The bitterness toward those with gas cars isn’t helping either. I drive an electric now and I like it, but I hate how we’re working so hard to force people. It’s not right. Freedom is important.
Please read post for full context; any help or input is appreciated! I disclosed sensitive info to a close female coworker (let’s say Ann), who is best friends with the male coworker mentioned (Ned). I’m sure she told him, but then they both seemed to want me to still tell him directly. I did because I believe in doing the...
Unless you consider thinking about it to be part of the process. Or the movement of the universe toward such an event. Such boundaries between cause and effect are arbitrary and exist in the mind, not in reality.
So basically we only get to check one of those predictions within the next ten years.
The 2100 date for 3C is going to take 75 years to test.
When scientists predicted mass starvation in 2000 it was only 25 years out, but by the time that prediction turned out false everyone had basically forgotten the predictions. And that’s just a 25 year gap.
What I’m saying is that there’s zero skin in the game, reputation-wise, for someone making climate predictions 75 years out.
The sensation of cruising down the road with the windows down is beautiful, and all the bloodshed and struggle of history gave that to us.
Youtube is beautiful.
The photographs coming from the James Webb telescope are beautiful.
All the work people did to fill our market with gluten free food, multiple kinds of nut butters, protein powders of every possible type, kombucha, all the hippy food that now fills our grocery stores, that’s beautiful.
Burning man is beautiful, as is the enormously varied festival culture it has evolved into.
People have worked very hard for decades to get mushrooms to be studied with vets for PTSD. That’s beautiful.
Whoever invented the guitar made a lot of beauty. Not to mention the millions of people who’ve spent billions of hours practicing to make all the music we have today.
All the people throughout prehistory who stood up and fought sabertooth tigers, to allow us to have this world, were displaying what’s most beautiful about the human spirit.
Nope. I’m not supporting the feminist victim narrative here.
I’m just making a simple statement about what exclusive spaces do and do not mean. It’s not hateful to men to have women-only spaces.
Plenty of misandry exists in our culture, mostly fed by that victim narrative you’re espousing. But the simple act of making a woman’s club isn’t an example of misandry.
A lot of things i thought were cute and nice like dolphines, ducks, cats (i saw one cat eat anothers new born), dogs (multiple cases of eating dead owners due to a variety of reasons starting from trying to wake em up to other malicious reasons), hamsters etc turned out to be wrong . Raccoons are the only thing i believe in...
What is something you can’t live without, technology wise that saves you time?
I have to say it’s my virtual assistant I’ve made. It saves me a lot of time with making reminders and such alarms for meetings or interviews, music etc.
I am an autistic person so this is hard-won knowledge and you should take it seriously.
Look at whoever is speaking to you. Also, contribute to the conversation.
If you sit there in a group and you never speak or engage with the conversation, there is nowhere you can put your eyes to prevent awkwardness.
If eye contact is hard for you, suck it up and practice.
Human culture does not give you a pass just because socializing is hard for you. What is expected is that you make the effort even when it is painful and difficult. That effort is appreciated by those around you, far more than fluidity of interaction.
People like fluidity because it is a marker that someone has put in the work. The work is the important thing. Making an effort is a signal of devotion to the group.
That’s why special occasions call for high-effort clothing. That’s why neckties are a thing. The effort is the signal.
If you do not send the signal that you are making the effort, it will be awkward, people will resent you, and your life will be much harder.
Yes. This is like opening a random door and discovering an axe murder in progress. It makes you wonder what’s going on behind all the doors that didn’t get opened.
One of the worst states a society can be in is one where it seems normal on the surface, but there’s massive hidden injustice happening under the surface. With something like the Battle of Britain, they truly were all in it together. But with the way our policing system works, people are getting horribly treated and their stories just aren’t known.
A society based on human sacrifice is invalid. If there’s a monster eating people, we need to all be aware of it. Currently the monster is eating people and getting away with it, because we have a cultural assumption that anyone talking about the monster is to be avoided and shunned.
The reason it doesn’t seem like a problem isn’t just ignorance, but also form factor. If someone were to start putting stickers that look like staring eyes on ring cameras, it might drive the point home more viscerally.
The only way things can get better is by acknowledging that things aren't as good as they could be
What do you do to cheer yourself up ?
Grocery stores promoting gas discounts are not helping the transition away from gas vehicles
Large grocery stores around here offer cheaper gas if you shop at there store. This can be up to a dollar a gallon off.
8 May 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain (www.yahoo.com)
When you get a call from a middle-aged male coworker who had tried to coerce you (younger female) into letting him drop you off at home on a Saturday night: do you call back, text, email, or ignore?
Please read post for full context; any help or input is appreciated! I disclosed sensitive info to a close female coworker (let’s say Ann), who is best friends with the male coworker mentioned (Ned). I’m sure she told him, but then they both seemed to want me to still tell him directly. I did because I believe in doing the...
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds...
Pro-trans protests erupt across France as legislators consider ban on care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
What was made beautiful?
What did other people do in the past to make our world beautiful but which we do not notice now?...
Women-only museum becomes a toilet to keep men out (www.bbc.com)
Australia’s Mona asked a court to reverse its ruling that allowed men inside a women’s only space....
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial (www.cnn.com)
Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20749204...
Hey i just wanna know are raccoons evil in some kind of way ?
A lot of things i thought were cute and nice like dolphines, ducks, cats (i saw one cat eat anothers new born), dogs (multiple cases of eating dead owners due to a variety of reasons starting from trying to wake em up to other malicious reasons), hamsters etc turned out to be wrong . Raccoons are the only thing i believe in...
Where do I look when seated at a restaurant to seem normal?
(when seated in a group with others, i should clarify. if i’m by myself i’m absolutely happy to be on my phone or book)...
Dashcam footage clears man of felony charge after showing constable injuring himself (youtu.be)