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No badges. no uniforms. Just manilla folder, walkie talkie, vibes and racism. (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 71 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I've given up on humanity after the racist Karen in Minneapolis raised a shitload of money off of a Christian based fundraising website while pretending to be the victim of calling a 5 year old racial slurs.

Like we have a problem. Society preinternet didn't have this problem, society after internet didn't have this problem you could be called a dick with no recourse.

Once society figured out you can just make money on being a racist asshole and be crowd funded for it, that's when society went to shit

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I saw that headline a few days ago. Was that all it took to make you give up on humanity? Trying to understand.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It's a bunch of things combined but that just pushed me over the edge.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Understood. It’s a shame to lose you at the start of the fight, but get what you need to hang on and recover.

    One strategy I’ve found helpful is taking little breaks from political news and spending time with those around you. It’s been a good antidote for the despair of the news cycle.

    And if you need someone to talk to I’m here.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I've taken a big step back from most apps and social media in general, unless I'm playing Xbox online for 2 hours after 10p'm hardly using the Internet for anything else. .

    Plus just got done with daughters club volleyball, now it's onto softball season.. working with her on pitching have to use a lot of YouTube for that because I don't know how to pitch fast softball. So we're both sort of learning as we go.

    She's got a Canon for a arm. Like has made my hand hurt on multiple occasions from 40 feet for only being 11. Ive been trying to teach accuracy over speed and a actual coach said not to do that. If they have natural speed. Let them pitch fast and ccuracy will come later.

    She's improved. I'd say 3/10 are strikes, 5/10 will probably get someone to swing at. The other two watch your shins or head 😅. Or in my case sitting on a 5 gallon bucket, the family jewelry. Have had a few close calls

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Sorry for delay. Had to take care of a few things offline.

    step back from social media

    That’s pretty huge. Everyone I’ve known who did that said it improved their life and mental health in lots of ways, and the harder their exit the more enthusiastic they were. Tried it myself back in 2012, and stuff probably wasn’t even as bad back then, but deleting google facebook twitter snap etc really did help me build better relationships and enjoy life more. I still text/chat people and use some forums like lemmy but never have to worry about an algorithm trying to fuck with my head lol

    daughter mobile softball turret

    That is wonderful! While I don’t have kids, I know the feeling of helping young people discover things they’re good at and it’s deeply gratifying. Really cool that you’re there to practice with her too. Having a parent who’s there isn’t a given yet helps so much with basically everything.

    3/10 strikes 5/10 swing

    From what I understand of baseball rules, that would mean like 8/10 over the plate or close enough for the hitter to attempt? 80% success sounds damn good for a new player. Is it possible she has some natural athleticism and/or hand-eye coordination?

    learning together

    Ditto re: softball knowledge; could only guess where to begin. Did see a few rounds of a softball game at a pub once and noticed the pitcher would deliberately bounce the ball, which I thought wasn’t a thing in regular baseball. Is this something pitchers in her league practice, like a type of pitch?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Our species is trash - it has nothing to do with the news cycle. There are just too many fucking stupid people that are being allowed to shit out legions of children.

    I sincerely wish there was a virus that killed people who were "too dumb." It'd be much more peaceful...

    #ThanosWasOntoSomething

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