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Racism. Seriously there is one race, the human race. So skin colour differs, so what? Hair colour, eye colour etc differ. So what?

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Jack S
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all bleed red. Except that one alien I met but I won't get into that.

Lil Miss Hobbit
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all came from the same ancestors anyway.🤷‍♀️

Vermontah
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When people left Africa their skin got lighter to compensate for the lack of sunlight. Sapiens then mated with Neanderthal and Denisovan. It's interesting as hell. Native Americans are genetically related to East Asians

Best Behave
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neanderthal and denisovan also originated in Africa - cro magnon was simply a later wave of migration. All three have immediate common ancestor

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censorshipsucks
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The trouble Nate is that there are people in the world who don't think like you do, the KKK for example. In my country we have the AWB. Here's a photo. Note the swastika-like flag. https://theoutline.com/post/2433/the-rise-and-fall-of-south-africa-s-far-right ...no amount of greywashing the race issue is going to stop these people from being racist turds. The mindset of ALL people needs to change.

Do-nut touch da donut
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let me get a microphone for those ignorants in the back...📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢its all yours lathaniel📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢

Sussy
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yaaaaaas. Racism is discrimination and it is just plain disgusting. We all are the same. Humans. For goodness sake people, it's just another colour!! It's like preschoolers arguing about what colour you should paint the rainbow! Love all of u guys

rob
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2 years ago

Please don't downvote but biologically speaking a race is a group of a species with visually different traits. So skin color, eye color, hair color and different hair types means we are different races just like with different dog races/breeds. I agree it should make no difference at all but just saying it is a biological definition.

censorshipsucks
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

youd be suprised to know how many academics disagree with you and argue that it is a social construct. I am not supporting either position, just informing you that your view isn't universally accepted. Here's an example. https://libraryguides.saic.edu/learn_unlearn/foundations5

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Marie Orlando
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2 years ago

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I'm so sick of people pulling the racism card on EVERYTHING. It's sickening & I've personally have had enough, and I know for a fact, millions of other people feel the same. If you say secure our border , for safety & drugs coming over, you're called racist. If a black person gets pulled over, it's racist. If someone steals of a different race other than white, it's called inequity which means racism. If you're white & you do well in school & get awards for your hard work, istudying, again it's inequity, racism. If you get a great paying job & you're white, again it inequity, racism. What happened to working hard, studying, respect is earned, not freely given. Great jobs should only go to best candidate, not for the color of your skin. School awards are given for the work you put in. Not skin color. And these are a fraction of a fraction of examples

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    #2

    I would like to change society's outlook towards mental health. People think people with mental health issues are weak. Even if they don't think they are weak they don't know how to help them. All they need is little support. I understand people with mental health issues need to help themselves but support from other people can help them to bounce back

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    Domi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many people condemn mental problems and consider them a shame and a strict secret. Let's start talking about it and stop being ashamed please! Those who have these problems themselves need our understanding.

    Sussy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need to raise more awareness about mental health and we need to understand that all the stigmas are just stupid! As a person with severe depression and anxiety I'm telling you guys that people with mental health issues are not weak and should not be shut away.

    Lil Potato
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, but there is a lot of awareness now, which is good

    #3

    I wish that science and technology would take precedence over politics. I wish people would take scientific facts more seriously instead of spreading misinformation. I wish intelligence and critical thinking weren’t seen as immoral.

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    DC
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look where sports are in the priorities, especially in the US, in comparison to arts, music and similar - I don't wanna blame sports or athletes for enjoying and engaging, just the immense ressources thrown at it, and the crippling deprivement of other subjects may reflects something more than good lobbying. I have known people that positively and proudly admitted to look down on people they consider smarter than them, because they "could kick their a*s". In germany, this was.

    Fantastic Mr Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We should bring back the spirit from the Age of Enlightenment

    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends, some things are indeed seen as immoral to mention.

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    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Problem is facts are like the trees in a forest. It takes a lot of them to make up something that matters and people can have their favorite facts or type of tree while disregarding others. Also like forests, facts aren't black and white most of the time. The atomic structure of U-235 has no moral code. How we use it does.

    Kathy Wilbourne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Critical thinking is essential. But don't think of science as facts because constantly questioning and challenging science is what science is about. There is actually very little that has actually been established beyond doubt to be true. Scientific dogma is dangerous, especially when promoted by so-called authorities who have some vested interest, whether it's financial, political or their own reputation.

    Hannah M
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    2 years ago

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    So, scientific facts such as that life begins at conception? That sex is immutable? That two men or two women can't procreate?

    Best Behave
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is scientifically no consistent description of life - cell processes in sperm, egg, blasoplast, and fully grown human are identical, and are not interrupted between generation. Not sure what you Mean by the other two, scientifically at least. What point are you trying to make?

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    #4

    Organized religion. It holds too much sway over too many people.

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    Fantastic Mr Fox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion should not be supported by tax money. People can donate their own money if they want but they should not be able to donate other peoples money to their church. The trick used is called tax deductions. You donate to your church, then you deduct the donation from taxes, now other people have been forced to pay to your church. Listen, the government giving directly say $1000 to your church, or the government lowering your taxes by $1000 and then you give those $1000 to your church is the same thing -- except going over taxes we can pretend there's a separation between state and religion and pretend everybody is free to support a religion or not. It's a real money machine.

    Libstak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed, I also think only non secular non religious ideologies should govern a society. Religious beliefs should not inform our laws.

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    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any group, including religion, can be twisted by those who wish power. People flock to groups for safety and ideas that make the world easier to explain. Millions of people wake up every day and follow the tenets of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and other faiths that teach you to love your neighbors and they do good deeds because of it. A much smaller number wakes up and twists those ideas to their complete opposite soley to have power over others. Those in the church who protect pedophile priests should be treated like the criminals they are. However, the 80 year old grandma just trying to feed some kids in a soup kitchen because Jesus said to feed the hungry should not pay for their crimes as well.

    Fantastic Mr Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have another take on organized religion. Look at Christianity. If you read just the new testament, say the gospel of Matthew, I think people will hardly have anything bad to say about Jesus. But take the Bible as a whole and I'd say it's not correct to think this religion is good and "evil" people has twisted it. Christianity is at its core immoral, anti scientific, undemocratic and sexist. Looking at history, societies built on Christian teachings reflect this, they are similar to Taliban. They are theocratic at core, where moral, laws and even science are derived from "holy scriptures". There's a web site where you can see how murder, rape, sexism, and slavery is not "bad people" twisting a "good teaching" but its present in the holy scriptures themselves https://www.evilbible.com. Over time and especially since enlightenment, Christianity has become more humanistic, but it's still fighting science and progress and tries to bring back a theocratic society built on the Bible.

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    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion is just a part of you. It's a piece of your puzzle. It shouldn't be your whole personality. It annoys me when people are all church, all the time. Everything is for God. Then, something happens -church burns down or pastor gets caught with their hand in the cookie jar as it were. Then these people have no clue what to do. They have put so much into it now they're lost.

    Vermontah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religions, especially christian, splinter up what they want to believe and leave out what they don't. Look at all the protestant religions. They left complete sections out, in particular the ones written by women, that are part of the original works of the Gnostic bible. Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

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    #5

    The constant sexualization of women and girls must end. End rape and punish rapists. Parents, teach your daughters that they are more than house cleaners and chattels to sell for a bride price, and by all means enroll them in self-defense classes as early as possible. Teach your sons that girls and women are full human beings with the same rights, hopes, abilities and ambitions as males. Men, stop leering, catcalling and making sexual jokes about women; rebuke your male associates for doing the same, and for heaven's sake, keep your hands to yourself. Create a business culture where women's ideas and abilities are taken as seriously as men's are, and where women are paid equally for equal work.

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    They/them MHA obsessed
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And stop saying that s**t about “Well with that outfit you were asking for it.” Their damn outfit has nothing to do with people being insane f*****s

    Vermontah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the military the answer is same thing he's wearing

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    Katiekat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Older woman here. Want women to be softer, kinder, gentler? THEN START SHOWING THAT TO US CONSISTENTLY. All the catcalling, sexualizing, groping, and men wonder why women are distant, mistrustful, slow to warm up? It's all cumulative, and I speak as someone who has had very little harassment and has not been raped. It's still all cumulative. And stop all the projection. MEN are scared to die alone; women are, on the whole, not scared of that. Face your fears, do the deep work, stop projecting onto us.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our country directly bans unequal pay. If it is discovered you are liable for a fine or imprisonment.

    rob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sexualization is part of human nature and how we pick a mate. Women sexualize themselves with make up and certain clothes and men do the same. They also dress a certain way, use certain scents, grow beards or whatever to look appealing. That doesn't mean people should abuse it and we should all know social boundaries.

