Does anybody feel overwhelmed with everything going on in the world and also that because of what you believe other people think your wrong and you feel small because if you speak you will be "thrown stones at" for even opening your mouth.
@Kermit1
I don't know. Things are becoming so bad here in Europe (Ukranian war, energy crisis, heat waves, draughts, climate crisis in general,...) that those who say everything's fine are the ones being spat at.
@Kermit1@Mioaionios we live a screwed world that is for sure. Politics has been crazy, climate change is better no even mention... And culturally instead of getting a wider way of thinking, it is getting narrower everyday it passes and everything you say can bite you in the arse and get "canceled"
@Kermit1, @Mioaionios
The Tory govt, and, by extension, the Tory Party are utterly disinterested in helping people here with the extreme increases in energy prices.
People will die over winter because of this, business will close because of this, hospitals will be under even more pressure because of this.
We currently do not have a leader for our country, and the candidates seem to be happier shouting out increasingly more bigoted policies to appease their tiny party membership/electorate.
Climate change is now permanent, yet there is still hand wringing on how to cut back on meat consumption, and fossil fuels. Er, don't use both? That partly includes me, btw: hypocrisy is the great leveller.
I don't feel overwhelmed with this, just angry that people who have the power are so craven in wanting to keep it to the detriment of others, society, and the planet in general.
Can we stop calling climate change "climate change" please? Dick Cheney invented the term with focus groups so people would feel better about it than calling it global warming which has worked as it delayed it becoming a more popular topic of discussion for 20ish years. Which is also odd since another politician Thatcher invented the term global warming to promote her stance against the coal mine strikes. I prefer the term torching the whole fing planet on fire myself.
Of course such spin works the other way round with zeitgeist silliness promoting non-political fluff to replace the old frenzies of the red scare, satanic panic and witch hunts.
@Rambler Yep it was just like the "do you think I'm funny” scene where I shout at my dates with incredible tension to prove my alpha male testosteroneness only to tell them it was a joke. Oh wait, you meant when they make up a table and treat them like fancy guests.
@Rambler
At the end of the day the only thing we can do is vote for those parties you think will try to take action and do your best to decrease your own ecological footprint.
I've reduced my meat consumption to 2 meals a week, take public transport as much as possible, do groceries on foot, reduce heating in winter (18°C), only keep the lights on in the room I'm currently in, don't order online unless there's absolutely no other way,...
There's much we can do but it takes some dedication.
@Mioaionios@Balta666@Rambler Yesterday I did something I never do and looked at the news, It's all depressing, so many lies, half truths, headless chickens (so to speak, not in a mean way). It all felt overwhelming to me and for the first time I felt sick looking at what's going on.
@Anti-Matter Yes there always are. Have you seen this video, It made me want to play DDR lol.
@Jump We all know the correct term, It's raining men.
@Kermit1
Thanks for the video. 😃
I have already did for DDR MAX 2 Arcade by asking permission from the Arcade owner to input the password code into the machine since the machine CMOS battery was dead so it couldn't memorize the input codes once the machine turned off.
OMG...!!!
I have never knew there was Maniac Mode by convoluted button configuration for DDR Disney Rave PS1 Japan. 🤯🤯🤯
NEAT!!!
Twilight Zone in Maniac stepchart!
I have never seen that stepchart before even 20 years ago.
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