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“Leave Before It Is Too Late To Escape”: 40 Indicators That We Live In A Dystopian Reality, As Shared By Our Community
Society is a complex web of norms and beliefs that shape our lives. However, it is not always a perfect system, and there are problems that fundamentally undermine individuals' well-being and human rights. These issues can manifest themselves in a variety of ways, ranging from systemic inequalities and discrimination to oppressive practices and restrictions on personal freedoms.
Thinking about that, I wanted to ask the Bored Panda community what they think is fundamentally wrong with society and restricts their human rights, hence "Tell me you are living in a dystopian nightmare without telling me you are living in a dystopian nightmare". Scroll down to read the answers!
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#1
The country is run by people who are millionaires, telling everyone else that these are "tough times" and they must "cut back" to ensure their continued survival while they live in excess.
Final score:
222points
1ch0 3 years ago
Let me guess, america? I just yesterday googled a few facts about america again. No universal healthcare, no paid leave from work. Pure slavery and pure capitalism with zero respect for the people. The Land of the free! Yay!
Elizabeth VanDyke 3 years ago
Thank those old repukes in the Senate who don't want to lose out on their big bucks they get from the NRA, coal lobbyists and oil. They will never vote for anything that benefits working people in this, the "Greatest Country in the World".
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
So true, same to an extent in the UK where politicians take extra money from companies to lobby in their behalf. Too few politicians are in it for the good of the people.
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Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
History shows that - if you take the trend in America to its logical conclusion - it usually ends with guillotines.
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#2
Most people do not earn a living wage.
Final score:
191points
Sonny Kohler 3 years ago
By definition, slavery is unpaid. Even at minimum wage, you are still being paid.
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Miguel justino C 3 years ago
I agree these wages suck and I have been a victim of poverty. However my definition of living wage changed when I saw the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. When I was dirt poor to the average American, I was living large compared to the Middle East. Not saying its OK but it still makes me feel ok when I have hard times.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
As Chris Rock once said, 'minimum wage' means 'if I could legally pay you less, then I would.'
Sonny Kohler 3 years ago
People are actually arguing over an opinion like they'll be able to change it!
Nathaniel (Submission author) 3 years ago
This would make sense IF wages and minimum wage rose each year to match cost of living. As it is the 7.25 wage has remained stagnant and is becoming worth less and less. Also higher earners have seen their wages increase each year.
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I no longer have bodily autonomy.
Final score:
186points
RandomPanda (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
I can't reply directly to Mental Liberals because of the downvote count, but here's what I have to say about that. If you feel like you should be able to choose whether or not to be vaccinated, I should be able to choose whether or not to carry a child.
Nayla Kanaan 2 years ago
probably won’t get seen by op but I want to say it anyway so op is your listening I live in georgia so I not only get the abortion law but also the new transphobic one someday I hope if people all work together we can make the world a better place and you seem cool so good vibes to you
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Regressive so-called conservatives, so-called Christian Taliban, hate women. They are a minority but somehow have outsized political power.
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Seedy Vine 3 years ago
If I'm not people anymore, I shouldn't have to pay taxes... right? RIGHT?!?!?!!!
Mer☕️🧭☕️ 2 years ago
American women are no longer actually free. The government controls the American uterus now.
Tree P 2 years ago
As an American woman, all I can say is, Land of the Free......for some. Republicans won't be happy until they strip us of all our rights, and make us second class citizens again.
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Amanda 2 years ago
Consider if YOU were the woman. Ask whether you'd be happy to have no control over your own body
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George Orwell's fabulous book '1984' is no longer fiction but a commentary.
Final score:
182points
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
And soon we'll have to say the same about Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale."
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Soon? It's here. The second that m**********r stole the election, we knew.
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Liss666 3 years ago
I was terrified of this book in high school but in my mind it was fiction…? Right? Then I grew up a bit more, took a look around and quickly realized propaganda is in every country and now that we have technology our language is being divided easily especially with some of the methods used to achieve cancel culture looking like new-speak.
Schteinrick 3 years ago
‘1984’ married ‘Brave New World’. They had a baby, and named it ‘USA’.
Luna Crow 3 years ago
Yep. This is exactly how I've been feeling for a while now
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#5
I live in a country where two out of the last four presidents got into office by losing the popular vote.
Final score:
177points
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Where one party only needs 30% of the vote to "win" because of gerrymandering.
over it already 3 years ago
And in much the same fashion, the filibuster.
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CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
Where the "law and order" party does not want the laws to apply to them.
Emily M. 3 years ago
as a Canadian I sympathize. JT only won the last election with a whopping 32% of the popular vote
Judith Paterson 3 years ago
Well since O’Tool got 28% and Sighn got 25%, you obviously don’t understand what winning the “popular vote” means. Trudeau won, get over it.
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Sonny Kohler 3 years ago
And two out of the last 4 Presidents were do-nothing Presidents who had no backbones... okay, 4 out the last 4 Presidents accomplished nothing, but at least the two of them had backbones... twisted ones, sure, but still backbones.
#6
There are women in some parts of my country who still have to get permission from their boyfriends or husbands to get birth control. They also have to fight with pharmacists who are religiously opposed to it to get birth control. And they sometimes have been denied life-improving surgery to have hysterectomies because- whether the woman wants children or not- the doctor doesn't agree with her not having children.
I live in the US.
Final score:
173points
I I 3 years ago
Vanilla ISIS , all let religion lead their lives and wives , all drive trucks with lots of flags and they all love them guns , tell me i'm wrong
RezFidel 2 years ago
"Vanilla ISIS" is a pretty accurate definititon for these clerical fashists. Gonna steal that..
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Savannah greenleaf 2 years ago
Yeah 2013 in the state of Maine, US. I had to have my husband's consent for a tubal ligation when I was 29. Signed 3 months in advance. Did I still have to sign it being an angry hormonal crime spree after I need the permission of a man on what I wanted to do with my body? I was 29 and no ones permission should have been needed. Second child, I could not afford a third. My husband had previously lost his job and did not try to gain employment until after our divorce. If men want to have the babies let them. A US story here.
James016 2 years ago
Similar things happen in the UK, a woman wants her tubes tied and is denied because "she may change her mind" or "she hasn't met the right man yet"
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
Same here, I had to spend 17 years in excruciating pain before finally being allowed a hysterectomy, and at the last appointment the doctor was actually asking MY DAD the questions (who was only with me for moral support, I was over 35!). This was in Belgium, not the US or UK.
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Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
funny how its called land of the free with backwards rules like this
Bols 2 years ago (edited)
Excuse me, male PERMISSION for birth control?!! WTF????????! My country (Poland) is also going super right and pharmacists and doctors have a right to decline to prescribe/sell because of their moral views (sick imo). Hysterectomies and tying tubes are unfortunately also not permitted :( but I have NEVER heard about permission for birth control other than in Handmaid's Tale!
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Absolute dumbfounded looks when I say if US is a "Christian nation", totalitarian rule is not far behind aka Taliban
Kate Jones (Submission author) 2 years ago
Seriously. I saw a meme once saying can we only have modern problem this day and age, please? I'm tired of living in the 1600s. Can't afford eggs? My friends might die in a plague? Puritans are coming for my evil female bodily functions and 'sinful' lifestyle? God f*ck off. My body and my house are not your church!
