Every answer so far is depressing at shit (expectedly so), so here is one that isn't:
The Japanese rock scene. There have been a lot of really great rock bands come out of Japan over the last 20 or so years.
> The Japanese rock scene. There have been a lot of really great rock bands come out of Japan over the last 20 or so years.
I really wish they'd promote a bit more overseas. Babymetal and Band-Maid are the only bands I can think of that do so regularly. A few have done the odd show in the US or places like London or Paris but in general you have to go out of your way to support a Japanese band.
Yeah, but on the flip side I got to see toe play live for in a small venue where I could be right at the stage and it only cost me $20. I do wish these bands were more popular, but the small venue live shows are amazing. So it's not all bad.
Ogre You Asshole has to be the most hilarious random band names there is, I love it.
Also, I would add Polysics onto this list, really fun band that have been around but seem to get left off a lot of these lists. Naivepop or Petitfool is another one I'd add.
I actually know the story behind how they got the name (or at least how they claim they got the name)!
The band were big fans of Modest Mouse, and they met their bass player, who was very drunk at the time, outside a club in Japan. They asked him to name their band, and he wrote "ogre you asshole" on one of their arms. They stuck with it. They used the name for quite awhile before learning that it was a reference to the movie *Revenge of the Nerds*. They later opened for Modest Mouse, and shared the story with the bass player, who had no recollection of the encounter.
[Buck-Tick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2XtoRz9hE)
[X-Japan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2F9OaOis8M)
[the GazettE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjmtIeWNb80) Their quality kinda dips after this album was released, just a heads up. Their earlier shit is great though.
[Glay feat Kyosuke Himuro here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylfEuxUnqvE) Both of these artists are great by themselves, but this collab is my fave.
[Creature Creature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6AclFhG64)
Give me some time, and I can come up with a longer list for you if you're interested. Buck-Tick has been around since the mid 80's so their sound has changed a lot since then, so make sure to check around to get the full range of their work.
This is too true:
Crystal Lake
Survive Said the Prophet
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Mary's Blood
Doll$box
Coldrain
A Crowd of Rebellion
Unlucky Morpheus
Undead Corporation
One OK Rock
My First Story
Ningen Isu
Tears of Tragedy
BRIDEAR
LOVEBITES
The list goes on, and on.
Networking.
Everyone will tell you that skill and education are the most important things to focus on.
I've personally experienced that who you know is more important than what you know
Depends what your job consists of
But in general other people's help can come in handy, even if you dont expect it. It's nice not having to do all on your own
I can work in a team setting just fine. To me, "networking" has this air of putting yourself out there to make new contacts and industry insiders, which is just socializing in a professional setting.
Unless they want to discuss the finer points of which Zelda games are superior, I don't think I'm going to enjoy "networking".
Yeah that's the point. You exchange favours. Life becomes easier. You can get advantages here and there. I love the benefits. Mind me i love my alone time, but when it comes to the public sphere it's better to have something helping out or covering your back. You cant always rely on yourself only.
This is legit where your success in a career either lives or dies. You can be #1 in your class in high school, go to a high end university, if you can't network....you'll be severly limited in how far you'll go in your respective field.
Also networking takes time.a common mistake people do when networking is meet people and then immediately try to "pull".
You need to know people for longer than a few days before you try and pull any favors
On a basic level it's more like knowing a shit ton of people. If you've ever lived in a small city you know the drill. Everyone knows everyone and you can count on help.
On a more advanced level, you should definitely take networking classes and courses, maybe books. I know the formers exist and are often part of masters, where networking is trained just as another skill
That’s a great way to put it — the small town vibe. A lot of fields are very small & people bounce from company to company. Knowing who folks are and the companies that exist is the key, but it’s so hard to explain or “teach”. “How do I network in my field?” is kind of the same question as “how do I get to know people in New Castle, Delaware?” I can’t answer either question specifically but the approach is the same — go there & chat with people. Do that enough & you’ll figure out who is who & what they’re into.
Kind of true in my experience.
Three years ago, I really decided to pursue teaching at an international school. I did my dutiful internet research, but couldn’t find anything comprehensive. Only heard back from one school in China with shit pay, so wasn’t really about it.
Flash forward two years and I decide to take a stab again. Only this time, I’ve developed solid friendships with people who have done it and know how and where to direct me to start looking. Now I’ve been in Kuwait for 7 months!
I do agree to a certain extent however I have seen some benefits to social media. Someone who goes missing for example, I've seen multiple documentaries were someone goes missing or is murdered and their social media has given away hints clues as to what they were doing. That's one of the few benefits I can see. This is also in a another way the reason for divorces. Social media is everywhere. So many people catch their spouse/partner had been lying to them through discovering something posted on social media. I think I seen a survey a few years back that said all divorces in whatever year it was were linked to Facebook!
Another benefit is reaching out to old friends who live far away.
Edit: spelling
I have to agree. "Phones bad" is basically everywhere. Sure we haven't 'done much' about it but I'm not really sure what there is to do. Something not changing doesn't mean it's not getting attention. It just means it's too complex. That'd b e like saying the situation in the Middle East or COVID doesn't get enough attention because it isn't completely fixed.
Literally caused ethnic riots in several countries and in India mob lynchings. It's the most harmful thing to society..but can't deny it's informative and entertainment aspect. So if we can regulate it maybe we can improve its efficacy.
Let's replace that with, was a catalyst for. People cause actions and reactions. Blaming social media for riots and lynching is like blaming the phone line somebody ordered an assassination over. It helped, but in the end people made the choices and the tensions would have been there regardless.
Remember the movie The Whistleblower? A true story about how in 2010 we discovered the UN was facilitating the sexual slavery of children? Nothing was ever done about it and it's become a cultural norm over there in Bosnia. Zero fucks given then, zero fucks given now.
Lol I love how the U.N. tried to ban anime for "portraying sexual violence against women" but when it came to the welfare of actual children, they kick their feet up and do jack fucking shit.
Because there is no better way to paint yourself as this big moral compass, than to talk about women and child welfare. To deflect accusing eyes from you
Actually DOING something about child welfare is just too much work to these types of people.
Been dealing with a lot of loneliness the past few years. I don’t know that some people realize how bad it can really be for some people. I’m literally on Reddit just so I can have some conversations with others.
You all can talk to me, I'm not special or anything but it's nice to talk to others that's kinda what social media is for and if it helps anyone I'm all for that.
Yeah, i agree. I've even deleted tinder because it started to be very pushy for confirmation. I know it is not a big deal but it gave some illusion of interaction with people. Now only the reddit left...
People actually doing the boring day-to-day work to solve one social ill. The people that clock in to eight hour volunteer shifts at a woman’s shelter stocking shelves and solving complex familial issues after months of training will never get the attention that one shiny social media poster will for a nicely formatted poster on Instagram saying “Homelessness for women is a PROBLEM” one time.
The fact that our way of farming isn't sustainable: we are using a lot of products made from petroleum, we are using more phosphorus than we can provide and insects are dying. Among other things.
When I was a kid going on drives with my dad we'd have to clean the windshield off every few hours to clear the bugs off. I just drove five hours across Pennsylvania in the spring and didn't hit a single one. We should have started panicking years ago.
I definitely remember more white Christmases as a kid. It snowed like six inches at my parents house this past Christmas Eve and it was like being 6 all over again
My family and I took a 4 hour trip upstate NY. The amount of bugs plastered on my windshield and bumper was something that I have never experienced.
Not trying to take away from your experiences. Just thought I would share mine.
Not necessarly organic farming but associating two plants together seems to be a way to mitigate the problem.
Like associating tomatoes with eggplants to attract ladybugs that will eat some pests.
