u/AJ_The_Best_7

I asked my (boomer) mom to watch my (good) kids during the day while I'm at a conference. She said yes, but in the same text:

-said she wouldn't do it again
-made me feel guilty for asking her since she's already so busy
-said she doesn't have the stamina (she's 64 and in good health)
-doesn't want to "be in a disciplinarian role" and just wants to be Grandma
- is leaving early to make it back in time to attend a church function
-and says I need a reliable back up plan because she may bail last minute

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Im going to be honest I think the issue with this is that people are having kids later in the West which is why it is such an issue in the West. Other cultures do not have this problem. People used to have kids in their early twenties meaning grandparents would still be in their forties and early fifties when the grandchildren were born. This meant they had more energy and a bigger desire to help out with the grandchildren. Like my grandma was 19 when she had my Dad so she helped out a lot when I was a kid and could chase after us toddlers because she was young compared to a lot of grandparents now (she was 50 when I was born). Now that my grandparents are in their 70s they don't wanna help out with my younger cousins because they don't have that energy anymore or desire to help and I think that is a genuine issue that we now have with people having kids later on in life.

Im not saying that the boomers aren't selfish because they are just the worst, entitled, most selfish generation ever (at least in the West) but I don't think this is solely on them.

I don't know what are your thoughts let me know in the comments below on this whole thing.

Orla is the leader of the Pink Ladies

(Living in London has made me think about this for a while)

The Victorian and Edwardian institutions housed tens of thousands of patients with schizophrenia, severe personality disorders, and other enduring conditions have almost entirely closed. People with severe mental illness who would once have lived in asylums are now largely in British society. Residents of closed asylums were not treated on mass but rather moved into our society. As a result of this untreated and poorly managed severe illness is no longer concentrated and treated behind closed doors but in society with us and our children. It is in our streets, parks, shopping centres, public transport and education.

In town and city centres it is common to see people talking to themselves, shouting, pacing, getting agitated, and displaying disorderly behaviour. Some sleep on the streets, others have sudden outbursts, and some aggressively beg the public. This is the reality we create when we scrap structured institutional facilities. Ordinary people including the elderly and children are being exposed to this failure by the state.

Police and emergency services waste vast amounts of time and resources responding to this when it was previously handled by asylums. Officers frequently restrain and detain these people only to have to return them to the streets hours later.

Many people with severe disorders live with relatives as facilities for them no longer exist. Relatives become unpaid carers without the training forced to manage unpredictable violence, anti-social behaviour, property damage, and loud noises. When situations become intolerable the only widely accessible option is the criminal justice system.

Most people aren't overly violent but a small minority pose a genuine risk. High profile homicides in recent years or serious assaults are committed by these types of individuals.

The decision to empty asylums put a population of ill and dangerous people into British society. Now we must live with this in our community and pay the price of a rash, poor decision.

I ask of Restore Britain to reopen asylums as part of their policy.

(I was inspired by the Lotus Eaters to write this and obviously this is not all boomers and all zoomers but I think it reflects the current issue within Restore. It will explain why us zoomers are so angry, we do have a reason for it, and why we don't get along with boomers in the party very well.)

There is a growing tension within the British right that goes beyond just policy disagreement. A clash between the boomers and the zoomers. This division is complicating efforts to build a coherent movement within the right such as within Restore Britain.

Boomers (born 1946-64) came just after World War 2. They inherited an Empire marked by collective sacrifice, wartime unity, patriotism, and cultural capital. Economic opportunities were everywhere, housing was attainable on one household income, marriage was common and happening young, Britain was 98% white british. Post-war politics could be experimented with and have little cost for the boomers. Liberalism was the experiment the boomers chose. Freer markets, looser social conventions, abortion, no-fault divorce, immigration all felt affordable with such high cultural capital and such a prosperous economy. Since the boomers were so large a cohort they could not be overruled they shaped policy for every stage of their life and continue to do so now as they can still outvote every other generation.

Us Zoomers (born 1996-2010) are now facing the complete opposite life. We have been raised in a time where all our cultural capital has been spent and we have the shittest economy since the war. We have strained public services made worse by the endless immigration. Most of us will never own a home, and according to recent projections 52% of us will never get married. Not to mention the divorce rates of 50% meaning around 24% of us will actually remain married to our first spouse. Fertility rates are in a doomspiral of epic proportions and a third of us were aborted. To top it all off 48% of pregnancies in England and Wales for women 25 and under ended in abortion according to 2022 data. The job market is also closed for us even those of us with real degrees. 40% of my generation aren't even bloody British. All our institutions, our culture, our economy, our economic opportunities have been stripped away from us. We are the heirs of an empire with no inheritance.

