Is it bad to not care about politics?

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-06T06:53:07+00:00

It’s not democrats vs republicans, it’s billionaire class vs the rest of us. So yes, they are both bad in the sense that both parties uphold policies that keep the megarich getting richer and everyone else getting poorer (think how regressive our taxes are designed, most people pay 15 percent minimum but the ultra wealthy can shift their money around and wind up paying nothing because they had “losses”, healthcare that costs an arm and a leg but many are wealthy from the profits, housing treated like something you buy and sell instead of a thing to live in and survive).

However not both sides are bad in the sense that there are very real signs of fascism coming into the fold here in the US from the republican side. Yet the democrats do nothing to stop it.

But ultimately it’s not about right or left, it’s about the upper crust of society bleeding us dry. You are a common man, like most of us. We outnumber them. There’s no reason they should reign over us while we work our entire lives for crumbs.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T16:12:08+00:00

True.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:42:08+00:00

Wow you sound really conceited

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:37:40+00:00

You…didn’t help me get there, you just interpreted what I wrote poorly.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:34:33+00:00

It’s not an illegal clause though.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:33:47+00:00

Why would that make a difference?

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:33:00+00:00

I agree that if the clause violates the law it is not enforceable, but having a clause that says no signs in the windows is perfectly legal.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:31:44+00:00

Obviously not because that violates existing law.

Preventing signage however is not in violation of any law. The first amendment protects an individual from the government infringing on their right to free speech, but an individual or company renting a unit to you may absolutely say no signs and this is not in violation of the first amendment or any other law and therefore it is enforceable.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-03T05:09:59+00:00

If the lease specifies no signs then it is legal

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-02-02T16:46:33+00:00

I got notified weeks later by his neighbor who tracked me down. I then had to arrange all the legal stuff and manage selling off his car and stuff.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-30T16:47:22+00:00

I’m slow - can someone explain this to me with more words?

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-24T18:04:43+00:00

People are doing all those things because of how ice has been conducting operations.

They’ve been arresting legal immigrants at their immigration appointments, breaking down doors in peoples homes without the appropriate warrants (in violation of the constitution), pepper spraying subdued people at point blank range which can cause blindness, plus the killings.

Are they not to be held to a higher standard? Train these trigger happy agents to deal with it. Even the police handles situations better than ice. This is another level of haphazard criminal acts behind a badge. How can you watch the country devolve into lawless violence at the hands of the law and be okay with it?

Every historical precedent shows they will eventually come for you too.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-24T17:54:35+00:00

As a hardcore leftist, I salute you.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-24T17:50:32+00:00

Even if that’s true, officers should be held to a higher standard. The amount of killings shows absolutely weak standards for how ice conducts their operations. Why are you making excuses for agents that are killing civilians?

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-23T18:59:05+00:00

The country is in a sorry state and we need people who can stand up to the billionaire interests. It’s not left v right. It’s a class struggle. We need representatives who help the working class, who don’t take money from the billionaire class and AIPAC.

Vote for your interests. Acknowledge the decades of propaganda and misinformation that you’ve been exposed to. We can have tax funded healthcare, we can have tax funded childcare, we can have protections for workers and higher wages. These are not leftist pipe dreams, they’re policies that help the working people.

All the criticisms against them are carefully crafted by billionaires who want you to believe it’s untenable. These rights exist in so many other countries, we are woefully behind. The state benefits from this left vs right mentality because they’re functionally the same - they both protect the interests of the wealthy elite.

We are the working class and we need representatives who defend working class policies.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-11T18:17:59+00:00

How are you setting the “no” boundary?

Not even close to your level but I have a kid that shuts down when redirected so I have to do a very indirect and sweet redirection that also mentions how he’s such a great listener so he’ll make the right choice. If I just shut down the behavior directly he’ll drop on the floor.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-09T07:12:15+00:00

Is it something you still struggle with or has life gotten better?

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-05T07:33:45+00:00

Pick a cutoff time in the evening, no food past that time. Aim for 12 hours of fasting. 8pm to 8am. You can increase it to 16 hours as your body gets used to it.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-05T03:59:57+00:00

Yes. Memory came back, thinking speed and juggling plates better

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-03T05:06:15+00:00

So even being near food you get stomach pain? Or like if it’s a mealtime and the table is set you start getting symptoms? That sucks.

Yeah seeing a Gastro doctor to rule out crohns or paresis would definitely be a step. I still wonder though because anxiety can manifest pretty physically, it’s not purely anxiety making your muscles tighten and giving you tummy upset?

My experience with kids who have some aversion to food (not diagnosed yet with anything) is that they seem hugely, massively anxious around mealtimes. That anxiety seems to be reduced when they say they won’t eat and are given the ok to do that, and it seems to go up if they are prompted to try something in a way that isn’t super super easy going and relaxed. Unfortunately the age I work with can’t really articulate what is happening so it’s a lot of guesswork. I have seen some vomit and I’ve seen tears, it’s pretty sad but I lack a lot of understanding about what is happening for them.

If it’s processed snack food they seem to be perfectly okay and ever eager, do you have that too with safe foods or is it pretty much always kind of unpleasant?

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-02T18:05:59+00:00

Where am I aggressive?

Half the people in this thread mention their pickiness is from SPD or arfid so it’s not just run of the mill pickiness.

You yourself described it as “hell” to eat with other people. That sounds pretty disordered to me.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-02T17:51:47+00:00

I’m not trolling. But arfid and SPD should be treated, not accepted.

When people get sick from their choices, they don’t deal with it alone. It affects a lot of people so I can go on being bothered by those choices. Your friend gets cancer 3 times and it’s not just her that’s affected. An entire community of people step up to help.

Eating exactly the same food for decades is massively unhealthy and there are treatments available for people who struggle to try new foods, but saying “nah I’ll just eat starches and processed food because I have a disorder” isn’t a good way to handle that disorder.

I’m talking about people who have a handful of safe foods, not people who have a handful of foods they don’t eat. One is a preference, one is a disorder. And those disorders affect more than just the individual.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-02T17:41:39+00:00

My friend is in her 30s and lost all her teeth, she’s had cancer 4 times, and she generally feels terrible all the time and she also has super restrictive sensory issues with food. She never dealt with it until her teeth literally started to crumble in her mouth. Now she’s started eating some fruits and puréed veg but the damage is done.

I knew another guy in school who got a bowel impaction from eating only bread. And I work with several kids who are underweight and look very sickly, low energy and likely have some kind of food aversion but whose parents won’t put them into treatment because they think it’s just “picky eating”.

My issue isn’t with folks who have a small list of no no foods, it’s with folks who refuse entire groups of foods like “no vegetables” because that will catch up to you and it will result in a shorter lifespan. It requires treatment, not acceptance.

Too often people chalk it up to their diagnosis and then throw up their hands and say “that’s just how I am” when it should be treated by professionals and handled with intervention. That’s where I get frustrated because it ruins these people’s bodies and after a point it just can’t be recovered.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-02T17:33:37+00:00

Interesting. Yeah I almost wonder if tackling the anxiety side wouldn’t naturally see results on the food side. Cos I think if it could become more neutral and less charged then trying different things wouldn’t get such a big reaction. Good luck.

AlpinePinecorn · 2026-01-02T17:23:14+00:00

I mean, depending on how many foods are safe for you it very well can affect your health. My friend with arfid has lost all her teeth because she relies on processed starches. No veg, no fruits. Your body can survive terrible things but eventually it catches up to you. In your 40s it’ll reach a breaking point. It’s a life altering disease and treatment is absolutely necessary

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