[slimgrimace]

Remember earlier this year when Boeing very clearly had a whistleblower executed? And law enforcement didn't even look for anyone or release any info about it or anything?

People keep comparing Luigi Mangione's case to the subway murderer who got off because of systemic eugenics, but I think there's something more apt about the fact that a CEO had someone executed in recent memory, with zero attempts to find a culprit, while they spared no expense at all to find (and probably frame, it's beginning to look like) someone who shot a CEO. It's always fine to slaughter if you're rich, but if you kill the rich, they will hunt you down.

[evergreen-femme]

maybe people will finally start seeing the class war that the rich have been relentlessly fighting this whole time. im not hopeful though.

[slimgrimace]

Remember earlier this year when Boeing very clearly had a whistleblower executed? And law enforcement didn't even look for anyone or release any info about it or anything?

People keep comparing Luigi Mangione's case to the subway murderer who got off because of systemic eugenics, but I think there's something more apt about the fact that a CEO had someone executed in recent memory, with zero attempts to find a culprit, while they spared no expense at all to find (and probably frame, it's beginning to look like) someone who shot a CEO. It's always fine to slaughter if you're rich, but if you kill the rich, they will hunt you down.

[evergreen-femme]

maybe people will finally start seeing the class war that the rich have been relentlessly fighting this whole time. im not hopeful though.

[msshadowqueen]

A Bug’s Life, 1998

[mortimermcmirestinks]

[peachfromcmbyn]

do we think chocolate guy is gay?

[senatortedcruz]

-Grandpa Joe muttering to Charlie in that factory

[thesunnahthebetter]

asking "wait so what do you think I'm saying" mid-disagreement will replenish years of your life actually

[bigtasty]

PLEASE do this ohmygod. it's saved so many days of the silent treatment for me on both ends. yes there is the chance that the person is immature as fuck, and refuses to believe you when you explain what you're actually trying to say, but most of the time just hearing that explanation from both parties will make things instantly calm down.

[darkshrimpemotions]

Yes!! You can also say "okay hang on...this is what I'm hearing...is that what you mean?" from the other end. Especially if the message you're hearing is hurtful and coming from a person who generally does not try to hurt you. Words have so many connotations, and everyone brings their own perspective and baggage to conversations. Checking in that you're sending the message you mean or receiving the message they mean can stop so many fights before they even start.

[auntymurda]

tumblr will never count as social media to me. This shit a secret hideout and we just all happen to see each others thoughts

[teathattast]

[murielsbottombitch]

why is it so hard for able bodied people to believe that doctors are sometimes just incompetent? you realize doctors are people, right? people that can be bad at their job. that happens sometimes. they don't know everything because there's a piece of paper on their wall that says they're smart, actually. they can sometimes be wrong, actually. they can sometimes cut corners and take the easy way out, actually. they can sometimes hate their job and make that their patients problem, actually. doctors aren't all saints who do everything right the first time. please stop invalidating disabled people when they complain about their terrible treatment at the hands of medical professionals. please stop putting the feelings of doctors over the lives of their patients.

[crimeronan]

one of my mom's favorite quotes is, "50 percent of all doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class."

you can (and should) quibble about how much academic performance translates to actual competency & care in the medical field.... BUT. that quote has served me Countless Times when trying to explain medical malpractice to able-bodied people. which as OP says is an Exhausting endeavor bc people can be so defensive/sensitive/etc.

it's a lighthearted enough quote that people don't feel attacked, and it makes them stop and think for a second, and then they laugh and go, ".....oh my god!! that's actually true!!"

[tastefullyoffensive]

[elderinternetresurrection]

Btw, privatization is stealing from *you.* You are the public in "publicly owned." Oligarchs are coming in to take the things we all share ownership of as Americans, like Medicare, Social Security, National Parks, PBS and scrapping them for parts they find profitable.

The right is planning to rob us and quite literally want us to thank them for the privilege by calling it "government efficiency."

[holymagdalenes]

"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.

Yet, we persisted.

[ave-immaculata]

[letmetakeastabatit]

CS Lewis had something to say about this

[theorangepdf]

the epidemic of grown adults playing tiktoks at full volume in public is rampant why are you acting like a 7 year old with their first ipad you have a mortgage

[lets-be-real-dan]

Because life sucks and we’re regressing hehe

[infectiouspiss]

plug in some damn headphones before i regress into a caveman and smash your phone with a rock

[elbiotipo]

I believe everything should be offline, I believe that every time something that is not your internet browser (and I'm being generous here) should have a big red alert that says THIS PIECE OF SHIT PROGRAM NEEDS TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET AND REQUESTS YOUR CONSENT TO DO THIS SPECIFIC THING, and you had to touch a big red button and it would disconnect as soon as you close it.

[elbiotipo]

"oh you can't edit this document on your device :) you need to save it to the Google Panopticon first :)" "Adobe needs to update on the background sorry we'll just steal your RAM for a bit :) you don't need to notice don't open the task manager your so sexy ahaha" "Windows needs to be online to send everything you do... somewhere"

IN MY TIME Microsoft Word had to ask permission to even put an hyperlink, let alone fucking update in the background. Videogames had to BEG to connect to a LAN network, now Gabe Newell gives any dev the power to install whatever the fuck in my hard drive.

Computers used to know RESPECT, now they're all assholes who want access to your contact list.

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

My laptop installed Copilot without telling me. Apparently it was part of the latest windows update.

It's uninstalled now, but there's a word we used to use for programs that secretly installed themselves on your machine.

Malware.

[socialmaya]

[cyber-corp]

[teathattast]

I think the hardest part about getting older is grieving the idea of who you thought someone was. Give yourself time to mourn

[icantfindabetteruser]

Failing at self harm is humbling in the worst way

[napoleoninrags]

There should be no billionaires.

[cthulhulovesewe]

Start killing billionaires.