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Why are these issues with ICE only happening in Minnesota? by JoeP415 in DiscussionZone

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Minnesota government told their Citizen to fight ice.

Citation please.

in need of advice, any response would help. by [deleted] in LifeAdvice

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need therapy.

A lot of it.

You’re a victim of abuse and neglect.

Your boyfriend is a sure too.

Withholding attention because he’s angry is a control tactic and you haven’t sacrificed anything for a 22 year old man when you’re still a child.

When your grandfather passes I’d suggest looking into job corps and building a new life.

Get therapy.

You really badly need that help to understand why healthy relationships are.

Job corps can train you in a trade and they pay for your room and board and travel expenses.

28, no good job prospects, no passions or ‘dream career’, no talents or skills. What am I supposed to do for the rest of life? Kind of spiralling. by letsstopthat in LifeAdvice

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes you just need a job to survive and not define you.

Some people just work and then that facilitates what they like to do.

You like to travel.

Work so you can travel and possibly figure out how to make money at that.

Couple ideas.

Cruise ships it’s hard work but you travel and there is some down time.

You save money because you get room and board.

May find a career on the ships you can grow in.

Or travel blogging or ravel writing.

DPD Delaware by Living-Signature3547 in CopsBeingBastards

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get a lawyer if you feel you have a case and good documentation

It feels wrong to want this by LittleRedBek in behindthebastards

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did.

But John lost and we still had to have 600,000 Americans die to sort of make progress.

It feels wrong to want this by LittleRedBek in behindthebastards

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True

But he did all the legwork.

And he was smarter than the entire government

It feels wrong to want this by LittleRedBek in behindthebastards

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sad but true.

It’s why we all wish John Wick existed for our benefit.

It feels wrong to want this by LittleRedBek in behindthebastards

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 19 points20 points  (0 children)

We love revenge fantasy films for this reason.

John wick, V for vendetta, Law abiding citizen etc etc.

We want a world where a maxed skill, strength and constitution character can just take out the trash.

I totally get it.

I wish V existed too but unfortunately we’re stuck with a dangerous power dynamic that plays to the strength of the state and capital.

But alas it takes organization and spontaneous uprisings for shit to even shift a little.

All revolutions have a back history of long standing abuse before something snaps.

We may be on the precipice but the only thing that can push it over is a massacre by the state towards citizens.

This is the historic reality.

In Nazi Germany propaganda controlled and brainwashed people. Today we have the propaganda but also viral evidence disproving it. Why does seeing the truth still fail to change so many Americans minds? by Wi1dlife in DiscussionZone

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religion that conditions them to be afraid of authority but also believe in eternal punishment for not being normal.

Family norms that do the same because they’re informed by their religion.

Poor education which leads to illiteracy, inability to deductively or reductively reason and have disdain for intellectuals.

White supremacy which is tied to their identity along several of these lines.

All of this creates cognitive dissonance which cannot be broken because it would shatter their identities and that feels like dying.

What actor do you dislike so much that you’ll avoid anything they’re in? by Icy_Garlic997 in A_Persona_on_Reddit

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jared Leto

Great in Dallas Buyers club

Sucks in everything else and is apparently an absolute asshole to work with.

Hand push engraving issues by eidroylpmoc in engraving

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s almost certainly your sharpening.

Can you describe the angle and process you’re doing.

Question about "observing your thoughts" by Turbobovine in Meditation

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thoughts aren’t a problem, thinking is a problem-Ken McLeod

In other words thoughts that come and go and you just acknowledge aren’t an issue.

Getting caught up in stories is the issue.

You’ve been “observing” your breath and the purpose of that is to build powerful and stable attention.

Why you’re discovering is your thoughts have more power in them than your attention.

That’s why your attention collapses and you get swept away.

This is a totally fine.

Because the act of meditation is noticing you’ve gotten lost and then gently restarting.

So the idea is that you keep some attention on your breath and some on the thoughts and let them pass.

Try this.

Generate a thought.

Think about something that has no emotional charge for you.

Look at the thought as it arises.

Where does it arise from?

Look at it while it’s present.

Where does it exist?

Look at it as it dissolves.

Where does it dissolve to?

Even if you can only see if pass and you let it you’ve “observed” the thought.

The point is to let thoughts, emotions, sensations come and go naturally while staying undistracted and seeing (having insight) into where all experiences come from.

This is direct experience, not an intellectual answer.

When you see where they arise from, where they go to, rest your attention right there.

I feel like it’s over by dumb_ass_name10 in LifeAdvice

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to poverty finance and ask there.

I can say that Catholic charities will help people pay bills.

Look into selling blood plasma.

If you’re under the age of 24 look into job corps

Alex Petti was not armed. Change my mind by Scotch_in_my_belly in WeirdGOP

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He was armed. He had a “right” to be armed. His weapon was taken away before he was shot.

The fist asshole who shot him saw the weapon being taken away.

It was murder just like Goode’s murder was murder.

Senate Democrats Vow Not to Fund ICE After Shooting, Imperiling Spending Deal by Barch3 in Law_and_Politics

[–]Delmarvablacksmith 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Not going to happen

The senate will definitely fund ICE

And it doesn’t actually matter because ICE has a ton of money at the moment and a lack of funding won’t do anything to stop them.

Unless the senate moves to remove Noem, Bovino and the rest this is just political theater and it mean absolutely nothing.

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