That’s not what “Taking something to heart” means.
It means to hear a complaint or comment and take it personally. Which may have a bad connotation “I mentioned white privilege and they took it to heart and got defensive about not being a racist” or good connotation “I guess they took my comments about the layout to heart, because this flows much better than before.”
The question is still totally valid, but the title doesn’t really describe what you’re asking.
At my house it’s cats.
We officially adopted two, and three more have since shown up on the porch and been invited to live with us.
Holy shit. I need more of this.
I know you can’t just flip a switch in your brain, but you need to stop thinking with your dick.
You’re too hung up on trying to get laid, and it sounds like you realize this, but took it too far to the other extreme where you act like everybody hates you.
Just treat people like people.
I disagree. For decades people have believed that if we keep shoveling money at the rich, it will trickle down to the rest of us.
If that’s not a fairy tale, I don’t know what is.
The Surprise twist is that she’s actually just a really big fan and doesn’t realize her picture appears on all of her alts.
Someone asked what the privilege was, and I told them one. Nobody said anything about systemic.
There are people out there that would not hire you based on the only thing I know about you. I’ve met enough of them that I have to assume there are more.
For sure, I’m usually uncomfortably quiet in groups, but every drink makes me a little louder!
This is America. We don’t HAVE other countries.
No, you’re exactly right. The whole point of the story was to find goodness in the most unlikely places. “If one of those horrid Samaritans could help a Jew in need, then certainly you can find it in your heart to do the same.”
If the opposite but equivalent existed: The phrase would be “the generous Jew”, and it would be in regards to an old tale about a poor Samaritan beggar who gets a new start on life thanks to an unlikely gift from a Jewish banker. And the moral of the story would be that if the greedy Jew could help a beggar, so can you.
Of course, that’s a racist stereotype that I do not personally believe or support, but again, that’s the whole point of the original story.
Stardew Valley would be a nice place to retire.
You got me thinking about the next stage.
How long could one live in GTA, knowing that everyone else is an NPC, before they became a monster that could not be safely pulled back into reality?
Let’s be honest, if we know we’re in a world with little to no consequence, and all the people around us will just respawn every day with no memory of what happened, we’re probably going to do some fucked up shit just because we wouldn’t get a chance in the real world. Could one retain their humanity living as a god in a fake world?
Confirmation Bias!
These make GREAT stories! These are the historical moments that get passed down.
So, we’ve got the tale of America breaking free from the British Empire, but you know what stories you haven’t heard? All the times the British Empire took over and kept the land it stole from underdogs. You don’t get called an Empire without multiple successful takeovers.
I think I forgot exactly what you were asking as I was typing, so this doesn’t exactly fit the question.
Of course! It’s not like I’ve never gone swimming before!
I’ve been wearing the same tshirts and jeans for 30 years. 🤷🏻♂️
Imagine a hundred runners entering an insanely long footrace. Before the race starts, the official says that due to his complexion, one runner will start running at the second gunshot, and the other runners will begin at the first gunshot. The darker skinned runner contests, but those are the rules and if he wants to race, he must follow them.
BLAM
The palest runners are off and running while the other one anticipates the second gunshot. He patiently waits, but it doesn’t come. After ten minutes, the runner complains to the official, but he repeats that these are the rules, and if you just wait patiently, it’ll be your turn. After an hour the crowd is outraged by the injustice and begin to protest.
BLAM
The official fires the second shot in order to deescalate the situation and prevent the stadium from being torn apart. The runner is off and he is determined to gain as much ground as possible as the other runners.
At the end of the day, the runners meet up at a checkpoint to rest before the next section of the race. When they announce the official times, the darker skinned man is 50 minutes behind the other runners. He mentions to the officials that he had to wait an hour to start, and that he would have had a better time than many of them if they had started at the same time.
Fine, they say, not wanting another scene like they had at the starting line, “from now on, all runners start at the same time.” That’s great! So, can I deduct an hour from my time?
WHAT!? WE ALREADY CHANGED THE RULES TO MAKE IT EQUAL. EVERYBODY STARTS AT THE SAME TIME! AND NOW YOU WANT MORE? THE OTHER RUNNERS DIDN’T NEED ANY TIME DEDUCTIONS!
I now see I went too heavy on the caps, but I’m not typing it again.
Anyway, DEI is the one hour time deduction. It’s making up for holding them back for so long while everyone else was sprinting ahead. But, those other runners, they were so busy running that they don’t know how long it took for that second gunshot to go off. All they see is a runner with a mediocre time getting a 1 hour deduction which moves him to the top 3. The guy getting bumped to fourth is REALLY going to feel cheated, and resent the system that gave that guy an hour just because of his skin color.
Ok then, he might care, but not in a good way.
Hate to break it to you, but the mold probably wouldn’t help.
The problem has less to do with what’s in their pants, and more with what’s in your head.