Serious question: when and in which contexts did calling people "individuals" emerge as a common practice, as a synonym for people? Or "an individual" for "a person"?
I ask because I'm noticing it in student writing, and I associate it with police-speak. I don't know if it's in some corners of social science or medicine too
I've got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to Smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kind of ritual
I think it crops up as a kind of countercultural term, opposing the individual vs. society. (Now that I think about it, this could also be prosecutorial / cop language, reclaimed as a sign of rebellion.)
Frankly I have no idea what this song is about, so I can't really speculate as to what the source of "individual" is here. Is it just contrasting the concept of "individual" with being multicellular & therefore made of a vast multitude of parts? Is it medical?
What are some numbers in your field that anyone else in the field would identify without even thinking about it, but folk outside may have no idea. Just the numbers, no explanations. Yet.
FYI - I worked on 2 different #RealityTV shows in #Canada & after those lived work experiences - told everyone I could - don't agree to go on these shows. It's almost all scripted, not reality. Crews are forced to put pressure on voluntary participants - who rarely know WTF they're signing up for & producers exploit naivety. Don't chase easy fame/easy money - they both come at high personal costs. Don't agree to be traumatized on TV, for money. You'll regret it.
@IceNine I met some fab folks via film too. I don't stick around any industry, when it's highly abusive & exploitive, no matter how many lovely folks I meet, while working within industry.
Real Housewives of Vancouver NDA has expired though. Fuck all their producers & all the stuck up lying stars/bitches too. Hope many of them get busted for money laundering & more👍
I decided an accommodation I need to make for myself is to get a robot vacuum. Sometimes I really struggle to take care of myself and when the floor gets dirty it can stop me from taking care of other tasks. When my apartment is dirty I often internalize that and it makes me feel like a failure which further contributes to the downward spiral of not being able to take care of myself. I need help so I’m allowing myself to get help
@micah Yeah my apartment is almost entirely vinyl plank and linoleum with my one big area rug so the mop felt pretty essential. Does yours have obstacle avoidance? Supposedly this one does. Not sure how It’ll handle cables but I guess I’ll find out!
@foone I can sympathize. I got a new keycap set about a month ago. Looked beautiful. I absolutely could NOT type with it, presumably because the corners were too rounded. I didn't want to, but ended up going back to the keyboard's stock set after trying to make it work for a few weeks.
I've gotten back into Cyberpunk 2077; This game went from a disaster to becoming the version which should have been released! So many systems reworked, being able to ride the Metro in cinematic style, and the new story of Phantom Liberty makes this game great. It's still disappointing that the pool of romanceable characters is so small, with only one gay man in the entire line up. At least the other parts of Cyberpunk 2077 are so much stronger, like the lore about the Cyberpunk universe; talking about the game makes me want to continue my Phantom Liberty play session!
Maybe they are just excited and enjoying something more than they thought they would. Let them enjoy themselves. This is a game that isn’t even getting new content. There is no way they are paying for shill posts 3 years later.
Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with providing awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket price.
The DoJ will announce an antitrust lawsuit against the company this week.
@soulexpress@RBReich
Even a local theatre, known for supporting the arts, has fallen prey. An international standup comedian’s show can only be booked thru Live Nation, at venues both large and small.
@Arawak_Spike
Of course #Germany would retain control over this huge "reservation"; however, this chimeric project was abandoned as Germany attacked the Soviet Union and launched the Final Solution.
2/2 #ww2 #finalsolution
@puppygirlhornypost@ielenia i think part of that is as a teen, i didn't really have anyone muy age to talk to who weren't bitchy & talked behind eachother's back,, older folks took a liking to me because i listened & they apreciated having someone to talk to, so i think i just don't have a good frame of reference for how to act my age properly
@asbestos_chan@ielenia to be clear if I acted my age like the rest of my family I would be binge drinking in a college dorm crashing cars that my parents bought for me, wasting my life.