Adramis

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[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

The article: Rural people aren't just racist, homophobic assholes - they're struggling with apocalyptic economic destruction, constant discrimination and hatred, and have fallen through the cracks of society while society stomps on their face.

The comments: RURAL PEOPLE ARE BAD, FUCK RURALS

I guess you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them read the article...

I will say, though, that as much as rural people get fucked out of their votes in most situations, they are vastly over-represented in others. For example, each vote in the electoral college for California represents 703,000 people. In Montana, on the other hand, each electoral vote represents closer to 250,000 people. There's a strong sense among city dwellers that the rural folk are dragging the entire country into hell just because they're suffering under capitalism - and they aren't wrong, in some sense. America's inconsistent, patchwork electoral system definitely contributes greatly to the urban / rural conflict.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Even those can still have some benefit - it can act as a networking opportunity for people to meet each other and plan other events / get involved in other ways, it can give a morale boost to people considering giving up, etc.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Same, it usually whacked about half the attempted majors into another major. In the first half of senior year. They kept wondering why their program wasn't growing much even though similar colleges' programs were growing like mold on a dorm shower curtain. I enjoyed the course and never used the primary skills taught in it again.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I live with an adult with a similar neurotype. My experience is that the advice in this thread can all help, especially regarding "Is there anything I can do to make this more comfortable for you?" and "This is important because..." stuff. But once the PDA gets really ingrained against something, there's just nothing I can do. I just have to leave her to it and hope she comes around. As an adult, she is capable of making her own decisions...but I have no idea what to do when the person involved is a kid that might not really understand long-term repercussions. I know that the times when her parents really put their foot down ended up extremely exacerbating the PDA and ultimately led to her ability to exercise her autonomy being extremely damaged. But they also weren't...uh...empathetic about it (lots of screaming and shouting), so I don't know if putting their foot down was the problem, the verbal abuse, or both.

Sorry for the mild ramble with no real advice, just saying I commiserate. It's really fucking hard to live with an adult with that neurotype, I can't imagine trying to care for a child. I wish you luck.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Brain's face says it all. "I fucked it up so I guess I'll never do any of this again."

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago (11 children)

Wow, that's literally "Hang-them-from-a-gallows" treason. I wonder if anyone will even get a wrist-slap.

If this doesn't get hammered to hell, we're even more fucked than we are now.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Theodore. He's clearly taking the lord seriously.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Being an ass

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Settled went to weekly and I'm so hyped.

[–] Adramis@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Forest + Penguin = Tux ?

What do forests have to do with Tux?

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