• fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Meanwhile Japanese people, for all their faults, put a fucking mask on when they get a cold because that’s seen as a decent thing to do.

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          8 months ago

          If you think America is bad, you really need to look more into Japanese Black Companies. They really take the cake on toxic work cultural. Imagine being socially obligated to get black out drunk with your boss.

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            8 months ago

            ‘If you think America is bad’ is wholly unnecessary when you consider that socialized healthcare hardly exists, public education is a living corpse of severely underpaid teachers, mass shootings (I’ve been in one), mandatory cost of car ownership, and so many other fucked up things.

            I’m not saying that Japan is a good place to live, because it has a myriad of it’s own problems and I personally wouldn’t want to live there. I just think we should give people some credit for the shit Americans put up with too.

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        8 months ago

        My boyfriend is in nursing school, and they have some sort of program where you can move there and get a house for cheap, if not free. I’m sure they’re not great houses and would need some work done, but still a great deal. We considered it for a hot minute…

        But then I started thinking about that stuff, and did some more research into what it’s like to move there. Some really awesome aspects to it, but I think we are gonna pass.

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    8 months ago

    We lived in a small town with the bridge being one of the best spots to jump off of into the lake. So after the first time our parents used that saying we pointed that out and they never did it again hahaha.

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    8 months ago

    It’s still surprising to me that so few after 4 years of this still do not understand the airborne nature of respiratory illnesses especially Rona with all that has gone on.

    Then again I might be expecting too much from people…

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    8 months ago

    This actually came up recently. Was playing Battlefield and saw all my teammates jump off the bridge we were on, so I just jumped off with them.

    As I parachuted down I saw the helicopter crashing where we’d just been standing. It made me laugh realizing I’d just lived out that little saying.

  • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    Can’t we just all be happy that those mandates are over?

    Are you seriously feeling nostalgic about THAT?

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      8 months ago

      As someone with autoimmune disorders it will never be over for me until covid is gone. Lost a friend with muscular dystrophy to it in 2022. There are still millions of vulnerable people out there fighting this thing to the literal death. When you take precautions the life you save may not be your own.