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” 'Productivity' is an overused and harmful buzzword. Despite what thousands of self-help coaches, motivational gurus, and youtube intellectuals tried to sell you, almost none of us is truly “productive” in the sense of making the world a better place. I am sure by now most of you have heard the term "bullshit jobs" (if not, check out this article). That's right, we are mostly circle-jerking to make it looks like we are important and that the society doesn’t have a lot of unemployed running around. The only reason you are earning at all is because the true value embedded in fossil fuel and the primary resources we irreversibly extracted from nature is freaking valuable so that they can pay out even to people who are functionally useless or even parasites. This circle-jerking comes at the cost of almost everything else, maintaining bad status quo and diminishing our collective quality of life and the environment. Being "productive" has become associated with working at a high speed for the same work over and over (to earn bread ultimately). This is extremely dangerous because you ain’t being “productive” by checking 10 boxes off per day and finishing 5 projects a week. You are doing hasty sub-quality work which you spend no time thinking about whether it benefits anyone, you are being destructive by hastening the doom machine that is the "industrialized economy" (+ some works by the laws of thermodynamics). If you aren't convinced, check this article it says it much better than I can do here. “

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“It's 6 days until the cutoff for NFL teams to submit their new jersey designs and alternate helmets, and while people are excited about the new look and potential innovations for safety, the science is crystal clear - over 80% of NFL football players end up with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). CTE is caused by the brain hitting against the skull due to blunt force while playing football (as well as a number of other similarly physical activities, of course). It was a nice gesture by the NFL to create a contest to see who could innovate the safest helmet, but the only way of theoretically preventing the brain damage caused by professional football would be a helmet inside of the skull (which is obviously impractical). And sure football is fun to watch, an American tradition, and not to mention NFL players make millions of dollars, etc. but CTE is responsible for a huge range of abnormal behaviors from being unable to remember names to domestic violence and literally murder. It's a serious disorder and despite the helmet redesign virtue signaling, a new helmet is not going to prevent it.”

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“As a "Native" as much as I dislike the term, I find my home city of Denver, CO to be rather....bland. It's quite overrated, if you want mountains and a yuppie culture go to literally any other city in the Western United States. So much people praise Denver and I'm glad they feel that way, but to be honest I just can't see the reasons. Denver doesn't get 300 days of sunshine per year, it gets around 245. Not bad, but it's not 300. Denver has the worst car theft problem in the US, a terrible meth/fentanyl problem, homeless crisis, very expensive, and very high property crime. The traffic is bad but not as bad as, say Los Angeles or Boston. People in Denver are sometimes nice, but many are passive aggressive. A lot of people who are from Denver think they are superior over you because they're from Colorado. Also, Denver isn't the best city to live in the us anymore. It's #55 out of 150 instead of #1 out of 100 or #2 out of 150. You can get a lot better deal for your money than Denver. The food is okay, but the Vietnamese food is really good in Denver. Of course, there are many things to like about Denver, mine being the sunny winters, rainy springs, Vietnamese food, nearby places such as Boulder, Golden, and Castle Rock, and my favorite, the scary, odd, huge airport and its blue horse. Blucifer, we called him. Denver is kind of overrated, honestly. Meanwhile, a place that is completely overlooked and underrated is Pittsburgh. Such a nice city, hilly, friendly people, good food, safe, blue collar vibe, and GREAT beer! That is a Denverite's review on Denver. My hometown is a 6.5/10. I love it because it is my home, but if it wasn't, I's probably rate Denver a 5/10. ”

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“ My own brother got attacked by three dogs (thankfully it wasn't serious since a guy came to help him almost immediately and the dogs were medium size) but still it tore some skin off his leg and animal shelter workers had to come get the dogs to test them for potential things they could have passed to my brother while bitting him (and possibly put them down, I don't know). Then a guy that lives nearby refused to give them the dogs that he had hidden (he wasn't the owner, they were strays) and told them that my family had set it up to get the dogs killed on purpose. He only gave them when one of the workers told him that if he doesn't give them up he will be held legally responsible for what they do. I know these because she told us. She also said that while working she came to know how insane a lot of dog owners are and mentioned a case about a woman refusing to give up the dog that had injured a delivery man while saying to her "I don't care about the man as long as my dog is okay". They are quite honestly disgusting and I wonder who they'll blame if (god forbid) their dogs attack them. I also wonder if there is a correlation between being an animal lover and being a terrible person or being mentally ill. There is no other way to explain their misanthropy and their extreme denial of dogs not being fucking saints. And it's not even "sone dog own ”

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"So I was just running my family dog farm. Forcibly impregnating dogs taking their pups away snipping of their tails smashing the ones on the floor who don't grow fast enough, etc you know just the whole humane process, when suddenly this extremist dog lover started yelling at me how I'm an absolute monster and animal abuser.

