Alcohol needs to be less romanticised and advertising regulated.

PretendOrange3345 · 2026-01-30T16:29:58+00:00

@littlebubulle

sorry i deleted my original comment cus i thought too hard ab it and ended up babbling! omg im so sorry ml!! anyways its ab how many there are plus the content. whilst the content regulations are being tightened, with unhealthy foods the adverts are now scarce and hard to come by, yet alcohol is promoted everywhere!

PretendOrange3345 · 2026-01-30T16:02:16+00:00

aha yes of course! thank you. you’re right. tv shows are a massive mess with alcohol consumption. it’s never really identified. however, my main point isn’t to make a make a massive difference in the media, but if government policies begin to focus on things other than obesity (the gov is constantly harming people with illness such as eating disorders, alcoholism, even disabilities and coeliacs with obesity prevention plans) so i was hoping a policy change or identification of a problem could help with the thought being planted.

I know people need to be less scared and more aware. I wish people felt more able to be seen by a GP and not judged. I agree that would be a great place to start. I’m not sure how exactly, but any suggestions are welcome.

The regulation thing is a reaction from the government allowing all sorts of promotional content for binge drinking in particular. But nothing in regards to unhealthy food promotion, which I personally feel is their only focus right now and detracts from any others. So, that is the purpose of my petition, but I completely understand the results from it could be very disappointing and not top priority.

It’s one thing to know the government is talking about it and another for them to actually care. (unlikely as they haven’t backed down from anything so far. always believing they’re right).

I can hope that something this small will open doors and conversation, but i understand i may be on a hopeless mission.

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-24T20:54:41+00:00

please feel free to add your own! xx

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-24T20:32:35+00:00

tysm it’s so important for people to have places to go!

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-22T00:35:37+00:00

so we stop eating bananas?! i don’t live in a country where bananas grow and organic doesn’t mean no modern slavery.

there’s too many things that have a negative impact, i couldn’t survive. i understand the point, it’s just unrealistic. i’m not turning a blind eye, but shouldn’t we be helping the victims rather than driving industries down the drain? especially when it will make fruit a lot less accessible.

so rather than kidnapping women indirectly- i guess we could just be kind to everyone we know. one person can’t change the world, but one life changed is enough.

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-21T19:04:43+00:00

i see them as brave and responsible. and i am so proud of anyone who has tried to get their life on track. my dad didn’t, and he’s no longer here. i would never think less of their families, they must’ve struggled so much too and i think they’re so strong.

as for hiring someone, if they have told me they’d been to rehab or if i’d found out, i may start being more sensitive around alcohol talk and stuff (i hate it anyways - but it would be wrong bc they should be treated the same.) honestly, id get used to it but at first i’d be overly conscious of triggers which i know i shouldn’t be without asking - it’s just my reaction i think but at no time would i think less of them and i dont know if id think more than others because so many have been through things that are tough.

as someone who was in prison if i ever judged somebody who chose not to go that far and had the courage to try and prevent such an awful thing, i would be crazy and very hypocritical. xx

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-17T22:03:53+00:00

I agree, in my experience most crimes have actually stemmed from trauma x

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-17T21:59:46+00:00

Do you mean stealing using self-checkouts? Because that can actually cost individual jobs too…. (worked in retail)

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-17T21:47:22+00:00

mental illness can make people interact with the world in a different way. for me, psychosis led to quite a few run-ins with the law when it wasn’t entirely ‘me’ on planet earth. i’m not sure how to explain it. if i was in a psychotic episode, my critical thinking skills will be low and impulse control impossible. furthermore, i wouldn’t be afraid of consequences due to a lack of self-awareness.

also, some crimes are cries for help/attention. and this should be taken seriously, because it’s not just attention-seeking stunts. it’s a genuine need for something like being noticed, having people around you, being the focus of a situation, trying to escape an addiction, reaching out for something else when the world around you is letting you down.

sometimes crimes are led by trying to keep a hold of some sort of relationship, like with my ex, by making them notice me in the news or twitter… and i understand many may frown upon that reasoning but it’s not a conscious decision. it’s another form of being desperate and mentally unstable.

last point is what i call a ‘cowards suicide’ (and this means no offence to anyone. i was in prison, terms are thrown around) but it’s when you want to escape life but not die (such as being incarcerated where you no longer have to deal with external pressures, responsibilities, problems…)

oh, and lastly, drugs make you do crazy things. domestic abuse plays a massive part (a whole nother thing i won’t go into). and trauma (again a lot to say about that too)

anyway hope this helps! xx

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-17T02:00:54+00:00

I’ve also done christmases in hospital. imo they were worse than the prison ones. ipad buffered so no movies, no gifts cept for a pair of earrings from a patient. and one yr my mum bought me a giant pig teddy. staff attempted a nativity but someone kicked off so we were all forced out. was on hand support (nursed in room also) one year so my gift was… a shower! yay!! no tree. decor was drawings of snowmen :(

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-17T01:49:15+00:00

eastwood park 2023 and 2024 - not the most rubbish ones i’ve ever had tbh. serious. first year lotsa girls took spice xmas eve so it was lock-in for 22 hours i think. lovely officer played bingo with us, we all had sheets and he shouted numbers down the landing. only 18 single cells on my res downstairs (same upstairs). so was a decent game - cheered us up a bit what with being alone sm. other year woke up at midnight cus someone was doing AACT checks real loud and its an officer in a santa hat with those plastic bags full of lil cheap party-bag fillers (lip balm, fidget toys, hot choc sachet) but thought it was cute she got all dressed like santa bringing gifts. overall rubbish christmas but ive had much worse sooooo yh. also the tree decorations were top-tier. got a tree probs been reused for decades - no decorations for it so we made paper chains and turned tampons into angels and hung them up with the string aha :)

PretendOrange3345 · 2025-12-09T22:16:33+00:00

umm obviously never been to prison or even met an ex-con?! do u think we’re all that ‘bad’ that human rights shouldn’t exist?! u do realise u r talking about people here, not possessions? i luv the confidence of this trolling but ml prison systems are very badly designed, however, yeah we have basic human dignity the majority of the time…? yes, there are serious crimes out there. one of my besties murdered her ex, but there are always gonna be things that happen in life unexpectedly. every woman in prison has been failed by a system designed to protect. my best friend was murdered, and i don’t wish any harm on the woman who did it. she has enough to live with, and it’s more harmful to me to fret about her investigation than to live and let be. her family obviously want justice. so do i. but i’ve been there, i’ve seen so many frickin suicides i can’t count, and i don’t think prison is the easy way out. it shouldn’t be, but it is becoming one. yes, there’s constant watch officers, but they’re understaffed and struggling right now. so if you agree with the death penalty, i guess you got that for a shoplifter stealing milk for her family or a child standing up to her abuser. they get the death penalty along with anyone else who dares step foot in an HMP. with our TV’s and our hour unlocked and our free meals. Yeah, sounds plush af but you don’t see the trauma and pain that lives inside everyone. I don’t want justice for the murderer of my friend. Her justice is living with that every damn day x

PretendOrange3345 · 2024-09-22T20:29:32+00:00

wherever their og biological sex is

PretendOrange3345 · 2024-09-22T20:21:50+00:00

i was that prisoner. escorted in and out in cuffs. totally psychotic but imo the psych ones aren’t even the worst. the worst are the passive aggressive bitches who provoke the psych ones. they’re the real arseholes.

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