• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    During the golden age of the “American dream” where a man had a car, a house, and a family, didn’t the housewives end up relying on all sorts of pills and shit to not go crazy stuck in the house all day?

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      3 days ago

      Pills, shopping, and racism. Historically, people have always numbed their minds to cope with the rapidly changing reality we live in, though largely with alcohol and funny plants.

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        I must admit a cold beer and some funny plants do make me feel a little less distressed about the world being on fire.