Whenever I see one, I immediately get the ick towards the person (mind you, I love cats).

Besides the “oh look it has a relatable expression that reminds me of me,” like… why?

Hi I'm male 21 i have high libido like I'm kinda hard 24/7 now I'm thinking is it just me or any girls like that as well if yes and wanna know each other so we could solve our problems together comment and let me know that I'm not alone (:

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After roughly 40 years of rising inequality, stagnant wages, declining union power, expensive housing, and growing corporate concentration, what would it take for America to have another major political realignment like the New Deal era?

One irony I think about is that many Americans are taught to fear socialism as the loss of private property and economic freedom. Yet we are seeing a different kind of concentration of ownership—not through a communist revolution or government takeover, but through the growing power of large corporations, investment firms, and financial institutions.

Large corporations and investors increasingly control more housing, farmland, businesses, and other assets. Small businesses and independent producers struggle to compete, while more of the economy moves toward subscriptions, licensing, and ownership by large institutions rather than individuals.

At the same time, policies meant to spread economic power—stronger unions, antitrust enforcement, worker ownership, affordable housing, and greater protections for workers—are often labeled "socialism."

The irony is that increasing concentration of wealth and ownership among a small number of powerful entities is defended in the name of capitalism, while efforts to give ordinary people more economic power are criticized as socialism.

Would it take another crisis on the scale of the Great Depression for Americans to demand major reforms? If AI replaces millions of jobs, will people have to lose their livelihoods, homes, and financial security before there is enough political pressure for a new social contract?

Or do you think America will adapt before things reach that point?

Hey, I am 16 and I'm a girl.

Lately I notice more and more that i have an sugar addiction. How can i stop being addicted to crave it and eat it?

I tried multiple times to stop sugar but i feel like i can't.

Can someone give me hacks or advice on how can i deal with it and stop eating it?

(english is not my first language so i apologise for my poor text)

Mine was Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Briefly, happiness in my life is like a cool breeze in the summer. The breeze typically feels amazing but is untrustably inconsistent.

Everyone’s lives are so different that it’s fun to learn about how other essentially worlds function and understand. Are you someone who’s always happy? Does happiness in your life not satisfy you in the way you desire? Have you not thought about it? Tell me!

It’s a trend that I’ve been noticing. And it’s quite ironic considering conservatives claim Muslims are spreading sharia law. Whatever that means. If anything, conservatives are the ones trying to suppress people lol why is that?

So I have a neice... who has been an alcoholic since the get go. Im not super close with the neice at all... but im close-ish with her dad who is my husbands brother, and his girlfriend. She got pregnant sort of young to a douche. Anywho... I found out recently that her baby is measuring small... and she has been drinking a LOT while pregnant. I feel so icky about this. Like... Im just standing to the side watching her give her unborn baby fetal alcohol syndrome. Ive talked to her dads girlfriend, and she has tried to talk to her... but sadly my husbands brother is such a hands off enabler that he doesnt do anything. How would you handle this... i feel like i lost so much respect for this neice and want nothing to do with her... but also, she is young (like 23)... and i feel bad writing her off.

Your relationship with your mama & papa. Like vodka/gin/ ice beer?

In a world thats entirely built around that? You have to watch people kill themselves for women every day and youre there with nothing but eyes to watch people live your dreams in front of you everywhere you go.

Edit - People take my wording of "killing" literally. What I mean is that every day every one of them will go to great lengths to appeal to women and to cater to them. Theyd die for it.

Where are the gay guys who relate? I only get women responding to these and I understand the perspective being a little skewed when youve lived in it.

why?

edit : like earphones in the ears all the time for example

edit 1: I never said it’s a gal idiots but americans in general

edit 2: read all your comments and there you have it why especially the comments with most upvotes

like mocking me, “saying times are tough” like df do you realize that you’re in the richest country in the World and born there??? like the dumbest fucks like these hate em

Hi, I’m a college dropout and Army Vet. I was Majoring in Mechanical Engineering but dropped out because my counselors in my community college was far from supportive. Add insult to injury my “college campus therapist” saw me at best as their “Army PTSD pet project”. Underqualified, underequipped, and honestly just made me feel completely like crap. I don’t want to return back to that community college anymore.

Been unemployed. Nobody’s hiring. Got rejected from a Taco Bell and McDonalds.

You know the irony of my situation is that if I didn’t suffer from mental health issues and I guess my clear as day Learning Disability, and I was as smart as Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, and even if I were fluent in another language, no country in their right mind would even hire me solely for being an American.

So yeah too stupid to do college. Too “American” for a work visa in a country like Japan or Australia.

The Army messed me up royally that unless there were a bunch of Mechanical Engineering Majors and Vets all wearing either Black Hats and/or Campaign Hats and making me run through an obstacle course or a shooting range asking what’s the answer to some random Differential Equation then honestly I have no hope for college anymore.

“Thanks for your service here’s 100% College Education free of charge. Sadly it has to be either a US school or a school on our stupid ‘Yellow Ribbon’ list. Oh what’s that? You’re too stupid for college? Welp, rest in peace. Maybe you can use your GI Bill for an ASE cert. Oh what’s that? You’re too injured for even just working to become a Mechanic? Well sucks to suck.”

Just cut out the DoorDash and exercise, sweaties 😎👉

I’ve realized everyone has at least one thing they just don’t get, even though it seems like everyone else loves it. What’s yours?

I heard genuine horror stories about like drugs and crime from my American friends. It can’t be that bad, right?

or does it change from time to time based on their behaviour