The point is less about those specific activities and more about how roads enable commerce, trade, services, and general economic activity that’s necessary for society.
Roads are not the only solution, of course, but at least where I live it’s the solution that was already built into the infrastructure and city/town layout.
That dog was threatening an all-american vehicle dammit!
This reminds me of the similar map of names for soft drinks. You have your soda vs coke, but I live in one of the “pop” regions which is admittedly a larger area than these little “bubbler” enclaves.
I mostly switched over to “soda” once I went to college though. A nationwide and international assortment of group members will encourage that.
I definitely agree with you there.
Reddit, unfortunately, does not. I am not suggesting that Reddit’s bad intentions necessarily make removing one’s past contributions a good thing or a necessity – but I do understand why folks might do it.
Vandalism does still feel like the wrong label though. With Reddit you are the sole creator and controller of your comments and their contents (except mod/admin actions, of course) at all times. And even though those comments are part of a larger structured collection of comments, it still isn’t like a Wikipedia edit or a contribution to the Linux kernel, where a multitude of other individuals have to approve the change and can edit the exact same spot in the future.
You are definitely taking stuff away from your fellow man, and it may be a net negative for humanity, but it is still at least YOUR stuff that you are sabotaging. Usually messing up your own stuff isn’t called vandalism. I think that’s why we jumped on that word.
When you try to sabotage a wikipedia page or some FOSS project, that is OUR stuff that you’re sabotaging, even if you created that part originally.
That was probably too much text to try to describe the manner in which I am splitting this hair, lol.
You’re using a non-profit knowledge sharing organization as an example in a discussion about Reddit, which is quite the opposite.
My experience being born into religious conservative white america is that phrases like “I don’t believe in” or “I don’t agree with” are just the politically correct language and/or dog whistle for “I hate that shit but I need to act polite.”
I’d make #2 even more general to include experimentation and trial and error with your routine, especially breakfast and lunch plus your sleep hygiene.
That might sound complex, but you just do one thing at a time. If you have a few better days because of it, that direct evidence is the best way to make it stick in your brain.
The fact that I have any routines at all is evidence enough for me that it works for me. But I’ve been working at it for years. There are definitely multiple stimulants involved, lol.
And sometimes if you can’t make any progress, maybe you need to kinda look upstream and see if there is something else blocking you to work on instead, or that you need to combine with what you’re already doing. And sometimes it can be basic stuff that seems like it’s obvious, like maybe getting some real food in your stomach along with the coffee.
I think if you want to be pedantic – and this IS the internet – native americans definitely have african ancestry just like my white ass does.
How do I make somebody else’s comment go viral?
I think you are completely right, but that doesn’t invalidate the point behind the OP even if the specific comparison doesn’t fit great.
Having a cozy dark indoor day won’t kill you, but it does seem to be good for us to get ample exposure to the natural world.
Hell yeah!
I am not flamboyant myself. Along with being a strongly introverted AuDHD computer nerd, I am a straight adult cisgender man with a long beard and literally wearing a red & green flannel shirt right now. I’ve been trying to wear natural fibers lately and it’s 100% cotton coziness.
The frumpy dumpy path so many in my demo seem to assume is their destiny can fuck alllll the way off. We need people to share their interests and be flamboyant if that’s what’s in their heart!
God forbid we allow a spark of joy in our hearts to reach out and improve the existence of another human, right? Especially when we could have spent more time being good worker bees and consumers of product and content, so that a few sociopaths could watch a number go up and wait for the contentment that will never come.
It’s probably the same nefarious cabal sneaking the french language pack onto our computers.
Stay vigilant, friends.
Not only is it spooky, it is always wet.
USian here and I remember knowing about this for most of my life, but I never looked into its origins. I still haven’t, and right now I don’t care to.
But holy shit does it feel like racism must have played a role.
edit to add: I ALSO remember on and after the Jan 6 insurriot how it seemed like hundreds of those people should be going down for felony murder. Funny how that didn’t happen.
I was up way too late. My comment shows as 4h old and I’m already sitting at my desk at work.
That’s not my usual schedule, but I’m feeling pretty alright!
This is beautiful. Love it. This is the perfect moment for me to be done with the internet for today. On a happy note for once!
Just gals being gals and guys being guys.
Gotta do it all the way, right?
You inspired me to do the same!
It cuts to ONE OF the roots of the problem. It’s just not the “evil gigacorp” problem.
It’s the problem of the effect on the user, regardless of how evil or altruistic the AI and its creator are.
I have lamented in a few comments recently about how many people seem to think the purpose of technology is to make it so they don’t have to put effort into their life. They don’t need to learn, and they don’t need to create. They just need the right technology and a good enough bank balance to pay for it.
I’m a tech person but for the last couple years I have made my hobbies and home life as much about nature and life sciences and physically interacting with the outdoors, building shit, taking care of my animals, etc. It has been very very good.