    Vermontah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    teach your daughter krav magra

    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BUT, don’t put the responsibility on women with self-defense/martial art training.

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Men, stop leering, catcalling and making sexual jokes about women; rebuke your male associates for doing the same, and for heaven's sake, keep your hands to yourself. Create a business culture where women's ideas and abilities are taken as seriously as men's are, and where women are paid equally for equal work.” Not all men are like that. I do believe in equal pay. Also there are women who r*pe men too you know. I don’t do any of the listed in quotes because it isn’t common sense. I do rebuke occasionally but most of the time if they do that it isn’t my f*cking problem. But maybe have an inch of respect though in general no matter the gender.

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    #6

    Equal rights is not a pie. Just because other people have more, doesn't mean you get less. All the "when's International Men's Day/White History Month" people need to be put up against a wall.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The "zero sum" threat is the reason people vote against equal rights bills, because they think that the pie is limited.

    Best Behave
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every facking day/month is Iinternational White Men’s day/month

    rob
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man this remark... always. Please tell me how hard you have got it compared to the average white man.

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    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can’t have your cake and Edith too !

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    #7

    the romanticism/glorification of having a mental illness. like people who romanticize having ADHD or depression are just an ick. it's not fun, it's not pretty, it's really fcking hard, and can end very badly. then we have Maddy out here, who gets sad sometimes going "I'm depressed". u are just kinda sad babe, and maybe u could be, but it's not something ur trying to be, or u strive for.

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    MissChocoholic
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to agree. I know teenage girls who say that like they're.... not quit PROUD of it, just like it's the only thing interesting about them, or like they don't care anyway.

    minnybri
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have ADHD, one that is commonly used this way--"OMG, I'm so ADD", for example. When talking about it I've also heard "Oh, everyone's a little ADD", like they're trying to reassure me somehow. If people believe that, they can't understand that it's a legitimate disability and are more likely to judge or discriminate against those of us who actually have ADHD because they don't understand how it impacts every piece of our lives.

    zak
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the biggest reasons that kept me from seeking out ADHD meds is me not wanting to be perceived as someone just trying to get recreational drugs; the stigma attached to Adderall/etc. It was difficult to even broach the subject with my doctor, because I didn't want to be viewed in that light. I even get self-conscious when I pick up my prescription, thinking the pharmacist is probably judging me. Without that stigma, I wouldn't have waited 25+ years to get back on meds.

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    Jack S
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know people did that. That's a strange thing to do.

    RafCo (he/him/ele)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Speaking as someone with severe depression, there are a lot of misconceptions. Suicide is a big one, not everyone with depression attempts s suicide. Suicidal ideation is definitely a thing, but there are a lot of reasons people do our don't harm themselves. That said, the word depressed and the illness that is depression don't necessarily relate to each other. A normally happy person can be depressed, and have situational depression. That person also needs help and support. When my college roommate lost his father to cancer, he was depressed. He had situational depression. He is not and was not mentally ill. But he definitely needed the support of his friends and family. It's okay for someone who isn't mentally ill to also be depressed, please don't dismiss what people are feeling because they don't carry a label.

    Lil Potato
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    all the upvotes in the world here!

    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm forever teaching my students to not let their mental health become their defining characteristic. I say "I'm not depressed Mick, I'm Mick who happens to suffer from this condition from time to time" and "It's not YOUR depression/anxiety, you don't own it nor do you want it, you're not responsible for it but you are responsible for how you deal with it.

    Blue_Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you. I’m sorry but did you want a medal? Don’t act like it’s cool. It’s horrible

    Blue_Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to the poster sorry. Talking about the attention seekers

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    the_harbringer_of_doom
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i loathe when people do this, mental illness is not fun, do we look like we're having a good time or something? its not very fun hating yourself and wanting to die

    Grand Admiral Thrawn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! And then when you really do have it it’s seen as common place! Like, I’ll be like « I have adhd and spd, and I need a break from the noise » and I have literally had people say to me « everyone is dealing with it, suck it up » like, tf?

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    #8

    The worst thing ever is obviously f*****g tipping culture. Just f*****g pay m***********g workers a living wage ok. Don't f*****g rely on tips people ever heard of the circulation of money give ur f*****g workers a living wage. 🤬🤬😡😡👿😤 I'm very angry and confused about tipping culture. Sorry for swearing a lot.

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    Vinchenski
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in the UK, servers are paid a wage (whether the level of the wage is appropriate or not, I am not sure) and any tips on top of that are a bonus (and I believe most places share all tips between the servers). I agree with OP, I don't understand the tipping culture that is typical of the States.

    Arsène Thédié
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very true, but also : stop censoring swear words ! They won't rot your brain or give you a curse if you see them in whole !

    Shoe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always tipped for good service and will continue to do so.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In south africa waiters are given a basic wage (As are petrol pump attendants). The tips are there to reward good service.

    FloydtheBarber
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think tipping culture should go away as well. But even if minimum wage was increased to $20 an hour (it should be), I have many family and friends in the bar/restaurant industry who say they would lose money-they make a ton of tips

    MoMcB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it doesn't remove tipping? I'm in the UK, servers are paid £9.50/h as an adult at the minute. I still tip for good service, and when I worked the other side, made plenty of tips.

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    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the worst thing is that some people can’t speak without being foul-mouthed !

    #9

    Racism and bigotry. The whole "cancel culture" movement. People being so quick to be offended by the slightest little things. People being so quick to bash one another for having differences of opinions. I know the title said "one" but had a few bottled up.

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    RafCo (he/him/ele)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think cancel culture is a bit of a yapping dog without a bite. Very few people get cancelled, and those that have did some really awful things. The guys who got cancelled for trivial stuff have all regained their careers. Hell, even Mel Gibson is making movies again. Yes, Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein have been proper cancelled, but they were both rapists. My bigger concern are the people banning books and words through the legal code.

    v
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cancel culture isn't confined only to those who are on some form of a world stage though. Cancel culture can also happen where you have no knowledge of it happening.

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    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously. Don't look at the stupid thing someone said or did 20 years ago. Look at what they say and do now. People sometimes do change. Certainly, if they're still racist and bigoted, by all means, but if not? If they've changed and become a better person? Let it go.

    zak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These days, people can't even have a discussion with someone they disagree with, which is ridiculous. If we can't even communicate, what hope do we have of ever finding common ground? If you believe in your personal ideology/morality, then why would you try to silence/cancel someone instead of debating them? Generally speaking, you don't change people's minds by ignoring them or locking them away, you need to actually engage with them.

    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well cancel culture made our icecream producent change an old icecreams name. They claimed it offended inuits or some c**p

    whatever
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch Bill Burr's newest standup "Live at Red Rocks". He does a beautiful job tearing woke-culture a new one.

    #10

    I wish people would treat animals with not anger and meanes, and not abuse them. i woulden't abuse my son so why abuse animals.

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    Lorraine R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Abraham Lincoln: "I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."

    You do you!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ideal job would be to physically hurt those that hurt other living beings. Let's say anything above an insect. I would love that job and I would do it for free. After my hard day at work I would hug abused people/ animals/ pets with all my heart. Then, we'd go out for ice-cream, then stop by the pet store for cool toys for all my 4 legged charges. We'd all sleep in the same room so we could feel safe in numbers. I could do this.

    #11

    One thing? Of the multitude of things wrong with society? Jeez, not easy!!! Ummmm ....... More tolerance? People just need to get over themselves and learn some fkn empathy....... There's much more we have in common than that make us different! Not that it will happen, we are still a tribal species, we stick to our tribes and beliefs.... However archaic they may be...

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    Tony Camillo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The over vilification of prescription pain medication. I'm a partially disabled veteran with a half dozen blown disc's in my neck and back, and after SAFELY, RESPONSIBLY, and LEGAL taking them in an adequate dose and manner for over a decade, I was suddenly cut off because of the selfish cretins who want to get wasted. And a bunch of them died. To my knowledge, no one FORCED them to use them for the purpose not intended. But I and others like me are the ones paying the price... Doctor either won't give you anything that works (NB I submitted to EVERY non pain pill therapy there was. Nothing worked). Two years ago a hidden heart issue caused a moderate heart attack which precludes me from the majority of OTC meds. Motrin we orked, but it's a big contraindicated. One holier than though pain MD gave me only enough for two weeks and said tough it out. Ny cardiologist referred me to another who gave me a slight increase, but it's not enough. And I'm NOT physically or mentally addicted.

    #12

    Governmental interference with what a woman does with her body. I get it. I get the whole "right to life" bit. But if you're looking to reduce the number of terminated pregnancies, restricting (or eliminating) access is not the answer, especially when the rules are being made by old men who lack a sense of decency (not to mention a basic knowledge of biology!) Other than making sure it's done safely and hygienically, the government shouldn't be involved at all. This decision is between you and your doctor. There are better ways to "save babies".

