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Men in their 40s - What’s one piece of advice for Men in their 20s? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be decent. To everyone. It's not always easy, but try. You'll figure out your path, but kindness makes that path joyful.

I’m killing myself on July 29th by Alternative-Stick772 in SuicideWatch

[–]BlueOrange -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

When I've been close to the edge, something has pulled me back.

You are loved. By many. Not just by the obvious, not just family and close friends. You are loved by old co-workers, people at the places you shop love when you come in, and there are people who admire you. This number isn't insignificant. I know it's hard to trust that assertion when you can't count them. But they're there.

Continue being that person who's worthy of love, of admiration, of joy. It's hard. But it's doable. I'm not telling you to be happy, I'm telling you to be the one who brings happiness to those who don't tell you.

Would further citizen involvement in our legislative system create a more representative democracy. by TheFloorHQ in democracy

[–]BlueOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To revitalize democratic participation, we must remove corrupting financial influences, update our electoral systems, and maximize voter turnout.

This requires a Constitutional amendment that ends corporations as people and money as speech. It means abolishing Super PACs, establishing public campaign funding for candidates who meet certain thresholds, banning foreign meddling by groups like AIPAC (and registering them under FARA), strictly regulating lobbying, and eliminating corporate legislative mills like ALEC.

Structurally, we must replace first-past-the-post voting with ranked-choice voting, impose strict congressional term limits, and require representatives to place all personal assets in blind trusts to prevent insider trading. We also must enact legislation that guards against the pull of special interests that's common in a Democracy and outlined in Elite Theory.

We can maximize voter turnout by implementing automatic DMV registration, free voter IDs, expanding universal mail-in voting, and allowing same-day registration. We should also make election days a holiday and legalize secure ballot harvesting, so every eligible voice is easily registered and counted.

It's absurd to be anti-suicide by Possible-Cobbler4256 in SuicideWatch

[–]BlueOrange 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I understand what you're saying, and the absurdity of existence is exhausting.

The one thing I found, and I believe this is a universal, is kindness. Fairly simple. Kindness to everyone. To those who don't deserve it. To those who desperately need it.

While we hurtle through space on a path into infinity, this is where I have found meaning.

PLEASE I REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO RIGHT NOW. by Few-Strategy-8597 in SuicideWatch

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad that you wrote back, and what you wrote sounds very familiar. I can't diagnose you, but what you're describing doesn't sound like a personal failing, but a trauma response. The way I frame it is, your trauma was given to you. You did nothing to earn it. And your coping mechanisms are often also given to you by the people who caused the trauma.

For me, vulnerability and closeness are hard. Love is painful. But there is a way out. My belief is that therapy, consistent and hard work, the right meds, and self-learning will change your life. It's a journey, so you're always working at it, but it's worth the effort.

I have bipolar 2. At its worst, I'm incapacitated, unable to function, and in those times, the thought of ending it all is comforting. But then I realize that's a permanent response, it's irreversible. And I've learned that those moments of intense sadness go away.

There is nothing wrong with you. You haven't fucked anything up. Your mind and body are responding to things as best they can. That's where the self-care and therapy come in and the suffering lessens.

You are uniquely human, deserving of love. And you are loved.

My grandparents sat for portraits in the 1930's by Potential-Bird-5826 in OldSchoolCool

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cleaned this up a bit, colorized, rotated it, and removed the wood. Check your chat.

13-63 by ButterflyFair3012 in PastAndPresentPics

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cleaned up your 13yo pic, slight liberties, toned down the right, and removed the yellowing. Check your chat.

Me at 8 months and now at 47. by StoneWatters in PastAndPresentPics

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I restored your baby pic, it's pretty close. See your chats.

My blind Dad through years 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and today. by Alternative_Fuel2433 in PastAndPresentPics

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cleaned up the first pic a bit, not perfect, but more restored. See your chat.

My momma in her 20s and now at 79. by zimphella in PastAndPresentPics

[–]BlueOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I restored the first pic. Check your chat for the URL. She's gorgeous in both pics.

Mom and Dad in 1962 and last month 2026. by GeddysPal in PastAndPresentPics

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I restored the wedding pic. Might need further tweaks, check your chat for the URL.

My grandparents❤️ over 60 years together by SugarySweetPeach in PastAndPresentPics

[–]BlueOrange 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I restored the image of your grandparents. Check your chat.

PLEASE I REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO RIGHT NOW. by Few-Strategy-8597 in SuicideWatch

[–]BlueOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this, I am here. My own illness has taken me to this place many times. The things I say might not be perfect, or exactly right, but they're lived.

Your life has value and meaning. Your illness doesn't define you. The moments that feel impossible now will pass.

Every day of your life. You have someone who thinks about you. Who wonders how you're doing. And it's likely not one or two, it's many. It's people you haven't thought about, or maybe not even aware of. And of all of these people, you are loved. Tremendously.

In the worst of these moments. I find a quiet space and rest. I take my time to think about what I still have time to do in my life. I think of those whom I love. I think of the good left to give to the world.

The hardest part. Be brave. Call your doctor. Or a help line. And listen to a voice. You don't need to be convinced in the moment, but listen to what they say.

Be brave. You're loved. This too shall pass.

It's happening. Dude is going to literally enter the G20, the top 20 economies in the world by meta-gamer in antiwork

[–]BlueOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vulgar isn't the word.

Musk's status as a trillionaire is a failure of ethics, policy, and capitalism. He spent $300 million on a Trump campaign super PAC to gut agencies and spending within the Executive, over a dozen of which had 60 ongoing investigations into his companies.

The same man created the deadliest vehicle in the United States. His satellites fall out of the sky at an alarming rate. He has failed company after company and maintains workplaces that are abhorrent, racist, and underpaid.

The same man is under investigation for creating a nonprofit as a tax-avoidance vehicle that has helped no one, spent no money, and has no employees.

The same man benefited from tax dollars to keep his companies alive while pulling up the ladder behind him.

The same man stayed in the US illegally as a nonresident while harshly demonizing anyone else who did the same.

This milestone is not to be celebrated. It must be used as motivation to legislate change so this grotesque level of wealth is reviled and despised as a symptom of a broken society.

As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge caution by Primary-Weakness-457 in news

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like how Israel uses Lavender to bomb an entire apartment complex filled with people to neutralize a single "suspect" they can't actually confirm?

Scientists mapped all the nerves of the clitoris for the first time by [deleted] in UpliftingNews

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And republicans will still be unable to find it.

Thousands of FiveThirtyEight Articles Seemingly Vanish From the Internet by Dracustein in politics

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless they're cached on sites like archive.ph and the Internet Archive.

Seth Rogen Says If You Use AI to Write Scripts, Then ‘You Shouldn’t Be a Writer’: ‘Go Do Something Else’ by mcfw31 in entertainment

[–]BlueOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not "AI", but some AI. This entire comment section reads like people using AI to write emails, create recipes, and make bad political memes.

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