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Inability to access affordable healthcare and medication.
Final score:
163points
1ch0 3 years ago
Its really sad. Universal healthcare is in my eyes one of the BASICs a state should provide. Everyone, every human should be cared for. We live in 2022 now, not 1022.
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Isa 2 years ago
America is much much better,trust me.The amount of benefits y get from taxes !We guys don't even get good roads here .There is nothing like foster system, disability allowance etc.Even speaking against a political party can get y in jail.Government jobs are getting tougher to get with millions sitting for the exam.Even for a security job a PhD,masters, engeering etc students are applying.This is the reality for most of the countries.America is the dream country for many.
The Mom 3 years ago
No. There is no option when you can not afford gas or a plane ticket.
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#8
The American dream is a lie the rich tell to convince people to work till they die and never actually reach their goals. The moment an accident happens, you lose everything and you're told you didn't try hard enough.
Final score:
140points
ApplePie123eat 2 years ago
"How did you become a millionaire?" "Lots of hard work!" (meanwhile actually: Was born into a rich family, got a huge company as legacy from his parents, exploited minimum wage workers and took money from their work)
Electra1 2 years ago
I had an accident which left me disabled just over 20 years ago. I'm also a single mother whose child was 12 at the time. The insurance I paid for through my employer to protect my salary, which was should have paid 66 2/3 of my salary, was denied despite the medical evidence presented to them. It went through all of the appeals processes and was denied with nothing left for me to do. Several years later my social security disability was finally approved: even after all of this time, my monthly checks haven't nearly caught up to what I should have gotten from that insurance. If there were a law on the books forcing insurance companies to abide by the decision of an ALJ once it's reached, people like me wouldn't have to live on next to nothing because of insurance companies who clearly refuse claims based on falsified medical reports (the judge's words, not mine).
Khandnalie E 2 years ago
Insurance is a scam and insurance companies are done of the worst people on earth
Load More Replies... Khandnalie E 2 years ago
These days, the only way to achieve the American dream is to move to Europe
Jean Thompson 2 years ago
In the USA, if you have a car accident, you pay for an ambulance, hospitalization, treatment and any recovery drugs. In UK, all this would cost you zero.
Rosecrucian Roeth 2 years ago
The American Dream has never existed, just a figment of Hollywood's and Congress's imaginations.
#9
Still having to go to work when you’re really sick if you want to get paid to have a roof over your head and cope with the high costs of living.
Final score:
132points
1ch0 3 years ago
This! It really is. One of the, if not the richest country of the world, doesnt care for universal healthcare, paid leave by law, strict gun laws.. Its just mindblowing.
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Annie Persson 2 years ago
This is just silly! If you go to work while sick, all your coworkers will catch whatever you have, and the business will suffer more in the end. It is simply common sense to me
Warrior Mama 3 years ago
I'm teleworking while I have covid. I have decent health insurance and could go to the dr if I needed to thankfully, but a hospital stay would be a huge burden. But I'm paid hourly and don't currently feel that bad, so don't feel like I can justify taking a sick day since no hours = no pay
Christine Neely 2 years ago
If I call out sick I get written up at work. Oh yeah, my employer also doesn't give us sick leave either.
Mark Karol-Chik 3 years ago
I worked for a large corporation, oh, let's call it HD for short- and saw this all of the time.
#10
My last hospital visit was 104k , thankfully I had insurance.
Final score:
129points
1ch0 3 years ago
My last hospital visit was 0 euro. Medical debt doesnt exist at all here. Germany. Universal healthcare for everyone.
Gelsomina 2 years ago
I immigrated to the USA when I was 40, my oldest son was 12. I was a high school teacher in my country. My family was cleaning buildings at night. 3 years later we bought a house, 3 years after that my 16 year old son was taken to the emergency room with onset of diabetes. He stayed in a private room at a children's hospital. We did not have insurance. The bill was close to 40k. We talked with the hospital's social worker. Because of donations to the hospital, our bill was cut to around 15k, which we paid in 2 years. Yes, I'm proud to live here and be a citizen since 2015. Try doing the same say,in England. Or Germany.
#11
Having to choose between paying my rent or buying my insulin
Final score:
123points
Barbara R 2 years ago
It's more common than you think. The last time I got insulin where they clearly charged me the no insurance price (I have a Medicare Advantage plan), I about croaked. $1,500 USD for a one month supply.
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Tamra 2 years ago
It *is* absolutely scandalous, and the only reason it happens is corporate greed.
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Amber.exe(She/They) 2 years ago
I heard that they're actually lowering the price of insulin(don't quote me I just heard it).The US is absolutely insane for selling it for the price they do
KombatBunni 2 years ago
Or you need to choose between buying food or paying bills :( And I live in Australia
Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
so its a choice between shelter or life what a choice to have to make
#12
I have major medical issues, some of which are genetic, but if I were to become pregnant right now I could be forced to carry a (likely non-viable) baby to term and give birth. So I have decided not to date until the law is reinstated. If I don't get a choice, the men don't get a choice with me.
Final score:
116points
Stacey Rae 3 years ago
I agree 100%. Maybe if all women who didn't want their rights stripped could /should stop all sexual contact.
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
Ironically that's exactly what they want - social control over women and sexual women don't make 'good wives' - it's the whole Madonna/whore thing.
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Vera Cyning 2 years ago
Birth control? Diaphragm? Copper IUD? Sterilization? Being responsible with your sexuality? Obviously not options for you. Maybe it's good that you're staying single.
Tamra 2 years ago
I highly support sexual and reproductive responsibility but the choice of abortion should still be within a woman's right to choose.
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Bisces 3 years ago
Imagine being ignorant and so out of touch with reality.
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The majority of the world is at the mercy of four world leaders who are certifiably mad or who head up autocratic or oligarchic states with nuclear weapons, and we could all be annihilated in a minute if one of them gets sick of playing "Risk" with the others. Wish the entire world would just stand up to these bullies and ostracize them into oblivion.
Final score:
112points
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Unfortunately if you try for a revolution for your freedom, you will immediately be labelled a terrorist by the governments and media.
Load More Replies... Rosecrucian Roeth 2 years ago
Problem is that these morons make a great deal of money for the guys in the US of A who produce all these weapons:(
ОльхаКинг(AlderKing) 2 years ago
god please we need to take down the leader of my home country. putin sucks.
Verena Abt 2 years ago (edited)
This! We're all on this planet for a little while only. Can't we just make the most of it and be kind to each other?
#14
My country's "Supreme Court," stacked with extreme reactionaries selected by men who lost the popular vote, recently ruled that: 1) The environment is not worth protecting, 2) Women are brood cows, 3) Guns are more important than human life, 4) The 1st Amendment to the Constitution is null and void so government monies must go to religious schools.
Final score:
108points
A gay cat man 2 years ago (edited)
(to the tune of Welcome to the Internet) have a look around. everything you ever feared can be found. we've got mountains of bigots, some annoying, some worse. if none of it scares you you'd be the worst. (idk it just seemed perfect)
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The Scout 3 years ago
So all those measures to fight religious extremist terrorism were just to eliminate the competition...
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
It'll continue this way until people start dropping some of these "supreme court" clowns.