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    v
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The absolutely mind boggling aspect of this government interference is that it originates with the group that is absolutely adamant that they are against big government meddling with state and personal affairs...the conservatives.

    Tamra
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Representative Rob Harris (Republican) of South Carolina is pushing a bill that would make abortion punishable by DEATH. The bill removes ALL exceptions including rape, fetal anomaly and death of the woman. If a woman received an abortion because a doctor told her that the pregnancy could cost her life, she would then have to testify in court, proving that fact. Republicans in this country have become fascist lunatics.

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    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every anti abortion person should recive a free unwanted baby. If everyone already got an unwanted baby they should recive another, until there are no more. THEN they can review their opinion

    MissChocoholic
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know you're trying to be sarcastic, but maybe that SHOULD happen. And/or the people who really want children could have easier access, instead of adoption being nearly impossible.

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    #13

    I want to change the world. But I'm not sure what I can do. If you ask me what I would like to change in the world, I wouldn't know where to begin, but I believe we should first start by changing ourselves There is a saying by Rumi-"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.'. I believe one step at a time. When we try to be a better version of ourselves, we can definitely help people around us. A change in perspective can also bring a lot of change for the immediate world around us.

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    Fantastic Mr Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel the same. Change yourself. Become a good example. And support the people, organizations, and movements who work for a better world.

    RafCo (he/him/ele)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would you say you're looking at the man in mirror. You're asking him to change his ways. This message couldn't be any clearer. If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.

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    Best Behave
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just look to yourself. I mean this in terms of practice. When you begin something new you practice on the simple stuff and work up. Like playing a musical instrument whether you become Kaki King or just strum away for your own pleasure, or somewhere imbetween it will be worth it

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Read the first line and thought of the song by 10 years after... "I'd love to change the world... But I don't know what to doooooo.... So I leave it up to youuuuuu...."

    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You change the world one person at a time. Treat everyone you meet like they are someone you love. We can't control how others act but we can control how we react and those choices are what make the difference. You'd never fight to keep your mom from immigrating from another country, tell her who she has to love, or curse her out for cutting you off in traffic so give random strangers the same courtesy. Great evil and great good all ripples out from single decisions and we have control over those.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I mean we should treat everyone with an equal sense of brotherhood

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    You do you!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're on the right track. About 3 days ago I told my husband I thought the world was going to be okay. I haven't felt that way in a long, long time. The pandemic was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. He agreed. But, it gave birth to our young people coming up with all kinds of sustainable ways to save this beautiful planet. I feel pretty good about the future. I just need to stay healthy and live long enough to see it. I'm setting my life goal to live to be a healthy 100. I'm at 64 now.

    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To change the world in an instant, push the red button. Poof.

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    #14

    Educate everyone on the difference between sex and gender. They are related, most of the time they match, they may match for you, that does NOT mean they are the same thing, and that they match for everyone.

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    Vinchenski
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TLDR; everyone should be who they want to be, and everyone should leave everyone to be who they want to be... I may get downvoted for the wrong reasons here, but I mean this with the best intentions... I really don't understand why it matters. People can be what they want to be. If you want to be a "them" instead of a "he/she" then so be it. You do you... On the other hand, why should another person HAVE to buy into that?... So long as things are amicable, and no harm comes of anyone, I really don't understand the arguments that happen... So what if I say "he" instead of "them"?... Some people call me the wrong name (they call me Simon, when my name is Sam), should I be offended at that? They're "misidentifying" me?... Anyway, rant over.

    Arsène Thédié
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you misgender someone on accident, as you said, it's just a mistake, like calling someone the wrong name. Very few to no people will fault you for that. If you keep making that mistake, on purpose or because you think it doesn't matter, then it's offensive, like if someone kept calling you Samantha instead of Simon, all the time, even after you've told them not to. Hope that clears it up : )

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    Doodles1983
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agree. But I maintain acknowledging birth sex AND gender, and not being offended when asked can be supremely important in ensuring you receive access to everything you need to live a full health life. E.g, I’m a medical pro. If you want to be seen as male, I have NO issues with that. I don’t even think referring to someone as “trans male” is right. Because it still illustrates a difference that doesn’t need to be there. But, I still need to clarify you were born female to ensure the entirety of your health needs are met and not overlooked. Such as ovarian cancer risk (in the event surgery isn’t pursued.) I understand it’s a very sensitive topic, but we want to try and establish and do what is best for you on an individual basis.

    Arsène Thédié
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one is saying you shouldn't disclose your birth sex to medical professionals, what on earth are you talking about ? Trans people don't want to "erase biological sex" or whatever, we just want it to not determine our lives and be able to separate it from gender

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    zak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To make an analogy using video games: We're all piloting meat-vehicles, and some pilots just spawn in the wrong chassis. I don't see how people can't understand that. People are brains, not bodies.

    Vermontah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's your kid that will do the gender reveal

    FloydtheBarber
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    2 years ago

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    No, the doctor does at birth. Boy=male, girl=female

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    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vinch, what if I tell you I’m a Duck- Billed Platypus? And people ARE being affected! Men are competing in women’s sports! That’s not right, and it’s not fair!

    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1,7% have gender issues. Let us make the western world put the minority in the center and make rules around them and their egos.

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    #15

    People.

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    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids are the devils spawn, people are the devils henchemen.

    RafCo (he/him/ele)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem with your human society is all of those pesky humans. I, also a human, believe we must rid ourselves of the flesh creatures. Thank you for your brave words Mr Skynet, I mean Superb Owl.

    #16

    Civics. The realization that those rights we are so adamant about receiving are tied directly to responsibilities and obligations. It's a two-way street. Also, teaching young people about civic duty and politics, and how they are connected, makes for more informed voters and better politicians.

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    #17

    Corruption of capitalism, all the niggling little laws that allow the rich to milk the middle class. For example copyright laws that provide protection (and revenue) for 70 years after the copyright holders death. If you can't get just compensation in the first 10 years it wasn't that good. The lack of anti-trust enforcement that allow giant corporations to overwhelm the market and eliminate competition. No enforcement of existing labor laws that allow immigrants and poor to work for too many hours without breaks, overtime or reasonable wages. The list goes on, and on, but if capitalism could be improved we would all be better off.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is very serious . Copyright laws on textbooks mean that developing nations can't buy or make photocopies for their students and have to pay ridiculous sums in dollars to get textbooks. Even worse, blind students then can't get the books converted into braille. American copyright law is nothing short of predatory in terms of what it does to the developing world.

    Arsène Thédié
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need unions, everywhere, now !

    FloydtheBarber
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    Someone will be offended by “niggling”. Lol

    #18

    Peoples lack of skepticism, especially in a religious manner. Would love for all people to be able to look at there beliefs unbiasedly and with skepticism

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    LooseSeal's $10 Banana
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a person of faith, I'd say that anyone who refuses to think critically about their faith is far more interested in maintaining power than pursuing faithfulness.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if anyone's faith is so easily shaken by a mere discussion of it, their faith is definitely weak.

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    #19

    Community Terrorism Basically school shooters, Neo-Nazi groups, arsonist, ETC. I just hate violence because it is not always the answer

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    Max M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those people often have/had a rough childhood. They don't feel understood by others, They isolates themself, to protect themself, They get frustrated, they need help but do not know how to ask for it or they have been ignored when they asked for it. Not all that meet those criteria, will use the same ways to execute those frustrations.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand that but some people do it without a reason. Some just like to be violent

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    FloydtheBarber
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    2 years ago

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    The rioting, looting, assault, and arson during “peaceful” protests

    zak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure why you got downvoted. "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

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    #20

    i would say that schools need to care about their students more than they do.

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    Proud Mommy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a teacher I show my students care, empathy. I look at my students as if they were my child. Well husband and I think the students are our day children. We treat them with care, understanding. This is the only way to get to the children. If they are broken and hurt dont feel the compassion there is no room for learning. but if there is care for the child the child will take the time to learn. Great how you bring this up. I see this as well where i work. Like if your a teacher but you dont enjoy what you do...quit...

    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a teacher too and I 100% agree with you. We don't do what we do for the pay that's for sure, it's a labor of love. My school is a school for at risk teens and we provide free breakfast and lunch (which is home cooked meals by an old nanna) we organise Dr appointments and take them. We have showers and a laundry so they can get clean if they need to. I pick the students up in a bus on the way to school everyday.We often go out and explore the local bush and swimming holes becuase we have a principle and deputy principle that believe kids should scrape a knee once and a while and get outside as much as possible. We care about our kids

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    Vermontah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister stopped teaching in middle school when a student set a teacher's car on fire while he was in it. Because the teacher flunked him. That and once kids aren't scared of the principle they run the school. She was a really good teacher.

