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What is an intrusive thought you feel like you are only a couple steps away from indulging? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As for me:
Due to Christmas rapidly approaching my place earns increasing amounts of money.
It would be so easy to just snag a whole day of store income and forever vanish into another country.

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[–] danciestlobster@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I mean you are right. I guess I am getting impatient waiting for society to decide this is a big enough problem to need to address it, and crippling the oil industry, while having a LOT of other negative ramifications, would essentially force people to use less oil and find alternatives/do without immediately. Ideally that wouldn't be a necessary intermediate step to progress but it feels like no progress for so long it starts sounding appealing to force the issue