CMV: I can't see how a realistic progressive welfare state like what AOC or Bernie think of is possible anymore.
So a problem that europe is facing right now is that they pension system is way too large for they amount of workers. I heard somewhere there is gonna be 2 pensioner for 1 worker in France. I think this would depress they birth rate further as high taxes plus having to take care of grandparents will make people have to deal with have less time to have kids thus repeating they cycle, while yes ai will reduce labor requirements, A,I can't stimulate demand as a robot can't buy stuff from a market etc. I also heard that religious people and extremely religious people have more kids. They thing is leftist don't tend to be they people how are extremely religious or have kids as much as conservatives exactly plan to have a welfare state which requires a ton of young people but don't have kids , before you ask no taxing they rich would not solve this as France and every Europe country tax their people more but they also have a brain drain and it hard to generate as much wealth as america so they successful leave thus putting more strain on their system. Immigration won't fix it as they global birth rate is going down. I use ai to fix my spelling
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Hello. So I was going upstairs to see if my son had finished his homework yet, opened the door and saw him with his Long John stuffed in his pants, barely able
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Stopped oversharing on social media and now people think something's wrong
I used to post everything. What I ate, where I went, random thoughts at 2am, the whole thing. Not necessarily for attention, just felt natural to share. But a few months ago I realized how exhausting it was to constantly think about how my life would look as a post.
So I stopped. Just quietly stopped posting. Didn't announce it or anything, just went silent.
Now people keep reaching out asking if I'm okay. "Haven't seen you post in a while, everything alright?" or "You've been so quiet lately, is something going on?" One person even messaged my sister asking if I was depressed.
The ironic part is my mental health actually got better after I stopped. I'm not constantly comparing my life to others, not refreshing to see who liked what, not crafting captions to sound interesting. I just exist without needing to document it for an audience.
But apparently silence on social media reads as crisis mode to everyone. Like if you're not performing your happiness online, you must be falling apart. I was just sitting at home last night playing some league between doing laundry and got three "checking in on you" texts.
I don't want to go back to oversharing just to prove I'm fine, but it's weir
I found myself overthinking.
Last night I feel like I genuinely spiralled into my thoughts too deep, in a way that wasn’t good for me. Everything was going good, in fact I was quite happy and cheerful before I went to bed, but later on I ended up thinking heavily about the things that did not work out for me last year, and about the emotional baggage I have been carrying that I am slowly healing from. I genuinely just want to forget all the bad things and move on from everything that made me feel down or that still makes me feel miserable. I want to find my happiness again, and I was doing that, things were going good, but you know some bad moments make you feel like your progress has halted. I don’t want that. I don’t want to be held back from happiness anymore, and that’s why I am willing to not give up and still find a way. I hope I succeed.
I still can't move on from my crush.
Hi, guys. The title says it, "I still can't move on from my crush." Unfortunately, I cannot pin down the possible reason why. For context, I had confessed on November 29, 2025. I was really shy, to be honest. Aside from that, I was not satisfied with the feedback. After I confessed, he told me that he acknowledges it. That was nice and I don't know... unsatisfying? After the confession, I ended our streak on TikTok. I also unfriended him in this game we used to play. I did not unfriend him on Facebook, but I deleted our conversation. I thought I was gonna be able to move on from doing just that, but no. It aches my heart up until now. And, I do not know why. Was it because I did not only lose him as a crush but also as a good friend? Though he did tell me that it's alright being friends with him, but it was not alright with me. I do think he's a good friend, to be honest. And I think, if I don't have an interest with him, I'll probably prefer to have him as my friend. It's so sad. Seeing him makes my heart ache and my feelings sad. I cannot lie. Do I still have a bit of crush on him? Damn, maybe it's not a bit but a freaking lot. It's either I'll have him as a boyfriend or just a f
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