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Actually having done some work on res areas in nevada, poo poo is pretty bad there and whatabouting in mumbai is kinda lovely.
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Native American reservations are some of the most abject poverty I've seen ever, our social work class visited one over the summer and tried to see what we could do to help.
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TildeATH posted:You people done gone crazy. gently caress you that is all I mean I guess the places in the US that are destitute can sort of rely on a basic existence of a civil society that will hypothetically serve their needs but in actuality won't do so so... it's better than say Somalians who struggle under the exact same conditions but lack said hypothetical rule of law and order yeah fine. Gunshow Poophole fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 05:58
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It might not be to the same degree as the worst possible conditions imaginable in AIDS infested hellholes ruled by cannibal warlords, but being poor in the great US of A can be as lovely as being a poor in any developing nation, and these people are just as vulnerable to economic and social upheaval. Like say poo poo, you are in Florida, lacking higher education, already deep in debt and without the economic ability to relocate - what happens when there's not only a nation-wide (nevermind world-wide) economic crash, but also the state itself is going under from unrelenting hurricanes and floods? Do you think the nice government is going to pick you up and set you up with a job in a state that's not hosed? At best you're getting transport to essentially a temporary refugee camp that'll end up being permanent.
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Apr 12, 2017 11:27
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If there is one thing America does extra-special to gouge poor people (it's several) it's wealth disparity and conspicuous consumption. Sub-Saharan Africa got nothing on us 😎
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I was thinking about this at work yesterday, about how it's actually vastly worse to be stuck in crippling poverty in North America rather than elsewhere because the entire system is designed around having cash resources. Dirt poor in some eastern european village? You have property which was given to your family from the communist era, and growing your own food is second nature because the food economy has been unchanged for centuries. Dirt poor in rural Washington? Good luck not starving. But this is a matter of socioeconomics. Suffice it to say that the USA is going to get nailed to the wall by climate change. The only people who think otherwise are living in ivory towers and have never struggled to survive once in their life. 
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eNeMeE posted:Congratulations on being an awful person, I guess? That's exactly why I made the decision, the people wishing me death are funny and cool, and I'm a bad person for not trying to rip open my abdomen and hand them my still beating heart. I definitely wish the people joking about my death think I'm an awful person, for sure. TildeATH posted:No there aren't you're being a dummy. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/inside-colonias-the-texas-border-towns-without-electricity-or-running-water You're a dumb lovely poster who needs to read more. I'm guessing these people don't count because they're brown, right call to action fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 14:40
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call to action posted:That's exactly why I made the decision, the people wishing me death are funny and cool, and I'm a bad person for not trying to rip open my abdomen and hand them my still beating heart
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Apr 12, 2017 14:43
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Your heart is not in your abdomen. You can rip open an abdomen to get to the heart, ask me how I know (former EMT in SD, CA). If you've got any more medical questions maybe keep them out of the thread tho
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Apr 12, 2017 14:44
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call to action posted:You can rip open an abdomen to get to the heart, ask me how I know (former EMT in SD, CA). If you've got any more medical questions maybe keep them out of the thread tho You are weirdly defensive about your extremely selfish and irrational choice. You're a selfish rear end in a top hat, own it.
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Apr 12, 2017 14:47
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You used to be in the medical field, you're not an organ donor, and you ride a motorcycle? I don't actually have words for that level of stupidity. ...how did you end up in this thread?
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call to action posted:I definitely wish the people joking about my death think I'm an awful person, for sure. you really showed them
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Internet Explorer posted:You used to be in the medical field, you're not an organ donor, and you ride a motorcycle? I don't actually have words for that level of stupidity. Yeah, I'm actually pretty curious, too. Like, no offense, but it does seem to be a really weird combination. Not donating organs after you're done with them to spite some hypothetical strangers is a super-dick move, but then you were also apparently an EMT? Like, isn't saving lives generally considered to be a good thing no matter what some snide assholes say about your choice of transportation? Crazycryodude fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 15:30
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Maybe his career choice was motivated by a desire to see people suffer. But he also said that he's not donating organs for spiritual reasons so who knows what's up.