#15
Having to have multiple roommates as an adult because we can't afford our own places (and we all have at least one full time job!) I love it here.
Final score:
101points
Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
i am 40 and still live with my parents because even though i have a full time job i cant afford to move out and live by myself i am scared because i dont know what i will do if anything happened to them
Colin 2 years ago
It's like the government and landlords went "hey, everyone loved Friends so let's force society to have to roommate"
Khandnalie E 2 years ago
The folks on Friends livedb lives of absolute luxury compared to what most working people can afford these days. They really only ever had like one roommate, and they had huge apartments.
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I I 3 years ago (edited)
my mate ( UK ) had to do the same when his marriage fell apart , he's now living with 2 other men and his daughter all in the same house , different rooms but shared kitchen and bathroom , £650 a month it was for all 4 , thats going up to £800 due to the energy crisis , he earns just over £1600 a month , so half is going on rent and utilities .
NotPicky 2 years ago
I feel for him. It's so unfair. The rental sharks are getting richer and more powerful.
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There is a literal war going on in the civilized world, literally one country away from where I live. If the media doesn't cover it, nobody cares.
Final score:
95points
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
funny though no one gives a f**k about the saudis bombing the yemenis with american weapons.
Kevin Hickey 3 years ago
https://www.theonion.com/encouraging-reports-confirm-explosions-near-afghan-scho-1848813111
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#17
When I grow up I’ll never pay off college debt and will live in a crappy house (if I’m lucky) because it’s all I can afford.
Final score:
88points
ApplePie123eat 2 years ago
When I grow up, I won't live in a crappy house. That's because I wouldn't even be able to afford one
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
Trades seem to have skill shortages so is not going to academic college and learning a trade an option?
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Maybe we should bring back the apprentice/journeyman system foe some trades
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Mental Liberals 2 years ago
Then DO NOT incur the debt! Go to trade school! We ALL have choices!!
#18
Can’t get disability funding without trying all treatments first. Can’t get treatments first without funding.
Final score:
87points
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Apparently in Spain Endometriosis and CFS are not considered to cause disabilities so when i apply for disabilities they count for nothing :)
Tenacious Squirrel 2 years ago
I’m in a very similar boat but different country (I’ve also been in other countries in this same rickety boat of mine!). CFS/ME is one of the worst conditions we can have for any kind of hope for recognition/understanding. I used to wish every day it’d turn in to something else. I really empathise with you Ozacoter. I feel the exact same. Sending you best exhausted wishes 💕
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Aubrey Mortensen 3 years ago
Filing for disability is a joke. Can't work for a solid year, but no money to live off of unless your spouse works full time. Your spouse files for food stamps and assistance but makes too much money BEFORE TAXES and insurance and mortgage for a 4 person household. System is broken.
Penny Kemper 2 years ago
Get a lawyer. They only get paid if you get you disability. It comes out of back pay, from starting date
#19
The world is literally burning to the ground because of global warming yet people who don’t even make a living wage spend what little money they have to pay to watch the show of a talentless family and buy their “beauty” products while members of that family take their private jets to destinations they could easily have driven to. Meanwhile I feel guilty if I use a paper plate. Stop funding the K family people, they are scamming you left and right and care about no one but themselves.
Final score:
81points
Professional Weirdo 3 years ago
the fact that we all know exactly what they are talking about.
Paul Neff 2 years ago
...about that, the assumption that most are both willing and capable of reading and considering such details. It would appear we are impotent to manifest changes, then.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
I don't watch them or buy their products. But I do click on articles about them, which is how they get advertising funding. But I think in a world where you're just scraping by people like the whole escapism of it. It's fine if they do. Whatever works.
#20
BMW is selling a subscription to enable the heated seats in your car.
Final score:
77points
Minath 3 years ago
I'm so fed up with subscription services, most of them are just a giant con.
Anthony Morrissey 2 years ago
I think the worst part is knowing that the capability is there in the car you "own" but is being limited
Load More Replies... Jay Son 2 years ago (edited)
If I am correct in my understanding, it's not actually a subscription. The functionality is built into the car, and if people don't buy the option, they can try it for three months. Then, if they want, they can either buy the option outright, or pay it in monthly terms until fully paid. If that's true, then it's not really a subscription but more of a loan. That said, stuff like this should just be standard. Especially in more expensive cars IMHO.
dan martyr 2 years ago
From a production point of view it’s brilliant, you produce one car in various colours, then the client chooses how much of the functionality they can afford. No more producing many different models with slight changes in spec, just one car with the whole lot
Load More Replies... Thatkamloopsguy 2 years ago
It's not just BMW, It's all car makers and it should be illegal. This is bullsh it.
Charles Kormos 2 years ago
The wealthy need to keep everyone else in a lifetime of debt. They love monthly payments.
Kevin B 2 years ago
I can't believe people are still buying from dealers that do this. Are they going to raise the price every couple months. Why not only allow me to drive up to 50 unless I unlock with a fee to drive at interstate speeds. Maybe $1 every time I want to roll the window up or down. I won't buy a vehicle that I don't own every piece of.
James016 2 years ago (edited)
They do the same for CarPlay and most likely Android Auto as well.
Jay Son 2 years ago
From what I understand is that it was once suggested but that they didn't pursue this idea.
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You can have a retirement, a house, savings, health or a child - MUST pick one. You have no money for all of those.
Final score:
76points
River wolf 2 years ago
Health. If you are healthy, you can maybe get a job, which leads to savings, which leads to a house, which (sometimes) leads to a child.
I I 3 years ago
capitalism only works for those at the top , they fight a minimum wage as it takes away profit and its crazy some say it will increase prices , yes then true capitalism kicks in , you only buy what you need and then s**t starts to fail , they know if they charge too much they'll never sell their tat .
Mental Liberals 3 years ago
retirement? I wish! Maybe at 75 - and of course, the US keeps pushing the date as they know the Social Security system is bankrupt!! And corrupt
Isabella (Submission author) 3 years ago
It;s like that everywhere. In my country it is already bankrupt and they still collect "retirement tax" from my generation to pay for boomers, because they vote for the current government. Och, and retirement age is 67 now, planned to go up to 75 as well.
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That there is still cruelty towards animals.
Final score:
74points
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
And murdering the innocent unborn...and murders of women in horrible families for nothing at all but corrupt "men"
#23
I work to try and ensure residents can live without choosing between eating food and heating their homes. I live in a rich country.
Final score:
71points
Oliver Kettle 2 years ago
Just because you gave them a pen, doesn't mean they can write
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Aidan Pite 2 years ago
I grew up below the poverty line. My mom had a woodstove because we could afford to spend time getting wood to keep us warm, we could not afford to spend money on electricity to do the same.
#24
The fact that many companies have hidden research results about what they do because it may harm business, even though the business is harmful to the planet or an individual’s health.
Final score:
71points
Stacey Rae 3 years ago
Why is this down voted? Big pharma creates problems to fix them.
Load More Replies... Anna Drever 2 years ago
Animal ag is harmful to the planet and our health but people don’t care. They would rather we fell more rainforest so we can graze more cattle. All about what’s on our plate, never mind the pollution or anything else. And there are people starving in this world and then there’s wasted food being dumped. Make that make sense.
#25
I make six figures but live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford a decent 3 BR house without being house poor (I need it as I work from home) and have $130k in student debt owed to the federal government that I will never be able to pay off.
