people are self absorbed. They can hijack any thread and make it about them.
and yeah it bothers me a little that people on my fb are more upset about this fucking lion than they are about all this other shit. Yes, i know that argument "you can be upset about more than one thing." But it still bothers me. It was a fucking LION. It's not like he drowned his baby in a bathtub. And people wanna crucify this guy.
Fearing for employment is scary. It's like when one's heart is broken or an old person is sick. They get totally into themselves because it's a constant problem. I know where he's coming from. I hope he's as compassionate when someone else has the same problem, but I highly doubt he will
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1.Ive been unemployed 2 years & am going insane, so i totally get that. I dont bring it up in every thread. (i did in this one, because it-unemployment- was brought up.) 2.Yeah, the animal thing is weird. There's no consistent set of morals about it at all. People go nuts cause one lion was killed-but yeah like you mentioned-how many chickens, cows & pigs get killed every day? But thats food, so it's ok. (im not a vegetarian at all, but im not a hypocrite about it either.)
Yeah. It seems better to accept it's possibly wrong and own up to it.
It's like when people rationalize around software piracy but saying it's totally not stealing. "Evil corporations don't pay the developers!" "I can't afford these prices!". Just admit you know it's wrong and copy your damn movie. Sheesh!
Really bugs me when people pull this shit. There's a time and a place for everything: lions, abortion, cops, Trump, and the rest are ALL separate topics and each one has plenty of places where you can go to talk/rant/whatever about each one. Derailing, going off-topic, or combing topics to make yourself appear better than everybody is what dumb assholes do (current winner of the Top Title goes to the guy who made the huge leap from a lion to auto care to jobs to pity party - WTF???!!!).
It was something to see someone make such a leap, and getting a pass. Now, the poster came in to say the point of the post was compassion, so they kind of reined it in.
I don't know why it's no longer acceptable to express or feel sadness about a trivial thing, I really don't. This policing of FB is getting ridiculous. It's why I never post anything anymore.
that said, I really would not want to be left alone with that lion. People love sharks too and everyone was awwing over that one video of a shark being thrown back into the ocean. I hate sharks but even I felt a twinge of "HELP IT LIVE" when I saw it dying on the beach. Saddest thing I saw was driving in North Carolina was a big truck full of little piglets. Those little pink creatures all had their heads stuck through the gaps in the truck bed enclosing, eyes closed, little faces tilted up to the sun, little ears flapping in the breeze. I don't eat pork anymore for a different reason, but that image definitely helps me avoid bacon.
I have never seen any here in my part of Florida, for which I am grateful. Honestly, if I could have somebody prepare all my meals for me, I would be fine with going vegetarian.
The advantages of living in an International throughfare. We see a lot of trucks. Now, if they'd only get them off our streets by building a new friggin bridge, that would be nice.
And I take it Florida isn't a great place for livestock.
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and yeah it bothers me a little that people on my fb are more upset about this fucking lion than they are about all this other shit. Yes, i know that argument "you can be upset about more than one thing." But it still bothers me. It was a fucking LION. It's not like he drowned his baby in a bathtub. And people wanna crucify this guy.
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2.Yeah, the animal thing is weird. There's no consistent set of morals about it at all. People go nuts cause one lion was killed-but yeah like you mentioned-how many chickens, cows & pigs get killed every day? But thats food, so it's ok. (im not a vegetarian at all, but im not a hypocrite about it either.)
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It's like when people rationalize around software piracy but saying it's totally not stealing. "Evil corporations don't pay the developers!" "I can't afford these prices!". Just admit you know it's wrong and copy your damn movie. Sheesh!
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I like the expression "driving while white"
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Snouts on trucks is the worst. You see them on the highway every once in a while.
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And I take it Florida isn't a great place for livestock.
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