    FloydtheBarber
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schools need to take back control over the students, especially the violent ones

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    #21

    It's difficult deciding on just one thing the change. However, if I had to choose, I would choose to change how society has become judgmental and mean towards others. I lump the entitled mean judgmental behavior that I have witnessed, watched videos of and read about these past couple of years in the change. Often, I have found myself asking: "what is wrong with people today?" I miss the days of people being respectful of others. Our society has never been perfect, but things have gotten out of hand lately.

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    Helena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There has never been a time in history when people have been fundamentally more respectful. Maybe more passive-aggressive.

    Lorraine R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People aren't teaching kids basic good manners and politeness anymore. Really, it makes life so much easier.

    #22

    A disinterest in history. Having even the tiniest think about previous societies can tell you so much about your own lived experience. What worked before will work again, what didn't won't.

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People always ask how the Third Reich ever could happened, and yet a lot of people just blindly follow any ideology nowadays as long as it looks like the good side. Leftwing, Rightwing, Religions - different names, same methodes to lure in people. History repeats itself because nobody ever listens.

    v
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not just that nobody ever listens. It's more that nobody teaches. Look at Germany. They don't hide their history. Their history is still there in the open and available for people to learn from. Now, look at the U.S.. Though the U.S. internment camps weren't near what the Nazi camps were, they still went completely against what the U.S. has stood for from day one...yet it's only with the advent of the internet that these internment camps even existed. I graduated from high school in 1991. Throughout the 10+ years of history being taught to me I never heard or read a bad word spoken about the U.S....except for the Trail of Tears.

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    #23

    Sexisim

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reducing sexism starts with each household, which in turn should be influenced by govt policy. e.g. that children should not be brainwashed into accepting specific roles. Teach daughters to be self-reliant, etc.

    #24

    We should have free health care. Free college. And all empty buildings should be made up for the homeless. Honestly the rich should have to give half of their worth over a certain amount to the state they live in for these things. Free food for kids under 16. Free childcare. These should be given to help society. I know people will argue as there are better things to change but if we could equal out the status quo a bit then a leveler ground could be achieved for all to live in harmony. Vote for me for prez. I want to change this country.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These things you're advocating for are normal in other countries such as mine.

    rob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How would you then help the rest of the world? Or is it only America?

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am assuming based on the use of English that they mean America. However those concepts and proposals are common in other countries such as mine.

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing comes free because there’s always a price to pay. You pay taxes and that’s what allows a government to incentivize free healthcare, college, childcare, food, and etc. Also we should tax the rich but not too heavily. Maybe a third of their net worth would be more fair. Although this would be great, we are far from living in harmony because no one person is the same in their views and beliefs. However politics is a dirty business and running for prez is so much management and responsibility and talking with people(I’m a bit of introvert so that’s why I’m saying that). To be fair this is coming from a moderate conservative. (I do stand for abortion only in the worst case scenarios and LGBTQ rights but everything else I’m conservative). However I do wish you luck if you try to run for prez.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The taxes pay for that, obviously, as you recognise. The point is to break the poverty cycle. If you give poor people free education, they have a chance to become well-paid professionals and break the poverty cycle. And hence the need to resort to crime. Please see my lengthy response to your post below about the concept of college debt forgiveneess. Again, note that I am not downvoting you because you are not writing in a hostile manner.

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    Timbob
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, don’t stop there! Free food! Free cars! Free houses! Free sex! Free…..everything!

    Tamra
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You use hyperbole to insinuate that nationalized healthcare and free higher education are outrageous ideas. They aren't. Many other first world countries manage to provide these things for their people just fine. And they tend to have a healthier, happier, better educated population, with less crime.

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    #25

    The Internet. What was originally thought to bring the world closer has driven more wedges between societies and cultures since humans invented religion.

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    Kevin J. Henning
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing disturbs me more than a positive idea gone bad. For every person who wants to benefit others there are more who want to use the same idea for exploitation and personal profit. Behind it all it is always people. Consequently, I don't think many of the problems stated here will satisfactorily be cleared up until people stop being self centered. That or a major leap in evolution occurs.

    v
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Evolution doesn't work fast enough to affect the change you mention. I'd say the relative slowness of evolution is why we're in the position we're in today. We evolved to be social and tribal. What we didn't evolve to be is constantly connected, either by artificial (internet) or natural (too many people to find some quiet space) means. Humanity needs a hard and abrupt population reset.

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    Domi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we still don't know what awaits us in the future.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think that's true. We are now just more aware of those wedges. However, I think it's done a number of good things, e.g. enabled poor people to establish online money streams; enabled WFH during pandemics; enabled online education previously inaccessible (MOOCs); enabled most people to know first-hand or directly what is going on in other countries by directly engaging citizens from those places instead of relying on MSM; it has enabled international friendships and trade, etc. It has enabled more LGBTQIA+ people to come out, as well as more atheists. It's helped spread awareness of social issues in places where people were kept in the dark. It's helped people escape abusive regimes. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/25/now-i-own-my-life-saudi-sisters-who-fled-family-granted-asylum (at least for a while, they were recently murdered).

    #26

    in a school society i would change bullying. kids dont need to be bullying one another. Parents/adults should try and lead by example. This may happen at homes, out in public. Adults are the childs first teachers in life. As a teacher I feel for the kids that are being bullied. Racism due to the fact that some have different skin color. This doesnt change the fact that we are ALL still humans. We need to teach the children love for one another. I have had students transfer schools due to bullies interfering with their education. Often times the ones being bullied are the bright, intelligent students.

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    FloydtheBarber
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zero tolerance for bullies, and no punishment for the kids who fight back to defend themselves

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bullying is a result of power differences and insecurity on the bully's part. People who bully must be given community services till they stop.

    #27

    I would like to see people take responsibility for themselves instead of just doing whatever they 'feel like', then refusing to accept the consequences.

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    #28

    The treatment of animals.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Start with the food industry. I still don't understand why westerners won't eat dog but will eat pig. Here's an article showing pigs are smarter: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56023720

    Blue_Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go ahead and downvote me but how many times do people need to push that WE ARE NOT VEGAN OR VEGETARIANS keep your own thoughts and beliefs to yourself. People are not evil for eating freaking pigs. Get over it

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    #30

    I would put everyone’s empathy level up by 45%. If that happened, I guarantee you it would solve all world problems.

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if people’s feelings aren’t your priority. If I don’t know them, their feelings aren’t my priority. Also I don’t know how to even relate. But this isn’t a half bad idea.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suppose that’s true. I guess what I’m trying to say is just have people care about what’s happening, even be aware of it. If people in power understand that and are motivated to make a difference, something big could happen and I think that could be good

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    #31

    judgments, people are so busy judging other people stay in your own lane, mine your own busines

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    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Civilization is based on the group making judgements about what is appropriate and then changing what is appropriate as more information becomes available. What is criminal, legal, and encouraged changes based on those judgements. Pedastry was encouraged in ancient Sparta. We've now correctly come to the conclusion that pedophilia is now judged to be a criminal act. Going the other way, its no longer illegal for a black man to vote in Georgia. Both of those are good judgements and lanes that needed to be changed.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *mind. Not mine. Anyway: if what you are doing directly affects others materially (e.g. stealing, raping, pillaging, defrauding the taxman, etc.), then yes, you will be judged and we won't be quiet. If however you're referring to being a furry, or being trans, or gay, or whatever, ... then yes, I support your view.

    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I like being a judgmental A-hole. It makes me laugh

    #32

    From my American perspective, there is far less concern for what is right and just and good (not that it was ever great). Instead the point is to win and to do so at all costs. But I also feels like it goes further. It's not good enough to win, you've got to crush your opponent. Whether in politics or business or matters of faith or education or any number of other things, people are unwilling to accept an outcome other than victory for themselves and their "team."

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes, but that's just america. In Africa it's less aggressive than that. It's more about collaboration.

    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    censorshipsucks : Africa certainly has it's own set of problems that outshine those in America though. In every act of generalization, there is a core lack of self-awareness.

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    #33

    Shame cruelty

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    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sociopaths rarely feel shame, and psychopaths never feel shame, the two psychological groups most inclined to practice cruelty.

    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Feeling shamed when you've done wrong helps you grow as a person and not make the same mistake twice. I come from an Aboriginal-Irish Catholic family, shame was a big part of discipline but done in a way where you understood why.