Our disinheritance can all be traced back to the wealthiest generation in British history whose parents fought a war for their inheritance. The generation too selfish to give the same inheritance to their children (Gen X/Older millenials) so they could pass it on to their grandchildren (Younger millenials/Gen Z) like every generation did for them. Their little social experiment did in fact have a price that we have to pay. Their rapid embrace of globalisation has killed the job market, and slaughtered our economy. Liberal social values has destroyed the family unit. Abandonment of institutions like the church and third spaces has destroyed shared faith, community and belonging. Mass immigration is a sin only God can forgive at this point. They lived beyond their means and left us to suffer in the society created by the cost.

That's not even the worst part.

This experiment had a price the boomers weren't expecting, most of them probably had good intentions but that seems harder and harder to believe when they call us "Nazi's" for talking about deportations. Tell us to just "work harder" for talking about the economy. "Cancel Netflix", "work overtime". I'm sure we've all heard their weaponised ignorance before. We would vote to save ourselves if we could but unfortunately there aren't enough of us, british boomers outnumber british zoomers by 2 million. They have fucked us over and they won't let go of their post-war ideals that don't work in modern britain to help us fix the mess they've made. They need to wake up and see the state of the country without the rose tinted glasses of the glory days or go down in the history books as the most selfish, hated generation in Britain's history. Their ancestors will loathe them forever for letting our country go to the dogs. 2034 till we are minorities in primary schools, eight years. We have eight years. Wake up. Look at us. Look at the zoomers. Look at what we live in.

Edit: Another boomer failure: https://www.reddit.com/r/RestoreBritain/s/jt7K1Sh9ty

https://stevelaws01.substack.com/p/why-i-left-restore-britain?r=3s74lf

Steve Laws on why he left Restore.

So I was scrolling on the sub and I was thinking about how being a traditional wife is really not presented as an option to my generation (Gen Z). If I wasn't a christian conservative woman I wouldn't really know that being a real tradwife (not the ones on social media) is an option, most women my age don't even know what tradwives are outside of Nara Smith and Ballerina farm who are tik tok tradwives but they aren't really tradwives. I wish there was more tradwife communities and more awareness about this lifestyle and so I wanted to know if there is a good way of raising awareness and showing women my age that being a "boss babe" isn't the only option. My friends are rather judgy about my lifestyle choice because they don't really understand the appeal. I also think its important for us to show the good of this because I don't want my friends to reach 35 suddenly realise they do want a husband and kids and for it to be too late like I see with many women.

What are your thoughts on this and does anyone have an idea?

I have only ever criticised Restore out of the deepest love for our country however, in light of recent controversy I believe we must now discuss a recent appointment to the partys transport spokesman, Howard Cox. Whilst I must strongly disagree with this appointment it is not because of just him but rather what Mr Cox represents.

Whilst Howard Cox may seem like a perfectly acceptable hire for Restore when you take a brief glance into his past, opposing fuel duty rises and ULEZ zones, his arrival into Restore Britain has coincided with a stark internal division within the party and its voter base. Cox had stated dissatisfaction with Restore alleging that it was veering toward racism and radicalism before accepting a role within the party this August creating the narrative that he is in fact a grifter. His subsequent comments about the party has provoked a knee jerk reaction from young grassroots members of the party with many demanding his resignation since his politics have not changed since his previous comments were made. We run the risk of internal betrayal or the party pulling back on its more concrete conservative stances that make Restore Britain such a trustworthy and brilliant party. For those of us wanting a patriotic government we cannot allow Restore to be subverted by those who do not agree with its founding principles.

Whilst this may seem a tad dramatic for a transport spokesperson, comments made by Howard Cox have left young Restore voters feeling alienated and angry. On August 27 (only nine days after his appointment to the party) Cox posted a comment calling supporters of Restore Britain "not people", "jealous scumbags", and "pathetic amoebas" after Orla Minihane recieved backlash from saying that the british people had a duty to protect third worlders in Britain from themselves and their own third world barbaric practices on women. Safe to say that didn't go down all that well with supporters. To make matters worse Cox then doubled down on his previous statement and called us all "trolls".

These comments made by Cox and Minihane (to a lesser extent) led to many clashes with high profile supporters of the party such as Steve Laws and Carl Benjamin. This eventually led to the former cancelling their membership to the party and stating that Cox was a bad hire and Restore were making too many poor decisions for his liking. This then led to accusations that the party is weakening its stance and is being subverted. This is now creating division between older members (boomers) and the younger members reinforcing the idea for some that the leadership is becoming out of touch and willing to let in those who would wash out all that makes restore different. It has further reinforced the perception that the older members are favoured over younger, more energetic ones. A perception started many months ago by the fact that no one has made Charlie Downes Deputy Leader of Restore.

