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Cha

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30. It's literally killing some

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2026, 03:57 PM

16 hrs ago

of us human beings right now, and we're fighting like hell to turn it around.

Call to Actions, Bengs!

Mahalo, Swede

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The most annoying thing about being human right now... [View all] Swede 23 hrs ago OP

According to Republicans, I am not human. CousinIT 22 hrs ago #1

But corporations are people. badhair77 22 hrs ago #6

If corporations are people, they have to die at some point, right? CaptainTruth 22 hrs ago #10

Or the corporate death penalty EYESORE 9001 22 hrs ago #12

Revoke thier corporate charters I_UndergroundPanther 7 hrs ago #39

As I recall... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #13

No, no, no, the wasted human potential is profitable. He already said it. /nt bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #2

Our most valuable resources are the planet and the humans on it. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #3

Not just billionaires malaise 22 hrs ago #4

If you have the talent & resources to create utopia, why wouldn't you? CrispyQ 22 hrs ago #5

"Star Trek or Mad Max" PatSeg 22 hrs ago #8

And yet, those types of shows are what Americans eat up. llmart 20 hrs ago #16

Yes and we can usually tell PatSeg 16 hrs ago #28

We are living in "Idiocracy" right now. OMGWTF 20 hrs ago #19

I've lost count how many times PatSeg 16 hrs ago #29

I refused for years to watch any of the "Hunger Games" movies slightlv 13 hrs ago #31

I agree PatSeg 12 hrs ago #35

I'll go one step further canetoad 7 hrs ago #40

Because "Star Trek" requires complete mastery over general and special relativity misanthrope 6 hrs ago #41

It's more than annoying. It's infuriating and heartbreaking. Biophilic 22 hrs ago #7

It's been said the world can never really change - because it's basically meant as a spiritual boot camp peppertree 22 hrs ago #9

worse than just greed, they are genocidal - Elon Skum case in point. Blues Heron 22 hrs ago #11

Greedy white supremacists who hate women malaise 21 hrs ago #14

Don't forget all the people Eloon killed in other parts of the world by shutting down USAID. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #27

I will never understand how my generation completely reneged on its own values. ihaveaquestion 21 hrs ago #15

DU is made up of mostly boomers. llmart 20 hrs ago #17

Yeah, many of us never stopped trying to get the world to the point of "growing up" slightlv 13 hrs ago #32

That's assuming Homo sapiens are intelligent.. paleotn 20 hrs ago #18

Selfishness and hypocrisy on the part of individuals, actually. flvegan 20 hrs ago #20

No we dont SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #21

Yeah... like I have been saying. OldBaldy1701E 38 min ago #43

Bingo! c-rational 18 hrs ago #22

Fuck the GOP pfitz59 18 hrs ago #23

heartbreaking, and maddening. barbtries 18 hrs ago #24

Wow! markie 17 hrs ago #25

Dollar Derangement Syndrome . pwb 17 hrs ago #26

I like Dollar Derangement Syndrome slightlv 13 hrs ago #33

It's a good one, alright. calimary 10 hrs ago #38

It's literally killing some Cha 16 hrs ago #30

I am a proud misanthrope! BigmanPigman 12 hrs ago #34

This just made me start crying..... a kennedy 12 hrs ago #36

imagine if all the money spent on senseless wars had gone to cancer research Skittles 11 hrs ago #37

More like devastating. What a colossal waste Republicans and right wingers are. applegrove 5 hrs ago #42