    LivNLearn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brene Brown delineates between shame and guilt. Guilt is a positive bad emotion- equates to “I have done bad” and elicits change and growth- while shame is a destructive bad emotion - equates to “ I am bad” and has all kinds of terrible consequences for individuals and the societies they live in.

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    LivNLearn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many better minds than ours have actually proven that shame is very destructive. I think you may be thinking of shame and guilt as the same thing.

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    #34

    Don't know lots of stuff mentioned already, maybe establishing that smart people are put in charge of a society and not the ones that are popular because they can talk the best?

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    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard is "It doesn't matter if you are right if they don't like you." We became the dominant species because we can communicate. Telling 5 people about the bear and getting them to help makes evolution irrelevant because you don't need to wait 300 years for someone strong enough to beat the bear to be born. 5 asthmatics who someone has taught how to use a spear can take care of it. If you're going to send 5 asthmatics to go fight a bear, they deserve to follow someone who can explain why its necessary instead of just blind obedience.

    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But then we would vote for the most popular smart person and they would then have to immediately resign because theyre now popular and we are not voting for most popular and we would be stuck voting forever and ever in political purgatory

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, should have been clearer - voting for people that are smart and not only popular because they sound good, that's what I mean

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    @totallynotafox this is called Noocracy. FYI.

    #35

    I would end the tribalism of group identity and us versus them. When you're living in a cave and a bear or another group of 10 people 5 miles away were your greatest threat, it made sense. Now, my best friend can be a gay programmer living in Thailand I met through work and the love of my life can be a black farmer from Norway. I'd like us to stop identifying as gay or straight, American or Chinese, nurse or farmer and just be individuals of one group - the human race. Our biggest threat isn't 10 people a couple valleys over. Its the planet dying because we're worried more about the 20 people we know than the species surviving. We need to start treating everyone as part of that 20 and end all -isms like racism or nationalism because we are all the same - scared souls looking for a fair break.

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    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But different cultures is what makes the world beautiful and scary when they clash. It's hard because in order for the entire planet to get along we would have to become some sort of homogeneous race with 0 differences or ideas. It would be a dystopian utopia if you get what I mean. We need our identity but we also need to be more tolerant of others

    #36

    Before cell phones, if you called someone and they didn't answer, you could say, "he didn't answer, he must not be home," and that was a normal thing to say. Nowadays, I wish you could say, "he didn't answer, he must be away from his phone," and it would be just as normal. Instead, people seem to think it's strange if you don't answer your phone for whatever reason (let alone turn it off), or don't respond to a text immediately.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just tell everyone you know to respect your boundaries. That's what I do. My voice mail in fact says that I do not take calls and it gives my email address. People can text first. A few times people have disrespected this preference I have embarrassed them. E.g. "Sorry, I can't chat right now as I am busy having sex, call back later". They never call back.

    #37

    I would change it so that the very rich pay genuine taxes to give the poorer people decent education, healthcare and services.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In proper countries (ie not usa), this is in fact how things work. That's why places like germany give free higher education. HOWEVER you will always get tax evaders, bribery, and tax specialists who help the rich evade tax.

    #38

    This has likely been said already, but I will say it again - acceptance towards the LGBTQ+ community! It’s hard enough being constantly misgenders - like, we need to normalize pronoun pins, or even just asking/using gender neutral language, as well as PDA between gay couples being as acceptable as such between straight couples.

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    Asexual Zelephant
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does this have NO upvotes?! This should be higher up!

    Blue_Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While you are 100% right, many people (especially my age) are simply in the lgbtq community because it’s “cool” people LOVE appraise so they do it. No shame tho because everyone is human and I do agreee

    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly don't care. I don't care if I misgender you because we will most likely not see each other again. And what do you mean, normalize? It's shoved in everything. You're called a bigot if you think it's wrong. You identify however the hell you want, but don't try to force me to walk on egg shells because you want me to care about you for five seconds.

    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a really complex topic to unpack, so at risk of also being misunderstood, I’ll try to cut to the core issue in the fewest words. Society is a employer-type provider rather than a parental one. If you want more, special, or different, then you must be able to offer goods or services of equal or greater value in exchange. If you demand concessions due to entitlement alone, you’ll either get nothing, or, you’ll get pushback. Also, if you want to be awarded a specialized status, then realize you are asking to be “othered”. That’s the point. If you want inclusiveness and equal regard, then your focus should be on “normalization” which is by it’s very tenet, is the opposite of being “othered”. If you ask for both of these concessions in the same proposal, you will not get either of them. Your cause is a valid and worthy one, so, win it by taking smaller, more concise, steps and being thoughtful of what you will be offering in exchange for the concessions you’re requesting.

    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That said, this should never have to apply to matters of basic individual human rights.

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    #39

    Ima get downvoted probably but whatever. I’d change the racism and all that stuff. Like the gendered language? What is that? Can’t we al just accept we’re human and Al be in the same category? Doesn’t matter if ur a man or a woman. Like Morgan freeman said “ I’ll top calling you a white man, and you so calling me, a black man.” He’s intelligent cause it’s true. He said the way to stop racism is to stop talking about it. We got Disney channel over there turning Pride Family into a literal trash heap because they are inserting stuff about slaves building America. A black woman reviewed the clip and basically said it was repulsive. The clip is horrible. But does anyone get my point? I went a bit off topic..

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But if they would stop doing that all those diversity executives would suddenly lose their jobs, a lot of people would be left without a methode to feel morally superior and bad directors couldn't hide their bad quality work behind it.

    Lil Miss Hobbit
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we still need to talk about racism, but we need to not think in it. I love my grandparents, but they think in colors. If it's a white girl they say "She had black hair and was wearing a pink shirt" if it's a black girl they say, "She was black." I don't know why we can't just think about people the same, while still recognizing their heritage.

    Powerful Katrinka
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We tried "not talking" about racism. It didn't work.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you need to understand race issues because there are statistical anomalies which only correlate with race, e.g. percentage persons living in poverty in a slum correlates strongly with being browner rather than pinker. Hence, for informed interventions in areas which are based on statistics, governments need to know racial quotas/quantities in those areas. Same for schools etc.

    Arsène Thédié
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So... do you not want racist biases in society, and for BIPOC people to not suffer from the effects of racism, or do you just want to not hear about that pesky racism anymore because it makes you feel bad ? I might have misunderstood the post, though

    Fantastic Mr Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry it will be a long post! I didn't get at all what it was with Disney Channel, probably because I didn't see it :) It is a fact though that there is racism for example when hiring. There was a study in the US where they sent the exact same application for a job but switched names from white sounding to to black sounding, and the white names got more often called in for interviews. The same has been done for scientific studies, a woman's name and the same paper is rated lower by reviewers than if it bears a mans name. So it's a fact and we must acknowledge it and not pretend it's not happening. Just today I got sent a job offer where the job said "he". How does a woman feel about applying for a job which by default writes "he". So I think we need to clean up our act. Isn't that what Morgan Freeman means? In the US there's this about African-Americans, Asian-Americans but we never hear European-Americans although that's what white Americans mainly are, immigrants from Europe.

    whatever
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finally !! Somebody with some common-sense.

    Generic Soda Pop 🇺🇦(she/her)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prob gonna get downvoted to hell but still. I believe we should be allowed to identify as a gender. If you don't want to, you don't have to. I like identifying as a woman, but if you just want to be human, I have nothing against you. In fact, it should be THEIR choice what they are. Not anybody else's

    #40

    How vehemently and aggressively people will be when arguing for their opinions. Also, shaming people for doing harmless stuff. Neopronouns, furries, role-playing, whatever (yes I recognize some of these are very different). It doesn’t harm anyone and it makes you happy. Just let them do it. Respect them. It’s really not that hard.

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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jeezus my grammar is terrible. Sorry, I’m up way too late.

    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And i respect your right to have terrible grammar

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    #41

    The hunting and killing of animals. (There are a few exceptions: Deer. Where I live, the amount deer are actually harming the ecosystem. I’m sure there are a few others that actually harm the ecosystem, but I don’t know of any others) Dog, cat (or any other animal) “factories” I’m not going to type out anything else- or this post would be longer than the wait at Chick-fil-A on Saturday. The amount of food, and water people waste. SINGLE USE PLASTIC (Plastic water bottles should only be used in emergency situations. Natural disaster hit area etc) Body expectations. They are a total load of BS. I want you to know that every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top. Big sad company’s that destroy nature, and basically, happiness. Industrial everything, just get rid of it. The scammers who… scam. ESPECIALLY the ones who scam old people; people who scam them should be shot into the sun. I will probably think of a lot more, but this is all I have for now. Sorry for grammar,

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fast fashion, just no Sweat shops, I don’t have any words

    Proud Mommy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Food and water I totally agree with. here at school when students dont want to eat the food that is being served it breaks my heart bc there are some students who dont get much to eat and the food that goes untouched goes into the trash can. WE do have a sign up that says to feed their mind and bellies and not the trashcan. I always like to remind and show the students that without food we lack muscles and other nutritional values in those meals. At times depending on what grade videos to show the kids that are starving out inthe world.