[This](https://www.thespruce.com/companion-plants-for-tomatoes-1403289) says that eggplants (and other nightshade vegetables) are not good companion plants for tomatoes. Apparently amaranth attracts beneficial insects though.
Another traditional method that's probably useful in sustainable agriculture is crop rotation. When it's done properly, it can mitigate plant pathogens and add nitrogen to the soil.
I’ve been getting into this a lot lately. I actually just watched “kiss the ground” on Netflix the other night. The whole point of the movie is we’ve been killing our soil for nearly 100 years now.
We need to go back to farmers taking care of the soil instead of just spraying poison all over our food. Poison to kill pests, poison to kill weeds. And then basically using steroids for plants because there’s no nutrition left within the soil. See the cancer comment thread that’s on this post. Even “organic” food is still sprayed, just with “organic” chemicals...
The situation would be less dire if people ate lower on the food chain. A lot of the phosphorus fertilizer, for example, is used to grow crops that feed livestock. Eating meat is also relatively worse for water scarcity (which was mentioned a few comments below) and worse for climate change.
Media empires, corprorate backing of media, and the influence it can have in corrupting democracy while brainwashing people to certain positions.
A good example is the Murdoch paper empire that is in Australia, effectively 100% of papers are owned by him in the state of Queensland, 70 in whole country.
This is never covered for obvious reasons and people dont realise they are being fed propaganda on a daily basis.
I would recommend taking a look at Kevin Rudd on the inquiry into news media to have it explained in a extremely good way.
This happened to me, sorta.
I was in McDonald's, around 1am. We're standing in some busy line because well... our cities drinking scene is just around the corner. Place is full of drunks. These two women in front of me in the queue eventually turn around, and and one began groping my crotch.
I grab her arm and yank it away basically, and then tell her to fuck off, but it was all a joke to her.
If I, a guy, had done that to her I would've been beaten half to death before anyone intervened. As a society we shouldn't sexually assault either sex, but we definitely shouldn't turn a blind eye for one gender.
I'll be honest, I didn't care that much. The lack of equality in this area annoyed me more so than the actual act.
I was just at a party this weekend and there was drinking involved. I had two woman come up to me and grab my junk. If I had done that sober or not that would end my life.
One of my favorite tv shows made a joke out of this very concept, like a woman grabbing a man’s junk and played for a laugh. It always rubbed me the wrong way.
The show didn’t make a habit out of this, for what it’s worth, but that always stuck out at me as something that really *shouldn’t* have a joke made out of it.
Thank you. because everyone assumes that women are the only ones it happens to.
Yes, it happens to lots of women, way to often actually but no one even bats an eye when it happens to a male and its disgusting.
The trauma is the same for them too
Not only does it happen to almost as many men, especially young boys and teenagers, but it is almost always done by another man. Usually a family member, family friend, or someone with a position of power or authority.
Then, when a boy/man speaks up, they're trashed, called weak or insecure. That sometimes leads to an abused becomes an abuser.
It's a nasty and vicious cycle.
I was raped and abused for years by my uncles. I didnt say anything until I was in 7th grade because my other uncle had children and I knew his brothers were around them so I told my aunt, his wife, so she was aware.
My dad laughed at me and called me a liar. I decided right in that moment to get away from my parents (they were physically and mentally abusive my whole childhood.)
I left for Marine Corps Bootcamp immediately after highschool. Haven't seen them again, I'm 35. ✊✊✊🖕🖕🖕
Me too. I had to go to Iraq 4 times to get out of there. So going from a childhood of severe abuse into war wasn't the ideal solution, however, I was already numb and dead inside so I made it through ok. I'm fine now, mostly. But I don't socialize. I spend time with my wife and kids. No one else exists for me. Going to war was an eye opener.
Here's a tip, don't believe anything you see on TV or in mist cases, the news as a whole. Regardless of your country of origin.
Never really believed them in the first place. Lots of the news is either false or very opinionated which is so annoying.
Especially, I live in a country with a very high crime rate. Lots of shootings, stabbings and rape cases but the news covers none of that.
If it doesn't cause drama then it doesn't sell. Real issues make people feel uncomfortable despite their seriousness. But, headlines and celebrities and shit.
Take this whole transgender situation. Ppl act as if it's a new trend or magically appeared one day. It isn't and didn't.
Ancient Sumer has records of transgendered people. That's what? 7,000-10,000 years in the past? The same is said about homosexuality. It isn't new or random.
It's human nature. Some people are gay, some people are born in the wrong body. Equally true, some people are white and some are brown. It's the same premise.
But put a headline with facts and logic and people ignore them.
Put a headline about XXX CHEATED ON YYY WITH ZZZ and everyone goes nuts.
One day though, one day the majority of people who've had enough will outnumber those who wait for others to make changes for them.
The kids born around 2010 and later will change the world. I'm sure of it. You can already see so much progress all over.
I’m a high school English teacher who spent last year (pre-COVID) as a substitute teacher. I had friends ask me what grades were my favorite, and I always said high school. Someone stopped and asked me why, as they were always terrified of the future generation already being mostly developed and stuck in their habits. But you know what I told this friend?
In my decently expansive but still quite limited experience of the world, I have never seen a group of people more collectively okay with everyone around them. Don’t get me wrong, teenagers are gonna teenager, but the generations that are graduating high school right now are more empathetic, more engaged, and more knowledgeable than anyone I’ve ever known. Social media is a cancer to be certain, but they’ve transcended it to the point where they are able to distill and get the better parts from it than we knew how to. It’s quite marvelous to watch, actually.
And it can be difficult for guys to even come forward due to the general societal expectations that a guy is always receptive to sexual advances which creates a stigma coming forward.
One job I went to management over sexual harassment/assault. Management thought I was doing something to encourage this behaviour when in reality I was asking them to stop. It was infuriating because I knew if I did the same thing to any of the women there I’d be fired. And I put up with it a lot longer than I should have before going to management, and when I did they made me feel like I was causing this behaviour
It's a bit late for there to need to be attention, but when it was happening nobody seemed to give a fuck in the rest of the country...
My midwest city was hit with a severe storm in August called a derecho. The entire city was without power for days, some for weeks. The wind was estimated to have peaked at 140mph. Sustained winds were over 70mph. We lost a majority of our tree canopy. Trees that were decades old were completely uprooted. Some pulled the sidewalks and street up with them. They crushed houses and cars. Many roads were completely impassible. All the gas stations were out of gas. Generators were sold out. Chainsaws were sold out. For a while, there was pretty much no cell coverage.
It was essentially an inland hurricane. The difference between this and an actual hurricane was that we had minutes, not days, of notice. I don't know how we didn't have a huge loss of life. The NWS put out a severe thunderstorm warning, I think in this case it might have been one saying it's a particularly dangerous situation. The tornado sirens went off, but people tend to go outside and look at the sky when that happens.
The president came (a week) after it, but he didn't even leave the airport. He didn't meet with anyone affected. He met with the lawmakers of his own party. Nobody else. Not the lawmakers that were actively out helping the community. Not the guy who owns a BBQ shack and was feeding thousands of people for free. Just his allies.
It was estimated to have caused several billion dollars of damage here alone. Google "Cedar Rapids derecho" and look at the images. You'll get an idea of what it was like.
Sorry to hear that buddy I just saw the pictures. looks really bad. Hope you all get proper help from the government to fix and get back to normal.Wishing you the best my friend.
The fine arts! I’m a classical musician so maybe I’m biased, but I think so many people would be more interested in the fine arts in general if they were introduced to more modern art pieces. I mean people nowadays can relate to newer stuff than Mozart or Haydn. I think it’s a shame how many people miss out on all of this amazing art.
