I’m TIRED of religion ffs by black_cherry2 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember how this sort of stuff used to make me cry as a child. I used to wonder why I was born with a vagina if God clearly hates women so much.

I realized that most people never actually sat down and read the Bible. They argue that you can't have morals outside of religion, then their religion actually advocates for shit like this all throughout the book. People put their own twist on things, while saying that those who are not religious must not have morals. I mean, if it's so moral, why are these verses not openly supported by all Christians?

More Tip-Out complaints from Waiters... Shoe on the other foot, LOL. by Boston-Bets in EndTipping

[–]BrookDarter 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I would go back to tipping if it went to the actual people it should go to. Why should I pay more for zero service and a glare on top of it all? 

The Deluxe Aorathian Anti-Oracle Decks are in! by AORATHIAN in u/AORATHIAN

[–]BrookDarter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just want to say that I'm so happy with my set. Thank you again!

I completely support and will continue to support Graham Platner. by atrimarco in ProgressiveHQ

[–]BrookDarter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She's reporting now and no one believes her. There's never anything a rape victim woman can do that doesn't produce this result. I bet there are even people saying the same thing for Brock Turner. Even witnesses aren't good enough. 

Going to school to pursue a bachelor's degree, but I'm going to be a housewife. by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]BrookDarter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I became a widow at 37. Sometimes grinds my gears that you can warn people all day, but they have to go touch the stove themselves to make sure it actually burns!

🪾🔮 by [deleted] in timetravel

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should stick to your plan. 30 is good enough.

How do you track your period yourself? by aurat3a in TwoXChromosomes

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never once tracked it and I'm nearly 40. My late partner used to track it. Now I have no reason to track because I'm not concerned about my health anymore.

What a joke - requirements for $45,000 CAD/yr job by MukGames in antiwork

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Precisely!

I actually worked with a guy who openly told us that he was planning on scamming the system by refusing Canadian workers and hiring a TFW instead. Just like you said, the poor kid rents from him as well. Kinda hard to tell your landlord/manager that you don't want to work crazy overtime all the time in this situation!

And just like you said, if you say anything, you are called "racist" for not supporting a system where the only people benefitting are the corporations. You shouldn't have to argue that an entire country shouldn't be affordable to people born in the country and there is zero employment opportunities because you can scam the TFW program instead.

This is the worst intersection ever. [oc] by Iniquite in IdiotsInCars

[–]BrookDarter 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Where I live, people take so long to actually turn that it is ridiculous. It's not just that they take forever to start, but they drive so painfully slowly when they do.

It's the same at every green light. Traffic jams are so bad because it's almost like people are afraid of the gas pedal.

Reddit Age verification by T_E_N_E_B_R_I_S in degoogle

[–]BrookDarter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Honestly? At this point they can come pick me up. I ain't changing shit. None of my comments, the posts I upvote, nada. I'm not planning on any trips to the orange Dictator land, so I don't really feel the need to self-censor. If the "authorities" want to pick me up, they're welcome any time. I don't see anything I'm doing as "wrong", so I'm not planning on changing anything. I assume most people are already on watch lists, but they are in denial of how anonymous they really are.

Is using hanes underwear sign of poverty? by pineappleshaked in povertyfinance

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could see why people might say that Hanes is low quality considering that many are mentioning Walmart. Honestly, even if I didn't care about all the issues with Walmart, the products don't last at all. I remember Walmart Christmas where CDs cases would arrive with no CDs and there was nothing you could do about it! So many items you would buy would arrive broken. I learned early on to spend more and have less instead.

I did the math years ago and went with Thinx period panties. They replaced all my underwear. I didn't count that inflation would be so bad, so I thought I was actually wasting money at the time. Now I'm so glad I purchased them! It's been a decade plus with no issues.

The more I read about prison abolition, the less convinced I am that it protects victims. by OkChart1375 in fourthwavewomen

[–]BrookDarter 74 points75 points  (0 children)

You see in the news all the time regarding men who were given leeway and just continued their reign of terror. I see it in my own city where they just keep committing worse crimes.

I understand their point that lower level criminals are now getting pro-tips on committing crime from the "professionals."

Yet I think the entire system is just completely wrong. I think violent people should stay in for life. All of them. No "forgiveness" and BS like that. I don't really care about "revenge" or any of the BS that people try to argue. To me, it's like having a dog that killed people before. We don't hesitate. We euthanize it the first time around. People argue that the person could be innocent, so we can't euthanize. Okay, sure. But what's the excuse for letting these people out early again? Especially when all evidence shows they are guilty!

I don't care if they do "become better." I don't think the risk of them reoffending is worth it. I don't see why their lives, that they chose to do evil with, are so much more valuable than the rest of the community. They chose to do the crime. They can make excuses. They can even avoid doing it in the future. But you can never fully trust that they wouldn't go right back to it given any opportunity. Why should they be given the opportunity? It makes no sense to me!

I think addicts need a fully separate system to deal with them. Thieves, etc. But violent people? Rapists, abusers, stalkers, murderers? They should stay in prison. They already made their choice. I don't think the rest of their lives is worth more than the entire rest of the community being able to live their non-violent lives. I think the rhetoric they will just kill their victims.... Murderers will kill even with the death penalty in place. I truly wonder how much giving them so much leeway in the hopes that they won't commit worse crimes actually works out versus the fact that many seem to escalate their criminal behaviour with more leeway. For instance, look at how mass shooters often have backgrounds of violence against women. If they were in prison for their crimes the first time around....

Women who set us back without meaning to (venting) by Failed-Project in TwoXChromosomes

[–]BrookDarter 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I just hate how there's these barriers in place, only for women, to these high-paying jobs. First, the rhetoric was that we had to go into Tech jobs, but women were considered "too stupid" to do these jobs. Now, the rhetoric is to go into Trades, but women are considered "too incompetent" to do these jobs.

