That society can function with us working less than 16hrs/week and we could have a UBI and time to enjoy being alive instead of apathetically accepting global feudalism
The fascist takeover. Anyone who isn’t resisting it in some way is complacent.
I’m Belgian. I’m working with and for muncipalities and the regional government for years now and people trend to think public servants are lady and stubborn.
I see a lot of enthousiastic, driven, hard working public servants everyday. They often are mangled between political pressure and civilian pressure. There are rotten apples in the basket, for sure, but tge vast majority of public servants work hard en mean well.
German here, I’ve worked with several areas of our municipalities in the past and can only agree. A lot of public servants are overworked and really try to do a good job. Many work insane ours and you’d actually need at least three people for the job instead of one.
Hi! I am from Canada. A large portion of our taxpayers hate public servants and describe them as lazy, entitled, and incompetent. I have worked in both the public and private sector. My impression is that the public service is mostly filled with idealistic, dedicated people who could make more money in the private sector but choose to work for the public service because they believe in good government. Many of them work very hard, even without pressure from their supervisors. There are, as you say, rotten apples - but they are a small minority.
I think that attacks on the public service are right-wing attempts to undermine faith in government - they are trying to promote privatization (which benefits private corporations at the expense of the public) and cuts to social programs (in order to reduce the tax burden of the rich).
Notice your default behaviors and take a moment to consider whether they serve you. They might, they might not. You may want to change them, you may not. Just be intentional about how you conduct yourself.
The natural world. Watch some birds or pay attention to the sounds of insects. See how many shades of green you can pick out from the leaves in the trees. Count the seconds between a flash of lightning and the subsequent thunder. Observe a lunar eclipse.
You’ll realize this place is kind of neat if you take some time to appreciate it.
That the collapse is incoming and ignoring that fact is exacerbating it.
The rise of fascism.
Yeah, I was gonna say something about how politicians lie or how the media manipulates people. You were more succinct.
We’re standing on an unthinkably thin layer of viable grime coating a very small rock. We should all be constantly aware of how delicate this situation is and act accordingly, both in terms of how we treat each other and the shit we do to the rock.
Seconded. If the Earth were the size of a globe on your desk, he entire biosphere would be thinner than a piece of paper. We have filled the whole thing with our waste and toxins and we are destroying the very systems that we rely on to produce our food and air. If we do not start paying attention and taking steps, I sincerely believe that there will be a society ending global crisis in the next 2-3 decades.
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Driving like a maniac saves you a negligible amount of time but puts others in disproportionate danger.
Yup, I stopped worrying about extra lane changes and pushing the speed limit when I realized that it was literally saving me 1-2 minutes at best. Not worth the risk or the hassle.
Similar but really it was the difference between driving being stressful and relaxing. I used to be so angry every time someone did something wrong but now I leave them extra space knowing humans mess up all the time and I’m leaving space so it won’t affect me
Just a few hours ago I was almost run over by a person who was smoking while driving, thus distracted.
Just because they couldn’t wait 5 minutes to smoke another cancer stick they almost kill a person and spend the rest of their good years in jail.
saves you a negligible amount of time but puts others in disproportionate danger.
So… Win-win?
That while they judge themselves by their best intentions, they invariably, and subconsciously judge others by their actions.
Once you realise most people are just trying to get through the day and most people aren’t trying to make things worse for others, it’s easier to forgive perceived slights, and that will make your own day better, and make you less likely to subconsciously slight someone else.
Ah, the Fundamental attribution error
That while they judge themselves by their best intentions, they invariably, and subconsciously judge others by their actions.
Damn. That’s deep.
That they’re never going to watch the video they’re taking on their cell phone at a sporting event, or concert, or political event, or whatever.
And just live in the moment instead.
Maybe for most.
I liked going back to watch some recordings.
I wish people would realize how their bad behavior, how their greed, hurts other people.
That I am available…
hmu bitchesPeople rarely notice anything above their eyeline. It has to be directly in front of them or slightly down to be noticed.
Look UP people! There’s a whole other world there.
There’s a great puzzle in the otherwise-tepid Chilla’s Art game, “The Radio Station,” that explores this.
Apparently thats because we dont have any natural predators in the air (or at least didnt when we had to worry about that.)
I wonder if drone warfare is going to change that up for us over the generations?
The high pitch noises from so many electronic items. Just as an example HP printers have a high pitch whine from their power supplies. I literally can’t be in the room with them. If more noticed less people would buy the garbage.
My monitor in standby mode emits a slight pitch noise when the power led blinks (why. Why Samsung did you think a blinking led is a good idea for a standby mode???).
CRTs used to drive me nuts. No matter where I was in the house, I could always tell if someone was watching TV
Had this problem at highscool, I could tell if the TV mounted in the room ceiling was on even if the screen was black. I had to ask the teachers to turn them off, they’d look at it and say “it is” and then we’d have an argument about not being able to hear anything. Eventually I would prove it by turning away, and having them randomly turn it off and on and I could tell them when it was off vs on.
Very frustrating, but I got old and now I can’t hear shit
I’m past the point of being able to hear most of it. We have neighbors with one of those high pitched devices to keep teens from loitering: my teens were driven crazy but I couldn’t hear at all.
But my ex is a teacher and I went to see her new classroom. The WiFi had a high pitched whine that drove me crazy yet she couldn’t hear it. I tried to get her to do something about it because I don’t see how anyone can learn with that, especially since students can hear so much better than I.
