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  • grueling_spool@sh.itjust.workstoHacker News@lemmy.bestiver.se•RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultryEnglish
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    1 天前

    Like I said, it’s just a side effect. They make money off the grift.

    Prior to his current position as Secretary of Undermining Health, RFK Jr. was the head of the Children’s Health Defense, whose mission is to defend children’s health from various things that improve it, such as vaccines and fluoridated drinking water.

    From the linked Wikipedia page:

    From $13,000 in annual revenue in 2014, World Mercury Project brought in $470,000 in revenue in 2015, when Kennedy joined the organization. Its revenues increased to $1.1 million in 2018. With the group becoming a major disinformation hub during the COVID-19 pandemic, its revenue reached $6.8 million in 2020, $15 million in 2021, counting among its new donors LimeWire’s founder Mark Gorton,[6][64] and $23.5 million in 2022.[31]

    Basically, it’s just another variation of rallying people against a problem that doesn’t exist. Once you have their support, you can start asking them for money. And since your cause is a farce, you don’t have to worry about getting results - just keep banging that drum and let the donations roll in. An unfortunate side effect is that you might eventually start succeeding at eliminating public health measures, but who cares as long as you’re getting paid?

  • grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPtoReprieve@lemmy.zip•Experts highlight risk factors for male suicide—and the keys to preventing itEnglish
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    1 天前

    You’re right, of course. I spent a long time building into this frame of mind, and it will take a long time to get out. I’m making that effort too, I just wish I could have started sooner.

    I didn’t actually mean to start venting in my last comment - what I wanted to get at was that it’s especially critical for this community’s message to reach boys and younger men so that they can begin that process earlier in life, or obviate it altogether. I wanted to describe that feeling of being boxed into a narrow range of socially-acceptable male emotion, in hope that it will resonate with someone and kick-start their desire for emotional growth.

    I really appreciate you creating this space. Managing an online community is hard, and success only makes it harder. I wish you the best of luck going forward.

  • grueling_spool@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@lemmy.ml•Like its a drag race
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    4 天前

    I would also assume this, if I hadn’t also repeatedly witnessed the exact behaviour the OP describes. The “instant honk on green” drivers also tend to follow up with whatever reckless maneuver allows them to beat you to the next red light by 1.5 seconds. Inattentiveness and impatience are both dangerous on the road.

  • grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksOPtoReprieve@lemmy.zip•Experts highlight risk factors for male suicide—and the keys to preventing itEnglish
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    4 天前

    I’m in my 40s and it feels impossible at this point. I’m lucky enough to have found a SO that I feel safe to open up with, but I just physically can’t, having spent most of my life packing myself into an emotional bunker. My brain overloads and shuts down, and all I am able to articulate are meaningless cop-outs like “work was stressful” or “I’m just a little tired”. My means of expression are limited to the range between indifference and anger, because the rest of the emotional spectrum was abandoned to atrophy from childhood to young adulthood.

    I’m at peace with it. At this point, all I want is to do what I can–however little–to help anyone I can reach avoid the same outcome.