• AidsKitty@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    People act this way because they know how cold and callous the world is. No one cares if you have a mental disorder or psychological difficulties and if you are unable to hold down a job your future will take place living in the street. It is a harsh and brutal reality. Good luck.

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          4 hours ago

          Well considering that a lot of people suffering are experiencing economic problems in my country or problems with their environment; like not being able to receive health care and suffering from treatable physical illness, not being able to get out of sticky situations with abusive people or dynamics, having employment issues, or being homeless/in debt and so forth - I can’t exactly give them a place to live or give them money because I really have none to give.

          In those cases, what can I personally do for them? Of course I can listen, I can give solicited advice, and I can point them to the resources they have access to.

          I advocate for those resources to be more accessible for all. Health-allowing, I want to volunteer my time and become more politically active.

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            4 hours ago

            Oh I’m sorry i misread your response. You’re saying you don’t do anything to help them but you want to seem like you do. That you’re a fake ass poser, pretending to care in some virtue signaling fraud so others will think favorably of you even though you haven’t actually done anything to deserve it. Now I understand. Like I said at the start of this waste of time of a conversation, the vast majority of people don’t care.

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              3 hours ago

              You’re saying you don’t do anything to help them but you want to seem like you do.

              I am ill. It’s not an excuse and it doesn’t make me lesser. I am working to be healthy.

              You are free to perceive reality however you wish, I choose to believe the world is a friendly place.

              If I was healthy, I would be able to do more for myself as well as others.

              I have experienced some pretty terrible things. Like getting repeatedly raped for 2 years by a close family member and not a soul believing me, nearly dying from medical negligence, and getting assaulted by my “best friend” who rammed a car door into my skull, in an attempt to kill me.

              I know very well that life can be unkind, but I still persevere and I’m working towards healing. Thanks for your feedback, not everybody is the saint you expect them to be, but it doesn’t make them lesser or bad.

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            4 hours ago

            So you are saying that you go to homeless camps and explain to them what resources are available to them and personally assist them with applying for those resources?

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              4 hours ago

              Considering that I have volunteered my time to help and feed the homeless when I was healthy, and have volunteered a significant amount of time in my life, I’d be willing to if I had an organization alongside me.

              Why do you feel the need to purity test me?

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                2 hours ago

                None of this has anything to do with our conversation and I have no tests for you. I hope you the best and good luck.

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                  1 hour ago

                  Hope probably requires action too, otherwise nothing backs it up and grounds it into reality.

                  Thanks for chatting, sorry it wasn’t worthwhile for you - it was worth it for me.

                  I’ll keep working on myself, and when I am the shining beacon that even you could stand beside, maybe we could have another chat about caring and action.

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                    17 minutes ago

                    You don’t need to pretend you are some victim and I’m judging you. You believe caring without action is meaningful and helpful while I think it is how people pretend to help without actually doing anything. We disagree and that is ok. It’s really not a big deal.