That the way the daily lives of themselves and everyone in their society has so many negative effects. I get they don’t have a choice. You work were you can and live where you can afford and manage what you can based on the resources you have available. I just wish the average person would hate it more and try to disconnect from it as much as they can and realize its bad in all the ways they don’t if they can’t. Drive less, eat less meat, use less proprietary things, eat less processed foods, consume less, simplify, enjoy simple things.
We’re standing on an unthinkably thin layer of viable grime coating a very small rock. We should all be constantly aware of how delicate this situation is and act accordingly, both in terms of how we treat each other and the shit we do to the rock.
Seconded. If the Earth were the size of a globe on your desk, he entire biosphere would be thinner than a piece of paper. We have filled the whole thing with our waste and toxins and we are destroying the very systems that we rely on to produce our food and air. If we do not start paying attention and taking steps, I sincerely believe that there will be a society ending global crisis in the next 2-3 decades.
Driving like a maniac saves you a negligible amount of time but puts others in disproportionate danger.
Yup, I stopped worrying about extra lane changes and pushing the speed limit when I realized that it was literally saving me 1-2 minutes at best. Not worth the risk or the hassle.
Similar but really it was the difference between driving being stressful and relaxing. I used to be so angry every time someone did something wrong but now I leave them extra space knowing humans mess up all the time and I’m leaving space so it won’t affect me
saves you a negligible amount of time but puts others in disproportionate danger.
So… Win-win?
I wish people would realize how their bad behavior, how their greed, hurts other people.
the thing is, they DO realize it. what a lot of people don’t realize is that people like that literally enjoy causing suffering in others. especially “other” others. telling these people that they’re hurting you doesn’t make them feel bad, it makes them feel GOOD
why? cycle of abuse? brainwashing? lack of education? most likely, all the above.
Cars.
They are everywhere, they take for themselves the majority of public space in urban areas and they are incredibly dangerous, noisy, expensive. Yet majority of people barely notice them
Perfect representation, a classic, thanks
The rise of fascism.
Yeah, I was gonna say something about how politicians lie or how the media manipulates people. You were more succinct.
That they’re never going to watch the video they’re taking on their cell phone at a sporting event, or concert, or political event, or whatever.
And just live in the moment instead.
My family gets upset about that. I nuked my socials back on January 1st 2020. I rarely take any photos. “We want to see the memories!”. Well, I’m too busy making them to remember to record them
When I go to an event I give myself 2-3 pictures and then turn my phone off. I do generally end up printing them physically and keeping them.
People rarely notice anything above their eyeline. It has to be directly in front of them or slightly down to be noticed.
Look UP people! There’s a whole other world there.
Ties into my answer, sunlight through treetops.
Apparently thats because we dont have any natural predators in the air (or at least didnt when we had to worry about that.)
I wonder if drone warfare is going to change that up for us over the generations?
Why are you being downvoted? That’s literally the reason we don’t look up.
It’s literally not. This is like that stupid thing people say about how if you nod up to someone, you expose your neck and don’t see them as a threat.
It’s complete nonsense with no real evidence to support it. But people keep spreading it because it seems intuitive.
I wish people noticed how much fucking space they take up.
All the fucking time I go to the shops or something and some oblivious dolt just stops walking, usually right in the middle of a fucking choke point.
I wish people would treat walking like they should treat driving; look around. Don’t stop in the middle of a highway. If you need to stop, pull over. If you’re walking slow, use the slow lane.
We need pedestrian traffic rules because this shit evidently is not intuitive to a lot of people.
This is just people being inconsiderate in general, and whether it’s in an aisle or on the road I think the sentiment is the same. I wish people would notice others around them more. We’d have to have a much more empathetic culture for that tho :/
That they are blocking the door on public transport.
Or those who want to get in without letting people getting off first…
i try to get other ppl off first too!
That’s just being a giving…uh…person.
The high pitch noises from so many electronic items. Just as an example HP printers have a high pitch whine from their power supplies. I literally can’t be in the room with them. If more noticed less people would buy the garbage.
CRTs used to drive me nuts. No matter where I was in the house, I could always tell if someone was watching TV
Had this problem at highscool, I could tell if the TV mounted in the room ceiling was on even if the screen was black. I had to ask the teachers to turn them off, they’d look at it and say “it is” and then we’d have an argument about not being able to hear anything. Eventually I would prove it by turning away, and having them randomly turn it off and on and I could tell them when it was off vs on.
Very frustrating, but I got old and now I can’t hear shit
I’m past the point of being able to hear most of it. We have neighbors with one of those high pitched devices to keep teens from loitering: my teens were driven crazy but I couldn’t hear at all.
But my ex is a teacher and I went to see her new classroom. The WiFi had a high pitched whine that drove me crazy yet she couldn’t hear it. I tried to get her to do something about it because I don’t see how anyone can learn with that, especially since students can hear so much better than I.
I don’t think this is a situation of noticing or not noticing, I’m pretty sure most folks over a certain age literally cannot hear those frequencies. Then there’s the “lucky” ones of us that can still hear every little whine 🙃
Notice your default behaviors and take a moment to consider whether they serve you. They might, they might not. You may want to change them, you may not. Just be intentional about how you conduct yourself.
I’m Belgian. I’m working with and for muncipalities and the regional government for years now and people trend to think public servants are lady and stubborn.
I see a lot of enthousiastic, driven, hard working public servants everyday. They often are mangled between political pressure and civilian pressure. There are rotten apples in the basket, for sure, but tge vast majority of public servants work hard en mean well.
Hi! I am from Canada. A large portion of our taxpayers hate public servants and describe them as lazy, entitled, and incompetent. I have worked in both the public and private sector. My impression is that the public service is mostly filled with idealistic, dedicated people who could make more money in the private sector but choose to work for the public service because they believe in good government. Many of them work very hard, even without pressure from their supervisors. There are, as you say, rotten apples - but they are a small minority.
I think that attacks on the public service are right-wing attempts to undermine faith in government - they are trying to promote privatization (which benefits private corporations at the expense of the public) and cuts to social programs (in order to reduce the tax burden of the rich).
How they are being manipulated by so many things; advertisements, the media, influencers, social media posts, the entertainment industry. The biases aren’t all bad but they definitely exist.
The big one for me is even worse, the way they were raised.
“I became my own person” no you fucking didn’t, you still hold fundamental biases and function based on things you aren’t even aware of.
Everything is programmed in, EVERYTHING.
You think eating bugs is gross? Programmed in.
You hate the number 4(parts of asia)? Programmed in.
You sing Happy Birthday at a party while serving a cake? Programmed in.
The fascist takeover. Anyone who isn’t resisting it in some way is complacent.