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Maybe the spiritual reason is getting real loving ripped on booze.
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Crazycryodude posted:Yeah, I'm actually pretty curious, too. Like, no offense, but it does seem to be a really weird combination. Not donating organs after you're done with them to spite some hypothetical strangers is a super-dick move, but then you were also apparently an EMT? Like, isn't saving lives generally considered to be a good thing no matter what some snide assholes say about your choice of transportation? It's just a (particularly spiteful) variety of the cognitive dissonance that allows us to post in this thread bemoaning the future climate apocalypse but then wake up the next morning and drive to work or enjoy a steak or plan our trip to the Great Barrier Reef or whatever other unsustainable thing everyone invariably does that nebulously fucks over some future person.
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call to action posted:That's exactly why I made the decision, the people wishing me death are funny and cool, and I'm a bad person for not trying to rip open my abdomen and hand them my still beating heart. I definitely wish the people joking about my death think I'm an awful person, for sure. I like that you think the people who teased you are the ones who would have gotten the life-saving organs they need to survive if you'd died. Likely it's just some sad miserable person suffering because their organs are falling apart and not someone who teases motorcyclists but hey, go get em, dude. call to action posted:https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/inside-colonias-the-texas-border-towns-without-electricity-or-running-water I don't need a Vice doc to know about any of that, I've lived in some of those communities growing up and anyone who argues that being poor in America is equivalent to being poor in 3rd world countries is a moron. The kind of mental gymnastics you all do and the kind of willful ignorance of the level of suffering going on out in the rest of the world is, well, right in line with the kind of irrational thinking that leads a person to punish the suffering because they were teased about riding a motorcycle.
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It's loving amazing how butthurt people get when they hear they're not getting my organs, usually from people who have very longwinded opinions about bodily autonomy. It's so bizarre to think about not getting a donation from me as "punishing the suffering", yet for some reason when you don't donate your vacation cash to help the needy, that's not "punishing the suffering". Telling though how many people need to chime in and tell me how hard they're rolling their eyes at my decisions. Maybe if you didn't view me as merely a means to my organs your gramps wouldn't have died before they got to the top of the list. TildeATH posted:I don't need a Vice doc to know about any of that, I've lived in some of those communities growing up No you didn't. Internet Explorer posted:You used to be in the medical field, you're not an organ donor, and you ride a motorcycle? I don't actually have words for that level of stupidity. Yeah, how stupid of me to get out of a minimum wage field and not to give your mamaw my meat. So dumb, y'know. call to action fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 19:10
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You specifically said you are not an organ donor to spite people who joked about you being an organ donor because you ride a motorcycle. Fuuuucccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk offfffffffff with your "bodily autonomy." You'd be dead.
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Apr 12, 2017 19:17
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why is the CC thread currently about some guy going libertarian about organ donation
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Apr 12, 2017 19:18
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Motto posted:why is the CC thread currently about some guy going libertarian about organ donation Because they keep responding to me for some reason (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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It's us, we're the ecomutants.
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Motto posted:why is the CC thread currently about some guy going libertarian about organ donation the same reason we talked about meatballs in the trump thread
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Internet Explorer posted:You specifically said you are not an organ donor to spite people who joked about you being an organ donor because you ride a motorcycle. Fuuuucccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk offfffffffff with your "bodily autonomy." You'd be dead. As if it loving matters, plenty of women were happy to get abortions, some characterized them as "getting rid of a parasite". Just because people phrase their thought process in a way that hurts your feelings doesn't strip them of their rights. Sorry bud. Now, on topic: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/climate/climate-change-warming-permafrost.html quote:As global warming thaws the permafrost, the frozen land that covers nearly six million square miles of the earth, a big question for scientists is: How much will be lost? I like the part where they don't even mention why losing permafrost matters call to action fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 19:47
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y'know in a way I support you. assuming you die in america, your organs could go on to save 2 or 3 people and prolong their lives by decades. decades of unsustainable lifestyles and immoral levels of carbon intensity.
