Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

**Not Neil_Armstrong** · 09-12-2017, 02:51 PM

Friday I'm headed to a funeral for my friends child....
Depression is a fucker. Kid killed herself at 13 ! What the fuck is going on that a 13 year old would rather be dead than live with a family that loves and supports her.
Mental health is a huge problem in society today.
If you sad...Get help

**2FUNKY** · 09-12-2017, 03:37 PM

Condolences to your friend man. That makes me sad since I have 2 girls in that age bracket. Really makes a person wonder was really going on.

**abraham** · 09-12-2017, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Neil Fiedler

Friday I'm headed to a funeral for my friends child....
Depression is a fucker. Kid killed herself at 13 ! What the fuck is going on that a 13 year old would rather be dead than live with a family that loves and supports her.
Mental health is a huge problem in society today.
If you sad...Get help

Man that sucks, I'm sorry. I can't imagine that at thirteen.

I read this last month, doesn't seem good but there may be some truth to it. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...ration/534198/

**Not Neil_Armstrong** · 09-12-2017, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by 2FUNKY

Condolences to your friend man. That makes me sad since I have 2 girls in that age bracket. Really makes a person wonder was really going on.

for sure. I have 3 little boys that adored her. Trying to explain death to my 9yr old wasn't any fun. I cannot Imagine... coins the phrase " I can't even" fits well...

Abraham I'm going to read that later. Thanks

**Dantheman** · 09-12-2017, 04:13 PM

Jesus. That would break me in half. There's no going back to normal life after that. Be there for your friend.

**ACH** · 09-12-2017, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Neil Fiedler

for sure. I have 3 little boys that adored her. Trying to explain death to my 9yr old wasn't any fun. I cannot Imagine... coins the phrase " I can't even" fits well...

Abraham I'm going to read that later. Thanks

Man, that is tough, so sorry to read this Neil...
Condolences to the family and loved ones.

**muted** · 09-12-2017, 04:32 PM

ok, never mind about my pump check then. jesus, sorry to hear.

**ill-advised strategy** · 09-12-2017, 04:43 PM

At a mandatory meeting at my government job, we were forced to watch a fundamentalist christian video ranting about the zombie drug apocalypse caused by public school loving atheists who are possessed by demons....here's the video they made us watch at our mandatory meeting, at my government job:

But, since I live among hillbillies, and work with white trash, nobody cares or notices when govt employees are made to view a religious youtube rant as part of safety training. So if there's a complaint to anyone outside of the agency who could look into it, all the fury and retribution lands specifically on me: atheist public school devil.

Pretty sure AFSCME could just replace our worthless, wage-sucking human rep with a PC on a desk....you insert dues every week and tell it what new atrocity has been committed in the workplace...clear violations of labor law, waste/fraud/abuse, harassment of every kind....and it prints you the one and only AFSCME response "sorry, there's nothing we can do about that".

oh cool, so I'll just keep my dues then. Nope, the pro-union white trash hillbillies will slash my tires if I stop paying into it, even though they're getting fucked over by the complete dysfunction as well.

**Dantheman** · 09-12-2017, 04:56 PM

What the hell did I just watch?

**mtngirl79** · 09-12-2017, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

At a mandatory meeting at my government job, we were forced to watch a fundamentalist christian video ranting about the zombie drug apocalypse caused by public school loving atheists who are possessed by demons....here's the video they made us watch at our mandatory meeting, at my government job:

But, since I live among hillbillies, and work with white trash, nobody cares or notices when govt employees are made to view a religious youtube rant as part of safety training. So if there's a complaint to anyone outside of the agency who could look into it, all the fury and retribution lands specifically on me: atheist public school devil.

Pretty sure AFSCME could just replace our worthless, wage-sucking human rep with a PC on a desk....you insert dues every week and tell it what new atrocity has been committed in the workplace...clear violations of labor law, waste/fraud/abuse, harassment of every kind....and it prints you the one and only AFSCME response "sorry, there's nothing we can do about that".

oh cool, so I'll just keep my dues then. Nope, the pro-union white trash hillbillies will slash my tires if I stop paying into it, even though they're getting fucked over by the complete dysfunction as well.

Haha we had to do a two hour training on emotional well being... everyone was bitching about it. I'm putting this video on facebook... you're in Michigan, right?

**smmokan** · 09-12-2017, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by mtngirl79

Haha we had to do a two hour training on emotional well being... everyone was bitching about it. I'm putting this video on facebook... you're in Michigan, right?

Do you happen to remember who taught it? I ask because I just saw an update on LinkedIn from a former coworker about how she just finished teaching a "great" emotional well being class. That would be some shit if it was her.

**mtngirl79** · 09-12-2017, 07:08 PM

I don't remember her name but she works for our company's employee assistance program..

**ill-advised strategy** · 09-13-2017, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by mtngirl79

Haha we had to do a two hour training on emotional well being... everyone was bitching about it. I'm putting this video on facebook... you're in Michigan, right?

