• Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    18·
    11 hours ago

    You know sometimes when you’re in bed, and it’s the middle of the night, and you’re thirsty, and you’d love a glass of water, you need a glass of water, you know you’re not going to be able to go back to sleep if you don’t get up and get some water… but you still lie there for awhile, comfortably uncomfortable, cozy and warm and parched and suffering?

    Anyway, stay hydrated.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    975·
    19 hours ago

    Voting doesn’t change anything.

    *doesn’t vote*

    Things get worse.

    *surprised pikachu*

    • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      451·
      19 hours ago

      When local elections only have a 20% turnout we actually don’t know if voting works or not

      • stebo@sopuli.xyz
        7·
        11 hours ago

        tbf the lower the turnout, the more powerful your vote is, so that should be a good reason to vote on its own

        • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          31 minutes ago

          Yeah unfortunately that’s how minority views (racist bullshit) gets pushed through easily

        • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
          161·
          16 hours ago

          When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
          I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
          When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town.
          I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

          Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.
          My family and I could have made an impact on our town.
          Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

          Rabbi Yisrael Salanter

          There are two lessons here:

          1. Start local. This will have a greater impact on your life anyway. The desire to have a large, world-affecting impact is more likely motivated by a desire for attention and recognition than it is by a desire to help other people.
          2. You cannot force other people to change, and in fact you have no moral ground on which to expect that other people will or should behave the way that you personally think they ought to.
        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
          3·
          13 hours ago

          I wouldn’t recommend running unless you’re really invested in municipal issues. Most people cannot be arsed about road maintenance schedules and budgeting.

            • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
              1·
              28 minutes ago

              You wouldn’t let them… What? Stop you from voting?

              There are plenty of USAmericans that aren’t allowed to vote. Do you think they’re just letting the government stop them ?

      • Signtist@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
        31·
        18 hours ago

        Whether or not people care enough to do something is the first and most important factor in determining whether it works or not.

  • NoiseColor @lemmy.world
    24·
    18 hours ago

    Living too comfortably is not the main problem. There problem is when you are struggling. When you are struggling you don’t care about anything else but your immediate circumstances. You are in constant triage. And now and more people are forced into that .

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      5·
      13 hours ago

      Happy cake day, but comfortable and satisfied are two very different things, and most people in the West are still very comfortable. What you’re saying might apply to Gaza. Here, 90% of people honestly haven’t considered that they’re part of history and bad things could happen.