    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok you have a few fair points but industrial everything? How do you think your products are made? In an industrial setting. It has been for hundreds of years and some factories are cleaner than others.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was not very clear; sorry. But the industrial city’s and town that are all concrete, grey and don’t have any personality.

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    #42

    Blaming video games for children doing crimes. They're just ignoring that bullying and abuse exists. Whenever a child gets angry and starts shouting, people blame it on social media and screens when in reality, it could be something way deeper.

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    Kathy Wilbourne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's much more than just video games, but I would say it's a definite part of the problem, as are shows that portray violence, not to mention the news. Easy availability of guns doesn't help. A kid decides he hates someone and there's a gun there, and his not-fully-developed brain doesn't really comprehend the consequences of his actions. There are many factors. Patanjali said in the Yoga Sutras, "What you see you become." I think it's quite applicable here.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    of course it is something way deeper. It could be incel subculture. It could be weeb subculture. It could be poverty. It could be an abusive family circumstance. There is plenty of research on this. However, when researchers point out these alternative causal hypotheses for teen violence they get dismissed as "woke".

    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is incel culture? It seems to me that this word like all the other ists and phobes are thrown around way too often.

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    #43

    The economy. Not the one we have, but I'd like us to find the one that works the best for everyone. No idea what that would be. We've spent millenia working towards it, but get thwarted every time we develop a money system that elevates a group of people. I wish we could discover the one that works and implement it worldwide. SO many of these other problems would then begin to correct themselves.

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we in Europe have the best system - A free, consumer driven market that forces innovation combined with a social market concept that supports people in need as best as it can

    Best Behave
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Consumer economics is a driver of climate change and environmental degradation. The markets really are not very good at making decisions

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anyone who tells me the markets make the best decisions hasn't noticed the periodic wall street crashes over the past century.

    #44

    The "system" that was originally implemented to help needy people has unfortunately been turned into "...the more kids I have the more benefits I get" by some thus creating a perpetual cycle of children living in poverty and abuse. The real problem is that you can't just cut-off benefits to these abusers/baby-factories since the kids will be the ones to suffer and these people know it and use it to their advantage. And to those of you thinking I'm making this all up: get bent. It's a huge problem, I've seen it firsthand, and it it applies to all races.

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    tee-lena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ones who need it far exceed the abusers.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has been demonstrated to be a myth. People don’t have multiple babies to claim benefits. There are however people with complex lives who have little control over their lives, and yes they and their offspring need support, and not just financial.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A father and daughter I know run a church and daycare center in a not-so-great part of town, and they will tell you that yes, there are kids that were born just so the parent can "get the check" and how heartbreaking it is to see these toddlers with parents who don't give a s**t. Whoever said it was a "myth" needs to take the blinders off.

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    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (Sarcasm warning in 3,2,...) Yeah, so let's ban everything that would prevent all these unwanted babies in the first place. Let's forget that our society will force a girl to literally sacrifice her life and to permanently impair or end her career and self-development to raise babies. That we live in a society that will not force the father of the children to to the same accountability and penalties as the mother. A society that refuses to do the math about how a girl with no career development, no spouse, often no family, and dwindling or no social services support, as well as no means to birth control, sex education, or child care services, is supposed to get herself off the dole? Yeah... Whatever.

    Vermontah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once had a welfare neighbor ask if I had any shellfish scissors for cracking lobster. yeah right. But in the past few years I do see people in serious need due to losing a job, or being sued for medical bills, and/or the car died, senior citizens not surviving on social security. The worst ones are husbands that die with no life insurance and his family ends up homeless.

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    It’s definitely real. Welfare mamas living off the working people’s taxes

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    #45

    I would change the society’s portrayal of us aliens

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    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t worry hedgehog, we’ll always love you here

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well then stop bringing big spacecraft to america and trying to harvest folks for food, then we'll stop portraying you as bad guys in movies, see? /jk

    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, we gave up trying to convert humans into pure energy as our food centuries ago. We now rely on spacecraft delivery from our home planets. What you mentioned was probably the— never mind

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go someone else to do your roleplaying or whatever this is

    #46

    I would make it so that we were still hunter-gatherers, chilling with nature, none of us have power over the other. We all work together to survive and don’t start getting power-hungry or cause climate change or drive animals to extinction, we only take what we need.

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    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aboriginal Australians would work on average 4hrs/day to gather all the stuff they needed for the day. Imagine if your day consisted of fishing/hunting/gathering kangaroo grass at harvest time (equivalent to wheat). Then when that was done you go back to camp and do a bit of artifact making/getting meat ready/painting/fish trap making then have a big fire and feed with some stories and dancing. Go to bed and repeat. For the woman it was fishing/yam beds/gathering seeds (for bread) and fruit then come back for weaving/painting/bread making. Then retire to the fire for a feed, stories and a dance. Everybody helped with the kids and was seen as a parent (literally a village would raise the children) it would've been paradise

    Arsène Thédié
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get your feeling, but this vision of prehistoric human as one-with-nature-living-in-harmony is very idealized. After all, these hunter-gatherers developed into us...

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But think about it! After farming and agriculture were invented, women were expected to stay home and look after children while men stayed in the fields to work, causing women to be looked down upon as weak, thus sexism was invented. Also, people invented slavery for workers in the fields, thus racism was invented. Switching to a diet of the same foods all the time instead of a very diverse diet caused heath problems. So although hunter-gatherers were probably just as miserable as farmers, the switch created inequality, power dynamics, and social classes. I am saying that I would make it so we never discover agriculture.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, Hunter gatherers did indeed drive species to extinction. Much of the megafauna that existed with the ascension of humans subsequently died out. What’s really interesting (and at the same time horrifying) is that these mini extinctions track along the same routes as humans migrations

    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The end of the ice age also helped kill the megafauna. They lost habitat which would be more detrimental than hunters. Hunter certainly helped but they most likely only finished it off rather than the main cause

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No thanks, I like cities, cars, and internet. I do not like starvation, eating roots I dug out the ground, and dodging cave bears.

    DeoManus Argentem
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can certainly do this whenever you'd like. But that's more like leaving society than changing it!

    #47

    The views on autism

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    Mickysixxx
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It has changed significantly in recent years. When i was a kid you had to be non verbal to be autistic but these days we understand the spectrum a lot better. My local supermarket has a quiet hour every day where they lower the lights and turn the music off to cater for neurodivergent people. Admittedly society in general could be more accepting of neuro divergent people.

    Generic Soda Pop 🇺🇦(she/her)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother has Autism. It's annoying, but imagine this. What country would you like to travel too? Japan? Sweden? Pakistan? They have a foreign language you don't know. You're at this country, you don't know what anybody is saying. You try to speak, but they don't speak your language. Would you be upset? You're kinda like a toddler, you have a big meltdown because you're frustrated. Now everbody is staring at you. Then somebody who kinda knows your language can teach you the country's language. That's the role of special teachers.

    #48

    getting rid of all the homophobes, transphobes, racists, fataphobes ect

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but racism has been around for centuries. I’m not saying that anybody be should be racist. But don’t be racist in general.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So then... their point that we should eliminate these undesirable belief systems, stands?

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    #49

    Cruelty to animals. Whether it's puppy mills, cruel farming methods, dog fighting, animal experimentation or any other of a myriad of issues; millions of creatures are suffering. I want tougher laws & actual punishments handed out to animal abusers.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The laws exist. Different countries have different laws. For me a worse problem is the hypocrisy of westerners (I'm african) regarding pets vs food. I've yet to hear a convincing distinction between the two.

    #50

    We have training, licensing and testing for ever skilled job out there, especially if it affects other people or society as a whole, but anyone can have a child. In many areas of the world there people who are forced, coerced, guilted or shamed into having children they don’t want or can’t cope with. If we want to lower crime rates, improve society’s mental health crises, and stop the cycles of both poverty and abuse in the world, we need to do a better job at screening, training, and supporting parents and allowing people who shouldn’t be parents to choose not to be with no stigma, pressure or shame.

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    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds a lot like this movie I saw one time. Damn it, I can't remember the name.....

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    #51

    The hate to people who are either less fortunate or don't like the same things the "popular group" does. They threaten to beat people up and when you try to make friends with them it ends up with them humiliating you. Do I seriously have to have TikTok and be on it 24/7? What happened to family and friends? It's not my fault my family can't afford to buy me some Blazers or Jordans.