Final score:
71points
J W 2 years ago
Written with kindness. review daily spending habits . Be real about ‘needs’ vs ‘wants’. At 6 figures there’s a lot of room to make these decisions .
Nancy T 2 years ago
I make 6 figures and can't afford a house...they are expensive with high interest rates. A three bedroom condo or apartment is almost $3000 monthly. I'm a single mom. Three daughters and my mother live with me. Five of us in a three bedroom rental. Food is expensive.Gas is expensive. Medical bills. I work my behind off. And you suggest someone like me needs to think about my needs vs. wants. I think things NEED to change.
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CHRIS DOMRES 2 years ago
If you work from home, why not move to a city with less expensive housing? That is the only way we could afford to retire.
Dawn Marie 2 years ago
I work from home in an efficiency apartment (1 room with a bathroom). I am on my bed with my laptop 8:30am to sometimes midnight. All bills paid $1000.00 a month including cable and internet. I have a full kitchen with table and chairs and a lounge chair. A dresser and wardrobe. It is a key pass to get in the building in a nice section of a large city of around 500,000 people. I say this Dear to ask you to please make a list of priorities. I don't need much. I've had the 3 bedroom house, 2 kids, dog etc. I am now an empty nester, divorced, with a cat. There is now less upkeep and I feel safer. I love working from home!! I use to teach public school for 25 years. Search your heart.
Justin Rogers 2 years ago
Tired of all the complaining about student debt that you signed up for! It was a choice and agreement that you chose and had no problem spending that money. Give up the wants and work on the needs
PismoBob 2 years ago
When I was a U.S. Army recruiter, back in the late 80’s, the biggest selling point was the GI Bill. Service to your country would allow you to receive a college education WITHOUT having to go into debt. I’m still amazed that so many people didn’t think it was an equitable trade. Now, during times of war, I can understand those thoughts. BTW, both my sons and both of my DIL’s were active duty Army. No college debt at all.
Bryan W. 2 years ago (edited)
Move. If you can't afford housing and make 6-figures, you probably live in California or a major metropolitan area. You WFH, so go somewhere where you can live like a King or Queen. That's what I did. You can't win against all these corporations driving property values up, but burning your money on rent and b***hing about it solves nothing either.
#26
Billionaires sending phallic shaped space craft to outer space while some people live in extreme poverty.
Final score:
70points
Michael Largey 3 years ago
The problem is not that these billionaires go into outer space. The problem is that they come back.
Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
Proposal: Besos and Musk get shot into space. Fight to the for the single space suit we send along. Plot twist: televise it on Prime and Twitter.
les 2 years ago
thats trickle down ecconomics in action, more polution from one 15min space flight than 12 jumbo jets flying new york to london. then he had the nabsolute nerve to fly a private plane to an enviromental conference to tell us we were causing too much polution and must cut our emmissions and recylce his crappy plastic packaging while he profits and lets his workers p**s in bottles cos the toilets are too far away to get there during a break. screw these pricks, they need us more than we need them. we are already poor and struggling, if we f**k them off they wouldn't be able to cope. there a lot f*****g more of us than there is off them which is why the media they own is constantly sowing division. if we unite, they are screwed and that scares them.
Penny Kemper 2 years ago
Why say the rocket is phallic shaped. It's not a choice, it aerodynamics. Smh
WeatheredRobot 2 years ago
Clearly, OP would be happier if billionaires sent vaginal shaped spacecraft into orbit..
Load More Replies... Justin Rogers 2 years ago
Pure ignorance but go ahead and complain about the people that make your phones, computers and latte machines and yeah let's blame them for giving you what you asked for. Guaranteed they do more for humanity in a week than you will in your ENTIRE life
Angela B 2 years ago
Billionaires in general. Gold toilets, yachts, car collections, rocket races, painting sells for a gazillion dollars. They all make me want to vomit. Philanthopy seems to be a tax write off.... when they do pay tax, it is a pittance. Chuck all of them, every last one, on a phallic rocket to nowhere far far away.
Colin 2 years ago
Devil's Advocate for this one. While I agree it seems frivolous, there was a decent amount of job creation here and not minimum wage jobs either. Machinists, engineers etc. have jobs at these facilities and well paid at that.
Khandnalie E 2 years ago
No, not really..a handful of temporary jobs, to send some rich a******s to space in the most obscene display of wastefulness and excess in the history of our species? Nah, miss me with that.
Load More Replies... #27
If I was pregnant after 5 months in my state, I'd have to give birth. Even if it was dangerous to me. Even though I'm barely a legal adult. I'd still be forced to do it.
Final score:
66points
Nayla Kanaan 2 years ago
where I live I could be f***ing raped have an etopic (I cant spell sorry) pregnancy and be forced to carry it if it’s been more that 6 WEEKS that’s roughly the amount of time it would take me to even notice I’d missed a cycle
Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago
There have been cases of girls as young as 10 being required to carry to term their own family member's child due to this stupidity! Reinstate Roe Vs Wade!
Mitchell 2 years ago
I’m pro choice but 5 months….. I couldn’t support a termination that far along.
Kiwi Panda 2 years ago
Sometimes there is no choice. I had a friend get pre-eclampsia at 20 weeks. Either she delivered immediately or died. She was heartbroken but there was no other option
Load More Replies... #28
Thought crimes and new speak. You have to use the correct euphemistic language and dodge around what you're trying to say or else a hypersensitive social justice warrior will throw a childish tantrum at you. You need to anticipate which euphemisms they prefer, and if you guess right, they will move the goal post and throw a fit at you anyway.
Final score:
62points
Ivo H 2 years ago (edited)
This! A million times this! I f*****g hate the fact that I read "he was [ended]" and "he was [unalived]" everywhere. Death, suicide, these are extremely important topic that should be addressed and speaked about freely, not something that is avoided at all costs. This way, the only thing that the most vulnerable generation gets about these topics is that they shouldn't talk about them. Which is the f*****g worst thing that can happen
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GFSTaylor 3 years ago
Using the phrase 'social justice warrior' is almost always the sign of a bigot being offended by someone standing up to them.
Mike Keyser (Submission author) 3 years ago
it's more like ridiculing a person who solves their problems by means of internet tantrums. "offense" and "hatred" are so over used. an honest person would say "apathy". The problem is compulsive liars and their false accusations and witch hunts. They believe if they use heavily weighted words like bigot that it would cause a reaction...nope, still apathy. and standing up to them is actually throwing a fit and spewing lies and false accusations and attempting and failing at a witch hunt. It's all lies and delusions. The army of 2+2=3 is doing battle with the army of 2+2=5 and 2+2=4 is already dead.
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Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
This sounds like a right winger complaining they cant say mean s**t to someone.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
No. I'm totally left wing to moderate and I hate the thought police, censorship, cancel culture, etc. People can no longer freely communicate ideas. You have to trip around every word. It's ridiculous and unhealthy.
