I get your point but this lady isn't a random influencer. She has been diligently spreading awareness on a lot of fucked up things in the US for several years now and has a decent following. She's doing what she can.
I was young and had just moved to a decent sized midwest city by myself. I didn't know anyone so spent a lot of my time exploring by myself. There was a large park in a quiet area of town where it wasn't unusual to be the only person around. I was sitting at the end of a very large rose garden when I noticed a tall skinny guy in a dirty wife beater and jeans standing on the outside of the garden with his dog. Something big like a Rottweiler or pitbull I don't remember exactly. I just remember being super freaked out because he was just standing there looking directly at me.
I got up and started walking back to my car but he started walking parallel to me matching my pace. When I walked faster he did too. I got my phone and keys out and just kept walking as confidently as I could. I was parked a couple minutes away and over time his pace did slow slightly as mine got faster but I knew he was still behind me. I had a habit of unlocking my car several times with the keyfob because the car beep was satisfying. After I did so the white cargo type van parked next to me unlocked and beeped the exact same amount of times mine did.
At this point I as terrified. I backed out and raced out of the park without even looking behind me. I needed to pick up something from one of the neighborhood Walmarts on the way home so I stopped there and headed inside to calm down. The sun was still out and I'm a guy. I was young, short and slender but I still felt like that somehow protected me. I convinced myself I was being crazy and that guy just happened to be leaving the park when I did. I left the store and started walking to my car when I saw him. The white van was parked directly next to my car and he stood there at the back watching me. No dog this time. All I remember thinking is I had to get into my car because it was the only place I had any leverage. I slow motion got in, backed out, and headed back into a neighborhood where I knew I could zig zag my way around different blocks to try to lose him. I spent 10 minutes looking over my shoulder making random turns before I headed back to my apartment.
Never saw him again and to this day I still feel like I'm in a bit of denial about the whole thing. There were plenty of other cars in the parking lot. It was early evening. If he was trying to kidnap me it was a stupid place to do so. Perhaps he saw how scared I was at the park and just wanted to mess with me. Whatever the case I've never been so scared for my own life.
I'm a preachers kid. By 25 I was a full atheist. A decade later I still am. I will have nothing to do with religious people. I've learned those people can't be saved.
Jesus Christ! AOC mentioned millennials are becoming a dominant part of the voter base in this one comment! Even though this is true, she's an idiot for bringing it up! The million and one times she's chastised billionaires mean nothing now!
Very well said. I'd love to know what actions non Americans have taken other than pound out quickly written accusations on their keyboards. Could even argue some of them have a greater potential influence than some of us do.
I'm sorry. I don't think anyone commenting has any idea what you're talking about, which is a feeling you're probably familiar with by now. I understand what you're going through. I'm relearning life too and it's an incredibly painful process sometimes because I'm already very self aware and I now have an entirely different perspective to view my life from.
Maybe we can try to think of it like a puzzle that we've spent our whole life struggling to put together. Someone just handed us the picture of the box. It's not the picture we were expecting. There's some relief being able to make sense of the pieces but now we have to accept that the pieces we were trying to force together are never going to fit together. We'll never be able to make the picture we wanted. That's hard. And the picture doesn't change the fact that the pieces still have to be put together. It doesn't change the fact that we still struggle. All we know is why we struggle and that we will always struggle to some extent.
I do believe in time we will find peace and happiness. I know some autistic older adults and they live beautiful eccentric lives. But they had to find their way just as us.
As soon as I realized he was pro Isreal I lost all pity for him. If he doesn't care about gaza being invaded by Israel, I don't care about the Ukraine being invaded by Russia.
Yeah came here to say this. No one in my circles talks about the death of our troops it's a tragedy. Just another statistic we throw around when talking about how incompetent our government is.
I'm also someone who can't float so swimming is exhausting for me. If I ever have to swim to save my life I'm pretty confident I would die. I stay away from water.
Someone holding off a hord of children determined to violate all sense of privacy. You must have had a wonderful school restroom experience. Some of us are scarred for life.
Maybe not though. If the biggest companies in the US are discovering AI is more expensive than paying US based employees, AI is certainly more expensive than paying employees in most other parts of the world too.
I was young and dumb and had just finished gaslighting myself into thinking that I was being dramatic. It never crossed my mind.
I get your point but this lady isn't a random influencer. She has been diligently spreading awareness on a lot of fucked up things in the US for several years now and has a decent following. She's doing what she can.
