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FunnySynthesis t1_ja29yqm wrote

Reply to comment by Odd-Turnip-2019 in ‘Four days a week is a great experiment’: work options examined in Calgary by AFH_Global

While I do agree with the whole going to bed early thing sucking Id say the experience all depends on the person. I used to come home everyday after work go to the gym, make dinner, load the dishes, shower, and watch a few videos or draw and then get my 8 hours of sleep and honestly aside from the actual job it was some of my fondest times. Having a regiment is very nice to me. While I wouldn’t want either long term its much preferable to a 9x5 in my eyes.

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Umsakis t1_ja29tt6 wrote

Reply to comment by cereselle in A year on, the Ukranian couple who got married just hours after Russia invaded their country are still going strong! by Beanbag_Ninja

There was another guy from Kyiv here on Reddit whose friends had all left the city and he had taken in all their pets to care for them. Multiple cats and dogs IIRC. I’ve been thinking about him once in a while over the year but I can’t remember his username. I really want to know how he and the animals are doing.

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vrenak t1_ja29qf5 wrote

Reply to comment by dontcareitsonlyreddi in A year on, the Ukranian couple who got married just hours after Russia invaded their country are still going strong! by Beanbag_Ninja

That's not news, even the most strict sense of genocide has them doing this for over a decade, the normal term, they have been doing it for centuries.

Only the perpetrators likes it. But interrupting a discussion with old news is counterproductive and plays into perpetrators hands.

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theblacksmith__ t1_ja20bgh wrote

Reply to comment by bathshebat in Texas students raise $250,000 for 80-year-old school janitor forced out of retirement by fgfgfgg

It seems that way sometimes. It's hard to see, but it's actually slowly getting better.

Before social security it was pretty common for old folks to just starve or be homeless. SS was established in 1935. There are people alive today that could probably tell those kinds of horrible stories.

That doesn't make this man's situation any less awful.

It's possible to build a world where the benevolence of children isn't required for an old man to retire. But it's going to take time and effort to get there.

Look for the helpers. They actually need more help to bring about meaningful change.

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theblacksmith__ t1_ja1yxcl wrote

Reply to comment by Evignity in A man with no home was treated as if he didn't matter. Then a group of people helped, saving his life in the process. by CBSnews

Deep breath bud. They actually agree with you.

The vast majority of us are in no position to instantly fix systemic problems.

However we do have the power to feed a hungry family for a day. (I'm using your example)

If you and I were walking down the street and you gave your share of food to some stranger because they needed it, id say that small act of kindness was uplifting too.

Does that small act fix the systemic issue that's leading to starving people? No. But at the very least you're acknowledging that you believe it's wrong. You're using the small amount of power you have to fix a fraction of a symptom, for a moment. And that's uplifting.

Its uplifting to know there are good people in the world. Right now they may not have a lot of power. But maybe one day they will. And that's uplifting.

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