That we know of.

We should just start putting up our own cameras right next to theirs that they can’t access. I mean, it’s basically what they are already doing to us so I feel like it’s totally fair.

Depression is one of the hardest things I’ve ever talked to people about. People that don’t get depressed don’t get it. People that are they themselves depressed can enable bad behavior. People that don’t believe in depression (thanks dad) think that you are over reacting. And people that want to help are usually the ones that don’t really get it either and don’t know how to help.

Of course there is a bias towards negative experiences as when you are depressed those are the ones that stick out the most. But it still seems like bringing it up to people is such a mixed bag that most people end up internalizing it which only exacerbates it and continues the cycle of hiding emotions (I’m speaking from a male perspective if it wasn’t obvious).

And as someone that has been horribly depressed at various parts of my life I honestly can’t even give any good advice since those parts of my life are such a blur. All I know is that one day I was just okay without even realizing it. Sure I still get depressed from time to time, but I think the part that has changed most about me is my perspective. These days instead of focusing on the feelings of depression I focus on what is causing the depression. Sometimes there is no cause and I just have to deal with it, but most of the time I can figure out what is currently doing it and try and mitigate the issue if I can. And if I can’t, I’ll try and distract myself when I have free time instead of sitting inside my head.

Everybody’s journey is different and I recommend taking what I say with a grain of salt. I was able to face my demons by myself but I know I’m more of am exception rather than the rule. If you think you need help, you probably do. And I recommend help from a professional or someone close to you that has had similar life experience in the past. Talking about it may not seem like it helps sometimes but it really does make small dents over time. And speaking about it out loud can really help you work through something and put it into words instead of generic thoughts floating in your head. It’s why a lot of artists and musicians poor their emotions into their work. It’s easier to work through things in the real world than it is with the abstraction of ideas that is your mind.

And believe it or not, the advice of “drink water and do yoga” is less about the actual activities and more about letting your mind and body do something else besides be depressed. Pick a different activity that you actually enjoy and just see where it goes. The worst that can happen is that you are still depressed but have a new hobby. And, let’s be real, none of us drink enough water.

Probably everyday like we hear about these ones. The issue is that they are always framed as prisons and detention facilities and the average citizen doesn’t care enough to investigate further until someone they know gets taken to one. For me personally I’ve never seen an ICE agent in my entire life and probably nobody in my community has either. A significant amount of people are in the same situation as me but instead of look into this stuff they just think “I’ve never seen this. It can’t be that bad, these people are just overreacting.”

Their cameras have so many security vulnerabilities you’d probably save yourself a lot of head ache by just getting into one of theirs. In fact, I wouldn’t even be surprised if there’s already massive lists of cameras you can just log into on the dark web.

You can have a selfie of my ass with a face painted on it, how’s that?

Edit: spelling

To be fair, they probably are keeping good records. They’re just for internal use only. They’ve basically fired everyone that would report that data or changed the rules so they don’t have to report it publicly anymore. The “leaders” of the regime, like Trump himself and his cabinet, all look like incompetent idiots bumbling around to distract us while the competent ones do all the work. And the majority of people will still spend all their time laughing at the clowns on TV as everything gets dismantled behind the scenes.

Exactly. So many jobs in my early 20s where I’d work my ass off, get thrown into a manager position, gain substantially more responsibilities, and then end up making less money than half the staff a year later.

Currently at the office on a Monday morning after they fired they guy above me a few months back and are now expecting me to not only do my job but his job as well. They raised my pay by $1 an hour, by the way. Jokes on them because I’m putting in exactly as much effort as one should while expected to do two peoples jobs for low pay and it’s not that much work at all.

Along with the dollar being the standard for a lot of international trade, the military assistance provided by the US is one of the biggest reasons for their international power. Like, without those what does the US have to offer the rest of the world that aren’t just shitty tech companies that suffer from extreme enshitification.

That’s honestly not surprising these days unfortunately. Since republicans in the US took over again and with Elon Musk setting the precedent of little to no moderation online, it’s shockingly easy to accidentally find some very disgusting things on big social media platforms. Literally nobody that runs these companies give a shit any more and since most of them are based in the US the government in charge of them doesn’t give a shit anymore either.

Good job me boy!

Yeah, when business is good. But as soon as it’s not the tune changes immediately.

Look, I worked in restaurants for half of my adult life and even though the system is fucked for tips it’s not like the wait staff has a say in the matter so punishing them by not tipping is completely pointless. That being said, I’m pretty sure 90% of wait staff agree with you about tipping but are unfortunately stuck in the system just like the rest of us. But even when considering all of that it’s absolutely insane that people are expected to tip when it costs $100+ just to go out to eat with a few friends.

Basically what I’m saying is that it’s generally a more complicated issue than it looks from the outside, but the long story short is that the staff are the ones getting fucked over by everyone else and it doesn’t make sense to punish them. It’s infinitely more helpful to leave a negative review than it is to not tip the wait staff. If you do that it actually brings attention to the issue and hurts the business instead of just punishing someone for trying to do their job.

The company I work for is currently in the process of switching from our own server and email client to Outlook and OneDrive. It’s gonna be a fucking nightmare when we switch.

In 2024 USAID spent about $21 billion dollars. That’s about 2% of Elon Musk’s current “wealth.” The fact that he doesn’t even have to pay that much in taxes is an absolute failure.

Based upon any video I have ever seen of ICE in this situation, my guess is that they shot first. Isn’t it standard procedure to not shoot at a moving vehicle in order to protect yourself? There was a whole debate after the Renee Goode shooting about how absolutely fucking stupid it is to shoot at a moving vehicle in order to “defend yourself.”

The only time I use private tabs is when I need to look something up that I should already know. Like spelling a really easy word or not knowing a very basic fact.

Yeah, but from a business perspective the whole reason they raised the price was to make more money, not the same amount they made before. Their projected profits were probably based on current users so breaking even or not reaching those projected profits would be considered a huge failure.

So one should just sacrifice everyone elses safety and privacy because you’re bad a recognizing faces? I get that it can be helpful, but you are literally uploading strangers faces and likeness to Meta’s servers without their consent. It’s creepy and predatory.