punkitt-is-here
thewordywarlock

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: oh no, it’s due tomorrow! what’ll i do…

KAZUMA KIRYU: mm? what’s wrong, kid?

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: we’re learning about the ocean in class. i was supposed to write a report on the benthic zone, but… i fell behind.

KAZUMA KIRYU: (the benthic zone, huh? …lotta people interested in that, lately.)

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: please, mister… could you help?

KAZUMA KIRYU: (not good for a bright young kid to fall behind in his studies… school’s the stepping stone for success in life.)

KAZUMA KIRYU: sure, kid. what do you need?

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: you will? great! if you could just go down there and tell me what it’s like, that would be a great help!

KAZUMA KIRYU: ah.

KAZUMA KIRYU: (well, a promise is a promise.)

lesbeancats
homeboygirl

learning that self depreciation isnt cool and just makes the people around you uncomfortable unironically improved my mental health a lot. like if you just stop saying negative shit about yourself you will genuinely like yourself more and other people wont be repulsed by your attitude and you will have more friends. it's true.

babyhellboy
egberts

companies really have got to be okay with stagnant profits. what is wrong with earning the same amount every year? why does it always have to be more? it's not sustainable. there are only so many people on the planet you can profit from 😭

elizabethgoudge

This is the thing. If there are only so many people they can profit from, and they demand to see profits go up every year, they will have to steal more out of the pockets of the little people each year, either by paying less, or by charging more. And that is the problem. Because that is exactly what is happening. And the rich get richer. And the poor are getting so poor that it is coming to a crisis point. They seem to have forgotten what happens at the crisis point though: people who have nothing to lose, will rise up and fight.

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