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Kyle Simonson 2 years ago
You know what, I have had absolutely no problem talking with anyone on any side of any issue and no one, on either side of the issue, has ever done any of the things you're talking about. Maybe it is the way you speak.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
What the heck is it with people getting so offended by so much so quickly? There are some funny memes about this as well as serious ones. Both concerning bubble brains who need to go off and find themselves a tiny little country where they'd spend their time offending each other and starting fights. Be offended if you want, just don't expect me to give a rat's a*s.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
Exactly. I am sick of everyone being offended by everything. It is no better to me than Uber conservative Christians who think their children will melt if they read about sex or "witchcraft." Hearty up people. Hearing an alternative idea will not undo your values if they make consistent sense to you. If you're getting offended easily ask what you're insecure about and change it. Don't expect the rest of the world to adapt to you.
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#29
I don’t go to the ER because the last time was 8k. People divorce to receive care facilities since it is 20-40k a month
Final score:
61points
1ch0 3 years ago
Jesus Christ.. Medical Debt doesnt exist as a term in my country for example. I can go to the doctor and pay nothing. Even when I am sick, it is not counted as paid leave, it is counted as sick with full pay. Even if I get sick during vacation, I get my vacation days back. I can also be sick for 6 weeks and my employer has to pay me full pay. After 6 weeks I still get 70% of my pay by the health insurance..for months if needed. I get paid for every therapy or operation if it is advised by doctors. So when I get sick I dont have to worry about paying my rent or my other bills. I live in germany. Now that is what I expect of a modern society.
Aidan Pite 2 years ago
I literally just went to the ER on Easter Sunday with a big gash on my foot from stepping on broken glass. 3 stitches, pain control, sent home with gauze/bandages/saline rinse, total tally: $0. Oh yeah btw I'm Canadian.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I've got FOUR different bill collectors coming after me for the same suicide attempt. I have accepted the fact that I will never be out of debt until the day I die.
leendadll 2 years ago
Most US insurance has a $3M lifetime max per FAMILY. So parents with a child who needs expensive rotine meds (hemophilia Recombinant Factor 8 is $1200 per dose, with some kids needing 2 doses/day) divorce so only 1 parent/kid combo get kicked out of coverage. When coverage ends, mfgrs provide the med for free but the parent has no more coverage for anything, ever.
#30
I live in Oklahoma. We have bad mental health treatment. Our jails and prisons are garbage. The governor is constantly fighting with native tribes. No one cares about women's rights. Christians will get in your face and judge you openly. Lot of homophobes, lot of racists. A lot of animal abuse and neglect. But hey, it's really cheap to live here. And our grocery prices are pretty fair.
Final score:
60points
1ch0 3 years ago
Honestly I wouldnt want to live in such a country. I just cant imagine living in a country that is even not wiling to provide some basics like universal healthcare and guareanteed paid leave from work for every exployee by law. Sorry.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Right now, I have fewer rights in this country than a man, a gun, and/or a fetus. USA! USA!
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Mark Karol-Chik 3 years ago
I spent a month there (actually it was a week, but you get it) and everything you say is true.
#31
Thinking "thats wierd" when there hasnt been a mass shooting for a week
Final score:
56points
Michael A 3 years ago
Or being completely desensitized to the number of mass shootings/gun violence as if they are just another fender bender that we witness driving around.
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
I'm not in the US and I've become desensitised to the mass shootings in the US - there was yet another in the last few days and when told my reaction was 'Meh, what's new?" - I completely shocked myself!
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Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
There'll be mass shootings in the US until they finally happen at a place that our right-wing politicians actually care about. That's clearly not our schools.
Rosie 2 years ago
I don't even watch the news anymore. Everyone I see a flag at half mast (I'm in the US) I just go "Oh, another mass shooting." I don't even go looking for details anymore. Why torture myself? They're all horrible tragedies, all the victims are innocent & there were too many of them. TPTB just offer 'thoughts & prayers' that mean nothing & do even less.
Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
people in the US prioritising people's right to own guns over a child's right to go to school and not get shot supermarkets selling guns but kinder eggs being illegal
Paul Neff 2 years ago
MAYBE gun control could diminish the number of mass shootings. Mass homicides will not necessarily be reduced, just had details changed. Humans bent on killing have other options. Inconvenience stopping them seems a bit overly optimistic.
Šimon Špaček 2 years ago
What else will be used to kill a lot of people? Automatic gun is damn effective for that, the only other mass available thing is a car, but how much people you can kill with a car? Not to mention that this killing spree will be stopped by the first decent wall.
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#32
That Rotterdam Bridge WAS going to be taken down temporarily so Jeff Bezos’s yacht could go through.
Final score:
56points
A gay cat man 2 years ago
fcking bezos. as much as i LOVE evil billionaires (0%) I wish he would incinerate in a craphole. (hell is too good for him)
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Found the idea of throwing eggs at the yacht funny. Glad they told bozo to f off lol
#33
Millions of people may starve because the dictator of one country decided to invade another.
Final score:
56points
Mike Keyser 3 years ago
Once upon a time stalin took ALL of the food out of Ukraine and sold it to hitler. The starvation was intentional.
Khandnalie E 2 years ago
Britain did the same thing to Ireland, and then to India.
Load More Replies... I I 3 years ago
yep , things aren't as bad as they're going to get thats for sure , no grain next year as not been planted , this years been stolen and sold on the black market , Ukraine supplies 40% of the worlds grain , add in a bad crop of rice around the world due to no fertilizer from Russia , you got the perfect storm for a food crisis and people are going to starve and those that live will be paying a fortune for food , supply demand is going to drive prices way higher , if this grain deal falls through i feel for the world.
#34
Have a curable but deadly heart condition & can't afford the cure so on meds 4 the rest of life
Final score:
54points
Ciara Stone (Submission author) 3 years ago
It's not at all anymore. WW2 and the 50s-60s (before Vietnam got horrendous), and possibly the 80s we're when America was the greatest country in the world. Now? It's a loud, obnoxious, sweaty, obese, entitled, arrogant, country where politicians care more about themselves and being self centered. They've forgotten what representatives we're for, like it was supposed to be about the people. Don't even get me started on healthcare - I was severely injured in a wreck yet flat out refused a ride in ambulance and just got a neck brace then rode there with a friend. And guns, racism, bigotry, and all the reasons people supposedly hate about one another just means we are ranked at the end of great countries
No Name 2 years ago
Politicians didn't "forget" about the people they're supposed to represent - they (mostly the GOP) actively worked to immunize themselves from accountability by capturing districting committees, pricing competitors out of running, passing voter suppression laws, purging voter rolls, and helping stack the judicial system with hacks who consistently bend over backwards to help the donor class expand their influence over our govt. Never forget or fail to point out that the current state of the US is due to willful contempt, not mere negligence.
Load More Replies... #35
This society for whatever reason sees nothing wrong with lying while advertising. I think it contributes greatly to the overdeveloped egos that rip everybody off.
Final score:
53points
Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago
IKR. It never happens in any other country either.
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Time2Roll86🇺🇦 2 years ago
I can think of so many examples of this…here is one: Pepsi’s jet scandal
#36
Having to choose between feeding your family or putting gas in your car.
Final score:
52points
Larry XK 2 years ago
Sorry buddy this is the USA bashing thread, we get to you soon
Load More Replies... Elizabeth VanDyke 3 years ago
Seems to me that a lot of people work to put gas in their cars so they can go to work.
