Uebercomplicated

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I don't have my lunch my sugar crashes and I get sleepy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In Germany there are Dub Techno concerts, which are kinda like this. But they’re usually late at night/early in the morning (more often the latter) and people are usually high on drugs. The music is great though! Check out Basic Channel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modern psychiatry be like⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was short on time but wanted to recommend a book that drastically changed my life and improved my mental health. I have no moral issues recommending it; one can always look up a summary, or easily read it free of cost using shadow libraries (not that I recommend that).

  However, I will humor you, and include a short summary here:

  • better memory for stories
  • better ability to think three dimensionally
  • better ability to think dynamically (changing or uncertain variables)
  • and some others I can’t remember off the top of my head.

  Hope this helps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modern psychiatry be like⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Too much to cover in a comment! Here’s a good book on the subject: www.dyslexicadvantage.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modern psychiatry be like⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A note in left-handedness:

  In primary school, I first learned to write with a pencil and then with a fountainpen, as you describe (I grew up in Europe). This has made no difference to my experience with writing whatsoever, because our <insert strong swear word> language/cursive/alphabet is designed for right-handed people. I could talk for hours on the subject, but it would involve much swearing — I will spare you the pain. Just know that we should be writing top-to-bottom instead of left to write, and should re-design our alphabet, cursive, fountain pen nibs, and how we teach lefties to write.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modern psychiatry be like⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely! In fact, I’d argue that this is true for many conditions that we treat as disabilities, like dyslexia (which is rarely disabling) and the aforementioned autism. Both of these conditions have disadvantages and advantages. The situation is not black and white; simply because society was designed one way, does not mean that everyone who does not perfectly fit in is disabled or has a illness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany right now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just stigma against the Grüne; hypocrisy at its purest. In other words: I don’t think he actually cares about immigration, he was just using it as a scapegoat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany right now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair enough. While I myself wouldn’t vote for them, I do agree that they are by no means evil. Their position certainly may even be valuable, I concede. I don’t want my preferred party (the Grüne) to be the most radical left party, it’s always good to have an even more left party to balance things out. We don’t want to end up like the US, where even moderate thing like universal healthcare are viewed as radical in the state. Democracy serves it’s purpose. In other words: you’ve pretty much convinced me (though I would still vote Grüne).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany right now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely agree with this, people really seem to not take Putin seriously enough. Putin is already at war with us; he’s literally had people killed in Moabit and invaded Europe. This is not Nato’s fault, it is blatant aggression from Putin, which we need to respond, and should have responded, to accordingly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany right now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with you on the SPD, but Habeck was pretty fucking clear that Abschiebung is not the way to go. The Linke on the other hand seems great until you see their position on NATO, rearmament, Russia, and Ukraine…

  My dad literally voted for Volt instead of Grüne because “the Grüne was to positive about immigration”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, both electronic shifting and disc brakes are substantially better than their old-school counter parts. It’s just that both are also wildly expensive and very difficult to do maintenance on (in my experience, at least). They’re also hugely over-kill for city bikes. So I guess I mostly agree with you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How's my favorite noise machine today?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This explains so much… I always wondered why it went away when I turned the power strip off… (this is real). In all seriousness, I am shockingly relieved. Also very annoyed. Very, very annoyed. That monitor was so goddamn extensive!