What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I support mandatory retesting every 10 years. It won't weed out all of the baddies but it'd be a start. Plus it would mean more jobs at the DMV for people who don't give a shit about customer service! Everybody wins.

Should require a license to have kids too quite frankly... I know a lot of people don't like that notion but truth is there are just way too many unqualified parents out there. That, and there's just simply too many of us in general now (but again, no one wants to talk about that.)

[Feba]

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Kid license questions:

1- What are the requirements?
2- What are the penalties for failing to comply?
3- What are the benefits to this program?
4- How are the benefits going to outweigh the costs?


Overpopulation questions:

1- Saying there's "too many" implies that there is a set max population for the planet. What is that number?
2- What standard of living is that based off of?
3- What leads you to believe that that is the standard we should be aiming for, instead of one higher or lower?
4- What makes you believe that simply limiting population will lead to an equitable distribution of resources?
5- In North America, minorities tend to have higher fertility rates than whites. How do you intend to limit population replacement without unfairly harming/benefiting non-whites?
6- Almost all developed countries are below their replacement fertility rate; that is, children born inside the country aren't enough to replace the generation that came before them. The reason for population growth in those countries is immigration, not reproduction. Why should those countries limit their native populations to even lower rates; eventually driving themselves extinct?
7- If those countries shouldn't limit their populations, how do you intend to coerce developing economies to harm their own birth rates?
8- Speaking of economics, how do you intend to combat the huge damage caused by plummeting fertility rates and aging populations, such as is being experienced in much of East Asia?
9- What economic benefits do countries stand to gain through limiting population?


I could go on, but I'm guessing you probably just saw someone bring up those ideas once and decided to parrot them instead of actually thinking through the issues. I don't even completely disagree, it just annoys me how you act like you can solve the world's problems when you honestly have no clue what the hell you even want to do.

[Firewind]

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We have had this conversation on the forums before and some of the things people were saying fucking terrified me.

Also Driving License retesting should be done at least once every 5 years, as well as an "I know how not to act a twat on public transport" License, tested every 2 years. I'm fairly sure it would solve a hell of a lot of pollution and obesity issues at the same time as well.

[Aksannyi]

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Yeah I didn't have the frame of mind last night to respond to what Mal said.

I'm really opposed in most cases to the government putting restrictions on what I am allowed to do with my life. Granted there are things that should be governed, like murdering, stealing, drinking and driving - things that affect others as much or more than they affect me. It's why I can't stand when people smoke and I think they're fucking idiots (to be quite honest) but I don't support the government making it illegal. I support laws that regulate its use where it is a nuisance to others, such as prohibition from smoking indoors and while performing some tasks. But outright taking it away, I do not support.

That's just one example, but I believe in complete autonomy of one's body. If you wish to smoke, smoke. If you wish to get tattoos, get tattoos. If you wish to have lots of sex, have lots of sex. If you get pregnant and wish to have an abortion, have an abortion. Abortion is one I struggle with the most since I think we can do a whole lot more educating on safe sex, but the point still stands - a person should have the full autonomy of self to do what they please with their own body.

While there are parts of me that don't disagree that some people shouldn't be having kids, I'm sure that there is someone out there right now who thinks that about every parent. (Hell, there are many times I asked myself why the fuck my parents had me.) The thing is, procreation most of the time isn't this hugely planned thing. Sexual activity is in one's nature. While I would fully support stronger sex education programs so that people know what they're getting into, there's a lot more to consider than that. There's rape culture, there's the culture of shaming people who get abortions (even if the woman having the abortion was raped, but then she will be shamed for that, there really is no end to the vile way people can mistreat one another). And sometimes, people just make bad choices.

But.

People should be allowed to make those bad choices. I hate the people who have nine kids who live off the system just as much as anyone. But you and I both know why they do it - because they keep getting paid to fuck, basically. The government hands them money for shitting out kids. It's not going to change anytime soon, but the best way to stop people from becoming a burden on the system is to make the system wean them off until eventually it's cut off entirely. There was a time when people worked for themselves and supported themselves, and the poor just died. Oh well. I'm of the firm belief that the land and the economy will support what it can bear. Let the free market and the supply/demand curve work itself out and stop using the government to hold up failing industries/families/etc.

Anyway this is probably way longer than necessary so while I could go on I'm going to stop, but I have a huge problem with the government removing my autonomy. I am my own person and I will make my own decisions, right or wrong.

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Dad just had a heart attack and the paramedics are taking him to a hospital.

Scared out of my fucking mind right now, how world is ending... literally and figuratively.

[Jarre]

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Hes in good hands mate its amazing what they can do these days with things like cardiac catheterization and angiography (where they can with 30 minutes of getting to hospital put a probe to unblock arteries and has a very high success rate.) Just take a deep breath, drive safely to the ER and listen to what the docs say. Its easier I know sat on a wall but you need to be strong for your family and and look after them.

[Aksannyi]

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Oh Jesus Mal, praying for you and your family right now. Hugs.

[DakAttack]

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I support eugenics. I predict it will gradually become a larger issue over the next few decades.

[Malacite]

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He's dead.

My life is literally, completely fucked. 27 years old, no post-secondary and still jobless and now our home has no income at all other than a tiny bit of disability (my brother) and my mom's pension.

Why today? Why the FUCK did this have to happen today ?!

[Aksannyi]

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Oh fuck honey I'm so sorry.

There isn't much more I can offer than that.

[cidbahamut]

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That is awful beyond words.

[Malacite]

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I hate life so much right now.

Wasn't enough having my heart broken this same day years ago by my closest friend, and the person I loved most in the whole world. Fate/karma/whatever felt it had to outdo itself and take it one step further and rob me of my father.

I am so fucked.

[ItazuraNhomango]

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Get it together, moron.

You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, but even you must see that you are your family's best hope. (Yes, hope. And, the best one left.) Save your self-pity and anguish for later when you can actually afford a psychologist.

1. Get the funeral arrangement going. Handle it, or help whoever is handling it.
2. Keep an eye on your mother and brother, make sure they make it through.
3. Swallow whatever pride you have left, use the funeral to connect with relatives and family friends. Explain your family's financial situation.
4. BEG FOR A JOB. BEG FOR JOB LEADS. BEG FOR ADVICE.

You can't ignore lack of income anymore, or cover it up with complaints about how hard it is. You're out of options. Time to work like your family is depending on it--because it is.

[Feba]

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Shitty day, man.

Don't get depressed now, though, get active. Plenty of time for depression in the future, but it's not going to help you at the moment.

[Aksannyi]

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Not to "white knight" (if you can call it that),

But depression is pretty much the mother of inaction, and though you will stare yourself in the face and tell yourself to get up and just do things, you just ... can't. And then your mind tells you that you're just terrible for not getting up and doing the thing, and you feel worse for not doing the thing, and you get less motivated to do the thing.

That said, they are right, Mal. You do have to take action, no matter how hard things are for you right now. It's the hardest thing to do - fight when you just want to give up and curl up in your dark coccoon. I know this. But please don't give up. I can't speak for everyone here, but I have faith that you will find something and that everything will eventually work out. Please don't give up, and keep trying. It may not always seem like it, but we're here to support you (even if we're sometimes assholes to each other).

I wish there was something I could do. My PM box is open, if that helps.