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“fast cars should be illegal”

Literally did not say that, I just said “why not just not make them.”

Maybe I’m not engaging with your argument because you’re doing dumb shit like this and misrepresenting the point.

Also, once again, nobody in charge gives a shit what I say, I’m just some guy on the internet without an ounce of influence. Do you really need to win this argument with a nobody? You’re acting like I’m the governor ready to pass the bill! Guess what, I’m not Gavin Newsom, thankful to say.

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Buddy, I hope you have a better day than you’re currently having. I’m not sure what purpose putting your opinion on the Internet served if you were going to pretend it and any responses to it are pointless. Take care of yourself, man. You’re talking like nothing and nobody matters. In the cosmic sense, you’re right. Humanity, is just a flash in the pan, so none of us individually matters. In a human sense, even a small act of kindness might change somebody else’s life, and I think those moments DO matter. I don’t want to tell you how to live your life and I genuinely hope you don’t misconstrue what I’m saying. I do actually hope you can live just a small amount less cynically and can see some positivity, despite how our political system and news keep pushing the negative in our faces day after day. I don’t think hope is just for fools.

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I don’t think hope is just for fools.

Are you gonna magically pay for my $16k a month cancer medication? Fuck off.

Hope is for fools.

Hope is for idiots who have never faced real hardship so they don’t actually know what it’s like to be in a position where there is no hope.

Why don’t you ask the kids in Gaza what they think about hope? You know, the place that’s been under siege for decades and where the average age is 16 because all the actual adults keep getting killed? I’m sure they’d love to hear your bullshit spiels about hope you out of touch wanker.

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I lost my job six months ago and am currently struggling to find another. Even if I did find another job that paid what I was getting paid before, I would not and could not pay for your cancer medication. But that doesn’t mean I would choose to turn a blind eye to it. I would continue to fight for basic human rights to water, food, a home, and healthcare, because that’s what I’ve believed in and will continue to believe in. Maybe I wouldn’t change anything in your lifetime or mine, but I’ll still try. And maybe in a few generations, once we’re gone, we opened the door for them to have those things that allow us to keep our dignity.

I won’t pretend to know how you feel, so I won’t give you any platitudes. How you choose to live your life is your own decision, and I won’t insult you by pitying you. Your struggle doesn’t mean it’s impossible for you to make somebody else’s life any better or worse, though, just through simple human interactions. Sure, people are starving, dying, and going through much worse than me, or even you. That takes nothing away from the problems we encounter, the joy or pain we feel. I’ll do what I can to influence my circumstance, because nobody gets to tell me I can’t do something. When possible, I’ll try to do the same for others, even if nobody sees it or gives me a pat on the back. I’ll hold out hope that others might do the same for me when they can, but I won’t expect it because I’m not owed it.

I’m not saying any of this to prove I’m better than you in any way or to win an Internet argument. Call me whatever names you like. I promise I won’t respond beyond this comment. I simply wish you well, or at least better than at present.

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