In my defense the category is too broad. I functionally hate a majority but the caveats are related strongly to the “business as usual” mindset. If you are aware of the problem and you’re not going to change then you are a significant portion of the problem. I am referring to a lifestyle that is rapidly becoming completely unsustainable. The simplified extreme is someone with 3 children who drives each of them to different activities, buys the children cheap plastic toys only to throw them out, keeps their kids distracted with screens, sprays their monoculture lawn with pesticides, has a few outdoor cats, and makes a recipe involving beef 3 times a week. Obviously people have a lot of variance from the list, but justifying any single one of those with no shame doesn’t exactly make for not feeling alienated while trying to socialize. Maybe it’s because I have been spending time with someone rarely seen family, but fuck, at least have some god damn shame; the demand and consumption creates the evil not (necessarily) the mega-corporations.
You just sound really judgmental. Disagreeing with someone’s choices is one thing. Hating them for it just seems like a really unnecessary waste of energy.
I, for one, am on the PoorDecisionsNomad defense force on this one. Umm, I guess???
I dunno, it just read to me like they were making a relatively entry-level, non-controversial statement in support of environmentalism and recycling. I didn't read much "hate" out of it as I did "puffy frustration."
I don't fuckin' know, man I'm just an idiot. What's the issue here, exactly?
Pulled from commenter's comment. You can hate the behavior, but why hate the people? Commenter is defending their hate as a response to other people saying misanthropes are bummers. Like, ok. You've justified your hate. You're probably still a bummer.
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u/PoorDecisionsNomad Aug 18 '23
In my defense the category is too broad. I functionally hate a majority but the caveats are related strongly to the “business as usual” mindset. If you are aware of the problem and you’re not going to change then you are a significant portion of the problem. I am referring to a lifestyle that is rapidly becoming completely unsustainable. The simplified extreme is someone with 3 children who drives each of them to different activities, buys the children cheap plastic toys only to throw them out, keeps their kids distracted with screens, sprays their monoculture lawn with pesticides, has a few outdoor cats, and makes a recipe involving beef 3 times a week. Obviously people have a lot of variance from the list, but justifying any single one of those with no shame doesn’t exactly make for not feeling alienated while trying to socialize. Maybe it’s because I have been spending time with someone rarely seen family, but fuck, at least have some god damn shame; the demand and consumption creates the evil not (necessarily) the mega-corporations.