serpentofnumbers

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[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 8 months ago (12 children)

how could someone view this as anything other than dystopian?

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago

Based. Seems like a great way to start a conversation.

You know it's bad when Ronald MacDonald is warning you about the dangers inequality

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are you sure this isn't just a picture of Captain Jonathan Archer?

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've felt this way quite often in my life, including recently, and I usually get through it by focusing on the small moments that I can enjoy. But reading your words and thinking about that feeling again this time made me think "I should do a random act of kindness for someone". It sounds cheesy and kinda pointless, but helping someone else or doing a random nice thing for someone else can sometimes make the world seem like a better place. And when the world seems like a better place, it has the potential to become that. I guess it's the old "be the change you want to see in the world" thing.

This is all stuff people have told me over the years when I've sought help for depression, and I usually brushed it off, to be honest. But I empathize with your words, and I wouldn't want anyone else to feel the hopelessness about the world that I've felt, so I thought "maybe a niceness would prevent that feeling for someone else".

Idk, I'm rambling now, but I hope this makes sense. And I hope you (and I) find a way to feel better about the potential of our world, as opposed to its apparent current state.

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

America* does not take education seriously. This is evident from 50 years of Republican policy.

*legislators

I'm so thankful we have such healthy, focused, and competent leaders deciding the fate of millions in this country 🙏 🤡

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why must I chase the cat?

[–] serpentofnumbers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it might be a reference to the theory/allegations/fact?/whatever that cops put out pallets of bricks during BLM protests which led to people smashing windows, which led to riots and then the "discrediting" of the message of the protests.