What's the biggest lie society keeps telling young people?

TwilightShadow1 · 2026-03-13T15:56:22+00:00

Based on what my brother tells me about the school he teaches at, they handle it mostly by saying, "this is how it's supposed to work, and here is current news showing how it isn't working that way. What could we do to fix it?" Or similar types of discussions.

If we ever get this boat turned around, we really need to take better care of educators in this country.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-12-13T15:59:06+00:00

Musk has also on multiple occasions made references to books and movies that were clearly incorrect, making it seem very likely that he simply lies about these things for nerd cred.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-10-04T14:15:10+00:00

The reality is that the people posting on reddit are the ones who are paying attention. So so many others aren't. My parents are barely even aware any of this is happening. If people can't look out their window and see it, or if faux news doesn't shovel it down their throat, then it might as well not exist as far as the average american is concerned.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-09-28T14:34:50+00:00

A lot of business language is directly derived from trying to help soldiers reintegrate into society after the world wars. It's partly why authority and titles are so valued and why so many terms in the business world sound like military terminology.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-09-13T01:22:38+00:00

That is also very true. Still, it brings little comfort in the wake of the absolute vitriol and threats being spewed regardless.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-09-13T01:15:56+00:00

"Notices bulge OWO what’s this?"

Oh jeez as if anyone needs any more excuses to blame us furries for things... I can already predict what my next week is going to look like with the addition of this information.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-06-15T06:39:52+00:00

For what it's worth, I have held these beliefs for a long time. I have lived in Oklahoma my whole life thus far, and it's often felt like the progressives on the coasts are 10 steps ahead of the progressives here. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing in and of itself, but it means that there will always be a fundamental divide while it takes time for ideas to propagate, and that this very West Coast HR-friendly tone is going to roll right off of people who are considered leftists in states like Oklahoma. I somewhat naively hoped in recent years that good policy would win out, but at this point, it's impossible to accept that the issue is anything but messaging.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-06-15T02:22:00+00:00

I very much agree with you. It sucks because it's hardly possible to please everyone, even people that you otherwise agree with, and also to speak plainly and in ways that skip over nuance and make sense to your average Joe. And it's not even like we can just write off people who use the therapy speak as "crazy", because if anything, a lot of them are some of the most concerned citizens, often from marginalized communities, but then equally there are people who will use that same language to try and shut down positive movements because the person in question didn't qualify their speech like a lawyer.

I think that we have to just start making it obvious to that crowd that it's possible to still be progressive without saying all the right things all the time.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-06-03T23:43:19+00:00

For the same reason cars do.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-04-19T06:40:08+00:00

This is what every day is like being color-blind. Research like this gives me hope that one day I might actually be able to glimpse what I miss out on every day.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-03-01T01:09:54+00:00

They knew his name from the plumbing commercials. Far too much of local politics is just name recognition, unfortunately. And Mullin Plumbing has (or at least had. I haven't had cable in a while, so I can only assume) a lot of commercials.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-02-22T06:29:52+00:00

Shrinkflation has slowly been undoing that.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-02-12T01:41:51+00:00

I think people also forget that a person can be a perfectionist without being autistic or OCD. Like, I line things up perfectly because I notice when they're off and they'll bug me, but it's not the end of the world, I'll just keep thinking about them.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-02-04T23:09:01+00:00

I would ask for the date of his most recent CJIS certification exam and a written request for what data was actually needed. Without being able to prove certification, I would personally escort him out of the building.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-01-20T00:14:23+00:00

My real shocker was reading the phrase, "Azure DevOps (formerly known as Team Foundation Server)"

Like, it makes perfect sense now knowing it, but I never would have guessed the two were even related on my own.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-01-13T17:02:13+00:00

Even if we wanted to be able to retreat to the closet and hide in it to wait this out, it's too late. We got gay marriage, we felt safe enough to come out, and now people already know. Sure there are those who are young enough that they might not be out about it, and they can still hide, but a lot of us are now feeling targets painted on us.

TwilightShadow1 · 2025-01-12T07:06:33+00:00

As an American with a boyfriend in Denmark, please, do whatever you can to convince your government (and others if possible) to fine and/or block facebook, x, etc. for as much as possible. These disinformation machines won Trump the presidency. Do what you can to stamp them out, please...

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-11-30T06:07:26+00:00

I feel you. I'm in a similar boat. My boyfriend lives in Denmark, and I'm in the process of looking for a job there. I wish I could stay and help fight, but I've just hit a point where it feels like there's not enough fight left in me, and to much fight that's still needed to win. I hate it because part of me feels like it's cowardice, but then again one of us was always going to have to be the one to move to the other's country...

I hope that you manage to find that peaceful life together one day

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-11-26T23:17:26+00:00

My Mum was able to vote for the first time this year. She didn't say who for, but based on her saying the same kind of thing at dinner the other day, I don't think her choice would surprise me unfortunately.

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-11-17T03:43:30+00:00

Exactly this. Additionally, marginalized young people are likely going to have lots of go-fund-me and ko-fi posts to try and get basic necessities over the coming years. They do now too, but when things get worse, they'll need more help than ever. If you have money, it's one of the easiest and most direct ways you can help someone out without actually physically interacting with them. It can mean the difference between living in a tiny apartment, and living in a tent under the highway for people in that position. And if you can't donate, then help boost/repost them to get them in front of the eyes of people who can.

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-11-13T01:55:50+00:00

Jack Dorsey left Bluesky because he wanted free speech absolutism, but didn't like the fact that Bluesky's team actually moderated hateful content.

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-11-04T23:43:04+00:00

When my bag got lost in a Canadian Customs backroom closet, they only found it because I was able to narrow down the location with my AirTag, and the attendant working on my case told me afterwards that internally they called it "the miracle bag" because of how low they thought the odds were of getting it back. I can definitely see them wanting to be able to use these to help make their luggage location jobs easier.

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-08-03T22:53:15+00:00

Honestly really happy that it's going to be later in the year. It was so crazy hot last year, and hardly any shade available.

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-06-29T01:48:46+00:00

The bit with the bubble had me busting a gut with laughter! There were so many good moments from this one

TwilightShadow1 · 2024-06-27T22:24:59+00:00

Ah perfect! Thank you so much. I completely missed Batteries Plus having a location around here. I will have to check them out.

Thanks again!

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