the issue is that ‘political’ people inject their politics into everything, and want to put every comment and commentator into the prejudged boxes they regard as right and wrong.
they don’t care about what anyone says. just about passing judgement and feeling superior.
the issue is that people who are wrong thing everyone else is wrong.
just like on lemmy every communist/anarchist thinks anyone who does agree with them is a nazi and if ONLY they would read the manifestos they’d see the light and truth of their beliefs… meanwhile also whining about religions folks who do the same things.
statistics are a tool. you can misuse them and abuse them. i can use a hammer to build houses, or bash people in the skull.
in and of themselves if used properly, as in contextualised and verified, they are great. I’m talking about actual statistics themselves, not the bullshit cherry picked interpretation of them.
but yes, stupid people will freak out murders went up 400% because this year 4 people were murdered and last year it was one.
the quote you are references is from politician figures distorting statistics to push their agendas. just like they make scandals over sex in video games and media and other non-issues to rile up and lie to their voters. just like trump is going on about this wave of criminality that doesn’t exist.
based. some people are just dicks and will do nothing but seek to exploit everyone and everything around them.
also people inherently need to feel superior and to control to other people, this is what drives so much social conflict.
plus there are tons of cheap used cameras for dirt cheap. digital or film.
Canada has a lot of immgration that has brought about increasing inequality.
The only reason their society is that way is because it’s not diverse.
all the scandavaian counrties are having issues because of increasing immigration is destroying their social harmony. the natives don’t want to give the new immigrants the benefits they get, and the immigrants dont’ want to assimilate to the scandavian values/lifestyle.
None of them.
Pretty much all high quality of life countries have large economic inequality, and life is great if you’re in the top quarter of the economic strata, and everyone else is often struggling.
Also if you want to emigrate, you better have a high paying specialist career.
this made me laugh. That’s precisely what I deal with all the time. Everyone is weirdly superficial and the second you try to go any deeper they freak the fuck out. Apparently everyone is operating on a level of immediacy and impulsiveness that I can’t comprehend. I ask people all the time, why they like something and they look at me like I’m a freak and reply with ‘i just like it’. Then I tell them why I like something they look at me like I’m mentally ill for actually giving reasons or explaining the context that informs my interest.
I used to go on dates in the 2000s and 2010s and have cool conversations and feel like I was getting to know the person on a deeper level… that basically disappeared about 8 years ago. Every date I had from 2018 onwards was just endless shallow bullshit or the other person complaining about politics or money. Zero substance, zero curiousity, zero depth. It makes socializing/dating feel totally pointless.
It just feels like people have collectively mentally regressed to toddler-like thinking and communicating any hint of adult conversation is terrifying and bizarre to them.
I’ve been independent since 18. I don’t maintain my independence… it’s never been an option for me to be a dependent on anyone else.
I actually don’t bring my phone when I leave the house. Especially if it’s for a short trip under an hour or 2.
It blows people’s minds and they immediately start lecturing me how stupid, rude and irresponsible it is. What if someone texts me and I can’t reply for a few hours? THE HORROR.
that’s not how sex works though. people dont’ want to be friends with people they want to fuck, and they dont’ want to fuck people they are friends with.
and a romantic relationship requires the desire to fuck. so that’s why people focus on that first and foremost.
yes, i’m stupid because i won’t tell you what you want to hear…
must be nice living in your bubble where anyone who disagrees with you is a bad faith actor. weird how that automatically innoculates you from any possibility of admitting fault or incompleteness of your own narrative.
that’s cool, but the vast majority of people don’t. for them it’s about whether you are on their team, and how pure your loyalty to their team is. discussion and discourse are violations of that purity.