MystikIncarnate

Culture war, race war, nationalism wars....

As long as it's not a class war, they're okay with it.

Thank you. I'm elated to hear that most don't get offended at genuine mistakes.

That's all I really needed.

I still don't get why people have such an issue calling people what they want to be called.

You don't balk at a guy or a girl named Robin, or Alex, or any of a hundred different androgynous names....

But you take issue with "he", "she", and "them"?

Why?

My only problem, and to be clear this is entirely my problem, nobody else's, is that I'm so dumb, I frequently forget and call someone he/she when they prefer they/them. I fuck it up sometimes. I try, but decades of societal norms are getting in the way of me getting it right sometimes.

To every person who identifies as they/them please forgive me because I'm going to screw it up. Just correct me when I say it and hopefully in time my brain will stop making this mistake.

I appreciate the discourse.

For me the things I want are usually twofold: things that help me help others, or things that help me learn so that I can more effectively help others.

As an example, I'm an Android user, always have been since Windows Mobile crashed and burned. So to better help friends, family, and the customers at work, I bought an iPhone. Installed a data-only SIM card, and carried it around, connected to my work accounts for a bit more than a year. Anything work related, I would try to use the iPhone for.

Of course, for practicality, I also had my work accounts on my android, so if I couldn't do something with the iPhone, I could fall back to it.

I've since retired the iPhone, it was an iPhone 6S, but the experience was very helpful in expanding my understanding of what others see when I'm working on their issue blind (no remote control).

Anyways. That theme has been a constant for me. Not just with mobile phones.

You've described the problem completely. There's little rhyme or reason to their actions.

I understand the motivations behind it, but they're superficial at best. Some chest beating, hoo-rah, fuck yeah, America! Shit.

They're trying to "fix" things by enforcing blanket rules without any consideration to the collateral damage caused by their policies; it also seems like they don't have a full understanding of what the policies their implementing will do, in and of themselves, separate from what collateral damage it might cause.

To me, I draw parallels between the 3 wish genie conundrum. You ask for a million dollars and you get it, but then the IRS wants to know your location and how you got $1M (or in our case CRA). The you get what you literally asked for kind of deal, and getting all the consequences of that, most of which you didn't consider would be a problem.

A nontrivial number of Americans dislike immigrants, ignoring the fact that most of them are white, European descent people, who at one time would have been the immigrants, so they want all immigrants to be deported, then when that actually happens, and as a result, the labor costs for staple foods skyrocket, or insufficient workforce can be found to pick the grapes, berries, fruits and vegetables, driving the cost up, and the availability of these products down. Then they tariff all the imports, making any imported produce cost just as much or more, and suddenly you're paying $8.95/lb for bananas.

It's a lack of thought, consideration and understanding of the actions they're taking (and/or asking to be taken), and the consequences of those decisions.

I get it, 100%.

My best advice for where you are right now, is "be the change you want to see in the world"

Where you see indifference, show compassion. Where you see ignorance, learn and try to educate anyone who will listen.

Be the kind of person you wish this world was occupied by. Be better.

Three only reason I'm still alive is because I know how many people would be significantly harmed if I were to do something different. They're some of the only people I care about, and I don't want them to be sad. My strongest motivator is that I would rather suffer though a life so they don't have to suffer as much though theirs. I am a helper. I provide assistance. Always have, always will. The only reason I accept any money for helping ever, is because I require it to have a home, food, and the resources with which to assist others. That's my purpose.

I will also point out that this is the reason I will never have children. I didn't ask to be put in the position I'm in. I didn't request to live a life. If someone asked me, I probably would have laughed in their face. Are you kidding? Do you see what life is like? No thanks. I'll choose oblivion over dealing with the vast majority of people that currently occupy the world; and with that said, since I can't ask my future children if they want to exist at all, I'm going to err on the side of caution, and not condemn someone who I would surely care about deeply, to a life, here. I'll save them that sufferage.

Always remember, exceptions exist. Exceptions will always exist. Examples like the late, great, Mr Rogers. He's a shining example that exceptions exist. There's a lot more I could point to, but I'll let you ponder that at your leisure.

Unfortunately, for every positive exception, it seems there are a hundred exceptions the opposite direction. People who knowingly and willfully harm others for personal gain. There's a bias here though. Good, nice, and kind people, don't generally make headlines. So the media and by consequence, the majority of people of our culture, crave and glorify sensationalism. So we see and hear about the ridiculous, cruel, evil and terrible people far more often than the random acts of kindness that people show to eachother every day. Recognize the bias and work against it to train your system 1 to learn that what we're being told is almost always skewed towards the negatives. That the world isn't 100% good, but it's not 100% evil either, the truth lies somewhere in between.

Be well.

What I am noticing, as a Canadian, is that they have to push back against it.

Pushing back against it should be the default stance. The root of the problem here is that tariffs are even on the table.

It sounds bad at first glance, but yes. Anything that a medical professional will consider "remarkable" is generally something you don't want.

Most should consider "unremarkable" as meaning "nothing out of the ordinary", aka, they found only what they expected to find.

I feel like this is obvious.

Honestly, I don't give a shit if I have to work for that security, but the job markets have gone to absolute garbage. Nobody has a lifetime career at a single employer anymore. Employers don't do raises, and just rinse through the entire employable workforce with no care in the world because there's always some bright eyed college grad willing to take the job for less than the person who has it now, so raises don't serve companies. Long term experience and knowledge is both highly desirable, and completely worthless.

If you're trying to get a job for anything beyond entry level, you must have years and years of experience with the specific products and software that company uses to manage their company. Experience you could only have if you've worked there before.

Entry level positions have wages so low it's barely better than working at McDonald's.

The world is fucked.

Fuck.

I would guess that they're fence is someone who works as a food distributor that resells manufactured goods to retail outlets. Someone who doesn't ask where a product came from.

They buy it cheaper than they can from the actual mfr, sell it for the normal price and everyone walks away a little bit richer.

There's a ton of food distribution companies, and they're everywhere.

I would 100% buy black market maple syrup