annanotbob2's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minor Rant What's been annoying me most recently has been people on twitter banging on about how they were poor as children or their parents were or whatever, but they didn't mind, they just slept in their clothes, lived on jam sandwiches and didn't expect anything better, so could everyone just shut up about not being able to pay their fuel bills. What they mean is "The rich man in his castle/the poor man at his gate/God made them high or lowly/he ordered their estate" Or shut the fuck up and let the energy companies divvy out massive profits to their shareholders while more than doubling prices to consumers. Let the chancellor cut taxes to the richest while increasing benefits less than the rate of inflation. Carry on using public money to subsidise paltry wages, letting employers get away with paying next to nothing for ever more demanding jobs. Don't get me started on fucking Bezos. There's been a great thread about him by that guy Dan someone (the one who put every employee on $70k and found they worked harder, profits went up and employee turnover stalled - a year later all going well) apparently Bezos earns more every minute than a warehouse employee of his can earn in a year, but he won't let them have toilet breaks or unionise - well, some have just won the right to unionise. We know now that riches and poverty are the result of decisions made by those who make the laws. We have enough knowledge and productivity for everyone on earth to live a life with the basics covered and some left over to make choices about. We also know that happiness has nothing to do with wealth, unless you live below that level of income. If you're cold or hungry or can't afford to replace worn out shoes or live in fear of the electricity being cut off, then it's very hard to be happy, but once those things are secure our happiness depends on who we are, how we look at life. But we are ruled by people beside themselves with greed, followed by idiots who thinking sucking up the hardship without complaint is going to benefit us at some later date. Meh, I'm to tired to organise my thoughts properly - I had loads more to say, but my bed is calling. A shout out to darling Guy who is very poorly and needs lots of love sent across the world to warm and heal him. I've lost over a kilogram already - 85.5 to 84.8 to 84.3 - good first three days. I've had a roast dinner tonight, lots of oil on the potatoes, carrots, celeriac, parsnips and onions, but still no sugar. It may sneak up a bit tomorrow. I do feel hungry but I'm just drinking water if I feel a pang. Also I slept ten hours last night. I miss my friend M. She's been in Australia FOREVER. Good night. Hugs. xxx 12:53 a.m. - 04.04.22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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