theHRguyTIL: Suicide Rate in the United States Just Hit Highest Point in 75 Years
Can you blame them?
The US is a fucking hellscape
I spend quite a bit of time there. I’m over several times a year and I genuinely don’t know how people can live like that
There’s a constant thin thread of fear, wrapped around everything, running through everything
People are afraid of the people around them. They’re afraid of their government, they’re afraid of the people who are supposed to be there to protect them, they’re afraid of their employers, they’re afraid of the unknown
I’m very careful not to take my charmed life for granted
Not to mention, people around the world seem to be pretty hostile to Americans right now, no matter who they are, and say they deserve it.
Absolute twaddle.
Most of us in the civilised world pity Americans
We understand that there are systemic problems that individuals can’t be held responsible for, unless they have chosen to be a part of the problem
It’s the obnoxious ones who expect the we give a fuck that they’re yanks that have a hard time, regardless of their politics
The ones who travel wearing Trump hats or otherwise forcing their idiotic politics into things reap what they sow