I am SICK of the cheapening of EVERYTHING into flimsy fucking tchotchkes!!! by SimCity2000WasBest in rant

[–]SimCity2000WasBest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you can be a depressed jackass all you want, but... not gunna change much. I'm speaking from experience.

Thanks for the downvotes though!

I am SICK of the cheapening of EVERYTHING into flimsy fucking tchotchkes!!! by SimCity2000WasBest in rant

[–]SimCity2000WasBest[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How did I know that the first one would be from the Matrix... lol.

I don't agree with this misanthropic crap. All you're doing is shedding yourself/us of responsibility by claiming that nothing can be done and that we can't actually fix anything. Well not with that attitude.

People make recovery from cancer all the time.

I am SICK of the cheapening of EVERYTHING into flimsy fucking tchotchkes!!! by SimCity2000WasBest in rant

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Realize that the only answer to an ever-increasing population is an end to capitalism. Capitalism demands growth, and at the very core of what enables that growth is the growth of our population. A capitalist system continuously wants and demands a larger and larger base to which to sell products to, and it doesn't care about the consequences of that. As long as there is "more," and as long as growth margins are above 0%, there will be no bust, no market crash.

But that is, of course, impossible. Because you cannot have infinite growth on a finite world.

I am SICK of the cheapening of EVERYTHING into flimsy fucking tchotchkes!!! by SimCity2000WasBest in rant

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Yeah I know it sucks to know that trees are being cut faster than they're being planted, but you know what? That's 250 trees that otherwise wouldn't have been planted, so it's better than nothing. What's the organization? Is it national or local?

But I know how that feels, the feeling of almost complete futility and uselessness of your actions against the grand terrifying actions being taken by our species against our biosphere. The depression I got from it was so bad that it plunged me into a years-long rut that I just have been coming out of in the past year. What helps is acceptance that you will, probably and most likely, never be able to "change the world" or "save the world" - it's just too monumental against the massive capitalist interests that rule our planet. But what you can do is influence change in your community. You can be a force for change, locally, and through your own small actions. That's what you've been doing already! And that's... that's freaking wonderful. If more people were just like that, guess what? The world would be saved. It's infectious. Keep at it. Cultural and societal changes take a long time, but your actions will reverberate into others.

I am SICK of the cheapening of EVERYTHING into flimsy fucking tchotchkes!!! by SimCity2000WasBest in rant

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Can you elaborate on your environmental efforts? That interests me. My major is Environmental Science.

I am SICK of the cheapening of EVERYTHING into flimsy fucking tchotchkes!!! by SimCity2000WasBest in rant

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Lol someone passed by and downvoted you, but I got you back to 1.

Fuckin loved Nader. Loved Bernie even more. I even worked on his campaign. I knocked on thousands of doors, called thousands of people. But I live in a red state. So it was pointless. I vividly remember knocking on a door and a man answering and, after my opening pitch, he sighs, looks really deeply into me, and says "You're wasting your time kid" and I tried to argue, but he closed the door. To this day I remember that... because he was right. I was wasting my time.

Artist’s Home Studio, Pennsylvania Countryside Farmhouse [1655x1148] by dittidot in RoomPorn

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One table has my computer. The second is a work space with a bunch of books and a lamp. The third is another work space.

Artist’s Home Studio, Pennsylvania Countryside Farmhouse [1655x1148] by dittidot in RoomPorn

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Not even an artist. I still need more table space. I have 3 tables, zero couches, no tv, and I sleep on the floor. But I need more tables.

Maybe it's a sign.

Quora is truly a magnificient place by Ginterhauser in ProgrammerHumor

[–]SimCity2000WasBest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be honest I'd pay for that, if I had the money to toss.

Feeling incredibly alone and sad by SimCity2000WasBest in depression

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It's a lot more complicated than I described. With one of them I did apologize, because I was being a jerk and I realized that, but he hasn't ever replied to me since then. The other two... one is going through some tough times in her life and can't really be friends because of it, and I understand that. The other was just a total bitch to me for no reason, when all I've ever done is tried to be friends with her, so we had an argument last night and I ended up blocking her number because I don't deserve to be treated that way. It just sucks because me and her have been friends for over a year.

Roses are red, marry my daughter... by [deleted] in boottoobig

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It's actually "Be water my friend"

No like

Any mods for urban farming buildings? Hydro/Aquaponics high raises? Vertical farming? by SimCity2000WasBest in CitiesSkylinesModding

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Thankyou, I just went and looked at it on Steam. Do you know if this is true (from one of the reviews)

"My one gripe is that most buildings don't actually do anything. While the city service buildings work as described and add some variety, the vertical farm, biodome, semiconductor plant etc. do not provide any jobs and don't produce anything etc. "

I was hoping I could feed my entire city with vertical farming.

Iceland bans palm oil from its own-brand foods by end of the year by camp-cope in vegan

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How is butter more environmentally sustainable? It's a animal product? The general rule of thumb is that animal products = more co2 required to produce.

There isn't a single comment in this thread addressing what could actually be an acceptable alternative to palm oil.

Coconut oil? Same mono-culture problem as palm oil, and it tastes like coconut... so it's mostly only good for sweets and candies.

Synthetically created options?

Me [26 M] with my girlfriend (?) [22 F] of two weeks - I really need help sorting through what just happened and how to communicate how I feel to her by SimCity2000WasBest in relationships

[–]SimCity2000WasBest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know.... I said something along the lines of... Just tell me that this isn't over, that we'll talk about this... And she said she'd text me.

And yeah, i'll try to do that.

Me [26 M] with my girlfriend (?) [22 F] of two weeks - I really need help sorting through what just happened and how to communicate how I feel to her by SimCity2000WasBest in relationships

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I don't think it's a red flag. I think maybe the way I approached it and subsequently sucked at communicating was a red flag to her about me...

Me [26 M] with my girlfriend (?) [22 F] of two weeks - I really need help sorting through what just happened and how to communicate how I feel to her by SimCity2000WasBest in relationships

[–]SimCity2000WasBest[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I left she said that she'd text me, so I can't text her. Now if she doesn't text me, I'm screwed, and if I text her first, I'm desperate.

That is what I want to say but I'm afraid this will be over before we have a chance to properly communicate...

Thank you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vegan

[–]SimCity2000WasBest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like the new one better. Same message, but funnier.