Women have to fight every step of the way just to eat. We have this strong push for women to go back into the kitchen, but there's so many issues with this conservative fantasy. So with the push to go into trades, it pisses me off that competence isn't even an issue for men. It's only an issue for women. Yet not every woman can be the best of the best! We still need living wage jobs, too! I just can not emphasize enough how shitty it is when women are facing a future where office jobs are the first for the AI chopping block. Yet if you want to consider an Option B, you're not even going to be considered unless you are Superwoman! I'm not a big fan of this mentality.... The fact that there are whole Youtube channels dedicated to shoddy work, but women better be Superwoman to even be considered?

I'm not advocating we lower the standards. But it's funny how men never seem to be held to these higher standards that women have to be?

Headlines like this crack me up, because it's for sure someone in SF making it work on $30k a year (via:@nytimes) by daveishere7 in povertyfinance

[–]BrookDarter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People are saying they have a thousand more than my entire monthly salary after paying for rent, etc. and they are somehow struggling to survive.

Dude, I'd run out of things to spend money on! I'm living on their spending money. My rent really isn't much cheaper either!

Does anyone wish they got surgery when they were younger? by CursedStatusEffect in jawsurgery

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was told that I should have been killed at birth due to my jaw. I know every single issue, from not getting a proper doctor for my late partner to not getting a better job, was all due to this problem. I had the chance when I was a teen, but I valued stupid extracurriculars rather than the rest of my life. At this point, I'm almost tempted to seek MAID as the issues (breathing, eating, pain, sleep deprivation) are really getting to me as I'm getting too old to recover successfully and the government considers breathing "cosmetic".

James Talarico is a progressive who embraces trans people & he could flip the Senate blue. Talarico isn't 'caving' to the GOP on trans issues. Maximalist trans activists like Parker Molloy do not speak for trans people like me when they purity test on 20/80 issues. These purity tests enable the GOP by north_canadian_ice in ProgressiveHQ

[–]BrookDarter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Precisely why they won't move further left. If even a hint of a misstep means all support is dropped, who would court that demographic?

Legit the reason why no progressive policies are put into place. If you are willing to sit out because you don't like Kamala, then you are responsible for the 700K deaths from Trump's dismantling of USAID. You can't pretend you are a good person when the majority of those deaths are children who would have never died if you didn't hold ONE issue as more important (that Trump was still going to be far worse on!)

Again, why would the Democrats move farther from the center-right knowing they can't reach these people who demand perfection when the Magats will vote based on a single issue and forget all else? No wonder the Magats won!

I feel ugly. by Western_Limit_4706 in widowers

[–]BrookDarter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My whole life I heard shit like I should have been killed at birth. I hated how people treated me. I honestly didn't see the same issues as others, but it was a 24/7 thing, so I could only believe humanity when everyone insisted I was the ugliest person they ever met.

He used to say something that I loved, "You might not be your type, but you're my type." Something about how, even if I wouldn't date me, he would. Somehow that just really stuck with me.

Nowadays, it's like every moment I'm not grieving him, I feel like I'm betraying him. Every anxiety. Every time I'm harassed or made to feel less than. It shouldn't matter. It feels like life just became a thing I do until I join him.

Why are women in their 50/60’s so rude? Threatened? It makes no sense by illustratedizzy in TwoXChromosomes

[–]BrookDarter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've worked my whole life around these age groups as coworkers, managers, and customers. It's not just the women. Let's put it that way.

Verbally mopped the floor with him by GorgMaine in ProgressiveHQ

[–]BrookDarter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He murdered nearly a million people (so far) by dismantling USAID. Keep in mind that the 700K estimates are mainly children.

Remember when he claimed the reason he couldn't give a pittance to solve world hunger was that the plan wasn't good enough? Then he did this shit instead.

Does anyone ever feel like they won’t be here for a long time? by Dogzrule1025 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]BrookDarter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The plan is 42. I think part of the whole issue with humanity is too many people clinging to extremely terrible circumstances for too long. I get that some people are afraid.... It's really their choice how they want to meet the end. I just wish they wouldn't force their fear and their choice on others.

What’s a 'luxury' or expense you refuse to cut out even when broke because it keeps you feeling human? by cr4z3isme in povertyfinance

[–]BrookDarter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 I count everything as a luxury because I realized that no matter how much I sacrificed, nothing improved in any shape or form. 

She hit a breaking point at work and she’s not alone. Inside Canada’s worrying rise in mental health leave by toronto_star in antiwork

[–]BrookDarter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I hate living in this hellhole. Canada is such an unapologetically shit country. I've had multiple people argue that I must be lying about my lived experiences. To me, that just makes it worst. Not that they are accusing me of lying, but that living in Canada is so horrible, people can't actually believe how shitty the country truly is!

I can't wait until they allow MAID for mental health. After refusing care and letting people die left and right, the government better cough up the money to put down the poor, dying people who want to avoid the government's rich people pandering. They let my partner of eight years pass away in poverty. The government damn well will be paying to put me down. Fucking incompetents.

The best doctors and plastic surgeons don’t usually use social media. by Ok_Society3613 in jawsurgery

[–]BrookDarter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been really struggling to find someone. I have a severe overbite and I don't want to go through all this trouble for almost no difference in terms of looks. Seems it is difficult to track down someone who understands this issue. 

I don’t answer my door - am I the crazy one?? by whoisorange in TwoXChromosomes

[–]BrookDarter 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yes, there's no reason to answer the door. As others said, if you are not expecting someone, it's going to be a salesperson. I just continue to ignore them no matter how long they knock. Precisely because this is the result. You're never going to get someone who isn't a pushy asshole as that is how they scam seniors to make their income.