• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    The go-to “you aren’t allowed to complain” that I heard was “well there are children starving in Africa”

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      3 days ago

      Same in the 80s. We made pretty songs like “We are the world” and sent fucktons of rice to Africa that rot because dictators wanted to keep it. Fun times.

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      5 days ago

      “indeed there are, mother. that’s why i won’t eat this food and will instead put it in an insulated box and ship it to them, so they can enjoy it.”

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      6 days ago

      There was a liberating moment when I learned that just feeling awful was not an effective way to stop wars.