Passerby6497 @ Passerby6497 @lemmy.world

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My mother was a meth addict who ruined the relationship we had, and I ended up moving out not long after after finding a shake and bake lab in the basement, which led to her becoming homeless. I loved my mother, but I did not like her really at all the last decade or so and was glad I lived out of state so I didn't have to directly deal with her after about a year, and she died within 5 or 6 years after that. We talked a bit after I moved out/out of state, but I kept that to a minimum because fuck dealing with the guilt and anxiety she gave me.

As for how I felt, it was mainly relief mixed with grief, but the worst of the grief passed fairly quickly since I'd already grieved for the mother I lost, and only had to 'grieve' the passing of her mortal coil. I went into the wake/funeral process prepared to defend my choice in case anyone gave me shit about it, but I was very happy that the majority of her friends and my family told me I did the right thing.

Now-a-days I'm mostly over it, and the grief I still have is mainly just from reliving childhood trauma as I force myself to be a better parent than I ever had. I don't believe in an afterlife, but I am glad she's no longer suffering/making those around her miserable.

Where is the nuance in who a billionaire exploits for their wealth?

It's not about nuance, it's just running defense.

Just add 'in minecraft' to the meme, they'll never see through and just think you're weird.

No, not all violence is physical, and while systemic violence can be violent, it very often isn't. But it's any damage or harmful action that's carried out through normal operation.

Systemic violence against the poor includes economic and social violence, like tax cuts, safety regulations repealed, or social programs being shutdown. None of these forms of systemic violence are physical, but it's yet another metaphorical hit against people who can barely stand as it is. The racism baked onto the system (shit like redlining) isn't necessarily physically violent, but it hurts and kills people all the same. Hell, the UHC guy getting killed and everyone cheering is because shit like the insurance industry is systemically violent against its consumers.

The nonviolent forms of systemic violence due regularly lead to physical violence, such as houseless populations being rousted and their encampments torn down because it's easier to be cruel than suffer the eyesore and help people.

More than likely. I sent the gif to my (sca heavy) friend group, and that was the first response.

This quote from his wife is so selfawarewolf:

“Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives.”

Yeah, that's kinda the problem lol

Things are changing due to deteriorating socio economic conditions

Agreed. When you fear the actions of the system as much as the consequences of inaction, the needle definitely shifts.

Don't count on the fact they want the system to be worse. In reality, the Democrats' message of 'nothing will fundamentally change' is likely a much bigger driver, as were the lies they chose to believe from the pedo/rapist in the face of reality. Especially given the bipartisan approval of this event.

Yeah, everyone gets upset about physical violence, but so few people care about the systemic violence perpetuated against the lower classes.

Man, think about how much better the world would be if insurance companies were automatically audited with greater than 5% denials.

Much like the other user, the instance link works for me and keeps me local, but the lemmy verse link takes me to that instance.

If you don't think food is political, you're not paying attention. 'Every society is three meals from chaos'

Less political != Non political

Again, everything is politics.

The poor have been afraid of the system for decades.....

The guy might have been a huge POS, he was not personally responsible for a broken and violent system that Americans have created for themselves.

No one snowflake feels responsible for the avalanche.

That CEO guy was just one of millions who WANT the system to be unfair. What is this shooter gonna do, kill every capitalist in the US?

Of course not, a single person could never do that. But the millions (probably closer to tens or hundreds of thousands) of people who want the system to be like this are outnumbered by the people who have to suffer in it, so they'll just encourage more acts like this by pushing people to extremes.

That's just going to pour gas on the fire. The less people have to lose, the more likely they're going to take matters into their own hands.

One of r/InterestingAsFuck’s rules is “No politics,” which a moderator for the subreddit told us is the reason it was removed.

That is such a stupid rule, because everything is politics.

News papers are a physical item, not bits hidden behind a boolean set to true. Plus, I can go read a newspaper at the store if I want to.

Wow, that's a fucking stupid take from the mod.

a few inches one direction and we wouldn't be saying that.