FDR was very explicit when creating the minimum wage that it should be a livable wage.
This idea that minimum wage jobs are starter jobs is corporate propaganda used to defend paying people substandard wages.
"only you can save yourself" is a revoltingly self-centered thing to believe. it is ungrateful to those who have saved you (and everyone has, at some point, been saved by someone else), and it is a rejection of your responsibility as a human being to help those around you
I often wonder how many gifted people the world has lost simply because they were born into poverty. People who could have become exceptional at something but never had the money, support or opportunity to explore their abilities.
A lot more of you are actually disabled but would rather work yourself into the ground because we’re all conditioned to believe that our worth is attached to how much we push through things that actively harm ourselves than actually admitting we need help or rest.
I don’t think it’s important to understand something actually. You watch something that feels dense or opaque or its meaning is obscure or the plot is too complicated that’s fine. How does the experience of watching it make you feel. This is the important bit really
All my issues stem from extreme prolonged loneliness I fell into because of gender dysphoria. I've never formed deep, lasting bonds because I never felt genuine and in tune with myself. Never had much of a self to show because I simmered in despair instead of having hobbies.
I’m tired of mental health advice that ignores the fact that we’re through unprecedented collective trauma while being told individual self care is the solution,sometimes anxiety is a rational response to irrational circumstances
Remember when Pope Francis said "i hope hell is empty" and some christians actually got mad at that? As though the idea of God being so merciful is a bad thing?
“They’ve killed a lot of Americans” is one of these brainless cliches every blob stenographer cites. Iran has killed approximately zero US civilians in the past 40 years, the US, without provocation, killed 120+ school girls in a double tap strike 9 months ago.
Gus’ last scene in BCS being him longingly looking at David, the sommelier, perfectly shows everything he was about
While Walt wanted to be the big empire leading king like Gus, conversely all Gus wanted seemingly was to be loved deeply and that was violently taken from him
The breakneck race to destroy *any* connection to a shared or objective reality is one of the most repulsive things going on right now in tech
You WILL be alienated from every other human on earth. You WILL be embalmed in your own delusions, and you’ll pay us $20/month for it
adhd is honestly so subtle in how it destroys your life. like you’ll be waiting on the right time to do something and you’ll look up and years have passed and you’ve done nothing to achieve anything you’ve been wanting to do forever, and it’s for no reason in particular.