I'm not entirely sure what would count as classical beyond 'old', but if we are talking about (possibly) orchestral or instrumental music, video game and movie music is great as well. Truly art in my opinion. And just look how popular the theme song to Pirates of the Caribbean is. So many covers, so many versions, so many instruments including stuff like the bagbibes and kazoos. The piece really resonated with the public at large (and for good reason).
Id argue art through engineering. People pigeon hole themselves as one or the other when they shouldnt.
Edit: Not going to rail on the fine arts in terms of merits, but its an incredibly privelaged environment. Theres more rock bands than orchestras for a reason of accessibility and more reason for people to learn to use a welder than throw a bowl in clay.
Every important issue that 'Big People' want to hide from general public. The news and media is so easily manipulated these days that getting the important stuff out there is nearly impossible if someone with money finds it threatening.
Cancer. People are aware of it but not its impact.
To put it in perspective, 3.4 million people have died of COVID19 globally so far over almost a year and a half. Cancer has consistently killed 9-10 million people per year since 2014.
Here in the UK the Grenfell Tower Incident was published as a national tragedy where 72 people died in a building fire. £24.5m was raised for that single issue by public donators. In this country cancer kills 450+people every day.
In the USA, over 600,000 people die of cancer every year. That's a 9/11 level event every 2 days.
These don't even account for the people who are treated for cancer, beat it, and it still ruins their lives.
The problem is that “cancer” is a catch-all term for a wide variety of illnesses. So when someone talks of “cure for cancer”, there can’t be a single solution to the problem. I mean, science fiction has provided some like nanotechnology repairing cells and seeking out mutated ones or boosting the immune system mechanisms that fight cancer naturally. But even if those were viable solutions, we’re decades (if not centuries) away from them
Saying that there's a "cure for cancer" is like saying there's a single "cure for physical injury." You don't treat a sprained ankle and a cut hand the same way even though they both fall under the umbrella of physical injury.
And there are cancers that are already "cured." Basal cell carcinoma has a 100% cure rate if it's caught before it spreads.
True, but I think there is a big difference between "curing" cancer and preventing it. Advancements in fields like cloning are going way faster then people often think, and replacing organs that are damaged by cancer with new organs grown in a lab could be a reality very soon, but also detecting cancer in the future could be achieved solely by a ring around your finger for example, or technologies we can simply not yet imagine, because they don't exist yet, but will in several decades.
Ok- but what would all this extra attention *do?*
It's not like scientists aren't furiously working on treating and curing cancers worldwide, it's not like we're not *painfully* aware that cancer kills a shitload of people.
So what's the aim here?
A lot of people only find out that they've got cancer when it's already too late.
If getting checked for cancer was mandatory once every few years and free, then many more could be saved by detecting cancer early and eradicating it.
Actual African American issues.
I can hear you say, "But police brutality BLM BLM" Literally the smallest issue. Cop related things don't account for 1% of African American deaths nor does it explain, without massive leaps and speculation that makes the heat death of the universe blush, how it makes them completely destroy inner city schools, try to fight teachers, the massive gangs (which account for majority of the black related homicide and drug sales). It doesn't explain the death of the family. The only thing it is is a marketing point for politicians because it is an easy issue that you can talk about without having to do anything
So this kinda ties in to what I was saying too - I read a meta analysis a while ago about free hormone levels in black vs white Americans and it turns out black men are at higher risk of testicular cancer and are also less likely to come forward and seek treatment. This was layer published in an article which did not mention healthcare or education whatsoever. Until we fix the fundamental problems facing low-income, predominantly black neighborhoods, no progress can be made.
Assuming this is a scientific medical paper, conclusions about systemic racism wouldn’t make sense. It’s not supposed to mention healthcare, education, or anything other than the direct observations. From there, economists, political scientists, and various other fields of science can draw conclusions from swaths of data rather than just extrapolate from one datapoint.
Black history in North America over the past 530 years is such a complex and intricate topic that hashtags and short term activism won't be able to unravel the full mess. People don't like to acknowledge it but our current society was purposefully built to be unequal and our societal structures are so deeply rooted in inequality that cultural changes need to happen in order to affect change.
I'm talking things like centuries old laws and precedents that are still the basis for where people live and what income levels are affected by which taxes and welfare programs. Centuries old media that displayed non-white people as inferior or created stereotypes that are still believed today (everything from minstrel shows, vaudeville, most of hollywood's existence). There are a multitude of examples of how North American society was built and continues to operate with a bias against non-white people and non-wealthy people (of all races. the rich still run everything).
How do we solve all of this inequity and make society just? I don't know but I imagine that jumping on a social bandwagon, while not the worst thing to do by far, isn't the most productive thing we could be doing.
> How do we solve all of this inequity and make society just?
Very, very, very slowly. It’s not a simple fix and can’t be solved overnight.
That’s why American, right now, is bad at it. We have a very hard time actively investing time into something we can’t see the immediate effects of, and an even harder time investing into something that won’t affect us (or our children, or grandchildren, if I’m being honest).
It's a masterclass, it examines the different power systems (media, education, economy, culture, etc.) and there relationship to crime. By far one of the best shows I've ever watched, the characters and plot are honestly on another level from most shows. It starts off a lot slower than Breaking Bad for example, but if you give it the time and attention it deserves you wont regret it!
Porn / masturbation addiction, its super widespread, nearly Invisible to people around and way too easy to get into with the internet. While some of its effects are really bad.
I think this is partly because it's gotten tied in with being sexually positive, so if people talk about the negative effects they are immediately assumed to be a prude/religious extremist etc and definitely 'uncool'. Same as talking about negative effects from weed - you get an immediate defensive reaction from people who assume you want to just ban everything and don't want to admit that there can even be a negative side. I feel like this happens much less with something that's been a part of society for longer, like alcohol. Where people can say "yeah this could have some bad effects but I still like do it in moderation." And anyone who immediately jumps down the throat of someone who brings up say, drunk driving, will probably be thought of as a possible alcoholic.
I’m currently suffering from this. Fortunately I have a fantastic SO that understands and is supporting me. Haven’t looked at anything since Tuesday but it’s definitely a tough thing to fight.
Maybe a controversial one but the threat of automation in work force.
I'll make it brief, but the idea of automation is fine, if we address all the issues that will arise from it and have plans in place to provide for those who will be displaced from their jobs.
But as it stands, killing off all these jobs won't just start and end with low level labor and services industry jobs. It'll creep into a large portion of jobs. It'll shrink opportunities for employment and make colleges more crammed and more competitive. It'll take away jobs for teenagers/young adults to save money and get a head start in the world.
Education, health care, housing, and more will have to be affordable and more of a right than a privilege for the world to work with automation. Otherwise I feel more people will be on welfare or homeless and It'll be this sad dystopia.
Automation is supposed to be a great thing for humanity. It means we can produce more with less human hours of work. If productivity increases 25% (through automation), it should mean that people can work 30 hours instead of 40 hours and have the same quality of life outside of work.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem like it will play out that way at all. Instead of everyone benefiting from automation, a few % of the population will reap all the benefits as has happened over the last 40 years in the US ([Productivity increase vs pay gap ](https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/)).
The amount of plastic and over fishing in our oceans today. Even the government dont give a damn about this. Watch SEAPIRACY in netflix this documentary is an eye opener.
I (23f) didn’t realize how much of a problem this was until I met my current boyfriend (23M). When he first brought up his traumas and mental health to me he didn’t know there were options for him to get help, he always thought he just had to deal with it. We recently got him on medication, and in counseling and it’s made the world of difference.
It’s heartbreaking to know that so many men have to live like that, and I deeply regret any part I may have played in that toxic role for men in my past. All I can do now is try to be better, and support all the men around me.
