#society things

[rum-and-shattered-dreams]

This should not be a controversial statement:

The “bottom line” should not be profit. It should be serving and investing in the community.

Profit, especially if it is invested back into the company, may be a step toward being able to do so but it should be considered as such, not as the ultimate priority.

What does your company/business do to serve the community? Is it succeeding? Are your employees, as part of the community, doing well? Are you investing in them and in ways to further serve the community? Are your prices fair to buyers and your ability to continue to serve the community? Are the salaries of your upper management fair in comparison to front line workers? And yes, if there must be investors and stockholders then this should be the measure of success they hold a company to as well. They are investing in the community by investing in the company.

[kiaronna]

Some parents: don’t get a tattoo, it’s so permanent and you have no idea how you’ll feel about it in a few years! and people might judge you

Same parents: so when are you getting married

when are you committing to what I’m certain will be your lifelong career

[dbsocialarchive]

‘How To Keep In Touch’ (2019)

[agentondine]

@the-roanoke-society

[the-yearning-astronaut]

#genuine question: what about getting on disability once you're already married?

I kinda know this one! It depends on if you receive SSDI or SSI; with SSDI your spouse can work and your benefits are determined by your disability and earnings only! If you have SSI however, your spouse's income will impact your ability to get and keep benefits. (At least this is how it worked in California)

Thank you! I was just curious because my dad's on disability but got on it like....5-10 years ago. I know it took ages for it to be approved though.

[t-es-beau-quand-tu-rigoles]

Is finding a partner really the main purpose of this journey called life? 🤔

[sunfoxen]

Do you ever get part way through a mundane, task like taking a shower or something and get hit with the terrifying knowledge that unless your life changes for the better (or gods forbid, worse), you'll be doing the same damn thing for the rest of your life?

Waking up. Getting dressed. Going to work. Coming home too tired to do much of anything. Going to bed. rinse, repeat 3-5+ times a week.

Spend the weekend or your days off either recuperating from the work week or trying to cram all you can into those blissful hours you have control over.

Start the work week over again. Repeat.

Over and over and fucking over again. For the rest of your existence. Like. What kind of life is that?

How did we as an entire species decide, hey, for 75% of our 80 year existence, let's do the same goddamn thing every day. And let's make it as miserable as possible.

Like fuck. The world is huge! And marvelous! And I want to travel it so bad. I want to see things and meet people and I want to stay at home cozy in bed and read or go camping for a week just because I can or maybe learn something new just because it sounds fun!

But I can't because for every 32hrs a week I work, I earn 3.2hrs of paid time off. Most people don't even get that. I can't because NOT working myself to death is considered lazy and unambitious and burdensome. I can't because if I do I'll lose what little I have and then where will I be?

I'm so tired guys. I don't want to simply live, I want to feel alive.