turtlesareneat

Developmental psychology (Erik Erickson’s theory) teaches us that adults tend to go one of two ways as they approach and hit mid-life - generativity and stagnation. People who have a purpose, who are considering leaving some sort of mark or legacy, to contributing to society tend to fare better. They are happier and more satisfied as time goes on. Folks who become self-absorbed and preoccupied with their own comfort and convenience will then stagnate, which you can imagine is the cranky old person stereotype.

I do subscribe to this theory which is why at 43 I am running a non-profit I started, working to empower other leaders in my community, working on changing legislation for my community, working on building the community itself. I want to be the kind of person who is generous and kind and open-hearted, and be fulfilled. I don’t want to be the person who is counting the ways life did them wrong, using that as a justification to lick wounds and retreat from life, jaded and alone.

My mom was pushing this fundraiser on FB. I estranged her over it. Blocked her completely. Sometimes I feel bad about it, but then I remember this fundraiser and how she called the videos of the incident “propaganda.”

My boss claims it has “no effect” to choose where to spend your money.

I remind him, voting with our wallets is literally the only mechanism Capitalism provides for consumer ethics.

It’s Prisoner’s dilemma. When we think 5m people are going to take the action either way, we don’t think our singular efforts matter. But as there are 5m of us taking the action, there are 5m singular efforts that DO matter. If people just don’t give up on the idea.

Says the guy who still has an Amazon account :/

If we get another president, I hope they use the WH Twitter account to post nothing but crimes committed by rednecks and conservatives. Hell just the sex crimes against children would keep the account full.

I have to rewrite this because Lemmy tossed my comment, links are not accepted in my comments for some reason.

Australia implemented a gun ban and buyback program in 1996 which saw decreases in gun violence, suicides, and mass shootings. This was following a mass shooting in Tasmania.

Since these were already trending downward, some claim the program had no effect. But they collected over 650k guns and IMO this helped the stats fall further. https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/essays/1996-national-firearms-agreement.html

Another buyback program started last year because of a terrorist attack on Bondi Beach. This program is off to a rocky start with a lot of resistance, but it’s only been a few months since they started implementing it.

I’m in a LCOL area, but a smallish bag of Fritos is now $6 and a bag of Doritos is indeed $7. It’s a “party size” bag which looks about like the regular bag from my youth. But I never see any “regular” bags anymore, just the expensive party size.

I do love the Chili flavored Fritos so once in a blue moon I will get those. And maybe once a year I’ll buy a bag of Doritos, especially when they bring Taco flavor back. Otherwise I tend to skip the chip aisle entirely now.

Class warfare will be the foundation it’s all built on. Any tech developed for the moon, Mars, whatever - anything we gain in knowledge in return - is going to go to benefit rich fuckers, not you. One day there will be more space tourists. Rich people, not you. Maybe one day Man will even colonize another world. Rich people, not you.

She was suggesting we carry on with 70 years of foreign policy, suddenly that makes her an outlier.

I didn’t even really consider her involvement until this week, now I am assuming she was in pretty deep

I’m buying fireworks this summer, but they aren’t being used on the 4th.

I have met Hunter Biden. I will take that bet.

Oh dope

He looks like a nice guy, I’m sure getting rich off the self-exploitation of others gets you into heaven, which is why I am not sad that another billionaire is dead.

What are we looking at here

Also caffeine - we let our kids take a stimulant drug just for fun, hidden in their food! No restrictions. It can kill you, sure. Very gruesome overdoses. But have fun! Have a Mt. Dew! Go crazy! It’s just a drug!

But all other drugs are bad.

I once got my own dick in my mouth, now if I sit in a chair without lumbar support I can’t walk for 3 days.

If you wait long enough the government just does it for you

It’s in some indiana jones ripoff movie right now so lots of folks will be learning

And giving literally everything away so the rich can have a little more

Can it at least be chocolate pain 😑