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If guy wants to go lolbertarian or sovereign citizen on organ donation, I will gladly support the invasion of his sovereign body after death as there isn't really anyone remaining to defend it. In other news, sea ice extent is creepily maintaining a fixed record distance below the prior minima, and I'm now wondering whether this is just deeply coincidental RNG or a very angry God telling those of us who are watching ahead of time that, yes, he will be killing us all in short order. The link: https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/global-sea-ice Potato Salad fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 20:17
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lol that call to action has vacation plans in the egyptian afterlife good thing they don't weigh your brains
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Well this thread took a weird turn.call to action posted:My organs I think the most outrageous thing about this guy is that he is arrogant enough to believe that every potential organ recipient knows who he is and that he rides a motorcycle (and mocks him for it) Like this guy is the talk of the town and everyone on the waiting list talks about him, licking their lips every time he turns the ignition key and discussing how they'll divvy up those sweet, sweet organs
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call to action is all about two things, evangelizing the virtues of selfishness and possessing a geopolitical view of politics that begins and ends with "CLOSE BORDERS IMMEDIATELY, AMNESTY FOR ALL" It's hard to tell which is dumber.
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So someone please tell me again why I should not purposely avoid all emotional investment in people and achievements so I am fully ready to die when the time comes? To be more precise, is there a completely reason based argument for living in a situation where things are certain to get worse? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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AceOfFlames posted:So someone please tell me again why I should not purposely avoid all emotional investment in people and achievements so I am fully ready to die when the time comes? Because been there, done that, and it's dumb. Enjoy your time with family and loved ones, speak of your convictions when opportunity presents itself, and if you need a reason, change your life so you can contribute to things that will benefit people 7 generations from now. Humans will (narrowly) survive this, even in a much hotter world, but our civilization won't, so make things better for those who will come after if you can.
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The Groper posted:Enjoy your time with family and loved ones Family is bossy and controlling, have no one else. The Groper posted:speak of your convictions when opportunity presents itself Hardly anyone ever speaks to me. The Groper posted:and if you need a reason, change your life so you can contribute to things that will benefit people 7 generations from now I don't own a car and refuse to have children. I refuse to go vegan since food is one of the few joys I have left. The Groper posted:Humans will (narrowly) survive this, even in a much hotter world, but our civilization won't For me civilization IS humanity. If humanity is going to remain at a medieval tech level for the rest of its existence then might as well nuke the world right now.
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AceOfFlames posted:Hardly anyone ever speaks to me. i think we know why
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AceOfFlames posted:So someone please tell me again why I should not purposely avoid all emotional investment in people and achievements so I am fully ready to die when the time comes? Go post in E/N this isn't your therapy thread lol.
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Apr 12, 2017 21:57
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enraged_camel posted:i think we know why The motorcycle, right?
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Apr 12, 2017 21:58
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enraged_camel posted:i think we know why Well, I don't go around talking to people about this, hence why I complain about it so much here. Anyone here listen to S-Town? The main character so to speak is also horribly depressed over climate change. I was hoping that podcast had a solution to that despair but of course it does not. AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Apr 12, 2017 21:59
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call to action posted:It's loving amazing how butthurt people get when they hear they're not getting my organs, usually from people who have very longwinded opinions about bodily autonomy. It's so bizarre to think about not getting a donation from me as "punishing the suffering", yet for some reason when you don't donate your vacation cash to help the needy, that's not "punishing the suffering". I have never been on a vacation because I'm poor af. Plus I imagine most of us aren't going to ask for our money to be buried with us 
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Apr 12, 2017 22:15
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For what it's worth I'm no longer interested in getting a motorcycle and my heart is enlarged enough to probably donate to two or three people.
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Just kill yourself AceofFlames. You will be helping the climate and solving all your problems. Take some fossil fuel lobbyists down with you.
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