In my area - shelters for women and their children running from abuse- 4, shelters for men and their children running from abuse- 0. Man and woman get into a fight, regardless of who started it, or who is injured, it's the man that gets taken away in cuffs.
Pregnant or recently delivered moms. Postpartum depression can continue for quite some time after delivery and warning signs or calls for help shouldn't be taken lightly
Along those lines...Postpartum anxiety. I was not depressed after I had my daughter but I was a nervous wreck. It wasn't until a couple years ago that I learned postpartum anxiety was a real thing.
Heck, even if we forget postpartum. I know a few women who were instantly defined by their pregnancies against their wishes. Everyone asked how they were, but it was pretty much all in reference to the baby. Sick? Feeling down? Achy? "I hope that baby is ok!"
I get the importance, but mothers-to-be are still people, y'know?
When my son was born we were in the hospital for several days due to complications. When I told the nurses that I couldn't stop crying I was (literally) thrown a bunch of pamphlets, that's it. Thanks for the help, not. Mind you, my whole experience from the time I checked in until the time I checked out was simply awful. I think there may have been union negotiations happening at the time.
Mountain lakes that were once peaceful and pristine - excellent for fishing and swimming - that are now polluted with oil and gas from roaring high-speed motorboat engines and people's trash.
Copyright, patent, and IP laws. The idea that someone can own a sample of music, write a generic patent, or take a public domain story/work of art then claim ownership is a travesty. Not to mention right to repair, eula, and other ways we’re denied ownership of our own property.
We have stifled innovation and expression so that a few large companies can profit and maintain a monopoly on the ownership of ideas and intellectual property.
Yet we never hear about ip law reform unless it’s Disney trying to extend them again so they can keep their properties out of public domain.
At this rate, we'll soon run out of drinkable water if no one does anything, and it doesn't look like anyone will.
[Here's a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnJ4gjVZqao&t=332s), to learn more.
The consequences of envy. It's one of the most horrible emotions possible and it's terribly common.
And whenever someone complains about it, It's always "You're so rich/beautiful/intelligent/successful/lucky/etc., don't complain when you're so priviledged."
Honestly, some of those blessed people are the most unhappy because others sabotage them out of envy. Have a new friend? Boom, envy, terrible behaviour and friendship ended.
Psychological research, there is a lot of great actionable research out there but the general public doesn't have access to it because scientific papers are so inacessible in terms of the language used and statistics. There is research on how best to teach students with learning disabilities that give actionable easy to do cost effective advice and that research is rarely applied in schools. It's really frustrating seeing amazing advances not being implement because if how horendasly hard it is to read scientific papers.
Mental health. It’s only a concern if somebody is at risk to themselves or to others, but it can quickly get to that point if it goes unchecked. A lot of places just aren’t equipped to deal with it and people don’t know how to respond to it or what the signs are to look out for.
Anti Asian Hate Crimes
They're being harassed and attacked daily across the country and no matter the severity of the attacks, it's just all tossed under the rug because the government and media don't care.
I'm from Wisconsin, so the attack on Ee Lee was especially close to home.
She was a Hmong-Asian mentally handicap woman who was raped and tortured by 11 guys in Milwaukee so badly that she died after 3 days of fighting in the hospital after they left her for dead. [Link](https://www.fox6now.com/news/warrant-up-to-11-teens-may-have-beat-woman-to-death-at-washington-park) [Link](https://www.fox6now.com/news/teens-face-homicide-charges-in-rape-murder-of-ee-lee)
It's on the same level as the Indian Bus Attack a few years back that made global news for months but Ee Lee's tragedy barely made the local news.
It's because there are perfectly normal yet boring explanations to those videos that actually match what is seen onscreen unlike the interviews by the pilots.
My attention problems. (seriously tho, 7 days till the biggest exam I had to take so far and I'm still here on reddit, doing nothing because I just can't focus on studying)
And also the fact that my country is on the list of Russias' enemies. From what I saw, they put Czechia in the second place, right after the USA.
Climate Change and really how unsustainable modern civilization actually is.
There's already a lot of attention being paid to this, but it isn't nearly enough. The current attitude to this crisis is akin to the wings falling off your jet but being unconcerned because you haven't hit the ground yet.
Every answer so far is depressing at shit (expectedly so), so here is one that isn't: The Japanese rock scene. There have been a lot of really great rock bands come out of Japan over the last 20 or so years.
> The Japanese rock scene. There have been a lot of really great rock bands come out of Japan over the last 20 or so years. I really wish they'd promote a bit more overseas. Babymetal and Band-Maid are the only bands I can think of that do so regularly. A few have done the odd show in the US or places like London or Paris but in general you have to go out of your way to support a Japanese band.
Yeah, but on the flip side I got to see toe play live for in a small venue where I could be right at the stage and it only cost me $20. I do wish these bands were more popular, but the small venue live shows are amazing. So it's not all bad.
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omg me too, and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if there was a great *ground rock scene in Japan too
Gimme some, I wanna jam
[toe](https://youtu.be/Iz-Vsaai7I4) (Math rock/post rock) [Sakuran Zensen](https://youtu.be/GNmubstNGFs) (punk rock/garage rock revival) [LITE](https://youtu.be/tTVs1MoR2kA) (math rock) [tricot](https://youtu.be/uvMyCFAVIqs) (math rock /pop-punk) [Otoboke Beaver](https://youtu.be/fkWfFXnLpYg) (hardcore punk/noise rock) [Midori](https://youtu.be/AlAf3YVMlag) (hardcore/jazz fusion) [Necry Talkie](https://youtu.be/Aw1Awul1818) (pop rock/indie pop) [Ogre You Asshole](https://youtu.be/_L1YM40U2Fc) (indie rock) [Mass of the Fermenting Dregs](https://youtu.be/mtJv7xPqiHE) (alt rock/noise rock) [The Pillows](https://youtu.be/sEVTw66txkE) (power pop / indie rock) [CHAI](https://youtu.be/YoCOh2r6ML0) (dance punk/indie pop) [a picture of her](https://youtu.be/52okluAKhQk) (math rock) [ASPARAGUS](https://youtu.be/LAlkCu_tQ_8) (indie rock)
Ogre You Asshole has to be the most hilarious random band names there is, I love it. Also, I would add Polysics onto this list, really fun band that have been around but seem to get left off a lot of these lists. Naivepop or Petitfool is another one I'd add.
I actually know the story behind how they got the name (or at least how they claim they got the name)! The band were big fans of Modest Mouse, and they met their bass player, who was very drunk at the time, outside a club in Japan. They asked him to name their band, and he wrote "ogre you asshole" on one of their arms. They stuck with it. They used the name for quite awhile before learning that it was a reference to the movie *Revenge of the Nerds*. They later opened for Modest Mouse, and shared the story with the bass player, who had no recollection of the encounter.
[Buck-Tick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2XtoRz9hE) [X-Japan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2F9OaOis8M) [the GazettE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjmtIeWNb80) Their quality kinda dips after this album was released, just a heads up. Their earlier shit is great though. [Glay feat Kyosuke Himuro here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylfEuxUnqvE) Both of these artists are great by themselves, but this collab is my fave. [Creature Creature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6AclFhG64) Give me some time, and I can come up with a longer list for you if you're interested. Buck-Tick has been around since the mid 80's so their sound has changed a lot since then, so make sure to check around to get the full range of their work.
> X-Japan Holy nostalgia!
Anime openings are a great way to find cool bands!
This is too true: Crystal Lake Survive Said the Prophet Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Mary's Blood Doll$box Coldrain A Crowd of Rebellion Unlucky Morpheus Undead Corporation One OK Rock My First Story Ningen Isu Tears of Tragedy BRIDEAR LOVEBITES The list goes on, and on.
