More chill, probably.

Unchecked capitalism of this degree is a stressful world to live in and it drives people insane. Fear and hate not only breeds mass shooters, it makes your random Joe shoot PoCs, delivery guys or really everyone stepping on their lawn. And it’s not racism or some other kind of hatred alone. It’s a general fear that EVERYTHING entering your comfort zone is there to fuck you over. And in the US they aren’t totally wrong, because many things we find normal in Europe, like affordable healthcare, insurance, education, etc - are traps constructed to drink you empty, not to say about how many real scams flourish there. They are in a fight or flight mode like 24/7, so it’s no wonder they shoot on sight and cheer to bigotry.

Meme/anecdote: many european listeners of Cool Zone Media podcasts were confused, while visiting US of how many advertisements to buy gold deposits were in automatic ads while there, and how agressive they were. In a sense, gold investments is a panic button you press when you gamble on everything else going down. And this particular scam, the popularity of crypto, and the power of rabid christian sects kinda says a lot about how secure regular folks feel.

I’ve never been to the US, so it’s all built on assumptions and hearsay.

Feel free to do it. I think that most of people already saw it here. But if I find something like that, it’d be better to share a compilation of several cases at once.

I’d look into how I can report that, and also in probable alternatives, thanks.

Yep. I’m on the edge about uploading a screenshot, but it would be safe to say it happened in the first hour of going into Intermediate English course and saying I’m 100% proficient in it. It occured to me in the third three lessons after that I believe. In this exact task it asked me to pronounce what the boy says and I cropped out my notifications bar and the lower part of the screen. It was in the app, so I couldn’t have done any edits on the site, only after that.

One of a few memes I frequently see yet updoot every time. This one speaks to me in some intimate way.

You’ve seen impressive 0-60 starts, but you’ve not seen my 140-55 coming!

Or having an initial test period, where, by default, they get adutomatically fired unless they serve well or work on their promises, like contractors, not like kings.

Locking into power once elected is a stupid design decision someone should’ve protested with a chainsaw in their hand, just like Milei, if he didn’t enjoy it himself.

Life with a full self-dying mode on.

Covid hungover. Everyone saw these numbers on web services, streaming, gaming, etc and thought they miss an opportunity to milk it for double, or that their product is just too essential now to quit. That confidence just sped up the degradation.