Justin Rogers 2 years ago
You chose to make a family. Sell your car and get a job that you can walk/ bike to or work from home
#37
I've been disabled my entire life, but apparently not disabled enough to make adult child money so all I get is an extra $500 on Dad's social security to help with taking care of me. So much for taking care of our mentally ill.
Final score:
45points
Ann Dennis 3 years ago
The US tends to ignore its mentally ill as much as possible, even worse than it's physically ill.
Mental Liberals 3 years ago
They not only ignore it, they put many mental cases in the government
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 3 years ago
Governments do not care for disabled peope. We are uncomfortable and inconvenient for them so they prefer to hide us at home and let us rot in there
Buggycas (Submission author) 3 years ago
Tell me about it. Getting Papa a Home is driving us crazy.
Load More Replies... 1ch0 3 years ago
The US doesnt care if you live or die. They prefer living if you are able to work. But if not, you can die, they dont care. I guess this is the so called "freedom".
Buggycas (Submission author) 3 years ago
No, just what the bought out republicans tout as freedom.
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Wonderful 3 years ago
I'm on disability too. I get 700 a month. My poor husband has to work 2 jobs cause of my gimpiness. It sucks.
Buggycas (Submission author) 3 years ago
Dad has a good job at the Prison thank God, or we'd be in the same situation.
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James016 2 years ago
I read somewhere, maybe on this site that in the USA if a disabled person has more than about $2500 in assets, they lose their disability benefits. If true, that is shocking.
#38
My country loves taking the tax out of me, it’s as if everything I own is theirs….probably how it is.
Final score:
24points
Szirra 3 years ago (edited)
That is called living in a society. You are part of a group, you contribute, you benefit a lot.
Liss666 (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
Sorry I’ll explain.. If you lived in Aus you would understand what I mean when I say the tax is unbalanced. Our law finds any way to take hard earned money, especially if your in a prestigious career. It sounds like an ideal society but the way my city does it…it’s just plain unfair. An example, you get paid to have children so some people don’t work and pump out baby’s (not mentioning the level of neglect due to this for the child) but this money is also coming out of hard working earners that decided to get a job and have a career. If it’s that easy why work? That’s the question I hear a lot. It’s not fair on people that work hard their entire life, and the tax goes to ‘helping’ the unfortunate, which isn’t always the case, this system seems to make people prone to laziness. Not to mention if you want a car and you earn a certain amount you have to pay by law an extra tax on top of the payment. And it jacks the price up. I wonder really where the money goes…we all wonder.
Load More Replies... Liss666 (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yeah I agree, it’s very expensive where I live. It becomes excessive in the city. If you earn a decent amount, even if your working hard to get there, the tax takes a massive percentage off your income. And in my opinion although in theory an ideal society, in practice it doesn’t always seem fair.
Gini Sarver 3 years ago
US here, in the state in which i reside the governor denied us a tax frre weekend on ⛽️… this week they closed out the books and WV has 608 million dollars sitting in a bank not being used. with so many suffering 🥺
#39
Every morning i get to wake up and, before even checking what the weather will be like today, I get to check what times during the next 24 hours, I will be without electricity for several hours. Yay! In South Africa, we currently have what we lovingly refer to as "loadshedding", where our electricity is cut for 2-hour sessions throughout the day (sometimes, as many as three to four sessions in 24 hours), due to our ongoing "energy crisis". Every. D*mn. Day. !. As a mom with a family and someone who works from home, you can imagine how productive a day can be with two to three 2-hour sessions without electricity. Fun fact: this crisis has been ongoing since 2007. Also, without electricity, I have no internet or cellphone service (I'm not sure why, as my husband doesn't have this issue with his cellphone, but we are on different networks, so could be my network's issue). This means that I am unreachable during these sessions. Hopefully there are no emergencies during this time! Also also, apparently "loadshedding" is limited to areas where no important state officials live. So double yay! What a time to be alive!
Final score:
22points
I I 3 years ago
UK here and my government is discussing on rolling black outs during this winter , as in we will go with out electric at certain times ( usually night time ) up and down the country for an hour or so at a time as we cant get the gas we need to drive our power stations , it's going to be bad as i only have electric , no gas , so if we get cold at night i cant warm my house .
Aidan Campbell 2 years ago
My friend lives in Johannesburg and she has to sleep around 8pm due to boredom.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
And if you think, 'frak this' and decide to go solar, you'll face a minimum outlay of at least R125k. Because the bank won't give you a loan under R125k. So now you're paying off the loan for the next X years and STILL have to pay Eskom (frak Eskom) because they charge you a fee when you put in solar. Seriously.
#40
In the last year we've gone from under -50°C to over 50°C. We've had a drought so bad the province caught fire and stayed that way for 2 months, a flood so bad we were under water for over a month. We have highest death rate from a Pandemic in our country, the lowest minimum wage, and hospitals are being shut down due to lack of funding and nursing shortages!
Final score:
21points
#41
Criminals run the country and law abiding citizens get punnished when they stand up to criminals.
Final score:
20points
Mental Liberals 3 years ago
Amen!! They run the country and allow the criminals to roam free and do as they please! Law-abiding citizens get the boot and in most cities can't even defend themselves...
#42
My 23 year old grandchild is researching different countries to move to b/c of the serious mess the USA has morphed into. My advice? Leave before it is too late to escape!
Final score:
20points
Rosie 2 years ago
Maybe not Canada (see currently #42 above). Every place has its issues, but if I were younger, I'd plan on leaving too. I'm 64 now & w/a chronic form of cancer, so I'll stick around the little time I have left. Hopefully the dystopia the US is becoming won't hit me too hard. All that said, I still think we're all f***d worldwide, it's just a matter of degree & timing.
Load More Replies... Penny Kemper 2 years ago
Most countries are very expensive to become a citizen of and without becoming a citizen you can only live there for so long.
Jane Cortez 3 years ago
Everywhere is beginning to see serious effects of Global Warming… Canada endured terrible fires, eg Fort McMurray. New Zealand has been dating better albeit for how much longer? Artic melting, polar bears starving to death. It’s all going to tip into something colossal we won’t be able to stop very, very soon unless everything changes now. Like the whole world needs to becoming an Agrarian Society… Countries will try to invade for resources like water, crops because theirs has disappeared to the point of desperation. Or, because their country is uninhabitable- think predictions for some Arabic/African countries…. That Russia, China and North Korea could decide to blitze North America, NATO friendly countries… Some crazy stats Re capabilities… 😢 😢😢
#43
I have a full-time job ($50K/year) and make extra money with online sales and also freelancing; and I'm still living out of my car.
Final score:
19points
Elizabeth VanDyke 3 years ago
How the hell does that happen? I live on less than $2,000 a month and I might add I manage quite well.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I assume he lives in Frisco or NY or DC or some other overpriced place.
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 3 years ago
come to south africa. On 50k/usd/year you would have a 3-bedroom house with two bathrooms, a garden, and two new cars.
#44
I am friends with bankers, publishers, artists, tech people. All my own age. All accomplished. All, outwardly, successful. None of them can afford to live alone.
Final score:
18points
#45
My doctor ordered a biopsy for me three months ago. I'm still saving up just to pay for the test. If it comes back positive I won't be able to afford cancer treatments anyway so I don't know why I'm bothering. Important to note that I have health insurance through my employer, but between the deductible, copays, and coinsurance, I still can't afford it.
