Sometimes I feel like whatever I’d do it won’t be enough. What/where I buy or where I donate seem trivial in the larger scheme of things. From extreme power concentration to world hunger. From climate change to AI safety. Too many things that I’d like to change, but I feel powerless sometimes. The feeling comes coupled with a sense of guilt of not doing enough and not being enough. Do you guys get this feeling too? How do you deal with it?
I do believe in the necessity of optimism in order to affect change, but sometimes hope is hard to cultivate. How do you guys keep your optimism up?
Thanks for reading my mini-rant.
Also, the meme is not OC
I’ve never studied paper straws under laboratory conditions, but I did use them in my lunches throughout all of elementary and high school. So I’ve personally experienced approximately 2000 of them lasting long enough to finish a drink in a reasonable time without turning to mush. On that basis I call BS on whining about this like it’s a significant problem.
except i don’t think the post is really about straws.
I don’t think it’s a significant problem, I think it’s a significant illustration of the little folk being expected to deal with the inconveniences caused by the wealthy.
Seems like there should be better examples based on truth, like a family in a shelter because they couldn’t pay rent due to hospital bills. That would be hard to put in a phoito, but I’m not trying to come up with a perfect one on the spur of the moment, I just know the paper straw complaint isn’t it.
Nah, people being forced into homelessness and medical debt is too real. Nobody wants to think about that shit, and when it happens to them, they aren’t really in a position to deal with it.
Paper straws are perfect. They’re the most minor of inconveniences, so people are willing to engage and make jokes about it.