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
Nature. Look around you. Like, seriously, stop what you are doing, and look around you for three, full minutes. You’ll start to notice new things. Bugs, plants, views, animals. There’s a lot going on, even if you just look at a 1x1 in square of grass up close. It’s pretty cool.
Even in human areas, just spending an hour in a space while not being on your phone is kinda cool. I’d be doing something like weeding a local bike path and start to notice way more people than I ever thought used it. It’s mostly asphalt, but even here, the plants are interesting, and you start to meet people in your community that do the same work.
The fascist takeover. Anyone who isn’t resisting it in some way is complacent.
I wish people noticed how much fucking space they take up.
All the fucking time I go to the shops or something and some oblivious dolt just stops walking, usually right in the middle of a fucking choke point.
I wish people would treat walking like they should treat driving; look around. Don’t stop in the middle of a highway. If you need to stop, pull over. If you’re walking slow, use the slow lane.
We need pedestrian traffic rules because this shit evidently is not intuitive to a lot of people.
This is just people being inconsiderate in general, and whether it’s in an aisle or on the road I think the sentiment is the same. I wish people would notice others around them more. We’d have to have a much more empathetic culture for that tho :/
I clean windows and the amount of people that see me cleaning a door and proceed to squeeze through the door I’m actively cleaning while there is another door literally next to it drives me nuts. They just see an open door and have to go through it like moths to a flame. I hate how oblivious people are in public.
Have you tried switching to Linux?
Every day where I find the restraint not to yell “FUCK OUT THE WAY GODDAMNIT” at random people is a successful day. It’s like some folks don’t even wanna get wherever they’re going.
The amount of people that arent aware of their space around them I have to drive around on a primarily bike lane on my commute is too high.
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.
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).
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.
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.
That the collapse is incoming and ignoring that fact is exacerbating it.
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.
100%. Being on my computer so much, I can always appreciate simply being out in nature.
Kind of ironic, because while I’m doing that everyone around me is on their phones.
The rise of fascism.
Yeah, I was gonna say something about how politicians lie or how the media manipulates people. You were more succinct.
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?
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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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.
My family gets upset about that. I nuked my socials back on January 1st 2020. I rarely take any photos. “We want to see the memories!”. Well, I’m too busy making them to remember to record them
When I go to an event I give myself 2-3 pictures and then turn my phone off. I do generally end up printing them physically and keeping them.
Maybe for most.
I liked going back to watch some recordings.
Cars.
They are everywhere, they take for themselves the majority of public space in urban areas and they are incredibly dangerous, noisy, expensive. Yet majority of people barely notice them
Perfect representation, a classic, thanks
Definitely. This illustration’s awesome
I wish people would realize how their bad behavior, how their greed, hurts other people.
the thing is, they DO realize it. what a lot of people don’t realize is that people like that literally enjoy causing suffering in others. especially “other” others. telling these people that they’re hurting you doesn’t make them feel bad, it makes them feel GOOD
why? cycle of abuse? brainwashing? lack of education? most likely, all the above.