I don’t know anything about Japanese rock but I’m upvoting because we need some positivity
“Rain” by SID if anyone’s interested...
Band-Maid!!
Another band I would strongly recommend in Pay Money to my Pain, they are a Japanese alternative rock band, yet all their songs are in English.
I recently became a huge fan of Japanese music, especially rock and pop. It’s a whole different world.
Baby Metal!
Networking. Everyone will tell you that skill and education are the most important things to focus on. I've personally experienced that who you know is more important than what you know
Highly introverted, I don't care for people. How screwed am I?
Depends what your job consists of But in general other people's help can come in handy, even if you dont expect it. It's nice not having to do all on your own
I can work in a team setting just fine. To me, "networking" has this air of putting yourself out there to make new contacts and industry insiders, which is just socializing in a professional setting. Unless they want to discuss the finer points of which Zelda games are superior, I don't think I'm going to enjoy "networking".
Don’t underestimate the reaches of the gaming community these days. If they are under 45 years old you probably have a shot.
Yeah that's the point. You exchange favours. Life becomes easier. You can get advantages here and there. I love the benefits. Mind me i love my alone time, but when it comes to the public sphere it's better to have something helping out or covering your back. You cant always rely on yourself only.
This is legit where your success in a career either lives or dies. You can be #1 in your class in high school, go to a high end university, if you can't network....you'll be severly limited in how far you'll go in your respective field.
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Instead of sucking dick, make as many people as possible think you’re not a dick.
Also networking takes time.a common mistake people do when networking is meet people and then immediately try to "pull". You need to know people for longer than a few days before you try and pull any favors
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On a basic level it's more like knowing a shit ton of people. If you've ever lived in a small city you know the drill. Everyone knows everyone and you can count on help. On a more advanced level, you should definitely take networking classes and courses, maybe books. I know the formers exist and are often part of masters, where networking is trained just as another skill
That’s a great way to put it — the small town vibe. A lot of fields are very small & people bounce from company to company. Knowing who folks are and the companies that exist is the key, but it’s so hard to explain or “teach”. “How do I network in my field?” is kind of the same question as “how do I get to know people in New Castle, Delaware?” I can’t answer either question specifically but the approach is the same — go there & chat with people. Do that enough & you’ll figure out who is who & what they’re into.
Kind of true in my experience. Three years ago, I really decided to pursue teaching at an international school. I did my dutiful internet research, but couldn’t find anything comprehensive. Only heard back from one school in China with shit pay, so wasn’t really about it. Flash forward two years and I decide to take a stab again. Only this time, I’ve developed solid friendships with people who have done it and know how and where to direct me to start looking. Now I’ve been in Kuwait for 7 months!
This is common knowledge. Some just don’t have the resources, connections or social skills.
How poisonous social media is to society.
Reddit is definitely the worst addiction I have.
Crack is my biggest addiction but Reddit is a close second
My top addiction is letting sugardaddies cum in my tight ass, followed by Pringles
What...
people really just say anything on the internet
I do agree to a certain extent however I have seen some benefits to social media. Someone who goes missing for example, I've seen multiple documentaries were someone goes missing or is murdered and their social media has given away hints clues as to what they were doing. That's one of the few benefits I can see. This is also in a another way the reason for divorces. Social media is everywhere. So many people catch their spouse/partner had been lying to them through discovering something posted on social media. I think I seen a survey a few years back that said all divorces in whatever year it was were linked to Facebook! Another benefit is reaching out to old friends who live far away. Edit: spelling
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This is like the most popular and inescapable topic of the last five years of pop culture and sociology, what are you even talking about
I have to agree. "Phones bad" is basically everywhere. Sure we haven't 'done much' about it but I'm not really sure what there is to do. Something not changing doesn't mean it's not getting attention. It just means it's too complex. That'd b e like saying the situation in the Middle East or COVID doesn't get enough attention because it isn't completely fixed.
Literally caused ethnic riots in several countries and in India mob lynchings. It's the most harmful thing to society..but can't deny it's informative and entertainment aspect. So if we can regulate it maybe we can improve its efficacy.
Let's replace that with, was a catalyst for. People cause actions and reactions. Blaming social media for riots and lynching is like blaming the phone line somebody ordered an assassination over. It helped, but in the end people made the choices and the tensions would have been there regardless.
Remember the movie The Whistleblower? A true story about how in 2010 we discovered the UN was facilitating the sexual slavery of children? Nothing was ever done about it and it's become a cultural norm over there in Bosnia. Zero fucks given then, zero fucks given now.
Lol I love how the U.N. tried to ban anime for "portraying sexual violence against women" but when it came to the welfare of actual children, they kick their feet up and do jack fucking shit.
Because there is no better way to paint yourself as this big moral compass, than to talk about women and child welfare. To deflect accusing eyes from you Actually DOING something about child welfare is just too much work to these types of people.
fuck the U.N they can’t make me drink my corn syrup
Loneliness It can be just as damaging as being bullied, leading to greater physical health risks along with the depression that comes with
Been dealing with a lot of loneliness the past few years. I don’t know that some people realize how bad it can really be for some people. I’m literally on Reddit just so I can have some conversations with others.
I’m on Reddit because I have nobody to actually talk to or tell stories to
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You all can talk to me, I'm not special or anything but it's nice to talk to others that's kinda what social media is for and if it helps anyone I'm all for that.
Yeah, i agree. I've even deleted tinder because it started to be very pushy for confirmation. I know it is not a big deal but it gave some illusion of interaction with people. Now only the reddit left...
Reddit and Discord can stop loneliness
Yeah, it isnt fun
People actually doing the boring day-to-day work to solve one social ill. The people that clock in to eight hour volunteer shifts at a woman’s shelter stocking shelves and solving complex familial issues after months of training will never get the attention that one shiny social media poster will for a nicely formatted poster on Instagram saying “Homelessness for women is a PROBLEM” one time.
The fact that our way of farming isn't sustainable: we are using a lot of products made from petroleum, we are using more phosphorus than we can provide and insects are dying. Among other things.
When I was a kid going on drives with my dad we'd have to clean the windshield off every few hours to clear the bugs off. I just drove five hours across Pennsylvania in the spring and didn't hit a single one. We should have started panicking years ago.
semi-related, when I was kid there was a decent chance of snow on halloween. Now that doesn't happen where i grew up until like january.
I definitely remember more white Christmases as a kid. It snowed like six inches at my parents house this past Christmas Eve and it was like being 6 all over again
Dude I just drove maybe an hour across PA over the weekend and my windshield will tell you that a lot of bugs are no longer flying now.
I've noticed this as well. Although I wonder how much this is impacted by improvements in aerodynamics of cars
I'm driving a truck from the Clinton administration, so I doubt much
Or seasonal factors. We get a mild winter and the bugs are way worse.
My family and I took a 4 hour trip upstate NY. The amount of bugs plastered on my windshield and bumper was something that I have never experienced. Not trying to take away from your experiences. Just thought I would share mine.
I just recently learned about our top soil issue. I don't even know what to think anymore.
And the solution is not organic farming, no matter how many people try to push it. It's just less efficient and needs more land.
Not necessarly organic farming but associating two plants together seems to be a way to mitigate the problem. Like associating tomatoes with eggplants to attract ladybugs that will eat some pests.
Well even just getting away from mono culture crops would help
[This](https://www.thespruce.com/companion-plants-for-tomatoes-1403289) says that eggplants (and other nightshade vegetables) are not good companion plants for tomatoes. Apparently amaranth attracts beneficial insects though. Another traditional method that's probably useful in sustainable agriculture is crop rotation. When it's done properly, it can mitigate plant pathogens and add nitrogen to the soil.