Final score:
17points
Angela Kelley 3 years ago
I do hope you won’t need to do so, but look into the National Institute of Health in Bethesda MD. A dear friend of mine was able to go through many clinical trials that extended her life. She would fly in from Idaho (flights gifted to her) and friends on this side of the states would go be with her as extra ears and greatly needed shenanigans. I wish you all the best.
Rosie 2 years ago
Shop around for your employer insurance plans. I had what I thought was good coverage but a biopsy cost me $1,000/year (in deductible only) when I was first diagnosed w/a chronic form of cancer. I switched my job title to get access to another insurance plan & my deductible now is $250/year. Still have copays & the rest, but it won't bankrupt me. Hopefully. A minor surgery last year that included another biopsy was completely covered. Before you ask, yes, this is in the US, same company, jobs funded by different sources w/access to similar but slightly different health plans.
Gini Sarver 3 years ago
for one you will qualify for treatment if it’s positive because there is a special medicaid dept just for the most serious of the illnesses such as cancer, prayers you don’t have cancer
#46
Religious zealots now control the Supreme Court of the US.
Final score:
16points
Bored Trash Panda 2 years ago
It's a terrifying time to not be a straight, white, Christian, cis man in the US.
Load More Replies... #47
I just passed my 12th anniversary of my illness starting and I still haven’t found anything to make the pain stop. Even for just a couple hours a day. Nope. The last time I was somewhat pain free was for about 4 hours and that was in may 7th 2015. I’m tired.
Final score:
15points
ExistentialSoup 2 years ago
I began experiencing back pain severe enough to drop me to the floor at age 10. It got worse from there. I'm 45 now and, three spinal surgeries later, I'm 100% grateful I'm able to function as well as I do! I'm constantly in pain but I can manage it with yoga, walking/hiking and tylenol/ibuprofen and an occasional Ativan. I'm fortunate to have access to limited Ativan. Most don't in my country (USA) because of draconian laws around relief-seeking (often labeled "drug seeking" by the medical world). Anyway, I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have made it this far.
Must Be Bored Again 2 years ago
Search out others with same diagnosis. Sometimes our own doctors have been wearing blinders for too long and still just try same treatment to diagnosis, not doing enough continuing education on your condition. Contact Universities that have specialists on your diagnosis. Sometimes they can get you into a trial or get you connected with organizations that have made progress in your area of need. I always tell people that even though you don't want to do it for yourself because you have figured out a way to survive dad by day. I tell people to do it for all the others that will follow you on this path. Somewhere, someone may have a unique perspective that may help you or others. Bless you, I am right there with you.
Must Be Bored Again 2 years ago
Also contact your doctor or pharmacist to see if they can connect you with some of the pharmaceutical companies, many have assisted prescription programs. I also was referred to a professional medication pharmacy study that thoroughly investigated every medication I have taken and am on so they could make recommendations to my treatment.
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Ronna Black 2 years ago
Please don’t do “Have you tried…xyz?” Long term chronic pain sufferers HAVe tried everything. 12 years I can guarantee they have heard every “Have you tried” out there. I know people mean well when saying it, but just don’t. It’s exhausting to hear it and suggests that the sufferer is not doing enough to manage their pain. Source: me, diagnosed with a chronic disorder they can’t explain and just put “idiopathic “ in front of it. Yes I have tried everything.
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#48
Expensive healthcare, school shootings, no gun restrictions yet abortion laws, minimum wage, etc.
Final score:
15points
#49
"Wow! Gas is so cheap today!" He said passing a store advertising $4.15 a gallon.
Final score:
14points
#50
Thousands of people got blamed for cheating with benefits, forced to pay the government enormous sums of money, and then had their children taken away from them because they were not good parents anymore, according to same government. Did nothing wrong but had "suspicious" backgrounds (read: foreign sounding names or similar).
Final score:
13points
#51
The Govt/Medicare/CMS pays $16,000 per Medicare patient to an insurance company. The Insurance companies pay my doctor’s group $14,000 per patient to “manage” their care. Our company is paid $700,000,000 per year! 8 of my 13 coworkers in my department, myself included, are single parents and earning a salary below the poverty line BUT our execs got huge bonuses!!!
Final score:
12points
#52
The USA claims to be a dream land of the free but in reality it only benifits people who are rich, cis, straight, white, men. Also robots (while some serve very good purposes) are becoming more reliable.
Final score:
11points
Mental Liberals 3 years ago
The oligarchy runs Amerika...they are a diverse group of arsehats!!
#53
Having to pay for water.
Final score:
10points
Sandeep Patel 3 years ago
i disagree with this one, Water is readily available all over the planet, whether it is safe is another matter, Since man has been flooding fresh water with raw sewage, the water needs to be treated and cleaned so it is safe to drink. We are essentially paying for the treatment and safe transport of water to our homes
Victoria Anderson 3 years ago
And unfortunately, wells are practically banned through zoning regulation loopholes, unless you live out in the boondocks. Probably because wells and pumps are technically competition to water treatment companies. Since people would be benefiting from wells without need for said WT companies, they go crying to the government to basically say, "people are living easily! Make it illegal!"
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 3 years ago
That's common everywhere, as it's a way to subsidise the pumping and cleaning stations. In South Africa we only give I think 5000L free after which you have to pay.
Impetus 3 years ago
In the US none of it is free, but you can get it from lots of places if you need to. In areas where the prices are well regulated it's not so bad. Other places charge more than they should. Honestly, I feel very fortunate about our water situation where I live. We can afford it and we don't have to be careful to do so. There are other things that are not so great here, but water is okay.
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James016 2 years ago
My last water bill for 6 month period was about £120 and we were not even there for most of that due to house repairs. I appreciate that the builders would have turned the water on and off while they were there but it was still a lot higher than I thought. Now the UK government voted to allow the water companies to dump untreated sewage into the sea so beaches are now becoming dangerous. Since water was privatised, the companies have spent so much more on dividends than upgrading the infrastructure.
#54
I really like the way they've restructured the payment scale at the "donation" center where I sell my plasma for grocery money.
Final score:
9points
#55
Kids in school collecting points instead of knowledge.
Final score:
8points
#56
If I enter certain parts of the country I've called home my whole life I loose rights even though a bunch of society demands and deserves those rights.
Final score:
8points
Michael Largey 3 years ago
Neither you nor Mental Liberal supply any specifics or evidence for your claims. (Like Trump's Big Lie.) He also seems to feel that misspelling is a compelling argument.
Load More Replies... #57
Losing approximately 1/3 of my income to taxes that pay for government programs I have no say in nor benefit from, only to have a further tenth of my income to be stolen by sales tax to pay local politician's bribes, and then having to pay EVEN MORE taxes on gasoline, then have to pay a mortgage, utilities bills, food, and medical expenses with what's left.
Final score:
6points
censorshipsucks 3 years ago (edited)
NO. your tax dollars pay for social services provided at a federal level. If you WANT to live in a country where there's not enough tax money to cover services from government, go take a look at most of africa (except south africa), to see what happens. It's a mess. Basically as soon as you get sick you can choose to die in the street or be healed and become homeless. Oh wait that is YOUR country because your tax money is wasted on your MILITARY. Your tax dollars pay for: military, national parks, roadworks, public libraries, public schooling, covid grants, etc. Even if YOU do not use those things, others do. That's called PART OF BELONGING TO A SOCIETY. If you do not support the poor, they will destroy you. See also: "let them eat cake." That ended on a guillotine. Wake the f**k up.
