Dustin D. Wind
The Whore of BlahbylonAccept reality for what it is.
A. No, née: Moose@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon and are also much much closer to being one than the other.
sortius@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon that's why I have no problem stopping for a chat with the local homeless people
HoldMyType@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon kindness is not unreasonable
Peter Kisner ≈@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
Bit of perspective I've read a couple times recently:
Q: What's the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars?
A: About a billion dollars.
weebull@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Yes, but but people don't want to believe that. It terrifies them.
"There, but for the grace of dog, go I."
Just BobAs a homeless person i can think of many was that can be insulting but I can also see what the message is saying...
styxrafting@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon I never liked these kind of messages. You shouldn't empathize and support the weak, the minorities and vulnerable people in general, because you are close to them or might end up like them. This is selfish and offensive.
You should empathize with them and support them because they deserve to be able to live with dignity and with their needs met, and because they (and all of us) demand justice and what was stolen from us.
You should empathize with them and support them because they deserve to be able to live with dignity and with their needs met, and because they (and all of us) demand justice and what was stolen from us.
@styxrafting Yes, but the message really isn't commentary on homeless people. It's commentary on society's willingness to genuflect at the alter of obscene wealth while having aspirational desires to possess that same wealth.
It is a reminder to all the Joe Blows out there of where their status on the social hierarchy actually falls.
And a reminder that we are statistically more likely to become homeless than we are of becoming a billionaire.
rood@styxrafting @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
"and support them because they deserve to be able to live with dignity and with their needs met, and because they (and all of us) demand justice and what was stolen from us."
Isn't that what is being said?
@rood @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon no, the first message implies that you could end up in their position one day, and that's why you should care - for your own well-being. The second one only talks about solidarity and justice, regardless if it can happen to you.
And this is a genuine distinction, not just semantics, cause, to what degree it is possible for something to happen to you, is a driver for compassion in most people. The less probable it is, the less many people care. If people learn to think that way, you will have a hard time convincing them to care about their state dropping bombs on children in the global south, for example.
This is not hypothetical by the way, there have been many studies about how little the foreign policy impacts people's vote or the fact that they do not care to know what operations their state conducts outside the country, funded by them.
And this is a genuine distinction, not just semantics, cause, to what degree it is possible for something to happen to you, is a driver for compassion in most people. The less probable it is, the less many people care. If people learn to think that way, you will have a hard time convincing them to care about their state dropping bombs on children in the global south, for example.
This is not hypothetical by the way, there have been many studies about how little the foreign policy impacts people's vote or the fact that they do not care to know what operations their state conducts outside the country, funded by them.
@styxrafting "You have more in common" is not immediately derogatory. The reference is a positive embrace.
Sarcasm here is cynical. Sticker messages can be down to Earth. The post itself suggests it's down to Earth. "Any billionaire" sounds immediately derisive, and this describes the author's point of reference.
Positive responses are assuming it's common ground within a majority. Saying how a billion is obscure, and those billionaires are equally obscure.
To me, your analysis is automatically conflating the post with homelessness issues.
Mausmaki 🇧🇷🇻🇪@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon may I _kindly_ add: ...and I am dammit proud of it!