Sol Invictus

Bro a fucking line????? At fucking WALMART!?

"Oh save the planet, recycle, care about the environment"

*recycled guitar riff*

Cattle:

a few examples:

what this really is (allegedly) is a signal of not being liable should you die. connection, community, etc. for suicidal people doesn’t matter because suicide is a no-no word for corporations. so instead of being able to talk about your experiences as someone who lives with suicidality, you’re either forced to use advertiser-friendly toddlerspeak (e.g. “sewer slide”) costing you your dignity, or you get hotlines shoveled your way - hotlines that can call the police on you if you are too candid about your suicidal experience.

The reason that this comparison is inaccurate is because humans have the ability to use reason and make logical choices, but cats don’t. Humans see a car coming and wait until the street is clear to cross. Cats don’t. Humans know not to eat strange food on the ground. Cats don’t. Humans can look up which plants are toxic and avoid them. Cats can’t. Humans don’t eat raw rabbits and rodents that may carry disease. Cats do. Humans who hunt follow laws that prevent them from killing endangered species (besides shitty poachers). Cats don’t.

A far more accurate comparison would be a cat and a toddler. They lack the ability to recognize danger and don’t have the ability to reason that an adult does. I’m sure a toddler would have a great time roaming around the neighborhood, but no one is going to argue in favor of that. People can understand that doing that is irresponsible and dangerous. But no sane person is going to lock their toddler inside and provide them with nothing to do; no one is saying we should do that for cats either. Play with them. Provide cat trees. Rotate their toys. Give them puzzle feeders. And if you want them to go outside you can leash train them. Or build a catio. The options aren’t let them roam vs. never provide them with entertainment. If it is unbearable to entertain and care for a cat that is kept indoors, you probably shouldn’t own a cat.

Would you let your dog roam? Or your bird? How about your rabbit? I’m sure all of these animals would have a great time running (or flying) around the neighborhood, but we generally recognize that this is a bad idea. It’s no different for cats. We are caretakers for our animals, so it is up to us to use our big brains to make logical choices about what they should or shouldn’t do. We have the ability to understand the risks associated with free roaming. Cats don’t. We can weigh risks and benefits before making a decision. Cats can’t.

ㅤㅤㅤis it unwoke to believe that you shouldn't drop out/pause your education because of your mental health? Even if it's really bad?

I mean, of course you should prioritize your mental health over most things. But in this type of world, we all have to learn the art of resilience and just getting it fucking over with.

Unless you're insanely lucky, have rich parents, or you want to die young, you're most likely going to regret not getting your education straight when you had the opportunity.

Education is a privilege for a reason... You know?

ㅤㅤㅤthis user is profic, proship, and a minor!! Follow your own dni!! ANTIS DNI!!

education isn't a privilege, it's a human right. now, the fact that many people across the world, especially in developing countries, are denied education, would make it seem like a privilege, but something being scarce doesn't necessarily make it a privilege, that just means that a lot of people are being denied a human right.

with that out of the way, i can talk about the mental health aspect of things. it is true that this is a world that demands resilience and the ability to pull through extraordinarily difficult circumstances. i will raise you this: you can't change the way the world operates, but you can change how you react. the world is unkind enough to the mentally ill, and we do not help ourselves by overcorrecting and being unkind to ourselves by forcing ourselves through circumstances that worsen our health. in fact, we should strive to be kind to ourselves, seeing as our societies obviously won't.

the other thing is that your personal life and health should always take precedent over things like work and education. think about it this way: you're in college. it is stressing you to the point of suicidal ideation. you don't pause your education. you reach your limit. you kill yourself. you also don't get your degree, because you're dead. versus the alternative, you pause your education, and although it results in it taking more time and more money to achieve your education, there's still a non-zero chance that you get that degree, and make it out healthier and happier as a result of your choice.

sure, you might regret not getting your education in one go, and i can relate to this feeling of having to push through no matter what having grown up very poor myself, but here's the thing. another fact of this world, and especially countries like america, where i live, is that the cards are stacked against you in ways you cannot IMAGINE. you can fight it, sure, but those of us that are especially successful in the hard reality are people that got lucky, simple as that. the most realistic thing you can hope for is to maybe make yourself personally happy in addition to probably still being broke.

my final point is this. it isn't really helpful to anyone to speak on things like this in generalizations, as especially when it comes to stuff like education we all live under very unique circumstances and there just isn't much to be achieved by speaking on something like this based on your own life experience and your own interpretation of other people's experiences, which likely differs from the way they see it.