Either way, I believe hiring Howard Cox has been to the detriment of Restore Britain and I say that out of love for the party. I want us to succeed and I think Cox will hinder us more than help.

Right. I've seen many people complain about the latest council election with the greens on 28%, reform on 27%, conservatives 17%, restore 11% and whoever else is there. They keep blaming vote splitting and all sorts of frankly bullshit. Don't focus on that. What you need to ask is what are those parties doing thats better than you. Why would people prefer to go there than over here and how can we resolve these issues. So I'm going to break this down to the best of my ability.

What are the Greens doing better than Reform?
The greens whilst they have got the immigrant population they seem to have also excited the youth. I feel like in the beginning the reform had excited the youth but it's moving further and further towards the boomers (a limited and declining in numbers generation, sorry boomers). With Farage offering to keep the triple lock something the youth cannot fund and getting weaker when talking about the economy my generation are moving toward more radical solutions. Whilst the greens are utter loonies they talk about revitalising the youth, making jobs, reforming education even if we know they don't have the capacity to make any of it better an average gen z who is not really checked in to politics will see the tik tok or tweet or clip and think "the greens seem alright". The greens talk about something different rather than more of the same and we seek something different because the current politics has meant we can't own a house or get a job.

What are the Conservatives doing better than Reform?
The tories have better admin. I know that sounds stupid but they have lots of aides, people who have been managing MPs for decades, people who understand how the press works, connections to businesses, press, NGO's, policy makers, researchers and anything they frankly need to build a more professional looking and put together image. They've used the same people for decades and understand how to work with these organisations.The tories also have more streamlined and professional policy. With Reform you have the former tories like Jenrick and people more to the right like Zia publicly disagreeing on policy so it is hard to know what Reform actually stand for. Everyone knows what the tories stand for everyone sort of knows what those guys are about. Whilst they utterly betrayed us with the boriswave they have a more professional feel than Reform do to their credit. They're just a bit more savvy which Reform could use.

What is Restore doing better than Reform?
Its similar to what I said about the greens. They are more radical they offer us different solutions but unlike the greens...their solutions make some sense. But it is not just more radical ideas that make restore so appealing. I think Reform have made the same mistake as Keir Starmer did. Keir kicked out a lot of the left such as Corbyn which came back to bite him in the arse when left voters that used to be labour went to the greens. Farage has regrettably done the same thing here by kicking out his right making his own voter block smaller and now the more right wing voters are going to bite him in the arse with restore. Restore also created the most in depth deportation document ive ever seen, credit where it is due and reform has a document on immigration but its not nearly as in depth or impressive. They also release other policy documents that go into very good detail that most of their party agree on. Furthermore they have a lot of bright young talent and strong young activist energy to push the party forward that reform lacks in its current form. They should've taken Rupert Lowe's offer to work together and eliminate this issue.

None of the parties ive listed above are perfect but neither is Reform. Reform could look at what these parties are doing better than them and take it on board to improve and gain more voters. Better internal organisation within the party, a streamlined and indepth policy document, and aiming some policies at young people to try and gain some youthful energy back would go a long way. Moaning about "vote splitting" and at other parties only makes Reform look worse off and feel more repulsive to voters. Whilst I'm not a fan of some of their previous decisions (taking in former tory ministers who bring jack shit such as Dorries and Zahawi) it is not the time to dwell on the past but to look to the future and try and bring momentum back.

I'm happy to discuss and debate this in the comments and let me know your opinions on the matter. Have a wonderful day everyone.

So...I used to do witchcraft and magick but as a christian I felt very conflicted so I stopped for a year but its always been intuitive to me and ive always been sensitive to it so I have decided to come back to it after all this time. However, I don't know what type I am and ive never truly known so I wanted to figure it out. Also when I left this I deleted all my bookmarked websites for witchcraft and all my books so if you have any recommendations I would appreciate it.

Since witchcraft, magick and the occult are banned by the bible how do you deal with this. I am a christian and a traditionalist but I don't know that I'm doing what is biblically right. I feel like what I am practising is wrong and I want to know how you deal with that feeling and how you get over it.

Which do you find more effective the team up with Reed or Johnny and why? I'm trying to figure out which one would be best for me. Also does Sue feel a little bit worse this season or am I just out of practice?

If Harry and Meghan were to divorce would Harry go back to the royals? Should Harry go back to the royals? And would the royals let him back in?

