apotheotic (she/her)

Isn’t this at least the second time Seagate have been caught out selling used hardware as new?

I can’t see anyone else on this comment thread so I guess I must be defederated with whatever user you replied to

Does it though? I have used both and I vastly prefer my experience on signal. I don’t really engage with the like, “communities” aspect of telegram though so perhaps thats what I’m missing?

I don’t disagree with the sentiment but I think having accessible, entertaining education resources would also be a huge boon. They’re sure not going into depth on the topics but I imagine getting people “on the hook” could be huge, and then they can find other more educational resources from others in the community.

All of kurzgesagt, minute physics, vsauce, Steve mould, matt parker, and veritasium. I think they’re invaluable education resources and it would be useful to be able to distribute them, or just have them for my own sake.

I suppose that depends largely on which demographic you’re looking at in China, but its nice that there’s some good news

So which people are just having a great time right now? /gen

People with whom I feel safe, yes. It makes things easier.

I think I would be fine. I already have limited wealth and I’m directing a significant portion of it to the betterment of the world around me. If my wealth/income increased tenfold (as an example) I don’t think I’d be able to find a use for more than, idk, 15-20% of the additional money? So I’d just heavily ramp up the funds going to charities and local causes.

Extending this out to the infinite wealth scenario, I’d be able to help more causes so I’d need to find out which charities are actually putting money to use for what they say they are, extend my mindset beyond local causes and to the whole globe. Almost certainly drop some fat stacks into buying out basically every fossil fuel corp and start the process of getting that shit phased out. Sure I make some terrible people rich(er) in the short term with the buyouts but fuck it, the environment needs to be prioritized.

How I’d convince this hypothetical entity? Idk, probably just explain all of the above and I guess show some hard data on my track record for this. If the entity is determined to put the money in the hands of someone who is going to do good, either I’ll be good enough or I won’t.

If its not infinite and “just” billions then I’m probably going to funnel about half of it into local (national) causes and the other half into affecting what positive change I can worldwide. Process for convincing the entity remains the same.

Yep, I’m aware, and I’m sternly against it. My statement wasn’t meant to imply that the EU should be trusted implicitly

Perhaps not the government, but for example the EU and GDPR is kinda great. Seeing this style of regulation put in place for social media is of utmost priority IMHO. Peoples brains are fucking fried, mine included, and I’ve been off basically all social media platforms for years now.

Probably, yes. Or at least regulated. Modern socmed is a fucking plague.

Mm true

You’d have to buy them every day - that’d get annoying fast

Nope sable is a very calm game, I thought that was what you enjoyed about botw but I evidently misunderstood!

Sable is very breath of the wild adjacent, and quite beautiful. Lots of secrets to discover.

You’re welcome, GiantChickDicks

Ailments of the mind (depression, anhedonia, as others have mentioned) can make it literally impossible to enjoy life, at their worst.

Trauma, PTSD, cptsd, constant hatred, bigotry, bullying, divorce, losing loved ones, drifting away from loved ones. Theres a million things that can pile on top of you if you’re unfortunate enough to suffer them. With time, treatment, and incredibly hard work, you can maybe find your way out of some of the deeper holes. But for many, that is not a luxury they have.

I am fortunate enough to have climbed a good way out of my deepest holes. But theres a version of me in a different timeline who made just 1 different choice and never found her joy again.

You can’t make people see the beauty of the moon, because their world - unseen to you - may be far too cloudy. You can, however, help them weather the storm until they find their way out. Be patient, be kind, be selfless.

People who think you’re supposed to like Bateman are people you don’t need to associate with, its a great litmus test

It is a comedy! Its all one huge absurd comedy of the fragile, toxic masculine existence. So you’ve nailed it.