Where is the breaking point for you?

[Ayahuasca]

Beyond the cost of living crisis, there are many challenging issues facing people across the UK right now. From economic uncertainty to social and political divisions, this is clearly a difficult time for the country.

In the face of these mounting pressures, at what point would you feel compelled to take more active measures such as protesting or going on strike? There still seems to be a very restrained "keep calm and carry on" mentality among many. It's hard to say what it would really take for most people to break decisively with this traditional British reticence and take to the streets or walk out in protest.

But it's an important question to consider - what level of economic pain, social injustice or political dysfunction would it take for you personally to abandon resignation and make your frustrations known through direct action? And what does the seemingly high threshold here say about the state of activism and unrest in modern Britain?

 

[Ayahuasca]

Agreed. It makes such a difference to YOUR daily life when you remove yourself from it.

You want change, start in your sphere of influence .... otherwise just switch off.

There's saying it and then living it.

A few names in this thread are regular posters in political threads on issues, so it seems to me they're not really ignoring it all. This forum is a form of social media and there are heated political arguments and debates pretty much every day.

Anyone who uses the internet every day and has a social life can't just ignore it all. It's no wonder the country is in the state it's in if that's the majority attitude to our problems. To say that all politicians are the same is just lazy.

It's like we've just sleepwalked into this state we're in with an attitude us Brits can't seem to shift. It's almost nihilistic and is a dream for the likes of our current government.

 

[Ayahuasca]

I tend to look at the long range data to get a sense of perspective - know I'm teaching hens to suck eggs, but the legacy media are literally a dying industry who are scraping around for existence and have the lowest trust scores they've ever had in their history. So why you'd pay any attention to that tripe, I don't know

I think there have been far, far worse 'breaking points' in British history, indeed far worse states of existence for basically every decade back to time immemorial, so I always start by getting a long-range view of the data. When you look at that, the position is pretty decent.

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This wasn’t really the point of the thread. I think most people are aware that statistically speaking it’s better to be living now than at pretty much any point in history due to advancements in medicine, technology and general living conditions etc. Plus the fact we don’t tend to torture people or lock those with any form of mental illness away in asylums.

This thread wasn’t formed off the back of anything I’d consumed from legacy media either. It’s more a question on the attitude of the British public and whether we’ll just always accept things for the way they are.

 

[Ayahuasca]

I don't have a breaking point as it's called life. Deal with it and stop blaming others for your own mess. 9/10 you put yourself in the #### so man the #### up, get your head down and crack on. Your only here once.

Ooo you’re hard.

Everyone has a breaking point btw unless you’re some sort of psychopath.

 

[Ayahuasca]

What's hard about it, yes you have #### times everyone does. Acknowledge you will get **** times at times and crack on till the next one hits.

Sounds like the perfect Tory party slogan if they didn’t have to BS and fluff it up.

I’m doing just fine financially and in my career. There are more factors at work than just being comfortable in that respect. It’s all well and good just looking after yourself but that doesn’t make for a good society to live in unless you’re happy being a hermit.

If this thread is anything to go by I think it shows why things will never change in this country. The majority of attitudes involve either ignoring everything or just carry on with the blinkers on.

 

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Surely psychopaths have low thresholds for losing control of their emotions?

Since `er indoors took up teaching she's been alarmed to find shockingly high numbers of pupils in schools are claiming some sort of "`ism". She genuinely believes such monikers are a veil to save parents from accepting their poor parenting and absent disciplinary measures are actually to blame.

The kids wear their `isms as badges of honour and as a shield against the robust discipline they should be receiving to get them receptive to a worthwhile education in a school environment.

Not really, psychopaths are often characterised by a lack of deep emotion and controlled behaviour. Rather than losing control, they manipulate or mimic emotional responses to achieve specific goals. Their emotional experiences tend to be shallow and calculated rather than impulsive or uncontrolled.

When it comes to various disorders and conditions such as autism that's a different thing entirely, our perception of an increase in prevalence can be attributed to advances in our understanding and ability to diagnose developmental disorders. If you're familiar with autism, you'll know that the assumption that individuals on the autism spectrum can develop and learn in the same way as neurotypical individuals is often incorrect. The autism spectrum is incredibly diverse, with individuals exhibiting a wide range of characteristics and behaviours. While some people on the spectrum may learn to mask their symptoms, those at the more severe end of the spectrum show more obvious signs, which would affect their ability to attend mainstream education.

My partner's mother works in a primary school in a very poor area and there are several children there who clearly should be in a more specialised school, but the parents don't give a damn about them and refuse to have a professional assessment. Pretending that all children wear it as a badge of honour is just another one of your ill-considered views.