Cryophilia

Great analysis, thank you

And you fuckers called me crazy for saying there was a concerted propaganda effort to conflate "neoliberal" with "liberal"

Neoliberals are Republicans.

Liberals are Democrats.

I like my job. They pay me fairly for 100% effort, so I give 100% effort. It's the only place in my career where I feel like that's the case though, so you're mostly right. But there are exceptions.

I'm so lucky with my job. Whenever I see something that needs improving, my bosses are behind me 100% and I get loads of support. We just don't have enough people, is the only problem, because the company refuses to hire more. We have the support but not the manpower.

Growing up poor (in a poor area especially) is such a different experience. My tree was barren from age 13 or so when I realized that if you don't have money, you can't do any of that stuff anyways. The idea of wasting my life away sounded like such a luxury. I didn't have options, I had needs.

Every day at work, Bao Minh spends only two hours creating posts for his company’s social media with ChatGPT and the remaining six hours on watching movies.

And that's...bad? Sounds awesome to me

That's only true in England, because they don't flourinate their water. In the US, you get plenty of flouride from tap water.

They tend to be concentrated in a few areas. There was one place I lived where none of the dudes living there had ever even seen a white dude in person other than cops and social workers.

It often feels like revolution is the only option

Well, first of all, that's never gonna happen.

But more importantly, the boring shit is working. China's greenhouse gas emissions probably peaked this year. The US peaked ages ago. The world isn't far behind china. Taxes on fossil fuels and investments in renewables will see us through this. By 2026 at the latest, every year will see decreasing global emissions.

Funny, in American English, "institutionalized" means "sent to an insane asylum".

Torment Nexus

I'd tell them they're being duped by people harnessing their anger.