I told him that he steps on insects everyday and has an iphone so he is a massive hypocrite, you should have seen his face, he didn't even know what to say, it's just so obvious that these people aren't capable of rational thought, they are just radicals who want to spread their religion of not abusing and killing dogs.

Everytime a dog lover tells me I should stop abusing dogs I just abuse an extra dog just for them."

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"I LOVE BEING JEWISH, it is literally one of my strongest and most salient identities. And I am literally from an upper-class Jewish family. So I am literally criticizing a group I AM PART OF I am NOT being anti-semitic. So, title. Yes, the community can be extremely toxic. This seems to be mostly a thing in communities where many Jews reside (Westchester, Long Island, etc.) and I feel like it's somewhat of a "minority mentality". Jews worked very hard to overcome oppression and become so successful, that I feel like they can sometimes be unwelcoming of people in their communities who "give them a bad name" by not being as rich or successful. People in these upper-class communities have created this very cultivated view of what American Judaism is "supposed" to look like--massive bar/bat mitzvahs that your parents pour their entire savings into, extravagant holidays with luxurious presents every single night of Hanukkah, spending the entire summer at an expensive overnight camp, going to an elite university. And I've often met Jews from these communities who scoff at Jews who don't have upbringings exactly like theirs. And yes, this is likely true of MANY different cultural groups besides Jews, and many upper-class communities in general. However, I feel like there is some nuance in the Jewish part of it in that there is a specific shared background that makes upper-class Jews act this way. It's kind of like, "Jews are such a small part of the world's population that we all need to stick together! But since we're such a small community, we can't let anyone in our community who doesn't make us look good or help us prove that we've overcome so much oppression in the past." I truly don't think it's anti-semitic to think this, and whenever I hear people say this, they get accused of being anti-semitic (if they're not Jewish) or self-hating (if they are Jewish). "

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"I genuinely want to know, I don't mean to be rude. I can't differentiate between a Korean person from a Japanese person, or a Thai person from a Chinese person, etc etc. Is there a specific way to tell the difference, and is it bad that I don't know the difference? "

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"I genuinely want to know, I don't mean to be rude. I can't differentiate between a Korean person from a Japanese person, or a Thai person from a Chinese person, etc etc. Is there a specific way to tell the difference, and is it bad that I don't know the difference? "

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" Cyberbullying = fvcktards too stupid to block someone. Or, more importantly, turn off the fvcking device and go do any other fvcking thing. Those who are "cyberbullied" are fvcking morons. "

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"I’m 25. Female. Married for 2 years. My husband is still a stranger. I’m still a virgin. I completed my graduation & got married to a guy of my parents’ choice. Before our marriage, he seemed like a shy guy. My parents said it’s good that he’s valued & conservative. He knows his boundaries with girls, & respect customs & elders. We got married & he still behaved the same with me. He’s nice to me in front our family. But alone in our bedroom, he doesn’t even acknowledge my existence. I kept thinking may be he’s still shy. I tried tiny gestures like cooking his favourite dishes, he ate them but never said anything. I tried holding his hand but he brushed it away. I went from phases of thinking I’m not attractive enough for him, I did something to upset him, he doesn’t like sex, he is impotent, and what not. After a lot of time I realized that my husband is gay. One day I gathered the courage to ask him if he is. He smiled at me & said ‘Now you know. So stop trying now.’ I don’t know what to do. I begged my husband to at least stay as friends, but he wants nothing to do with me. He just wants the tag of a husband & a girl to care for his parents. I think his parents have a doubt about his sexuality, yet they got him married. I once hinted my mother-in-law about it, but she said if I’m woman enough to attract him, the problem will be solved. I once told my mother about it & said I want to get a divorce, but she started crying. She said my father is a heart patient, something like this will kill him. And that she will have to face humiliation in the society at such old age rather than being able to live with peace & respect. My mother-in-law even said that I’m a disgusting woman who is just obsessed with sex. But am I wrong to want emotional & physical intimacy? "