Honestly, if you care so much about human suffering, I really recommend just like… helping out locally.
And I’m sure there are ways to frame this like “Maybe the homeless person you help feed at the food kitchen will be the person who figures out how to stop the next global crisis” or some shit but like… really I just mean… if you’re against human suffering, go help some humans.
They might not ever be helpful in a global or even national or statewide or local crisis but… they are suffering and need help, so help them.
The effort to help things at home goes much, much farther than your guess works attempt at help for a crisis brewing elsewhere.
I feel like a lot of y’all hone in on crises that are so large you cannot actually do something because it’s a way to prove you have empathy and care but know you don’t have to actually do any sustained work for. Like you CAN’T help, you can ONLY care.
With local things, the only way to prove you care… is to actually do work and not just post about it. And it’s sustained work that never quite stops. You can reasonably make a huge difference.
But you just won’t get attention for it. It’s all the work and none of the validation. Whereas posting about world crises is all of the attention and none of the work.
Revelation that the key to understanding Godzilla is that you must understand it is wrestling. It is wrestling. The good guy monsters like Godzilla, Anguirus, and Rodan are the Faces who you always root for because they’re YOUR GUYS. The bad guy monsters like Ghidorah and Gigan are the Heels who act like assholes and yell things like “it doesn’t matter what you think!”. The good humans like Miki and Serizawa and the Shobijin are the Jim Ross-style announcers and interviewers who comment on the match or chat with the wrestlers between fights. The bad humans and evil aliens are the corporate guys like Vince McMahon, and the giant robots like MechaGodzilla are what happens when they decide to get in the ring themselves. Rival kaiju/toku series like Gamera or Ultraman are rival wrestling companies and underground circuits. Baby Godzilla is Hornswoggle.
Random bee behavior fact for those who wish to read, just because I feel like it and because it’s late and I’m stalling on sleeping:
Bumblebees may seem like passive, cuddly, and docile creatures, but they won’t hesitate to defend themselves if they feel as if their warnings aren’t being read or taken seriously.
I.e. the photos and diagram below, when a bee feels threatened they will raise one or more of their legs into the air, signaling to whatever or whomever may be bothering them as a message essentiality saying: “hey, back off, too close!”
species pictured: bombus pascuorum, bombus impatiens
If their defensive posture goes unnoticed or ignored, they may be pushed into defending themselves by stinging (which is also a stressful experience for not only one such as yourself, but also for the bee.) If you ever find yourself getting close to a bumblebee while taking pictures, walking close to them, or just admiring them, remember this posture! If a bee does this, it is simply asking you to take a step back as it feels it is being threatened.
Now you can understand and use this knowledge to your advantage if you ever come across one in the future. (Of course, because it’s very hard not to anthropomorphize animals, I do have to admit that they do look pretty cute when doing it. Just remember to respect them though!)
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