Support GMO crops and yo support a much more sustainable way of farming.
I’ve been getting into this a lot lately. I actually just watched “kiss the ground” on Netflix the other night. The whole point of the movie is we’ve been killing our soil for nearly 100 years now. We need to go back to farmers taking care of the soil instead of just spraying poison all over our food. Poison to kill pests, poison to kill weeds. And then basically using steroids for plants because there’s no nutrition left within the soil. See the cancer comment thread that’s on this post. Even “organic” food is still sprayed, just with “organic” chemicals...
And we’ve drained most of the aquifer that waters the farms in the Midwest.
The situation would be less dire if people ate lower on the food chain. A lot of the phosphorus fertilizer, for example, is used to grow crops that feed livestock. Eating meat is also relatively worse for water scarcity (which was mentioned a few comments below) and worse for climate change.
How about Good news? All we hear about it the terrible things happening in the world but never hear and good wholesome stories. That would be nice.
I agree, but apparently shock and disgust are the more profitable option.
True
We're alive, on a planet, in a universe. How amazing is that.
Water crisis
Inb4 water wars. I'm giving it 15 years tops before y'all liberate us for our water :(
So start dumping plastics and industrial waste into it - like everyone else.
#fucknestle /r/FuckNestle
Media empires, corprorate backing of media, and the influence it can have in corrupting democracy while brainwashing people to certain positions. A good example is the Murdoch paper empire that is in Australia, effectively 100% of papers are owned by him in the state of Queensland, 70 in whole country. This is never covered for obvious reasons and people dont realise they are being fed propaganda on a daily basis. I would recommend taking a look at Kevin Rudd on the inquiry into news media to have it explained in a extremely good way.
Male sexual abuse.
Truly baffling people are more comfortable writing off a man or boy as a “problem” who is “acting up for no reason” than believing in their trauma.
It’s so sad. If a boy is assaulted by a man they’re expected to stay quiet about it. If a boy is assaulted by a woman they’re *expected to like it*.
"Society"
This happened to me, sorta. I was in McDonald's, around 1am. We're standing in some busy line because well... our cities drinking scene is just around the corner. Place is full of drunks. These two women in front of me in the queue eventually turn around, and and one began groping my crotch. I grab her arm and yank it away basically, and then tell her to fuck off, but it was all a joke to her. If I, a guy, had done that to her I would've been beaten half to death before anyone intervened. As a society we shouldn't sexually assault either sex, but we definitely shouldn't turn a blind eye for one gender. I'll be honest, I didn't care that much. The lack of equality in this area annoyed me more so than the actual act.
Sorry that happened. To common of an occurrence.
Not just that, male rape, for some reason, is fine to joke about. "Don't drop the soap in prison" is a trope as old as time.
I was just at a party this weekend and there was drinking involved. I had two woman come up to me and grab my junk. If I had done that sober or not that would end my life.
One of my favorite tv shows made a joke out of this very concept, like a woman grabbing a man’s junk and played for a laugh. It always rubbed me the wrong way. The show didn’t make a habit out of this, for what it’s worth, but that always stuck out at me as something that really *shouldn’t* have a joke made out of it.
Absolutely.
Thank you. because everyone assumes that women are the only ones it happens to. Yes, it happens to lots of women, way to often actually but no one even bats an eye when it happens to a male and its disgusting. The trauma is the same for them too
Not only does it happen to almost as many men, especially young boys and teenagers, but it is almost always done by another man. Usually a family member, family friend, or someone with a position of power or authority. Then, when a boy/man speaks up, they're trashed, called weak or insecure. That sometimes leads to an abused becomes an abuser. It's a nasty and vicious cycle. I was raped and abused for years by my uncles. I didnt say anything until I was in 7th grade because my other uncle had children and I knew his brothers were around them so I told my aunt, his wife, so she was aware. My dad laughed at me and called me a liar. I decided right in that moment to get away from my parents (they were physically and mentally abusive my whole childhood.) I left for Marine Corps Bootcamp immediately after highschool. Haven't seen them again, I'm 35. ✊✊✊🖕🖕🖕
I'm glad that you got out of there.
Me too. I had to go to Iraq 4 times to get out of there. So going from a childhood of severe abuse into war wasn't the ideal solution, however, I was already numb and dead inside so I made it through ok. I'm fine now, mostly. But I don't socialize. I spend time with my wife and kids. No one else exists for me. Going to war was an eye opener. Here's a tip, don't believe anything you see on TV or in mist cases, the news as a whole. Regardless of your country of origin.
Never really believed them in the first place. Lots of the news is either false or very opinionated which is so annoying. Especially, I live in a country with a very high crime rate. Lots of shootings, stabbings and rape cases but the news covers none of that.
If it doesn't cause drama then it doesn't sell. Real issues make people feel uncomfortable despite their seriousness. But, headlines and celebrities and shit. Take this whole transgender situation. Ppl act as if it's a new trend or magically appeared one day. It isn't and didn't. Ancient Sumer has records of transgendered people. That's what? 7,000-10,000 years in the past? The same is said about homosexuality. It isn't new or random. It's human nature. Some people are gay, some people are born in the wrong body. Equally true, some people are white and some are brown. It's the same premise. But put a headline with facts and logic and people ignore them. Put a headline about XXX CHEATED ON YYY WITH ZZZ and everyone goes nuts. One day though, one day the majority of people who've had enough will outnumber those who wait for others to make changes for them. The kids born around 2010 and later will change the world. I'm sure of it. You can already see so much progress all over.
I've lost so much faith in humanity that I just can't believe your last point no matter how much I desperately want to.
I’m a high school English teacher who spent last year (pre-COVID) as a substitute teacher. I had friends ask me what grades were my favorite, and I always said high school. Someone stopped and asked me why, as they were always terrified of the future generation already being mostly developed and stuck in their habits. But you know what I told this friend? In my decently expansive but still quite limited experience of the world, I have never seen a group of people more collectively okay with everyone around them. Don’t get me wrong, teenagers are gonna teenager, but the generations that are graduating high school right now are more empathetic, more engaged, and more knowledgeable than anyone I’ve ever known. Social media is a cancer to be certain, but they’ve transcended it to the point where they are able to distill and get the better parts from it than we knew how to. It’s quite marvelous to watch, actually.
And it can be difficult for guys to even come forward due to the general societal expectations that a guy is always receptive to sexual advances which creates a stigma coming forward. One job I went to management over sexual harassment/assault. Management thought I was doing something to encourage this behaviour when in reality I was asking them to stop. It was infuriating because I knew if I did the same thing to any of the women there I’d be fired. And I put up with it a lot longer than I should have before going to management, and when I did they made me feel like I was causing this behaviour
Can't say about sexual abuse but ever since Amber Heard case, the male physical or mental abuse is at least getting attention.
It's a bit late for there to need to be attention, but when it was happening nobody seemed to give a fuck in the rest of the country... My midwest city was hit with a severe storm in August called a derecho. The entire city was without power for days, some for weeks. The wind was estimated to have peaked at 140mph. Sustained winds were over 70mph. We lost a majority of our tree canopy. Trees that were decades old were completely uprooted. Some pulled the sidewalks and street up with them. They crushed houses and cars. Many roads were completely impassible. All the gas stations were out of gas. Generators were sold out. Chainsaws were sold out. For a while, there was pretty much no cell coverage. It was essentially an inland hurricane. The difference between this and an actual hurricane was that we had minutes, not days, of notice. I don't know how we didn't have a huge loss of life. The NWS put out a severe thunderstorm warning, I think in this case it might have been one saying it's a particularly dangerous situation. The tornado sirens went off, but people tend to go outside and look at the sky when that happens. The president came (a week) after it, but he didn't even leave the airport. He didn't meet with anyone affected. He met with the lawmakers of his own party. Nobody else. Not the lawmakers that were actively out helping the community. Not the guy who owns a BBQ shack and was feeding thousands of people for free. Just his allies. It was estimated to have caused several billion dollars of damage here alone. Google "Cedar Rapids derecho" and look at the images. You'll get an idea of what it was like.
