You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Dear America,
Go fuck yourself. Once I get out of this hellhole I am never looking back.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Well, yeah.
It's just that all the little crap adds up after a while and it's starting to drive me mad.
Honestly given what I've seen and heard from other countries I'm pretty sure most of them are no better. Maybe Canada, but the problem is that as soon as you move somewhere else everyone knows you as "that American person", and...yeah.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Well the thing is
There are countries where they know better than to make guns legally available to the general public
There are countries where the biggest broadcasters are publicly funded and thus strive to produce quality content rather than content that serves corporate interests
There are countries where things like "trash pickup is free because it's funded by taxes" are the rule instead of the exception
There are countries where the government doesn't use my tax dollars to execute its own citizens
There are countries where healthcare is provided to all people instead of letting those who can't afford it suffer
There are countries where college education is publicly funded instead of forcing young people to take on debt to afford it
Things like that. Things that America will eventually get around to fixing, but not any time within my lifetime. And I don't feel like playing this game any longer.
I'm just saying that if you ever live in any of them you should basically expect to be treated like an outcast. I've read that most countries don't really take kindly to liberal Americans moving on in because their own country sucks. Even the British hate us.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
^^^^ That's still preferable to living here, though.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely wish America were a more liberal country and in a more general sense just a better one, but I would rather stay here and help fix the problem then just leave and have it taken for granted elsewhere that I'm a dick because I was born in a country known mostly for producing dicks.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
See, I've thought about the "staying here and trying to fix it" thing, but then I think, why bother? I'm not going to be able to change anything. America adopting a single-payer healthcare system within my lifetime? I won't count on it, but it's within the realm of possibility. The Second Amendment being repealed within my lifetime? Ain't gonna happen, so why waste my time here trying to push for such things? Every minute I willingly spend living in the US is implicit approval of the nonsense that goes on here.
And frankly, if moving to Canada or the UK will mean I can get the government to pay for all the hormones and surgery I'm going to need instead of having to save up every penny I earn and pay it out of pocket, why the hell shouldn't I take advantage of that?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Not entirely, but from discussions I've had with others I'm under the impression that their coverage is much better than what I could get in the US.
If you do not, that is completely fine and within your rights as a person.
Personally, I still try to feel some small pride as an American, but it's hard when the principles this country was built on--and make no mistake, they were good principles--have been retroactively erased and turned into conservative talking points.
Of course, moving isn't ever going to be an option for me even if I wanted it to be. So it's a moot point.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
Not entirely, but from discussions I've had with others I'm under the impression that their coverage is much better than what I could get in the US.
hmm ok :)
Kurt Vonnegut called countries meaningless associations of people. He said that Republicans and Democrats are imaginary, and that the two *real* parties are the Winners and the Losers. I agree with him.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Now, that having been said
I would be willing to stay in the US for the sake of my Anonus
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
He's not entirely sold on the idea yet.
To which I say, fair enough, I'll let him have some time to think it over, and in the meantime we can find somewhere relatively nice in the US to live.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
No thanks, it's a little too late for that. I'm in kind of a crunchy mood and I don't really need another thing distracting me from trying to get some sleep.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
And frankly, if moving to Canada or the UK will mean I can get the government to pay for all the hormones and surgery I'm going to need instead of having to save up every penny I earn and pay it out of pocket, why the hell shouldn't I take advantage of that?
I feel like I should point out that even here, a lot of people pay for SRS, because the NHS surgeons for it aren't particularly great at their job. They're fully capable, of course, just, not great.
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this is the same fucking guy
Honestly given what I've seen and heard from other countries I'm pretty sure most of them are no better. Maybe Canada, but the problem is that as soon as you move somewhere else everyone knows you as "that American person", and...yeah.
On a different note, let us name the skeleton in Homestuck!
There sure are.
I'm just saying that if you ever live in any of them you should basically expect to be treated like an outcast. I've read that most countries don't really take kindly to liberal Americans moving on in because their own country sucks. Even the British hate us.
If you say so.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely wish America were a more liberal country and in a more general sense just a better one, but I would rather stay here and help fix the problem then just leave and have it taken for granted elsewhere that I'm a dick because I was born in a country known mostly for producing dicks.
I feel an obligation to the land I was born on.
If you do not, that is completely fine and within your rights as a person.
Personally, I still try to feel some small pride as an American, but it's hard when the principles this country was built on--and make no mistake, they were good principles--have been retroactively erased and turned into conservative talking points.
Of course, moving isn't ever going to be an option for me even if I wanted it to be. So it's a moot point.
Kurt Vonnegut called countries meaningless associations of people. He said that Republicans and Democrats are imaginary, and that the two *real* parties are the Winners and the Losers. I agree with him.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22015175
today is the sad day.
Burn the Mail to the ground.
ah the old 'person who did [thing] committed crime, therefore [thing] is to blame, not the person!!' tactic
replace 'benefits' with 'video games', 'violent tv', 'communist tendencies', anything you like, works a charm
also isnt it rather convenient how this trial concluded literally 2 days after all the massive benefit cuts came into effect???? very convenient
stop being so obtuse, RiFF.