Every time you interact with someone you should give them a base level of respect. How they respond determines the amount of respect you continue to proceed with.
IMHO a base level of respect should always be given. This base level is earned by existing as a being with thoughts and emotions. The way a person acts, any social standing, etc. can then lead to additional respect on top of that, but the level cannot fall below the base.
I also believe that in a first interaction with a person, you should start at the base level always, regardless of any prior knowledge about social standing etc. This also helps to define the base level in a meaningful way, e.g. if this is the level of respect I award my new boss, this is also the level of respect I should award a random homeless person
I thought that all languages were actually the same, just our ears differed. So e.g. as a native German speaker, I thought all people ‘speak’ German (I.e. make the sounds of the German language), but the translation of sounds into thoughts by the ears would only work when the source was ‘my version’ of the language. Very hard to put that into words, I just realize…
Another thing was that I had my own religious philosophy. I believed in reincarnation, and thought that all life was just a giant circle where you would be reborn as your own worst victim. Only when you have lived a victimless life, you would ascend into heaven. My go-to example back then was if you stepped onto a worm you will be reborn as a worm that is being stepped on. This one has horrible victim blaming implications when you think about it but in my childlike naivety I thought it was very fair.
Though I wasn’t actually raised religiously, just the prevalence of religion in society led to many of my early theories have religious components.
I thought that between dying and being reborn you spent your time in heaven as an angel. While there, you could select your next parents from all the currently pregnant people on earth. I imagined giant ‘rooms’ full of computers in heaven, where every pregnant woman had a profile you could check out (mind, that was in the early 90s - I like to think I secretly invented social networking^^). Once you decided on a mother, you’d be kicked down into her womb and be reborn. I did realize pretty soon after that this theory doesn’t hold water when you see that many children are not born into happy families, but for a short while I was certain I picked my mother from all the possible mothers around the world. She was very charmed by that :D
I recently setup a Windows vm for my mum because she also needs photo and video editing sw and isn’t happy with the Linux alternatives. This works astonishingly well. Virtualbox even has a mode now to fully integrate the vm into the existing desktop, so basically she just gets the windows status bar in addition to the Linux one when she starts the vm. Windows programs open as if they were running natively. Might be worth a try for you.
In China, you can’t exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the...
I’ve been watching Netflix in Firefox for years now. Never had any issue whatsoever. The handful of times some page didn’t work as expected was when I accidentally blocked too much content through addons. Not saying I don’t believe you, it’s just weird that I never seem to have those issues.
For those not in the USA/Canada, Cottage Cheese may be known as something else in your country or may not be there at all. Also similar to Curds and Whey, Rögös túró, Requeijão da Beira Baixa, Serra da Estrela, and Katiki Domokou....
Igorrr & Ruby My Dear - Cuisse (www.youtube.com)
Such an amazing song
Respect isn't earned. You receive the amount of respect you give.
Every time you interact with someone you should give them a base level of respect. How they respond determines the amount of respect you continue to proceed with.
What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth?
I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.
Windows 11 vs Linux supported HW (lemmy.ml)
I'm worried that in the future we will be forced to use smartphones just like in China
In China, you can’t exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the...
What is the most opinionated linux distro?
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Cottage Cheese Makes a Comeback (www.nytimes.com)
For those not in the USA/Canada, Cottage Cheese may be known as something else in your country or may not be there at all. Also similar to Curds and Whey, Rögös túró, Requeijão da Beira Baixa, Serra da Estrela, and Katiki Domokou....