Yup. Right where Michigan meets Kentucky apparently.

There's a real frustrating thing going on in my life here....I figured I had a decent read on my hometown, having grown up here, but it turns out my view of things growing up was unrepresentative of the big picture I'm seeing having moved back here with a lot of experience elsewhere. It's really provincial and insular and a lot of the institutions that affect my life (ski area, employer, local university, city government, state DOT, county road commission) are deeply infiltrated with hillbilly white trash who have no idea how to do stuff properly and no interest in learning. People who actually take pride in a huge variety of dysfunctions and behave aggressively toward people trying to make this place more civilized.

**mtngirl79** · 09-13-2017, 02:22 PM

Anytime you're ready to move to bham... we make nearly 3 times what you have said you make...

There are issues here, for sure, but nothing like that video! Lol!

**Dantheman** · 09-13-2017, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

There's a real frustrating thing going on in my life here....I figured I had a decent read on my hometown, having grown up here, but it turns out my view of things growing up was unrepresentative of the big picture I'm seeing having moved back here with a lot of experience elsewhere. It's really provincial and insular and a lot of the institutions that affect my life (ski area, employer, local university, city government, state DOT, county road commission) are deeply infiltrated with hillbilly white trash who have no idea how to do stuff properly and no interest in learning. People who actually take pride in a huge variety of dysfunctions and behave aggressively toward people trying to make this place more civilized.

Vibes. Though, that's pretty much the norm in most of rural and middle America.

**ACH** · 09-13-2017, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

It's really provincial and insular and a lot of the institutions that affect my life (ski area, employer, local university, city government, state DOT, county road commission) are deeply infiltrated with hillbilly white trash who have no idea how to do stuff properly and no interest in learning. People who actually take pride in a huge variety of dysfunctions and behave aggressively toward people trying to make this place more civilized.

Vibes - that would drive me to crazy town...

**shroom** · 09-13-2017, 07:01 PM

shit, that one hit home.

**ill-advised strategy** · 09-14-2017, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dantheman

Vibes. Though, that's pretty much the norm in most of rural and middle America.

Don't I know it. When I completely ran out of money and had an acute back problem I drove an over-the-road semi dealing in walmart grocery freight in a 500 mile radius from southeastern Illinois. So, you know.....got an eyeful and earful of life in what they call the "mid-south". Lots and lots of little and medium towns plus Indy, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, St. Louis, and the south side of Chicago. The only bright spot was Larry Bird country, winding through those Indiana hills and seeing skiers in Paoli. The rest was dismal, totally fucking dismal.

**creaky fossil** · 09-16-2017, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

Yup. Right where Michigan meets Kentucky apparently.

There's a real frustrating thing going on in my life here....I figured I had a decent read on my hometown, having grown up here, but it turns out my view of things growing up was unrepresentative of the big picture I'm seeing having moved back here with a lot of experience elsewhere. It's really provincial and insular and a lot of the institutions that affect my life (ski area, employer, local university, city government, state DOT, county road commission) are deeply infiltrated with hillbilly white trash who have no idea how to do stuff properly and no interest in learning. People who actually take pride in a huge variety of dysfunctions and behave aggressively toward people trying to make this place more civilized.

I gotta say you really elevate yourself in my eyes with that language.

Easier to disparage than to understand, I'm sure.

Bravo.

Now, if you ask me, "progressive" people who talk like your quote above, they seem highly dysfunctional and narcissistic -- especially on the hypocritical demand for tolerance while displaying rank disparagement.

Maybe you're just trying for satire of NPR/PBS/TED Talk morons, and not really all that good at comedy?

**grinch** · 09-16-2017, 01:06 PM

Wow man that vid is some bizarre shit, especially when those gmo's and chemical chemical companies are responsible for huge funding for the right. That shit wouldn't fly up here. Extreme with a capital X.

**grnmtgrl** · 09-16-2017, 06:46 PM

when you have to post so many times before you can add a thread that you really need an opinion on >-<

**ill-advised strategy** · 09-16-2017, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by creaky fossil

I gotta say you really elevate yourself in my eyes with that language.

Easier to disparage than to understand, I'm sure.

Bravo.

Now, if you ask me, "progressive" people who talk like your quote above, they seem highly dysfunctional and narcissistic -- especially on the hypocritical demand for tolerance while displaying rank disparagement.

Maybe you're just trying for satire of NPR/PBS/TED Talk morons, and not really all that good at comedy?

Yeah, I don't know dude. I don't like stupid people. It's not satire.

I'm not intolerant of white trash hillbillies, I tolerate them. I don't think they should be placed in charge of public institutions.... I'm intolerant of stupidity, waste, fraud, and abuse in public life. There's nothing unreasonable about that.

I think there's a Karl Popper element here....this bullshit idea that being tolerant necessarily includes tolerating intolerant people and attitudes, people and attitudes who seek to overwhelm and squash tolerance. It's pretty simple: valuing tolerance means being intolerant of things like the church state, and fascism, and corruption.