I work in a job that has to deal with a lot of parents. These types are absolutely not uncommon in the United States. I have seen so, so, so many kids completely traumatized by their shitty parents or their parents' shitty religion, to say nothing of my own miserable experiences. I think a large part of it comes from, as usual with Americans, total arrogance. I think a lot of parents just assume they'll know how to raise their kids, and don't actually do any research or study into developmental psychology to try and understand good parenting habits. Being a parent isn't easy and reading literature is a great way to learn ways to be better at it. Considering how the concept of learning is under attack in the U.S., I don't think it's a stretch to say a lot of parents don't really know what they're doing, don't have any interest in doing better, and a lot of them end up being shitty because of it.
In an ideal world, voting should not be such a hassle that it requires motivation. The system in the U.S. is fundamentally broken, and has been for awhile.
The issue is that somebody kinda has to fill the vacuum if we want to have literally any hope at surviving our rapidly oncoming self-created climate disaster. I don't exactly love the PRC either, but you have to admit that right now, they are the ones best positioned to find and implement a technological solution to our crisis. It's certainly not going to be the U.S., Europe is going to have it's hands full trying to deal with Russia, do you think there's any other power strong enough or better than China even left?
If my options are the Chinese model, or the extinction of the human race, then I'll choose the PRC.
Look I don't want the give the mad king too much praise, but this unironically. 104 was causing me to fling my dick into orbit, I'm at least happy they picked a nice round number.
yeah naw, I was flirting with pedophiles in chat rooms at like 12, it absolutely was not a safe space. Maybe not as harmful of a space, but the internet has always been poison to children. It's why parental supervision is so important.
Perhaps my favorite example of this is the 4kids One Piece dub. They couldn't get rid of the scene where Helmeppo threatens Koby with a gun, so they turned the gun into...well.
but then why are you even bothering with work or school? Take some pride in your work, put some effort in to improve your life. You will learn more/perform better.
Until I see an impeachment actually result in the removal of a president, I don't seriously believe it is a viable method. Trump has been impeached twice so far with no consequences, so forgive me for having zero confidence in the third time being the charm.
The U.K.'s democracy is, unfortunately, several times more competently constructed than the U.S. democracy. Lizz Truss could be removed because there were avenues put in place to legally remove her from her position, there are no such avenues in the U.S. Here, the only way a sitting president can retire is via gunshot.
The 4% is what really sends me. I understand it's just coming from their new nonsensical 34% tariffs but just...you're already doubling the cost wtf is the point of the extra 4%? Just go for a flashy round 100%, they can't even be evil right!
With the way the U.S. electoral system is set up, the vast majority likely voted but did not live in one of the critical swing states, so their vote didn't matter.
I work in a job that has to deal with a lot of parents. These types are absolutely not uncommon in the United States. I have seen so, so, so many kids completely traumatized by their shitty parents or their parents' shitty religion, to say nothing of my own miserable experiences. I think a large part of it comes from, as usual with Americans, total arrogance. I think a lot of parents just assume they'll know how to raise their kids, and don't actually do any research or study into developmental psychology to try and understand good parenting habits. Being a parent isn't easy and reading literature is a great way to learn ways to be better at it. Considering how the concept of learning is under attack in the U.S., I don't think it's a stretch to say a lot of parents don't really know what they're doing, don't have any interest in doing better, and a lot of them end up being shitty because of it.