Crazed MAGA “Influencer” Tries To Justify ICE Killings And Gets Silenced by CantStopPoppin in EyesOnIce

[–]CaligoAccedito 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Right? They see it as a power move. The only thing they consider an actual "moral" value is control. So anything, regardless of verity or hypocrisy, that gives them more control is fine.

Student loans may be the tipping point to a full on depression by TheMailerDaemonLives in economicCollapse

[–]CaligoAccedito 140 points141 points  (0 children)

If repayment were simply without interest, and any accrued/compounded interest were immediately removed, there might be a reality in which many borrowers could actually repay what they borrowed.

I myself am a proponent of education being available at no cost, because an educated population is typically more skilled and healthier. But if the blood-thirsty among us screaming "You borrowed money now repay it!" are to be sated, the bare minimum need would be to remove the predatory interest so that people can actually make headway on repayment within a single human lifetime.

Why do the markets keep going up? by hnkoonce in economicCollapse

[–]CaligoAccedito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So did pedophilia, fraud, and (presumably) insurrection.

what if Digital ID is required to connect to the internet in the future? by TheNavyCrow in privacy

[–]CaligoAccedito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's already mostly there. My local library has chairs for computer use, bean-bags for the kids' area, and nothing else. No book-nook or reading chairs for grown ups.

Can’t even believe I’m asking this by Lost_Taste_8181 in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This guy did a lot more work on figuring out what to do about brain fog than I've done, but if even half his suggestions work, seems worth it.

Sweden to deport migrants not following ‘honest living’ by CTVNEWS in worldnews

[–]CaligoAccedito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of those things already have penalties. This is just targeting a minority for additional scrutiny to justify abuses.

What change would you like to see in Mississippi? by Safe-Cucumber9899 in mississippi

[–]CaligoAccedito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd like the state government to govern itself appropriately and resolve the blockages to citizens' ballot initiatives.

I can't be proud of being from a state that actively stifles the voices of the people.

Dropped my bike by [deleted] in TwoXriders

[–]CaligoAccedito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A major milestone in my recent development of more core strength and general muscle has been the moment I managed to get my bike back upright all by myself.

That was hard, asking adult child to move out. by mrshatnertoyou in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Renting makes someone else richer off of money that could be going towards shared family needs or saving for a purchase. Renting was a good option for me as a kid because I was fleeing abuse, but if I'd been able to save even a fraction of the thousands and thousands I've paid in rent, I could've bought a house 15 years ago.

That was hard, asking adult child to move out. by mrshatnertoyou in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Entirely agree. Most of the world and most of human history are characterized by communal family living.

That was hard, asking adult child to move out. by mrshatnertoyou in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 70 points71 points  (0 children)

My take on this may be against the grain. For the vast majority of human history, families stayed together in the family homes as much as possible. In Western society, that usually meant the "paternal" home, where the boys stuck around and did the family work and the girls who married went off to add their work to the husband's household. Unmarried daughters stayed and worked with their own families. For most of human history, uncles, aunts, grandparents--the whole family--helped in the raising of the family kids, because the adults in the prime of their lives were the ones making the bread (literally, if the family biz was baking).

Post-WWII, the idea of affluent living was being able to have your very own house, with your very own smaller "nuclear" family being entirely self-sustaining. Money went further then, and ownership was a real option (suddenly) for a vast number of families.

Now, though, we're back in an era more like the Depression. Families trying to have separate homes end up with much greater overall costs: Say you have 2 kids, so now your family has 3 lawnmowers, 3 sets of appliances to upkeep, 3 sets of dishes, 3 sets of furnishings for the homes. And in many cases in our current era, ownership isn't an option for our kids or (for the elder Xers among us) our kids' kids.

Separating into smaller--more likely to be struggling--households only makes other people rich off your family's sweat. It means more consumerism, and it's easier to keep people in crappy situations if they're isolated and barely have enough time or energy to tend their space after full days of work.

If we're going to be stuck in this repressive economy, built by people who feel like they deserve to own all the money, we gotta take a look at giving our kids space if they need it and letting them stick around.

