Haui

Haui, 1 year ago

Well, transportation is the biggest emitter. [www.epa.gov/…/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions#:~…](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions#:~:text=Transportation%20(28%25%20of%202021%20greenhouse,ships%2C%20trains%2C%20and%20planes).

And personal cars as well as trucks are the largest emitters among those. www.cbo.gov/publication/58861

I do agree that there should be done a lot more to make this go faster. One of the most obvious things is immediately outlaw the production of gasoline suvs. They‘re inefficient and rather pricey so you wont hit anyone who‘s life depends on it. Then outlaw the production of any gasoline sportscars.

Obviously the expansion of public transport is still important but selling new v8 suvs demoralizes anyone trying to do the right thing.

Haui, 1 year ago

also a lot of fun is if you can code, design and do business and are out of a job because no company has a job like this…

Haui, 1 year ago

Typical troll comment.

Haui, 1 year ago

Hi. Autistic adult here. I‘m sorry you have to go through this and get triggered by these things. I can relate.

I think these „don’t do business with evil“ peeps are trying to make do as well as they’re watching the vast ignorant majority embrace consumerism and are panicking how to save our planet and our minds. I know its futile but I don’t think the majority wants to feel smug.

I learned something that helped me out a great deal since 2020: don’t assume malice if you can assume incompetence. (And for us autistic people: if you can assume incompetence, be kind and don’t repeat the ableism you were met with).

Just trying to spread some kindness. I hope it helps. Thank you for working so hard for your kid.

Haui, 1 year ago

I think everyone is living this. You‘re not fucked because you live this but you have the brains to be aware of it.

Haui, 1 year ago

Compared to the middle ages, yes. But we‘re not better off than in the 60s I believe.

Haui, 1 year ago

Can you give an example for that? I‘d like to understand what you refer to.

Haui, 1 year ago

I‘m sorry but this is not correct. People used to live in one worker households and got by. The housing prices (only thing I could find) in the US has tripled since the sixties which is an increase of 7% pa.

GDPs are rising fast but wages are not keeping up. Here‘s a source for europe: ft.com/…/0a245c28-6cc3-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d

It’s not like poor white people are having ouwie now. The 1% are 10000%ing their income while the rest goes home empty.

Haui, 1 year ago

As someone with a special interest in psychology I would say that being faced with inequality compared to our parents, we‘re definitely off to a bad start.

Our outlook on the future is fundamentally worse. The planet is fucked, most of us will never own a house, stuff is getting more and more expensive while we‘re being exploited at work. All while we‘re told the world is so much better than it was.

Those of us with the awareness to recognize that we are not seeing an improvwment are the ones that are worse off. I reckon it is another reason why social media and other distractions are rising and stress diseases are insanely high.

TL;DR: You can be factually better off while being constantly reminded how bad the situation really is and feel worse. We’re in a psychological crisis.

Haui, 1 year ago

Very good idea! Be the change you wanna see and fork firefox right now! :) or build something else entirely.

Haui, 1 year ago

Germany is a good country if you‘re of german descent, white, educated, not disabled and mentally stable. Bonus points if you’re a man.

Everyone else can literally fuck off.

Haui, 1 year ago

It is a education problem imo. Keeping masses in check is very easy if they lack critical thinking and have a tv in every room.

Haui, 1 year ago

But the degree varies. Yesterday, the new nsdap got elected as second strongest party in the federal state hessen. One of their leaders literally said to warm up the gas chambers again.

I think we really need the US to intervene sooner rather than later. Otherwise we’re definitely getting nuked at some point.

Germany is fully embracing fascism again at this point.

Haui, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I mean it obviously depends on a lot of factors. If you‘re white, speak fluent german and don’t tell anyone you‘re an immigrant, you get bullied less.

But generally, being black seems to be a problem. I’m not too informed about that except reading the occasional report. Having facial features usually found in islamic countries is definitely going to get you in hot water with the older folks and the uneducated.

Depending on the part of germany, you‘ll likely be met with a baseball bat (east germany).

It is normal in germany to make racist jokes and to make jokes about disabled people. The german government commissioned a recent study about this (demokratie-leben.de/…/rassistische-realitaeten-in…) and it came to the conclusion that nearly 25% of all (5000 people I think) have been victim to racism and over half have been present during racist encounters.

This and the fact that the new german nazi party just got voted in second place in the federal state of hessen should tell you most that you need to know.

Haui, 1 year ago

I completely agree. But I would go even farther. We have misunderstood and corrupted democracy to a popularity contest. I

t is legal to infinitely increase politicians salaries, to accept donations from lobbyist groups, to work into their own pocket. We pretty much legalized corruption.

Now the politicians are so out of touch that they don’t see how their country is eroding under them. The streets have holes, there is garbage on the back alleys but not on the main streets. All so it doesn’t look bad when you drive through but shit if you live there.

Even our former health minister, albeit relatively fast in his reaction, made himself and his husband rich with mask deals. He should definitely go to jail for that.

Haui, 1 year ago

My wife and I made a deal yesterday night, after the votes came in. If the nazis get a seat on a national level, we‘re leaving to the nordic countries. We‘ll both be fucked because the light there isn’t great and we have issues with depression anyway but it’s better than the fucking gas chamber.