Nayla Kanaan 2 years ago
I love your comment though as a nerdy history loving weirdo I will say that a fair amount of historians think that marie antoinette never actually said “let them eat cake”
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 3 years ago
Um, you DO have a say in the government programs funded by your taxes. It is called voting. Furthermore, even when your favored candidate loses you can communicate with whoever is in office to make your voice heard. The Congressional legislative agenda is not a secret. You can subscribe to numerous email lists in order to receive daily updates about specific committees, parties, legislators, etc.
Mental Liberals 3 years ago
The problem is that MOST of your hard earned money does NOT show up in tangible results! The corrupt government gets to use and misuse YOUR money as they see fit! Pocketing MUCH of it and using it for their own pockets...
Jodie Johnson 3 years ago
You don't use your country's infrastructure, live off the grid do you? You're complaining about having enough money to do all that. Shut your pie hole.
What do you think ?
Monica Michelle 3 years ago
Because we are the map for a dystopian society happening in real time
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Inclusion2020 3 years ago (edited)
My dystopia. I’ve had a serious eating disorder since I was 11 years old caused by ongoing trauma. Until 2 year ago, there were no eating disorder recovery clinics near me covered by insurance. Initial cost to even be seen by a therapist once was $800. To recover one single day of inpatient treatment was 1500. Thank god now I’m relieving treatment in the first and only center that recently opened and is covered by insurance otherwise I might not be alive right now and I def would not be alive a few years from now without treatment.
Rosie 2 years ago
Honestly, taxes are not the problem. What governments do w/them is another story. More & more laws favor only corporations & the very rich. This is not just in the US, but considering how much we toot our own horn, we deserve the finger-pointing. After many years of working, I got a raise this year only because the minimum wage went up in FL. A few more years until retirement, so hopefully I'll be able to support myself w/my tiny pension.
Larry XK 2 years ago
Because they need to reiterate their communist agendas. And too lazy to come up with something new. I don't even have a college degree and I make good money, I work, like physical work, not sitting all day at the front of the computer browsing the social media. I can get the s**t I want and I can support my lifestyle. All they have talent for is to b***h and moan and frankly I'm utterly disgusted and sick of it.
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Will Cable 2 years ago
When you look at 80's or 90's scifi movies and you realise the conditions the poorer are living in are what now most of are living in.
Donkeywheel 2 years ago
Europe is the only desirable future in the world. Ussr failed. The us is failing right before our eyes. China is gonna fail spectacularly. Japan is slowly dying of old age. Africa seems to be forever stuck. Sad observation.
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
I live in Japan and returned home to Canada for the first time since 2019. The prices for everything, from homes to meals, were astronomical. Also, the tip minimums have gone up and many establishments who never asked for tips now do. I'm all for tipping, especially where the worker's wage depends on them, but I wish their employers would offer a living wage and not put the onus on the customer, while pocketing more profits. I know COVID hit everyone hard, but it seems like the wages and salaries have not increased at par with the cost of things and here I find myself paying over $100CAD for a simple breakfast for three, once tax and tips are factored in. The employees need those funds but I feel that the owners have placed the responsibility on the customers rather than do their own part to help the people who keep their establishments alive.
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
Also, you don't tip in Japan. While the wages for service workers leave a lot to be desired, I like a system where customers pay more for the service and goods and forego the tipping, since it's such a weird dynamic that forces workers to do things to hopefully encourage better tips, while some customers just refuse or under tip. That we are leaving their livelihood to the discretion of the customer is such a bizarre thing to me.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 3 years ago
A big issue I am picking up from many of these posts is that urban life is very expensive. I am going to heartily suggest that some people consider relocating away from the city. There are jobs to be had out in small town America. The air is fresh. Crime is low, and so is the cost of living. Your internet and phone will work just fine. And it is so much quieter overall.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
The main problem tends to be the lack of jobs in rural areas. I hope that more companies allow remote work. It could solve part of the housing crisis
Load More Replies... Monica Michelle 3 years ago
Because we are the map for a dystopian society happening in real time
Load More Replies... Inclusion2020 3 years ago (edited)
My dystopia. I’ve had a serious eating disorder since I was 11 years old caused by ongoing trauma. Until 2 year ago, there were no eating disorder recovery clinics near me covered by insurance. Initial cost to even be seen by a therapist once was $800. To recover one single day of inpatient treatment was 1500. Thank god now I’m relieving treatment in the first and only center that recently opened and is covered by insurance otherwise I might not be alive right now and I def would not be alive a few years from now without treatment.
Rosie 2 years ago
Honestly, taxes are not the problem. What governments do w/them is another story. More & more laws favor only corporations & the very rich. This is not just in the US, but considering how much we toot our own horn, we deserve the finger-pointing. After many years of working, I got a raise this year only because the minimum wage went up in FL. A few more years until retirement, so hopefully I'll be able to support myself w/my tiny pension.
Larry XK 2 years ago
Because they need to reiterate their communist agendas. And too lazy to come up with something new. I don't even have a college degree and I make good money, I work, like physical work, not sitting all day at the front of the computer browsing the social media. I can get the s**t I want and I can support my lifestyle. All they have talent for is to b***h and moan and frankly I'm utterly disgusted and sick of it.
Load More Replies... Will Cable 2 years ago
When you look at 80's or 90's scifi movies and you realise the conditions the poorer are living in are what now most of are living in.
Donkeywheel 2 years ago
Europe is the only desirable future in the world. Ussr failed. The us is failing right before our eyes. China is gonna fail spectacularly. Japan is slowly dying of old age. Africa seems to be forever stuck. Sad observation.
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
I live in Japan and returned home to Canada for the first time since 2019. The prices for everything, from homes to meals, were astronomical. Also, the tip minimums have gone up and many establishments who never asked for tips now do. I'm all for tipping, especially where the worker's wage depends on them, but I wish their employers would offer a living wage and not put the onus on the customer, while pocketing more profits. I know COVID hit everyone hard, but it seems like the wages and salaries have not increased at par with the cost of things and here I find myself paying over $100CAD for a simple breakfast for three, once tax and tips are factored in. The employees need those funds but I feel that the owners have placed the responsibility on the customers rather than do their own part to help the people who keep their establishments alive.
JamezyJamez 2 years ago
Also, you don't tip in Japan. While the wages for service workers leave a lot to be desired, I like a system where customers pay more for the service and goods and forego the tipping, since it's such a weird dynamic that forces workers to do things to hopefully encourage better tips, while some customers just refuse or under tip. That we are leaving their livelihood to the discretion of the customer is such a bizarre thing to me.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 3 years ago
A big issue I am picking up from many of these posts is that urban life is very expensive. I am going to heartily suggest that some people consider relocating away from the city. There are jobs to be had out in small town America. The air is fresh. Crime is low, and so is the cost of living. Your internet and phone will work just fine. And it is so much quieter overall.
Ozacoter 3 years ago
The main problem tends to be the lack of jobs in rural areas. I hope that more companies allow remote work. It could solve part of the housing crisis
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