Korea is not fucked. We’re doing better than the US at fighting fascism. Birth rates are on the rise. Universal Healthcare is already decades ongoing. They’re proposing a four day workweek. It’s fucking paradise compared to much of the world.

Olympic medalists from this past olympics. They both performed very well for different reasons, and were very popular because of their styles.

Most people are using the same tech as Yeji, but her form, grace, and relaxation made her stand out. And I’m absolutely furious for the other trash poster putting her down like that. She did all that while mothering a four year old ffs.

And she beat Linus’s ass, too.

Are you fucking kidding me? Yeji had style, it’s nothing about random tech. Get the fuck out of here and leave our girl alone

I still don’t get it. aren’t pyramid and ponzi schemes more or less the same thing? how is the original subject either of them?

sounds useful! hope we fill that niche

oh man his holo-addiction is out of control!

… in what way? primarily selling products to employees?

never heard of lemmy one

love buspar. such an interesting drug. doesn’t mess with anything, non abusive, non euphoric, non benzo anxiolytic.

oh yeah and you can fuck on it.

That’s how they describe panic attacks. If it happens enough that it affects your functioning, it could be panic disorder. It’s a form of anxiety disorder.

cool I guess you’re both right

imagine serving this up to pop pop and getting that thousand yard stare. poor guy

yeah the whole “it’s my nature” thing always weired me out. like yall realize that human nature is still being determined right?? what we are, we have a say in. we aren’t scorpions, we’re creatures that depend on each other so much that we experience emotional pain when isolated, and make sounds to share concepts that we then turn and think using those sounds created in the heads of others. we’re literally closer to ants in nature than scorpions

I’m sorry, hold up, what do you think I’m doing here? When someone comes to me for a drug and alcohol eval, I dont tell them what to do. I ask what they want, if they think their use is a problem, if they want treatment, etc. All I do is provide options. That’s what individualized person-centered care is.

What makes you think i do anything different?

I can provide you resources on substance use disorders if you really want but I do this for a living so I’m not eager to. I would say look into ASAM. Addiction Medicine is a developing field but we’re finding more empowering ways to help people through validation and support.

the problem in the language here is really what does mental disorder really mean? it isn’t about genetics. a disorder just means life is out of order. etiology is irrelevant. is the framing of it as a mental disorder somehow uncomfortable to you? it might seem critical if you still think of MH issues as “mental illnesses”, but that’s not what’s going on. identifying problematic behavioral patterns as a psychological problem enables us to treat it appropriately instead of with stigma.

and to be clear, no one is expected to do what they don’t want to do.

you’re right, im wrong. next time i see someone busking im gonna take his tip cup and tell him what you just said. if he asks “why are you denying me my money that i worked for” ill just tell him “im not evil its just the system that makes you homeless”

substance use disorders are absolutely a mental disorder and it’s damaging to treat them as anything else. too long they’ve been considered moral failings and people are fucking dying because of it. when a substance gets in the way of life, that’s a disorder.

as for doing what you want… im not arguing for sobriety or abstinence, that’s another approach to addiction that KILLS PEOPLE. you can still do what you want.

And I’m guessing this is your non ml alt.

i knew you were gonna lump me in the “i can ignore this person” group. feel free to check my post history if you think im a tanky but warning youll get bored

im sorry you received criticism for pulling a bad example out of your ass. maybe dont do that next time

Look, this isn’t about gotchas, can we be cool for a second here? I’m not doing this. The point is that even though the global economic system has abuses everywhere, you chose to use an example that is both racially and politically charged. When called out about it, specifically that there are numerous examples that both hit closer to home and lack the baggage of your chosen example, how did you react? You immediately dismissed the criticism as coming from a group who you view as holding a number of untenable positions, thus allowing you to dismiss the criticism without engaging with it.

This is the group-think mentality that causes us all problems. It’s nothing personal man. Just please be sensitive that there’s a lot of rhetoric around China right now that ultimately comes back to hurt your own neighbors.

(I mention chocolate because it’s such a poignant example: something many of us enjoy regularly is primarily produced via child labor. I think that would have been the best way to make your point about there being multiple scumbags, including people who don’t tip and people who eat chocolate.)

Do you eat chocolate?

Heya, I’d love to follow up with you on some of this stuff. This actually isn’t accurate for the current understanding of addiction. Substance use disorders are more than just dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal. There are a number of other factors that constitute “addiction” (aka, SUDs). Check out the DSM criteria for cannabis use disorder for starters.

It turns out that, while not medical emergency level akin to ethanol or benzo w/d, cannabis does have some seriously addictive properties.

Really the trouble is that we misunderstand addiction itself. It’s not about chemicals. It’s about context, and overall life functioning.