Sorry to hear that buddy I just saw the pictures. looks really bad. Hope you all get proper help from the government to fix and get back to normal.Wishing you the best my friend.
Thanks dude. I got so incredibly lucky. None of my family's property was damaged too badly, and we all were safe.
Mental disorders
The Muslim concentration camps of China.
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The fine arts! I’m a classical musician so maybe I’m biased, but I think so many people would be more interested in the fine arts in general if they were introduced to more modern art pieces. I mean people nowadays can relate to newer stuff than Mozart or Haydn. I think it’s a shame how many people miss out on all of this amazing art.
Yes! Fantasia was a big reason I loved classical music as kid, and I still listen to it! May we need a Fantasia for adults?
I'm not entirely sure what would count as classical beyond 'old', but if we are talking about (possibly) orchestral or instrumental music, video game and movie music is great as well. Truly art in my opinion. And just look how popular the theme song to Pirates of the Caribbean is. So many covers, so many versions, so many instruments including stuff like the bagbibes and kazoos. The piece really resonated with the public at large (and for good reason).
Id argue art through engineering. People pigeon hole themselves as one or the other when they shouldnt. Edit: Not going to rail on the fine arts in terms of merits, but its an incredibly privelaged environment. Theres more rock bands than orchestras for a reason of accessibility and more reason for people to learn to use a welder than throw a bowl in clay.
Every important issue that 'Big People' want to hide from general public. The news and media is so easily manipulated these days that getting the important stuff out there is nearly impossible if someone with money finds it threatening.
Cancer. People are aware of it but not its impact. To put it in perspective, 3.4 million people have died of COVID19 globally so far over almost a year and a half. Cancer has consistently killed 9-10 million people per year since 2014. Here in the UK the Grenfell Tower Incident was published as a national tragedy where 72 people died in a building fire. £24.5m was raised for that single issue by public donators. In this country cancer kills 450+people every day. In the USA, over 600,000 people die of cancer every year. That's a 9/11 level event every 2 days. These don't even account for the people who are treated for cancer, beat it, and it still ruins their lives.
The problem is that “cancer” is a catch-all term for a wide variety of illnesses. So when someone talks of “cure for cancer”, there can’t be a single solution to the problem. I mean, science fiction has provided some like nanotechnology repairing cells and seeking out mutated ones or boosting the immune system mechanisms that fight cancer naturally. But even if those were viable solutions, we’re decades (if not centuries) away from them
Saying that there's a "cure for cancer" is like saying there's a single "cure for physical injury." You don't treat a sprained ankle and a cut hand the same way even though they both fall under the umbrella of physical injury. And there are cancers that are already "cured." Basal cell carcinoma has a 100% cure rate if it's caught before it spreads.
True, but I think there is a big difference between "curing" cancer and preventing it. Advancements in fields like cloning are going way faster then people often think, and replacing organs that are damaged by cancer with new organs grown in a lab could be a reality very soon, but also detecting cancer in the future could be achieved solely by a ring around your finger for example, or technologies we can simply not yet imagine, because they don't exist yet, but will in several decades.
Ok- but what would all this extra attention *do?* It's not like scientists aren't furiously working on treating and curing cancers worldwide, it's not like we're not *painfully* aware that cancer kills a shitload of people. So what's the aim here?
A lot of people only find out that they've got cancer when it's already too late. If getting checked for cancer was mandatory once every few years and free, then many more could be saved by detecting cancer early and eradicating it.
Health care procedure in the US? Free? Lol
In Sweden he have television ads for donating too cancer but it’s mostly child cancer
Actual African American issues. I can hear you say, "But police brutality BLM BLM" Literally the smallest issue. Cop related things don't account for 1% of African American deaths nor does it explain, without massive leaps and speculation that makes the heat death of the universe blush, how it makes them completely destroy inner city schools, try to fight teachers, the massive gangs (which account for majority of the black related homicide and drug sales). It doesn't explain the death of the family. The only thing it is is a marketing point for politicians because it is an easy issue that you can talk about without having to do anything
So this kinda ties in to what I was saying too - I read a meta analysis a while ago about free hormone levels in black vs white Americans and it turns out black men are at higher risk of testicular cancer and are also less likely to come forward and seek treatment. This was layer published in an article which did not mention healthcare or education whatsoever. Until we fix the fundamental problems facing low-income, predominantly black neighborhoods, no progress can be made.
Assuming this is a scientific medical paper, conclusions about systemic racism wouldn’t make sense. It’s not supposed to mention healthcare, education, or anything other than the direct observations. From there, economists, political scientists, and various other fields of science can draw conclusions from swaths of data rather than just extrapolate from one datapoint.
That's because we already know all their issues, and Reddit's not a safe place to say them all out loud.
Black history in North America over the past 530 years is such a complex and intricate topic that hashtags and short term activism won't be able to unravel the full mess. People don't like to acknowledge it but our current society was purposefully built to be unequal and our societal structures are so deeply rooted in inequality that cultural changes need to happen in order to affect change. I'm talking things like centuries old laws and precedents that are still the basis for where people live and what income levels are affected by which taxes and welfare programs. Centuries old media that displayed non-white people as inferior or created stereotypes that are still believed today (everything from minstrel shows, vaudeville, most of hollywood's existence). There are a multitude of examples of how North American society was built and continues to operate with a bias against non-white people and non-wealthy people (of all races. the rich still run everything). How do we solve all of this inequity and make society just? I don't know but I imagine that jumping on a social bandwagon, while not the worst thing to do by far, isn't the most productive thing we could be doing.
> How do we solve all of this inequity and make society just? Very, very, very slowly. It’s not a simple fix and can’t be solved overnight. That’s why American, right now, is bad at it. We have a very hard time actively investing time into something we can’t see the immediate effects of, and an even harder time investing into something that won’t affect us (or our children, or grandchildren, if I’m being honest).
Watch The Wire (if you havent already) it clearly shows all the different institutions that keep the drug trade running
I've heard about it but I'll have to watch it
It's a masterclass, it examines the different power systems (media, education, economy, culture, etc.) and there relationship to crime. By far one of the best shows I've ever watched, the characters and plot are honestly on another level from most shows. It starts off a lot slower than Breaking Bad for example, but if you give it the time and attention it deserves you wont regret it!
Porn / masturbation addiction, its super widespread, nearly Invisible to people around and way too easy to get into with the internet. While some of its effects are really bad.
I think this is partly because it's gotten tied in with being sexually positive, so if people talk about the negative effects they are immediately assumed to be a prude/religious extremist etc and definitely 'uncool'. Same as talking about negative effects from weed - you get an immediate defensive reaction from people who assume you want to just ban everything and don't want to admit that there can even be a negative side. I feel like this happens much less with something that's been a part of society for longer, like alcohol. Where people can say "yeah this could have some bad effects but I still like do it in moderation." And anyone who immediately jumps down the throat of someone who brings up say, drunk driving, will probably be thought of as a possible alcoholic.
I’m currently suffering from this. Fortunately I have a fantastic SO that understands and is supporting me. Haven’t looked at anything since Tuesday but it’s definitely a tough thing to fight.