I was young and had just moved to a decent sized midwest city by myself. I didn't know anyone so spent a lot of my time exploring by myself. There was a large park in a quiet area of town where it wasn't unusual to be the only person around. I was sitting at the end of a very large rose garden when I noticed a tall skinny guy in a dirty wife beater and jeans standing on the outside of the garden with his dog. Something big like a Rottweiler or pitbull I don't remember exactly. I just remember being super freaked out because he was just standing there looking directly at me.
I got up and started walking back to my car but he started walking parallel to me matching my pace. When I walked faster he did too. I got my phone and keys out and just kept walking as confidently as I could. I was parked a couple minutes away and over time his pace did slow slightly as mine got faster but I knew he was still behind me. I had a habit of unlocking my car several times with the keyfob because the car beep was satisfying. After I did so the white cargo type van parked next to me unlocked and beeped the exact same amount of times mine did.
At this point I as terrified. I backed out and raced out of the park without even looking behind me. I needed to pick up something from one of the neighborhood Walmarts on the way home so I stopped there and headed inside to calm down. The sun was still out and I'm a guy. I was young, short and slender but I still felt like that somehow protected me. I convinced myself I was being crazy and that guy just happened to be leaving the park when I did. I left the store and started walking to my car when I saw him. The white van was parked directly next to my car and he stood there at the back watching me. No dog this time. All I remember thinking is I had to get into my car because it was the only place I had any leverage. I slow motion got in, backed out, and headed back into a neighborhood where I knew I could zig zag my way around different blocks to try to lose him. I spent 10 minutes looking over my shoulder making random turns before I headed back to my apartment.
Never saw him again and to this day I still feel like I'm in a bit of denial about the whole thing. There were plenty of other cars in the parking lot. It was early evening. If he was trying to kidnap me it was a stupid place to do so. Perhaps he saw how scared I was at the park and just wanted to mess with me. Whatever the case I've never been so scared for my own life.
I seem to chronically date in the former category.
I always assumed the answer was as soon as you moved there? Just moved to New York? You're a New Yorker now. Just moved to Texas? You're a Texan now.
Was your professor Steve Jobs??
I'm a preachers kid. By 25 I was a full atheist. A decade later I still am. I will have nothing to do with religious people. I've learned those people can't be saved.
Jesus Christ! AOC mentioned millennials are becoming a dominant part of the voter base in this one comment! Even though this is true, she's an idiot for bringing it up! The million and one times she's chastised billionaires mean nothing now!
Right because everyone only works out of enjoyment.
Very well said. I'd love to know what actions non Americans have taken other than pound out quickly written accusations on their keyboards. Could even argue some of them have a greater potential influence than some of us do.
I'm sorry. I don't think anyone commenting has any idea what you're talking about, which is a feeling you're probably familiar with by now. I understand what you're going through. I'm relearning life too and it's an incredibly painful process sometimes because I'm already very self aware and I now have an entirely different perspective to view my life from.
Maybe we can try to think of it like a puzzle that we've spent our whole life struggling to put together. Someone just handed us the picture of the box. It's not the picture we were expecting. There's some relief being able to make sense of the pieces but now we have to accept that the pieces we were trying to force together are never going to fit together. We'll never be able to make the picture we wanted. That's hard. And the picture doesn't change the fact that the pieces still have to be put together. It doesn't change the fact that we still struggle. All we know is why we struggle and that we will always struggle to some extent.
I do believe in time we will find peace and happiness. I know some autistic older adults and they live beautiful eccentric lives. But they had to find their way just as us.
And now you know the rest of the story.
As soon as I realized he was pro Isreal I lost all pity for him. If he doesn't care about gaza being invaded by Israel, I don't care about the Ukraine being invaded by Russia.
Yeah came here to say this. No one in my circles talks about the death of our troops it's a tragedy. Just another statistic we throw around when talking about how incompetent our government is.
I'm also someone who can't float so swimming is exhausting for me. If I ever have to swim to save my life I'm pretty confident I would die. I stay away from water.
Someone holding off a hord of children determined to violate all sense of privacy. You must have had a wonderful school restroom experience. Some of us are scarred for life.
Maybe not though. If the biggest companies in the US are discovering AI is more expensive than paying US based employees, AI is certainly more expensive than paying employees in most other parts of the world too.
This is my thought as well. Trump made it a big deal about him. I'm not surprised many people didn't know it was actually an anniversary.
Great. Now let's get the testimonies of the men and women raped by the IDF and their literal dogs in front of the UN.