Spreading rumors about someone is a genuinely nasty thing to do to someone. But even the best of us can probably spread information that we think is true and important but is really a fabrication.
I guess to me the difference is: were they genuinely mistaken and are now aware of their error and how they can avoid similar errors in the future, or are they a gossipy bitch?
There is so much you can just not know about home maintenance. Contacts for honest contractors (that are not cousins or old roommates) can be useful.
I would not recommend relying on Tailscale. They have been soliciting a lot of venture capital lately and are probably going to go for an IPO sooner or later. I would not put a lot of trust in that company. The investors are going to want their money.
Nothing more fun than paying for a game piece meal and without end.
I think when you’re young it’s especially easy to get cowed into following strange rules and patterns, even when the authority or consequences demanding that you do so are vague or unclear.
I guess I just find the use of psudo-homophones as euphemisms/codes for platform (or school?!) based psudo-profanity to be particularly weird. Like I get that an advertisement-dependent platform will want to de-prioritize content that discusses suicide because Frosted Flakes doesn’t want to be associated with people killing themselves, and I also understand people wanting to be able to speak freely and be heard and therefore finding comprehensible euphemisms to use on ad-based platforms. I guess what I don’t get is how it leaks over into unmonitored communication or even out into offline contexts. Actually I kinda do; it’s basically Foucault’s panopticon. But I don’t think the solution is just to become ungovernable, but there is certainly utility in being able to recognize the tools that are used to structure your behavior and thoughts.
Idk, maybe that’s too much of a tangent, but it’s weird, right?
Why? What was stopping you? Would you get sent to the principal’s office or written up if you spoke normally about rape, but not if you used tiktok lingo?
You could always say ‘rape’, even as a teen. Why do you think you couldn’t?
No. It’s an artifact of dodging algorithmic suppression of speach, and should be avoided in any circumstance where you won’t be punished for speaking clearly. And generally any communication system or social circumstance that requires that requires you to speak unclearly or ambiguously should be avoided in favor of those where you can speak in a way that is clear.
Depends on if they’re actually overweight, and how they’re handling it. If they’re wallowing in self pity or engaging in unhealthy behaviors that suggest an eating disorder, then I guess you approach the actual issue instead (i.e. the depression, the eating disorder). If they’re just trying to psych themselves up to exercise more or eat better to shed an excess 15 pounds then support and encourage them.
It’s close enough that I can barely see the difference. It’s not just different layovers, times, airlines, and seating, but mix in different prices for the same exact purchase depending on the website, time, date, or maybe even browser cookies and it’s a lot more like an adversarial negotiation than simply selecting the best choice from an array of options.
I’d say buy CDs from a credit union, or municipal bonds (riskier though). In fact maybe the best thing to do for now is to move your banking over to a credit union if there’s one you can join, or to a smaller local bank if you can’t and you’re with one of the big bastards.
After that, in terms of stock, an S&P index fund will have some of the best and most consistent returns, and all you’re really betting on is ‘line goes up.’ One could try to find an individual ethical company or companies, like maybe publicly traded B Corps, but even those I have doubts about.
And real estate isn’t getting any cheaper, so if you already own a home, I suppose you could buy another one and rent it at cost. You get equity, and the renters presumably get below market rent. Maintain the property, give the renters right of first refusal if you decide to sell, and sell at marginal markup rather than market rate and you’d probably be doing better than your average landlord. This is the toughest route to follow while not being a bastard.
Tbf booking sites are mostly pretty bad in my experience, and haggling has been there since…Priceline? Heavy JS, poor sorting, different prices, hard to define what you’re looking for. It could be worse, but it’s not great.
What a strange time to be alive.
It wasn’t that bad, but it was absolutely overrated. Good soundtrack though.
“Works fine in Dillo” is a golden endorsement.
I like some of it, but not everything. Customizable is good, but if it’s all preloaded and unmodifiable then it’s more a mockery of self-expression, isn’t it?
First we’re all like “Thou is too casual, gotta use the plural second person instead.” Then oh no, turns out number in pronouns is actually useful sometimes, but thou sounds old fashioned now, so we just gotta re-pluralize the second person. And then you get y’all.
I like y’all, but I almost wish we could just bring thou back.