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    #52

    The amount of suicide that goes down. I’m sorry but a shitload of suicide is caused by bullying online or in person and that’s just something I just can’t accept.

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    #53

    No plastic surgery Everyone just looks like they look.

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    #54

    Getting OFFENDED!!.Nowadays people literally get offended about almost anything.

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so true. Getting offended over little things does nothing useful and constructive both over the short and long term.

    #55

    can we all please take into consideration the intent of any given act or comment? it seems everyone wants to jump to the least charitable conclusion at all times, like the attitude of the internet leaked into real life. lets not do that. people make mistakes even when they are trying hard not to. if it came from a good place then accept it and move on instead of getting offended over every little thing.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep, stop downvoting just because you disagree, rather say why you disagree. downvote is for things like financial scams.

    freakingbee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    your comment literally got downvoted😭 upvoted you

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    #56

    Gen Z's way to think the world revolves around them. I am Gen z btw. Like- this culture makes everything about you you you. YOU do YOU. Treat YOUrelf. Take some YOU time, ect ect. Sure all of that is important now and then- but we have taken it way too far. People(of all ages, races, backrounds) are so entitled now. People take extreme offence in the most normal, inoffensive things just because they can- and the will get praised for it! Like, take the song Scars to your beautiful by Alessia Cara- it's a good, pretty song for the most part. But the one line- "And you don't have to change a thing, the world can change it's heart-". I mean, not really! The world doesn't have to change just to fit you! Not in every case of course- but a lot of the time, YOU are the problem! Believe it or not, there are a LOT of problems out there, that are much much bigger than you.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    don't get me wrong tho- you are important. But the world does not revolve around you- you are one in 8,000,000,000 people of equal importance.

    LivNLearn
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get where you are coming from- not sure if it is solely a generation thing ( genx here) and that could just be social media algorithms selling us what we expect to hear, but it does seem like society has developed a bad case of mass narcissism in the last decade. I sometimes wonder if we faced a challenge like ww1 or ww2 if we’d step up like those generations or just get run down due to how selfish we have become.

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    #57

    People who make their zodiac sign their whole personality.

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    Lil Potato
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i know right- the people who will say they hate someone just for being a certain star sign. what is up with that??

    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried this and failed. Honestly just because you have a zodiac sign doesn’t mean you have the right to be like that. It isn’t true to yourself. The best thing you can do is to be true to yourself.

    #58

    Babes this is kinda directed at people like me or people with any kind of medical illness like diabetes . Can society stop acting like I'm a baby every time I'm a bit hypo or a bit high?! Like people say "oh dear lord hon, are you ok?!" When I'm just a bit low. I mean, I like people respecting me, but it's different to before!!

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    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ......... I'm fighting the urge to ask this person if they're doing okay......

    #59

    I wish we could all be seen for who we are, what we do, and how we treat others. nothing more. True equality. No gender, no race, no religion, and if we could manage it, no money

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    #60

    Disciplining your kids. Honestly I was in the cinemas with my mom 2 days back. We haven't been in a long time. So as the the big screen was opening up, I could hear the kids shouting and running around. And as the movie was playing, I could hear peppa pig being played on a phone. The parents didnt say anything. I'm also fuming as I'm writing this. I should've had a talk with those kids and tell to not misbehave and have a word with the parents about them not disciplining their children. Younger kids should have more discipline so that in the future, they'll know how to behave and not push people buttons. DISCIPLINING YOUNGER KIDS SHOULD NOT BE FROWNED APON !!!!

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the term discipline? The way I handled this is to explain to my kids how their decisions affect others. If the kids are running around in a movie theatre it suggests it's not a movie they're interested in. I would assume the parents wanted to see the movie and didn't think beyond their own wants as to how their kids would get bored. So it's about everyone realising that you actually affect those around you with your decisions.

    Blue_Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s where we fumble with words. This goes the other way too. Don’t overdo it

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    #61

    Absurd beauty standards.Nowadays plastic surgeries,implants, injections,big busty a*s has become a norm and people doesn't think twice before going under knife.Moreover this makes u feel that there is a need to do this and y are not normal.Those influencer who can't afford do photoshop and affect the lives of common people and make them feel insecure about them.

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We can thank the Kardashians and also Instagram and it’s idiot style influencers.

    #62

    With the advent of social media people can judge anyone while sitting in the comforts of their home and making nasty comments about their personal life and body issues while they themselves are a fat jobless divorce with 2 kids.

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    #63

    SHUT-DOWN-FOX-NOISE-CHANNEL!

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anything supported by money and advert revenue will continue. As long as 50% of americans are right-wing, fox will continue.

    #64

    Just 3 little things: I wish people would Mind their own business Keep their hands off other people's things Stop hating people for being different from them.

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    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But if I'm minding my own business, I can't be a judgmental A-hole

    #65

    Stop asking this question and bring that change within oneself.

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    #66

    people may find this offensive but i want anime to be less in-propitiate. most anime girl outfits are so lewd. they also make to meany useless charters who really do nothing. like that little girl from dragon slayer. all she dose is stay in a box

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    Violet Jensen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand what you mean. I can't even watch anime because like, young *girls* are so lewd.

    #67

    All those people, who are pure cringe, negative, oppose humanity, deny science, think sh*t, destroys nature, are karens, are a menace to the society - need to DISAPPEAR. Now.

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    #68

    For instance Stonehenge in Somerset UK. It's been a site of so much human interest. People pay to access like a tourist attraction because it's unknown. It has a mystical quality that links back to the ancients because it still stands from BC. And it stands on a particular spot where the sun shines meaningfully on those rocks at a time of day and year. To me, it looks like a basic ancient courtroom. Big door for the big tribe and smaller doors for the other tribes. Tribal leaders came to conclusions in full view of their village populations within the circle. And passed judgement. And in accordance with ancient understanding of the Gods and of the stars. That place held the sun. It's pagan law. I love history - the above survives today just as much as it did then.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not a bad theory but ... how is this something you want to change in society?

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An interest in history. If you don't understand the driving forces behind moments in history that we still live now, you are sorely lacking in a hinterland. History teaches us so much because people don't really change. As to the above post all I can say is that people won't accept c**p in a level playing field. But when the bosses are involved? As long as people think they are included, and are heard - pffft the bosses will get away with whatever they want. All they have to do is pretend respect. Like walk thru a gateway whilst observed, chat s**t people can't hear and then deliver a decision the team must abide by. I mean do we not see the same every day in our own lives?

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    Chaotic Neighborhood Yeetlord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to stonehenge yesterday, it was beautiful :⁠-⁠)

    Samyan Elrod
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is meant for a different post ... idc though, cool fact :)

    #69

    Penalizing people for not being poor or working poor.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    again, do you mean the rich are penalised?

    #70

    Accept that one solution will NOT be right for everyone. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everybody.

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    #71

    Working. I hate having to ask for a vacation and wasting my days not doing i want or enjoying life.

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    Average Chicago sports fan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fair, but what would you do without a primary stable source of income?

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google "basic income grant experiment finland" and similar. It's something that's being experimented with. Also, a number of countries give basic incomes to their citizens. Before you go libertarian and ask about where does the money come from... remember Nixon decoupled the dollar and gold. Meaning it's fiat currency, you can just invent more ("quantitative easing"). So it's really all just myth. The advantage to BIG is you then create more consumers for the economy, instead of letting people resort to crime.

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    #72

    How people of all ages are educated and what they are taught. The training and pay of teachers reflects the importance of their role. 1. People should be taught in small groups, no larger than 15. Student age not a factor. 2. Students' progress assessed by competency benchmarks. Student age not a factor but failure to show competency may mean no further participation on that content until competency demonstrated. 3. At all ages, students' abilities, wishes, needs considered as part of planning progress. Changes can always be made. 4. Student may leave temporarily or permanently when it is clear no further progress is happening, but all retain right to reenter with counselling. 5. Completion of stages marked by significant acknowledgement by community. cf "rites of passage" 6. Focus on literacy and numeracy plus critical thinking in early years 7. In teens: focus on civics, life skills (finance, cooking, hygiene, repairs, for instance) and a broadening participation in community/society. More academic content introduced. 8. Post teens: specialised courses depending on chosen life path. What do you lovely Pandas think?

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the above is montessori method. Send your kids to montessori schools.

