I’m a little envious that you have the resiliency and coping mechanisms outside of meds to deal with it all
I grew up in poverty, surrounded by poverty. Rural midwestern town. Population 2,000. Started working jobs 14.
Became a teen dad. Then ended up being a single teen dad when I got custody.
Couldn't afford college, even with grants. Refused to take out loans.
I didn't have time to doomscroll and wonder when the world was gonna end. I had shit to take care of. I didn't even have the time and/or money to drink! I worked two jobs for a huge part of my life. I didn't give a fuck if a democrat or a republican was in office, because I had to go to work and feed my kid. I'd vote for who I thought was best on election day, then move on, regardless of who won.
Now I'm retired at age 55. My house is paid off. I have no debt. Live in a beautiful mountain city of 500,000 people. I have chickens in my back yard, and I'm working on running a Lemmy instance on a server that runs on solar power. Just because I can and I have the time.
I also don't give a fuck that Trump won. I don't care. I didn't vote for him. Lots of people did. Ok, cool, onto the rest of my day.
My point is that a lot of people would be well served by not worrying about the state of politics and the world at large. The doomscrolling is not good for you. The world won't end just because Trump is in office. I promise.
I didn't have time to do any of that worrying shit. I worked hard, made it out, and now I just fuck around on Lemmy all day, write and publish my fiction, and take trips with my gf.
If I can do that, with my dull brain, then most people on Lemmy can.
No hate on meds, but meh, I wouldn't have been able to afford them anyway.
Da fuq? Is everyone in this thread on meds? As someone who has only ever taken aspirin and the occasional cold relief, these comments are wild to me.
You all list meds as casually as a pharmacist. Lol
Beautiful.
Meh, I don't mind Trump. I didn't vote for him, but I don't think he's any worse than any other president chosen from the Duopoly.
I like this idea!
And I don't care.
There will be no "revolution." There will be no masses of people out to "eat the rich." This won't make millionaires and billionaires run scared for their lives. The jury won't even debate very long, friend.
Nothing will happen. Luigi will spend the rest of his life in prison. And in 10 years he'll be a trivia question.
This huge movement that you think you are being a part of, and that you think he started, only exists in this echo chamber.
Lemmy can keep going on with their vague promises of "arm yourselves and wait for the moment!"
That moment won't come.
The people that you think are going to rise up, won't. They're gonna go back to their hum-drum but higher-than-average paid jobs, play pokemon, and talk about weed and fucking video games.
Keyboard warriors who make more than the average person in the US, removed about being lower class. Nothing will fucking happen. lol
And you know I'm right about all of this. And that's why you're angry.
Thanks for the clarification.
Brah, I'm sorry that happened to your father. But you can't just go around saying OP should die just because they disagree with you. Not cool at all.
The fact that Lemmys love Luigi so much is cringe. The guy murdered someone in cold blood. Celebrating him is gross, even for anarchists. He'll go to prison for the rest of his life. Like he deserves.
I'm sure with so many idolizing him and planning to "luigi" others and plan of a "resistance" has most of Lemmy on government watchlists now. WTF guys?
That's MY opinion. Others are free to have theirs, even tho it seems really strange to me.
Sorry, friend. I'm retired. My house is paid off. My land is paid off. I have solar. I have water reserves. I have currency/bartering reserves.
I have no debt and no obligations. I have everything I need stored away and secure in case society collapses. My immediate family is the same. And I am part of a community that feels similar about things like this.
I'm about as free as free can be. Whatever you are planning or not planning is of no concern to me, and I want no part of it. I was just curious.
Thanks for your concern, though!
I have no owners, friend.
you should be making plans and organizing instead of giving any fucking sign at all that lemmy might be a source of resistance before a resistance is ready.
What do you mean by this? Resist what?
Oh, I didn't vote for Trump.
Thanks!
after months of letting universalmonk poison Lemmy with pro trump propaganda
I didn't support or vote for Trump. I voted third party. And me and Jordan are still pretty cool and talk fairly regularly.
Thanks, friend!
You read it. :)
Yep!
Though, I do wanna say, it's not impossible to live off of minimum wage. If you have a roommate for a small apartment. Live debt-free, eat very cheaply (beans and rice, rice and beans baaaby!), and be careful with your finances and time, it's possible.
It sucks, but it's possible.
Not so possible if you want latest phone, latest x-box, pokemon cards, go to bars on weekend, nice car, and eating out all the time.
But if you find a good roommate and/or gf. Share expenses and live cheap, it's doable. BUT DO NOT HAVE KIDS IF YOU ARE ONLY WORKING MINIMUM WAGE JOB! That's a straight path to poverty. I love kids, but I see way too many people having kids while they are working some min wage job. That's just foolish.
Source: I lived off of minimum wage for a long time. Live debt-free, lived cheaply, and got by. Also ended up saving up for my own (small) house, went to college part-time (paying as I went and used grants/scholarships), and was able to slide into a still low-paying state job. Highest wage I've ever had was $18-an-hour. And was able to retire a few months ago at age 55. :)
because frankly, fuck censorship of anything that’s not hate or illegal speech
Amen, brother!