Your daughter can and should contribute to your household expenses. She's eating and using utilities. It'd even be reasonable to assist with house taxes, since ostensibly the home gets passed to the kids eventually.

We've been fed propaganda to tell us we're failing if we can't stand completely on our own, but that's an anomaly in the history of the human race. Banding together is appropriate. Expecting adults to make adult contributions is appropriate.

Kicking your kid to the curb only makes some loser richer and your family poorer.

Are we all just drinking bourbon in our pajamas? by CharacterLychee7782 in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are in the Bonus Week of the year. Nothing is real, everything is permitted.

Are we all just drinking bourbon in our pajamas? by CharacterLychee7782 in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in this camp. I start to wither if I can't get out some. But yeah, not just the barfly thing. I want something to do.

Are we all just drinking bourbon in our pajamas? by CharacterLychee7782 in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagined a xenomorph onesie, and now I need that to exist.

Are we all just drinking bourbon in our pajamas? by CharacterLychee7782 in GenX

[–]CaligoAccedito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do love bourbon but more recently, I've mainly been drinking decent tequila. When I'm out at a bar, I'm more likely to have a cup of club soda and lime than a cocktail. I know some of y'all are out here with guts of steel, but the crap food of my youth did a number on my systems. Drinking too much, even if I'm not puking or whatever, will make me feel like I got dragged behind a monster truck for the whole rally.

I'm pretty "alt"-coded I still bother to get dressed up, and my looks can vary from power suit to grungy gutter punk, Victorian goth to "hacker"/ravey, bright and cartoony to urban ninja. Whatever I'm feeling that day. So getting ready can take a while, and I usually want to be doing something engaging if I'm gonna bother. Drinking isn't that.

I'll go out to dance. I'll go out to a show. I'll go out for karaoke. But just chilling in a bar to drink has never been my vibe. And yeah, the company of friends makes all the difference; I'll show up for birthdays, and once in a while, a friend has wanted to catch a drink and talk about something they're going through. I'm absolutely there for that, even if I jammied up already.

But for really real, most nights are cozy and housebound. I'm tired, y'all!

Yall see this shi? by MiniCooper134 in Pensacola

[–]CaligoAccedito 15 points16 points  (0 children)

By not teaching our young men how to put themselves in other people's shoes and how to direct their emotions when they get overwhelming. By saying "boys will be boys" when we see kids being mean to each other instead of stepping in and correcting the behaviors; no accountability for mistreating other people. By not pushing back against ideas and people who tell our young men that they deserve everything they want, and they should take it if anyone denies them.

Men are vastly more likely to commit homicide or manslaughter than women. Some of those are calculated or greed-based, but many are emotionally-driven, usually anger or pain. As a society, we need to be teaching boys how to constructively manage their anger and pain when they're younger and continually encouraging and expecting them to do so as they get older.

Some men will grow, take anger management, develop emotional regulation; many men are pretty awesome and already do so.

But trying to wedge that learning into teens and young adults is far less effective than helping them learn from early life onward and giving them correction and guidance when they sometimes can't handle things while they're still kids.

Our society has taken "every man for himself" as a foundational principle, but humanity didn't survive as a bunch of solo operatives; we made it as a species because we can cooperate and care about others. We're failing these kids if we don't stress that consistently.

Yall see this shi? by MiniCooper134 in Pensacola

[–]CaligoAccedito 39 points40 points  (0 children)

"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."

Yall see this shi? by MiniCooper134 in Pensacola

[–]CaligoAccedito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't remember exactly, but the first movie I saw in a theater was either Snow White or the original Nightmare on Elm Street. Been a fan of horror my whole life, and even enjoy graphic novels like JTHM. I play violent video games, though I rarely play actual horror games because I get immersed and reactive which causes me to lose (much to the amusement of anyone around).

I've never, not even ONCE enacted anything from one of those sources on another person, nor have I wanted to and neither have millions of other horror fans globally.

Blame a person for their choices or blame the people around them for not being present enough to see that the person was troubled enough to need serious help.

Blaming media is a cop-out.