This is a little thought experiment (they are not getting divorced as far as I know) and I wanted to know what you all think.

I personally disagree with a lot of the misandry I see in the more radical movements what about you?

Do you agree or disagree with the core principles of feminism and women's liberation movements? If you agree or disagree why and how are your opinions on these issues reflected in your traditional relationship? If you are not in a relationship how do you think it will be reflected when you are in one?

I am not a feminist for transparency btw.

My account has been permanently suspended because I joined as server that wanted me to partner with them. I woke up the next day having not even said anything on that server and the server had been banned (the one that wanted to partner not my server) and my account was permanently suspended for joining an "extremist server".

I have finally reached an actual human on discord support. The way I have managed it is in my ticket I told Clyde and Nelly to forward it on to the internal team which seemed to have worked. I will now fight my way out of this ban.

Ariana Grande on her most recent tour looks very very ill. In Ariana's eternal sunshine tour her look has sparked mass debate around her health and her body. Whilst I believe we should not body shame celebrities Ariana is concerningly skinny with her bones protruding out of her. I think it is perfectly alright to talk about and show concern for a celebrity when it gets to this point.

Most of the debate has centred around Ariana's "wicked weightloss" and the state in which her, Michelle Yeoh, and Cynthia Erivo had left the set of wicked. They now all have hollowed cheeks, prominent bones, and look extremely ill but it is especially obvious with Ariana. With the demands a tour can bring such as increased exercise due to choreography and a decline in sleep due to late nights performing it is particularly concerning as Ariana is already so frail. Ariana has also been seen behind the set of her tour surrounded by multiple packets of vegan, sugarfree gum which could imply that she is not eating very well or that she is not eating enough to sustain such activity.

I am extremely concerned for Arianas health and I have been a massive fan of her since I was six years old however, this is about more than just Ariana Grande. A large portion of Ariana's audience are young girls. Imagine young girls seeing the state of Ariana and believing this extreme state is normal. It does not bode well as it may inspire many girls to lose an unhealthy amount of weight. There is nothing wrong with being healthy and trying to lose a bit of weight or fat but I am concerned that the state of Ariana and many other public figures will push young girls to the extreme.

Anyway that is all I could really think to say at the moment but I want to avoid being mean to Ariana and hope I have achieved that goal whilst showing my concern for her health.

So a year ago I did a series of posts about miraculous characters but with the release of Season six I thought this would be a good opportunity to revisit this idea.

I've always loved the concept of Marinette. She's a very relatable protagonist for kids, especially in early seasons. She's passionate, determined, creative, and kind. However, she's also shy, clumsy, and anxious. This balance made her feel realistic and relatable however, the writers took her flaws too far and have undermined her admirable qualities. Even in Season six these issues still persist.

Early on, Marinette's crush on Adrien was adorable and awkward but it escalated throughout the seasons. Stealing his phone, trying to climb the wall of his house, and having his weekly planner in her room is creepy. This made her feel less like a loveable klutz and made it very uncomfortable to watch. This behaviour continues and intensifies in later seasons and Marinette never faces any consequences for them. What is most frustrating is how this directly contradicts the core parts of her character. As Ladybug she is strict about identities, privacy, and responsibility but as a civilian she violates Adrien's privacy repeatedly. It goes too far and does her character dirty.

Another issue is how Marinette handled becoming Guardian. For an entire season she pushed Chat Noir away taking on more and more alone. She also recruits a huge hero team whilst sidelining her original partner. This doesn't fit the caring character Marinette is. Chat Noir is the only other character who understands the weight of the miraculous. He's proven trustworthy time and time again yet she struggles in silence and alone. She never saw how much it hurt him despite being an empathic character and anxious about letting others down.

In Season 6 Marinette and Adrien are finally together, the pressure of her secrets has created new and sometimes compelling tension. She's clearly tormented by what she knows about Gabriel, the sentimonster truth, and their double lives. There are strong moments where her anxiety and guilt shine through. She has even considered breaking up to stop lying. These episodes add real emotional depth and shows the heavy depth of being guardian.

However, Marinette never learns from past seasons. We see some regression as she's overly awkward and continues to place Adrien on a pedestal. She also continues to sideline Chat Noir again and carry the weight of a new threat alone. It sometimes feels like her growth is reset for drama instead of letting her build on maturity.

Let me know what you think about this down below. If you agree tell me, if you disagree let me know why but do so respectfully.

Link to my original post last year: https://www.reddit.com/r/miraculousladybug/comments/1iyrujs/lets_talk_about_marinette/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button