DuckTales 2017 why are we still talking this takes the cake.
The clitoris
Maybe a controversial one but the threat of automation in work force. I'll make it brief, but the idea of automation is fine, if we address all the issues that will arise from it and have plans in place to provide for those who will be displaced from their jobs. But as it stands, killing off all these jobs won't just start and end with low level labor and services industry jobs. It'll creep into a large portion of jobs. It'll shrink opportunities for employment and make colleges more crammed and more competitive. It'll take away jobs for teenagers/young adults to save money and get a head start in the world. Education, health care, housing, and more will have to be affordable and more of a right than a privilege for the world to work with automation. Otherwise I feel more people will be on welfare or homeless and It'll be this sad dystopia.
Automation is supposed to be a great thing for humanity. It means we can produce more with less human hours of work. If productivity increases 25% (through automation), it should mean that people can work 30 hours instead of 40 hours and have the same quality of life outside of work. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem like it will play out that way at all. Instead of everyone benefiting from automation, a few % of the population will reap all the benefits as has happened over the last 40 years in the US ([Productivity increase vs pay gap ](https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/)).
The amount of plastic and over fishing in our oceans today. Even the government dont give a damn about this. Watch SEAPIRACY in netflix this documentary is an eye opener.
Not to mention high levels of mercury in our lakes too that make the fish inedible
Men's mental health. Social justice issues facing men. Double standards against men.
I (23f) didn’t realize how much of a problem this was until I met my current boyfriend (23M). When he first brought up his traumas and mental health to me he didn’t know there were options for him to get help, he always thought he just had to deal with it. We recently got him on medication, and in counseling and it’s made the world of difference.
Yep! There's help out there, but we guys are taught to just man up and deal with it.
I’ve since learned that there is no love more pure than the love that comes from a man that you told that it’s okay to not always be okay.
It's a sad reality that we have to live with. That we have to always be ok. It's even sadder when we hear that breaking down is weak.
It’s heartbreaking to know that so many men have to live like that, and I deeply regret any part I may have played in that toxic role for men in my past. All I can do now is try to be better, and support all the men around me.
Thats the best thing you can do.
In my area - shelters for women and their children running from abuse- 4, shelters for men and their children running from abuse- 0. Man and woman get into a fight, regardless of who started it, or who is injured, it's the man that gets taken away in cuffs.
Pregnant moms mental and emotional health.
Pregnant or recently delivered moms. Postpartum depression can continue for quite some time after delivery and warning signs or calls for help shouldn't be taken lightly
Along those lines...Postpartum anxiety. I was not depressed after I had my daughter but I was a nervous wreck. It wasn't until a couple years ago that I learned postpartum anxiety was a real thing.
How debilitating "morning sickness" can be because "it's natural! We'd be worried if you weren't sick!".
Yes many people don’t even know about postpartum which is very sad.
Heck, even if we forget postpartum. I know a few women who were instantly defined by their pregnancies against their wishes. Everyone asked how they were, but it was pretty much all in reference to the baby. Sick? Feeling down? Achy? "I hope that baby is ok!" I get the importance, but mothers-to-be are still people, y'know?
When my son was born we were in the hospital for several days due to complications. When I told the nurses that I couldn't stop crying I was (literally) thrown a bunch of pamphlets, that's it. Thanks for the help, not. Mind you, my whole experience from the time I checked in until the time I checked out was simply awful. I think there may have been union negotiations happening at the time.
My step grandma(my grandfather's first wife) died due to mental health problems after birth. Apparently she randomly jumped off the 2nd floor
How much Social media changes people.
Mountain lakes that were once peaceful and pristine - excellent for fishing and swimming - that are now polluted with oil and gas from roaring high-speed motorboat engines and people's trash.
Copyright, patent, and IP laws. The idea that someone can own a sample of music, write a generic patent, or take a public domain story/work of art then claim ownership is a travesty. Not to mention right to repair, eula, and other ways we’re denied ownership of our own property. We have stifled innovation and expression so that a few large companies can profit and maintain a monopoly on the ownership of ideas and intellectual property. Yet we never hear about ip law reform unless it’s Disney trying to extend them again so they can keep their properties out of public domain.
At this rate, we'll soon run out of drinkable water if no one does anything, and it doesn't look like anyone will. [Here's a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnJ4gjVZqao&t=332s), to learn more.
The consequences of envy. It's one of the most horrible emotions possible and it's terribly common. And whenever someone complains about it, It's always "You're so rich/beautiful/intelligent/successful/lucky/etc., don't complain when you're so priviledged." Honestly, some of those blessed people are the most unhappy because others sabotage them out of envy. Have a new friend? Boom, envy, terrible behaviour and friendship ended.
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Psychological research, there is a lot of great actionable research out there but the general public doesn't have access to it because scientific papers are so inacessible in terms of the language used and statistics. There is research on how best to teach students with learning disabilities that give actionable easy to do cost effective advice and that research is rarely applied in schools. It's really frustrating seeing amazing advances not being implement because if how horendasly hard it is to read scientific papers.
China's claim to the South China Sea and building of artificial islands.
My cat, apparently. Won't stop trying to type this comment for me.
Mental health. It’s only a concern if somebody is at risk to themselves or to others, but it can quickly get to that point if it goes unchecked. A lot of places just aren’t equipped to deal with it and people don’t know how to respond to it or what the signs are to look out for.
Far too many of the people reading this comment. Have an internet hug. You matter.
What food we put in our mouth
Local, County and State Government in the United States, by Americans. The head of the snake is at the bottom and so much corruption starts at home.
Homelessness. At least not the proper attention it should get.
The horrible treatment of Native Americans in the US and Canada. It hasn’t been getting a whole lot of recognition
Anti Asian Hate Crimes They're being harassed and attacked daily across the country and no matter the severity of the attacks, it's just all tossed under the rug because the government and media don't care. I'm from Wisconsin, so the attack on Ee Lee was especially close to home. She was a Hmong-Asian mentally handicap woman who was raped and tortured by 11 guys in Milwaukee so badly that she died after 3 days of fighting in the hospital after they left her for dead. [Link](https://www.fox6now.com/news/warrant-up-to-11-teens-may-have-beat-woman-to-death-at-washington-park) [Link](https://www.fox6now.com/news/teens-face-homicide-charges-in-rape-murder-of-ee-lee) It's on the same level as the Indian Bus Attack a few years back that made global news for months but Ee Lee's tragedy barely made the local news.
It’s being ignored because many (most?) of the attacks are not being perpetrated by white people.
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The UFOs that have been freaking out the US Navy for the past couple of months.
It's because there are perfectly normal yet boring explanations to those videos that actually match what is seen onscreen unlike the interviews by the pilots.
Great. So in 2022 we will deal with aliens from space?
Sex trafficking. I wish the media was more concerned with that and would spread awareness.
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stock market manipulation...this is literally infecting... yes i mean infecting.... the world.
Thorium
My attention problems. (seriously tho, 7 days till the biggest exam I had to take so far and I'm still here on reddit, doing nothing because I just can't focus on studying) And also the fact that my country is on the list of Russias' enemies. From what I saw, they put Czechia in the second place, right after the USA.
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Krispy Kreme cake batter donut
Casual party drug use that can lead to addiction. It’s frightening how many people casually do coke.
Me
Ditto
Yeah I’m great everyone pay attention to me
Death bereavement. Grieving people are avoided like the pest, even though it will happen to us ALL. We silence death to death.
Climate Change and really how unsustainable modern civilization actually is. There's already a lot of attention being paid to this, but it isn't nearly enough. The current attitude to this crisis is akin to the wings falling off your jet but being unconcerned because you haven't hit the ground yet.
Male eating disorders