Haui, 1 year ago

Hey, now worries. We all make different experiences so yours may differ. Btw. I‘m sorry, they got 30% in the voting district I‘m in, not the whole state but they are second strongest there. I‘ll correct that. Also, I am part of multiple minorities, one of witch is being the child of an immigrant.

I‘m not talking about myself or someone I know though. I used to do sales a lot and traveled through germany for 20 years. I‘ve met hundreds of people every year and am telling you what I hear and see. To be fair, I met with people from all social backgrounds so someone from a more affluent class will make a very different experience.

Anyway, I grew up in the biggest city in hessen and although there are a lot of immigrants, the racist shit that happens there is insane. A friend of mine got sucked in with the local soccer club‘s hooligans and we ended up at a members house who happened to also be in the former nazi parti (npd) and had a red flag in their living room (you know the one). I never went to soccer again.

But I digress: Having worked in eastern hessen, I have had to deal with companies needing employees which I supplied. The most stated demand was „no immigrants please“ (around 2005). Racism is brutal in eastern (rural) hessen. I often had to tell my customers that they were opening themselves up to lawsuits with that behavior.

I now live in western hessen where the political climate used to be pretty chill but it is ramping up big time. Since I have had an autism diagnosis in the meantime, I have been sensitized to ableist commentary. I wouldn’t have picked up on it otherwise either.

Since then, I joined a couple groups in the area to talk about experiences. People are being bullied at work for their disability and frequently fired, stating the disability is the reason but giving another reason legally so the employer cant be sued. As a former employer I‘m familiar with this technique although I find it appalling.

Also, older people tend to send racist or ableist jokes around here. That is not something I heard but something that happens a lot since I happen to know quite a few. I always tell them not to send around shit like this but they’re oblivious why this is bad.

About eastern germany: I have visited leipzig, jena, east berlin, brandenburg and other places. The bigger cities are less racist but brandenburg is insane. People are walking around with shaved heads, black boots and nazi tattoos. I‘m not making this up.

I do agree that some people vote alt right out of protest but we‘re having a racism problem. The study doesn’t lie and neither your nor my account will change that. Racist crimes have picked up 10% in the last year btw.

Most people who don’t belong to a minority don’t really see these things happening here.

Haui, 1 year ago

You’re welcome. Happy to help.

Yes, most of it happens among members of the majority (which I can pose as if I keep quiet about myself and don’t show differences) or against a group that is not present. The beatings, spitting and raping happen rather rarely, if you get my drift.

Haui, 1 year ago

Probably. Do you have any deprogramming resources handy? I‘d really like to have answers to people who think we need to have rich overlords to live appropriately.

Haui, 1 year ago

Thanks for mentioning those. I‘ve checked out the book. It‘s not bad so far but I‘m not convinced just yet. :)

Haui, 1 year ago

Asking questions is a good idea. But I‘m convinced there is a lot more needed than this.

I don’t think people think that we „need“ landlords, just that this is the system we have and they are not used to thinking for themselves.

If you remember the kids in school that were popular: they mostly had cool sneakers or were sweet talkers of some kind. None of them actually were smart or did anything particularly interesting. Same goes for CEOs today.

The reason we have capitalism (in my opinion) is because we are braindead as a group. The overwhelming majority lacks the skills to judge character, skill or even experience. We elect people without social accomplishments to public offices.

That is also why hiring in companies is such a mess. Companies looking for specific keywords in a cv or letter will never get the best specialists because the people they hire are specialists and gaming the system, not at their job.

We‘re naturally drawn to narcissists because they are good at selling themselves. We should be looking at the quiet person. They are normally 8 times better than the loudmouth.

Have a good one. Sorry for the rant.

Haui, 1 year ago

I don’t have a definitive answer for that. Right now I‘d go with that, yes. The goal would be to move away from renting as you age. Everyone should own their living space sooner or later. There are options for this. Where I live you can rent-buy something. It’s renting but you also reduce the price you‘d pay for buying it. It’s very rare though afaik.

Haui, 1 year ago

Definitely. I do though. Books have always helped me to make sense of the things I see. Life has been rough and an early dip into psychology helped to stay mostly sane.

Seeing that the world is still struggling although our efficiency is through the roof makes me think there must be a reason for it.

Easiest answer is capitalism and we know that our gains accumulate at the top, not spread through the population. Still, I‘d like a more science based explanation and solutions.

That way I can stand behind it without needing to follow blindly. Tried that. Doesn’t work for me. I hope it makes sense for you. :)

Haui, 1 year ago

TIL that this could be related to monotropism. Here’s a video explaining it youtu.be/3mBbOOzhoGQ?si=Iu0J_yY3eZfCtTFM

Haui, 1 year ago

The world has a justice problem. Imo we are not vigilant enough to weed out injustice when it happens. Justice is what also rewards you for doing good. Do good in a job, get promotion. Do bad, get demotion or get fired. Even in school most teachers have their darlings and don’t care about those struggling. At least the schools I‘ve seen so far.

Games promote very good reward systems that we fail to use as grownups for things that actually matter instead of raking in money for investors.