I’m not that old and honestly I don’t mind if a web page takes 5 seconds to load, after that I start to wonder if they or I fucked something up. But I’m not fed up or anything, just anxious

Just because someone reads a book, doesn’t mean that they understand it, and if they’re forced to read something they probably won’t enjoy it.

I think catcher in the rye is a good book for boys of that age to read. The main character is insufferable because he holds views similar to incel culture. Problem is some people identify with Holden.

Becoming a cynic means taking on the responsibility of showing the world what a truly virtuous life looks like, and then trying to teach others how to also live virtuously. Usually by making fun of them.

I could buy an amazing mountain bike for that… And those are already overpriced!

Why do they think CEO speak will convince us of anything. They have lost all touch

I guess I’m for it. I don’t have particularly strong feelings about it. I think it’s important for people to strongly oppose these ideas when they crop up. But is it better for these to be visibly refuted? Or to be quietly removed? Can’t say I know what’s better. Banning them is fine with me.

Shark eggs are absolutely wild

I feel my social battery recover when I have positive experiences with friends and even with strangers. But I used to think I was introverted because working up to do anything social was a huge drain. Turns out the problem isn’t people, it’s my anxiety…

Are there any introverts that don’t have much anxiety? What’s the opposite like?

I think blanket labeling an entire region of people is a pretty conservative thing to do TBH.

That’s what I was thinking, it’s not even a glass fiber-optic. Works fine for audio though and lasers are cool, so it all balances out

Edit: I am aware that mostly anything works good for a digital signal.

I think I remember something about the clouds caused by massive container ships going away because they outlawed to really cheap crude oil their engines used. But the clouds actually had a cooling effect on the plant because the clouds reflected more light than the ocean. So some people are experimenting with spraying salt water into the air from these ships so the salt will create nucleation points for the clouds.

All this to say is coulds good, fossil fuels bad.

What does value mean and how do we get value? It seems more like she’s saying that she doesn’t value some people, and that we should have the same values as her.

But she doesn’t get to determine value, the whole community collectively assigns value. We’ve all hade times in our life where we were less and more productive to give up on someone during a low point isn’t just laughably evil but also a bad investment.

It costs basically nothing to be nice to someone and that could turn around their depression (there’s tons of anecdotal examples of this).

Are there any people or things that are valuable to your mother solely because they bring joy? Are friendships purely transactional, are you supposed to win friendships and extract more joy than the other party? Dunno just feels like she hasn’t thought very deeply about this.

More than that, I’m surprised that there are Christians that can read the whole Bible and say that the whole thing should be taken as literally true. But also believe that you don’t have to learn anything about the cultures that wrote the thing to understand what it’s saying. No wonder Americans can only read at a 6th grade level.

What are they called is Basque?

TIL having the food, time, relationships, and space that you want is actually bad. We must always desire for more

I don’t know. To me agency and free will feel pretty separate. Events are necessitated by the past and the laws of the universe. But us choosing to do something is a part of that, and so are our values. I’m not sure if I would act any different if I believed in Compatibilism or free will, but I don’t think I would. How would life be any different?

Unless you’re getting determinism mixed up with pre-destination

Athena been working out

So, what are the actual hiring laws?

Maybe not technical, but teaching is weird.

If people aren’t having fun/engaged they’re not learning much. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. It’s so frustrating to come across someone who writes the standards you’re supposed to follow and they are the most boring and fake teacher you’ve experienced.

I thought for a foreigner to get a job in Canada the company had to prove that there isn’t a Canadian who can do the job or something like that.