• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Absolutely, though I do wish more of the public and local governments would follow this type of mentality. Seems like most local towns and cities have lost this.

    Seems like everything’s more along the lines of “if it’s not completely broken, then don’t bother fixing or even improving it.”

    • Fubber Nuckin'@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I hate the phrase “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. There are so many things that work like shit that could easily be better without ruining anything.

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    6 months ago

    People will bully and right out assault you for it but yes, thats pretty much my life motto.

    Improving things starts with seeing and speaking no matter how many folks really dont want to hear it.

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      6 months ago

      thats pretty much my life motto.

      ❤️

      Mine is similar: to make the world a better place, you have to be better than the world. It gives me motivation and guidance when in crappy situations where I feel like fighting back, but doing so would only continue the cycle of anger.

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    6 months ago

    However, being dissatisfied and talking about how bad things are isn’t sufficient to make anything better.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    I still had this on my clip board from earlier, when I mentioned it in another thread. One of my favorite parts of one of my favorite songs. The Dead Kennedy’s Stars and Stripes of Corruption. If you have never heard it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983DwAOCXRI

    But what can just one of us do
    Against all that money and power trying to crush us into roaches?
    We won’t destroy society in a day
    Until we change ourselves first from the inside out

    We can start by not lying so much and treating other people like dirt
    It’s so easy not to base our lives on how much we can scam
    And you know it feels good to lift that monkey off our back

    If you don’t know the song, its chalk full of cynicism and angst. But it ends with a good message. The fast beat and quick rythmic delivery of the lyrics with the beautiful surf guitar…

    If we don’t try
    If we just lie
    If we can’t find a way
    To do better than this
    Who will?

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    6 months ago

    The first step to solving a problem is recognizing that you have a problem.

    But that’s only the first step. If you aren’t identifying that problem in specific terms (not vague generalities) and also proposing a solution (again not vague, and preferably SMART) then you are just complaining.