Helping a person doesn’t require systemic change. Ultimately yes, to end the major problems people face will require that change to occur, but helping an individual isn’t that hard. Sometimes people are just in a bind and could use advice or $50. Don’t call that inconsequential. If you get so in the weeds on systemic change that you fail to see how to help an individual in need, then you lost the thread.
This, right here.
Getting rid of people who say, “Stop being so dramatic!”
The human world is dying, and I’m supposed to just piddle around and not shout that it’s shit!?
I sell plasma to pay bills, after working a full-time salary job.
So, unless you have an answer, how about YOU be quiet.
If it’s unclear, I was stating my own problems. I don’t see how a perfect internet stranger could help those issues, and even if they could I would probably just want them to help someone else instead.
The inconsequential bit was also speaking for myself. As in a situation of “I got this small thing that I wanted, but it didn’t have as much of an effect as I expected it would and now I feel worse that I asked for it”. I was also thinking in the mindset of not-something-everybody-needs but also not-something-that-could’ve-been-an-image-search-for-puppies.
Ah, I understand now. I’m in the same boat. My day-to-day is alright and I’m getting along fine, but the issues I’m facing are generally systemic. My solution is to do what I can to fight the system: I’m a union organizer at my company to fight the general unaffordability in my area (and obviously lots of other issues too), I’m drafting legislation for tenants rights so I don’t have as much landlord bs, etc. It’s hard work to do that stuff, but since those are my only major problems I think it’s worth my effort.
Helping a person doesn’t require systemic change. Ultimately yes, to end the major problems people face will require that change to occur, but helping an individual isn’t that hard. Sometimes people are just in a bind and could use advice or $50. Don’t call that inconsequential. If you get so in the weeds on systemic change that you fail to see how to help an individual in need, then you lost the thread.
This, right here.
Getting rid of people who say, “Stop being so dramatic!”
The human world is dying, and I’m supposed to just piddle around and not shout that it’s shit!?
I sell plasma to pay bills, after working a full-time salary job.
So, unless you have an answer, how about YOU be quiet.
If it’s unclear, I was stating my own problems. I don’t see how a perfect internet stranger could help those issues, and even if they could I would probably just want them to help someone else instead.
The inconsequential bit was also speaking for myself. As in a situation of “I got this small thing that I wanted, but it didn’t have as much of an effect as I expected it would and now I feel worse that I asked for it”. I was also thinking in the mindset of not-something-everybody-needs but also not-something-that-could’ve-been-an-image-search-for-puppies.
Ah, I understand now. I’m in the same boat. My day-to-day is alright and I’m getting along fine, but the issues I’m facing are generally systemic. My solution is to do what I can to fight the system: I’m a union organizer at my company to fight the general unaffordability in my area (and obviously lots of other issues too), I’m drafting legislation for tenants rights so I don’t have as much landlord bs, etc. It’s hard work to do that stuff, but since those are my only major problems I think it’s worth my effort.