tiny" things. Sometimes a very small thing can make a big difference, but something like, "people using their common sense and listening to science" is absolutely a GREAT idea, but is not a tiny thing. I was hoping for more creative responses like using reusable rags instead of paper towels.
