tell me that's not addiction
That’s not addiction. Addiction is just as much psychological as it is physiological, and goes way deeper than chemical dependence. Once you’re through the withdrawals of SSRI dependence you’re pretty much good, while an addict will most likely struggle for the rest of their life.
I’ve seen a lot of “Canada needs us more than we need them”. Going to be a big wake up call when gas, electricity, cars, groceries, and a dozen other things suddenly jump more than 25% (because we all know the corpos will take the excuse to extract more value).
Right?! It isn’t “messaging”, it’s the goddamn message! Stop focusing on tactics and just ask the people what they want for Christ’s sake.
There was definitely some fuckery going on, since he did a three hour interview with Trump the day he claimed as a “personal day” right in the middle of her visit. They didn’t outright reject her, just made the terms too difficult to meet. Though I will say that this:
“The vice president of the United States is offering to come to your f---ing show, and you keep putting up more hoops,” the book quoted Flaherty’s thinking at the time as being.
This type of thinking is a big part of what ruined her campaign. They treated an interview like a favor to Rogan, not as a two way deal. Expecting the media (especially a notably right-leaning podcaster) to bend over backwards to accommodate them was absolutely absurd.
I read it perfectly fine, you’re the one judging by unfair standards here. Severe ADHD is not just “hunters in a society of farmers”, it’s a debilitating executive function disorder that affects every aspect of life. You may be privileged enough to not feel it’s a problem, but it 100% is for me and many others. There is something wrong with my brain that needs treatment. Telling another person “you’re not sick” when they emphatically tell you they are struggling is what lacks in empathy or understanding.
I try to give leeway when someone isn’t aware of their privilege, it’s really hard to confront. That is until I try to explain my experience and I just get a complete lack of any attempt at understanding.
I’m glad my comments have helped! It was mostly the responses to your comment that got me fired up and involved, so it means a lot to see that I managed to make a little difference. You’ve also been pretty validating and understanding. It’s very refreshing to have someone who understands to vent with. I wish you all the best!
Totally agree. The “there is nothing wrong with us” in particular (and similar sentiments) gets under my skin so bad. I’m happy for them that they are privileged enough to feel that way, but there is absolutely something wrong with me. Is that a value judgment? No. It’s a statement of fact. Just like my physical disabilities constitute something being wrong. It has no bearing on my self-worth, I just feel more able to cope when I acknowledge that there is a problem with me that others don’t face.
Medication isn’t just a bandaid on outside factors, it can serve as a short term treatment tool to help someone face the issues they are struggling with. I would bet most people on some kind of antidepressant were not on them permanently, just long enough to get stable and see results from therapy and work. That’s the problem with being anti-medication without much nuance, it stigmatizes the tools people use as being unnecessary bandaids or crutches. It just screams “you don’t need meds, just deal with your issues”.
The problem with portraying it like this is there is no room for nuance, it pits medication against society with no room for both. Maybe it wouldn’t read like that if there wasn’t a societal stigma against mental illness and meds, but that’s ironically the world we live in.
You clearly don’t have severe ADHD. It is absolutely a debilitating disability that would ruin my life without medication. The problem here isn’t whether it’s wrong or not, it’s that your radical acceptance lacks any understanding whatsoever. It sweeps our struggles under the rug so you can virtue signal about how poorly society treats us. It’s BOTH a debilitating disorder and stigmatized. There IS something wrong with our brains that needs medical treatment.
Spoken like someone without a single shred of empathy. Try asking and listening more rather than telling other people what their problem is.
This is not at all above board. Budgets and Departments are squarely in Congress’ jurisdiction, and it’s Congress’ job to step in and impeach him for overstepping his authority. Unfortunately, the fascists took over Congress as well and they’re cheering it on.