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  1. rightkindofme

    General Do men with ptsd want your empathy?

    One of my longest term friends is a combat vet with PTSD. I am close to him because he doesn't do the "men shouldn't feel" "men should be tough" thing. He struggles with accepting empathy some days because he has general feelings of worthlessness, but it's not because he thinks he should be...
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    Important to note that the UK still has a ways to go on racial justice and police brutality even with fewer guns: The Restraint Technique That killed George Floyd Is Used By Police In The UK Too
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    I'm not speaking for any movement. When *I* say I want demilitarization I want that along with sweeping gun reform. I want less money spent on weapons. I want less or almost no military weapons in the hands of police. The kind and quantity of deescalation training taught to US police is quite...
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    I literally left the US because the violence there makes me sick. But sure, I'm the problem for "inciting violence". I moved to a country where 2% of police officers are allowed to carry guns and any escalation of violence is met with a full inquiry. Cops have to pass psychological evaluations...
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    Boston Tea Party? It really doesn't matter what I think or what you think. There are at least tens of thousands, probably more who are pretty darn pissed off and they don't care what you think they should do.
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    I always feel stunned by people saying that in the US violence isn't going to solve anything. Wasn't the entire foundation of the country on violence, rebellion, and looting?
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    When you look at the statistics around who is in prison for relatively minor crimes, when you look at distribution of wealth by race, when you look at generational poverty by race... you can't say the US doesn't have a race problem. And frankly police brutality needs to be stopped and if...
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    This post eloquently addressing the value of violent protest: The Truth You’ve Probably Never Heard About Riots
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    One major factor is the lock down. People have no jobs to go to and they are scared. Folks have watched the creeping horror of four years of Trump. The whole country is a powder keg and this was just a spark not really the whole reason for the explosion.
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    News Events around the George Floyd protests and riots, US and beyond

    I suggest you go and read a bit more about MLK: By the end of his life, Martin Luther King realized the validity of violence
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    Friend: "I need your help to live..."

    It is really cruel of him to cause you a bunch of strain and stress and anguish so he can feel better.
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    Here in North Scotland there are major plans to renovate the streets to make them more walking/biking friendly. It's not bad around here but it's hard to do with social distancing. They are using water barriers (so highly removable at some point) and folks are flipping their lids. It's actually...
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    The drunk bit is leading to the chunk part in my case. Well, I'm not getting drunk. But I'm drinking more than in the past.
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    Wow! That is utterly mind blowing. Go Mongolia!
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    This study from Spain is pretty alarming: The results of a Spanish study on Covid-19 immunity have a scary takeaway The actual study (in Spanish): https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/serviciosdeprensa/notasprensa/sanidad14/Documents/2020/130520-ENE-COVID_Informe1.pdf I'm pretty afraid of the second...
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    Women/feminists deny male victimhood

    I've definitely read the kinds of authors you are talking about and I want to agree with the poster upthread (Sorry it took me all day to finish this thread because I was distracted so I forgot who) who said that these kinds of radical feminists are of the same ilk as the KKK. There are always...
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    This is an interesting modeling exercise: What Happens Next? COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    I swear this is on topic to dealing with Covid as people are genuinely coping with toilet paper shortage... If you use cloth diaper wipes (the kinds sold by companies that sell cloth diapers) they are of a size and absorbancy that you don't get pee all over your hands. They wash well/easily and...
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    Polls in the UK say that only 1/5 people want to hurry and open back up. People here are coping with lockdown pretty well. Of course my local NextDoor is turning into a bunch of Nosy Nellies shaming people who drive to the forest for exercise. Then folks with health issues explain why they do...
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    Did you choose a specific breed of dog?

    I have been looking for a dog for months. I have been in touch with the local shelter and they have told me repeatedly that they are not too hopeful of finding a dog that will fit our needs (lots of little kids in the house that are here all the time plus two cats). I am starting to look at...
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    You were so much more diplomatic and kind than I am capable of being right now. I am so tired of seeing evidence of scathing denigration. Not everyone is coping with the same things. Not everyone has the same resources. People are really hard today. I am so angry. I'm sitting in the UK talking...
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    This is an absolutely terrifying image (it's about how Covid ranks compared to other causes of death in the US): Average Daily Cause of Death in USA - The Big Picture
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    I'm glad for your family. I hope you all stay safe.
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    News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

    I miss drugs ? This reality is too much.
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    When facing any sort of problem I revert to feeling suicidal

    For me, part of it is about there being well worn pathways in the brain. This was the coping method that I leapt to for a very long time so it makes sense that it is still sometimes the first thing that pops up. I'm not actively suicidal, but it was a feeling I had for a long time. My brain...
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