    #73

    I want that people finally accept my claim to rule the world

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    #74

    Probably those pointless polls on the internet

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    #75

    It's pretty hard to pick ONE thing, but probably Dance Moms. That woman should still be in jail, for a lifetime of child abuse. They seriously have 9yos dancing in crop tops, working nonstop, and the worst part is ABBY. YoU nEeD tO pOiNt YoUr ToEs mOrE!!!!!! Like, no. I've only seen half of season 1 but WHY. JUST WHY? WARNING: SEASON 1 SPOILERS I warned you For me, the worst thing is Abby making the NINE YEAR OLDS dressing like prostitots and having them gyirate (did I spell that right?) on stage. Would be fine for 16, 17, MAYBE even 15yos but NINE! 9? NINE? THE NINETH NUMBER? Abby LOVES to put Nia (dancer) in sterotypical ethnic roles. The LaQuifa dance? What? Abby really be playing matchmaker with 13yos. It's like Dirty Dancing. Also the dance about suicide. I feel it's amazing, but again, too dark for 8 and 9 year olds.

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    #76

    That everyone must sleep at the same time

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you saying people MUST all sleep at the same time, or, that they don't and they should? or are you saying that it is imposed ON you that you MUST (and you don't want to?)

    TheaGamerGal
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol the way I read this in a voice with hands gesturing all over the place🙆🙅🤷

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    #77

    I'd get rid of private property ownership of apartments and make housing a right. If you want to buy a home, sure, that's something that we should be able to work towards to own, but not apartments.

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep, we have something like that in my country. We have social housing and private housing. However, if we did try nationalise all housing, I guarantee you it would become a hotbed of corruption, where only the wel-connected got decent housing. At least in our system, those who have no money have a place to live and those who have money can buy something better.

    #78

    Men. We aren’t the problem most of the time. We aren’t trying to hurt anyone and also being falsely accused ruins lives. Women trying to cancel or accuse us just for looking at the gym, women saying that we need to man up. Also we aren’t as emotional and we suck at taking hints. I just wish that people would just understand that we aren’t the problem. Also toxic feminism is a load of nonsense. I don’t give a f*ck if you downvote me. This has to be heard. For this type of thing I’d recommend the YouTube channel Roma army. She’s great to watch.

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    Best Behave
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If men aren’t the problem most of the time, are you suggesting that it’s women who are the problem?

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both genders can equally be the problem and also here’s the thing. Men aren’t as emotional because if we try to be vulnerable and open up to women, then in an argument the woman will use emotions against him.

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    Tamra
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The very vast majority of rapists are men. The vast majority of domestic abuse is perpetrated by men. Rulers of nations, by and large, are men, who have, throughout history, caused innumerable wars. In the US, at least, men still make more money, on average, than women. Major religions were created by men, and have put men in positions of power, while discriminating against women, for a very long time. All of that said, there are also wonderful men in the world, and not so wonderful women. But men have held much of the power for much of the time, and all of the points I've outlined would seem to refute your statement "men aren't the problem most of the time".

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    #79

    I know I’m double posting but hear me out. Debt relief. It shouldn’t exist and I have a very good explanation. Now keep in mind that I’m only 17 and not the best with finances but I’ve been taught some of the basics. We shouldn’t have a student loan debt relief because some people made sh*tty financial decisions before going to college and not saving up enough for your tuition. This stupid student loan debt relief hurts the ones who made the smart financial decisions and aren’t in debt and it’s bullsh*t that some lawmakers want to raise taxes just to relieve people of their debts and that we are the ones paying out of pocket just for the person who ends up in student loan debts financial failure

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    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK glad to hear you're only 17 and american, because you haven't yet developed compassion. So I am going to spell it out for you. Hear me out. PS I am in africa. Let me start by saying You don't have a good explanation. You have the Republican explanation. It has nothing to do with s****y financial decisions. It has everything to do with a LONG history of social circumstances. Let's say Mr X is born in a lower income area. Is it his fault? No. He didn't choose to be born. Now, say his mom's unemployed and his dad drives a taxicab, say, and makes say $1400 per month. Say they're in NY and most of that goes to rent, the rest to food. They can't afford medical cover, they can't afford movies, lattes, and defintiely can't afford college. Now suppose Mr X has a high IQ and does well at school. He deserves to get into university. How else is he going to lift his family out of poverty? You could say well his parents made bad financial decisions. Message continues in my reply...

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So his parents were born poor. His parents' parents might have been say, a gardener and a housemaid etc. So they couldn't also afford college. So they never got skills. Remember this is before TEDx and before Coursera etc. So they were poor. And their parents or grandparents were literally slaves in the South. Again, born poor. It's called the poverty cycle. The only way to break it is to give someone a chance. How do you do that? You give them free education. By the way, MOST civilised countries give free schooling and SOME give free higher education, for example, germany. You'd hardly call germany a failed state, right? Or communist? So you need to reconsider your position. Instead of blaming people, look at HOW they got into their life circumstances rather than assuming it is a character flaw. NOW obviously you could say "they shouldnta had kids". Well sure. As a privileged white person you can say that because your parents could afford contraception, abortion etc., and choose that.

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    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try being a single adult supporting yourself and having to return to college to remain employable. If you only go part-time, you're in your retirement years before you can graduate, much less start a new career. You've clearly not encountered how many *state* colleges will quietly remove or fail core curriculum credits you've already earned in good standing, and, will only allow you to draw your self-support dole from the unsub loans rather than your grants. Unsub loans *never* go into deferment, and gain escalating interest until paid off. Student loan managment companies can endlessly sell and resell your loan to whoever they want, however many times they want, and you have zero say in the matter. Each time your loan is sold, new fees, penalties, and additional interest will be added to it. Your loan can be in limbo for months or years between buyers and this is how an intial consolidation of $65k becomes over $200k inside 5 yrs without you doing a damned thing wrong.

    Tamra
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People shouldn't have to be in debt for 10-20 years to pay off a higher education. They just shouldn't. Other countries offer "free" higher education (paid for by taxes). With what the US spends on the military budget each year (in the hundreds of BILLIONS), free or just low cost university is entirely doable.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not entirely against free higher education, but I don’t think that’s really going to happen anytime soon. Making education free in America. However, I am for spending hundreds of billions in defense because who knows what could happen? World War III has probably already started and we need to be prepared and ready for whatever comes. If our country makes a draft and requires young men to join, I would gladly give my life for our country despite my mental disorders and different conditions(Autism, ADHD). But you do have a good point though.

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    #80

    As an American and an Amerinidan, I'd like to see our derelict education and social services systems get their long-overdue overhauls. When I went to school on the "Rez" we were given a classical education that included home economics, shop classes, logic and critical thinking, creative arts, sports, field trips to various industrial operations to learn how these works and what products or services they provided. High school was when we used what we learned on our field trips to start hands-on apprinceship training in something we discovered we might like. We didn't just belong to our parents. Us kids belonged to our community too. If your parents were fails, you had plenty of "aunts" and "uncles" who would help support and nurture you. If my country could adopt just one practice from my people, this one would be it.

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    #81

    society itself. whole thing needs to take a hike and leave me alone

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    #82

    I'd change how the world, but especially the United States, treats the poor and disabled.

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    #83

    Society.

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    #84

    Penalizing people for not being poor or working poor.

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    #85

    Communism, seriously, its amazing until corruption gets in

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    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every system of government is infinately corruptable. But communism is an "government" either. It's a way of life for a community of people.

    #86

    The focus on romance as your focus in life. Some people don't want a spouse. Others just won't get one. It's okay. You can live your life.

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    #87

    How we treat animals. I wish that everyone were vegan. It's their world as well as theirs and their lives, feelings and relationships are as important as ours.

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    Blue_Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude stop with the freaking veganism. We are not beating the f*****g animals and making them bleed to death. Swear to god

    Some rando dude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who's gonna tell the dude that plants are living with feelings as well?

    #88

    This is specifically for America, but abso-friggin-lutely health care.

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    #89

    I am a female so other females don’t downvote me please!!! “Males are toxic They cheat They lie They need to be strong” Girl, we are also the problem lol

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    #90

    Assuming that humans rule the world.

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    #91

    Y'all this isn't really about society but you know in the movies when the guy is just chilling and then this simp girl just comes in and they're in a weird position and then the guy's wife comes in and jumps to the conclusion that her husband was cheating on her. Why?? It's like y'all can't be friends with one another. And then she totally overreacts and then she's like "oH I wAnT A DiVoRcE, hE cHeAtEd!" Like girl stop. You're cringe.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then she goes to meet her MALE friend and nobody says anything???

    #92

    Not sure if this has been said yet, but I wish feminism was fighting for equal rights and opportunities as men. Nowadays, it feels like they're trying to become superior to men and destroy them. Why should I feel sorry for something I had no part of?

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    Tamra
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Feminism supports a healthy relationship between equals. It doesn't seek to take away anything from the male population, but to provide safety and equality to the feminine population. Sounds like you're getting an earful from men who are afraid they're somehow going to lose something by women gaining equality.

    #93

    What Snake Pliskin did at the end of the movie, Escape From LA.

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