Regrettable_incident

u/Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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Yeah that sounds like a classism thing. TBF we have the same shit here too, and I bet most countries do.

It's not entirely unreasonable either, I've lived almost all my life in inner city areas with all the problems they have. In fact, I've been part of the problem. I've been mugged, stabbed (crap stabbing, he wasn't really committed. But I still gave him my stuff lol), stalked, beaten, hassled cos of my race, all sorts of shit. TBF some - but not all - of that was because I was engaged with that inner city life as a junkie crackhead and occasional runner. Lived much of my life like that.

But underneath that, people make community. There's also lots of good people in those low income communities who will help you if you get in trouble, feed you if you're hungry, just generally look out for a fellow human. I've had a genuine friendship with at least one very scary person. Most people, if they're in their right minds, are pretty much okay.

I'd go so far as you say there's more genuine community in low income areas than there is in suburbia.

Obvs I don't know where you live and you would know much better than me what the risks are and what you're comfortable with. Not encouraging you to step outside your comfort zone.

And it feels kinda facile to say 'No war but the class war!' But it's also true that the wealthy want us to be scared of each other. They don't want us to build community. And that's one really good way of fighting back - just solidarity and acceptance with other people who might be different from us in one way or another.

Sorry mate, it's evening here and I just wrote a slightly drunken rant. But after all the shit I've seen, I feel like most people are generally pretty decent. And we gotta look out for each other.

Yeah, it's kind of odd that Americans seem to be scared to have to interact with strangers. Internationally, the American stereotype is of being very friendly, the person who sits next to you on the bus and wants to have a conversation - which is sometimes a bit socially awkward in countries where we pretty much ignore each other. Maybe they're different abroad? Or maybe we shouldn't stereotype lol

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I said I'd leave when they did that, and I did. Been here ever since. I think a bunch of people did the same.

There's a kinda sunk cost thingy to leaving Reddit, especially when you've been there like ten years and have loads of karma and awards and stuff. But really none of that means anything and it's not hard to walk away from.

I played it for the first time about a year ago and actually really enjoyed it. But yeah, it did feel like it could have been a bit shorter.

Did you mean bioshock 2 is better or infinite? Cos I've not played either yet.