nimpnin
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- Comment on If this has been asked recently just link it no need to be mean, because I am emotionally sensitive right now. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 1 week ago:
They don’t ”have to”, they know it’s not gonna fix anything. Strategically, it’s perfect though: it only increases instability and makes the economy worse, which in turn is just further going to fuel authoritarianism.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
You might have had shitty experiences with some particular women, but generalizing that to other women is bad for both women in general and you.
- Comment on Are there communities online where artists share their art for free / donation? 1 week ago:
Free music archive freemusicarchive.org has a lot of music licensef under the various creative commons licences
- Comment on Are there communities online where artists share their art for free / donation? 1 week ago:
For photography, maybe unsplash.com ? The site is commercial and many people upload stuff for self promotion reasons, but still, most photos are available for free and under a rather permissive licence
- Comment on If you smoothened out the earth, how high would the water level be? 1 week ago:
Downvoted for the use of ridiculous units
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 1 week ago:
Parks and libraries are really nice. Most other third places seem to want you to spend money, that’s my experience here in northern Europe anyway.
- Comment on Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism? 2 weeks ago:
Deflection
Says the person who declines to answer simple questions.
none of the countries you listed or any other country considered socialist has ever reverted to social democracy
This is the most incoherent argument I’ve read all week. What does it matter if a country reverts to what? Also, some USSR states did revert to social democracies, but that probably doesn’t count to you because of reasons. To be clear, I don’t care about your reasons for that.
- Comment on Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism? 2 weeks ago:
If you were well-read in socialism, you’d know that there are a lot of disagreeing factions, and those disagreements include semantic ones over what is and isn’t socialism.
So you tell me, what is socialism? Is marxist-leninism socialism? Is Cuba socialist? Current-day China? Mao’s China? Rojava? Would a society organized in worker co-ops be socialist?
- Comment on Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism? 2 weeks ago:
From Wikipedia:
Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality.
While it is not an objective definition, I think it is a valid point of view to see social democracy rather as a reformist variant socialism than capitalism.
- Comment on Is it possible to be a leftist, but still really enjoy capitalism? 2 weeks ago:
Social democracy
- Comment on Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting? 2 weeks ago:
In general, investing borrowed money is risky… People just don’t realize they’re doing that when they take on a mortgage.
- Comment on Does free healthcare access increase or decrease the need for medical personnel overall? 4 weeks ago:
There are other disincentives besides price that keep people from going to the doctor if they don’t need to
- wait times to get to the doctor
- the time spent actually getting to the doctor and being there
- social disincentives of having to explain a minor issue to a professional and probably something else that I forget now.
I used the health care services at my home town once this summer, and I spent two months there. Basic care is free at the point of service there. And I only went because I had had a concussion. Didn’t seem that the other people were there for no reason either.
- Comment on Does free healthcare access increase or decrease the need for medical personnel overall? 4 weeks ago:
The indirect savings of people going to the doctor earlier etc actually mean some of the healthcare ends up being free.
Also, saying that you’ll have the same problems regardless the system is both factually incorrect and unnecessarily nihilist.
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 4 weeks ago:
Sugar is produced naturally in sugar beet and sugar cane plants.
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 4 weeks ago:
Well, mostly water. But besides that, it’s mostly sugars and fiber, in that order.
- Comment on Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think no 1 is a valid argument as that applies to all food
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- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
he needs to find someone he can grow with and build a proper future with
Does he? He’s 24 and in no hurry to do that imo.
- Comment on proportional reaction 1 month ago:
I’ve survived 11 years of programming without ternary operators and prefer to keep it that way
- Comment on What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist? 1 month ago:
New Zealand switched from first past the post to mixed-member proportional in 1992. Despite a two party system at the time.
- Comment on Did I used to be homophobic? Am I? 1 month ago:
Yeah, not wanting to see lesbians on tv is definitely homophobia of some sort. On the other hand, since you are conscious of it, it is a rather inconsequential, and you shouldn’t feel that bad about it. Just try to slowly be more comfortable seeing things that you would be comfortable if it was a straight couple.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 months ago:
It’s a gradient of more or less unethical things. You could also use the slavery analogy to less and less unethical investments, to reach the conclusion that you shouldn’t invest in anything that you have even the most miniscule ethical issues with.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 months ago:
Arguing for social change based on personal behavior is pretty stupid
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 months ago:
This is the same logic that fossil fuel companies do to shift blame from themselves onto consumers.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 months ago:
Don’t hate the player, hate the game
- Comment on better paying job dealing with egos vs peace of mind job that pays poorly. I'd be taking a 20% financial hit. Worth it? 2 months ago:
There are a lot of jobs that legitimately make you miserable and/or sick. Don’t know if that’s the case here though.
- Comment on better paying job dealing with egos vs peace of mind job that pays poorly. I'd be taking a 20% financial hit. Worth it? 2 months ago:
I would take a 20% pay cut in a hearbeat to have a nicer job. Then again, I know that the safety nets are a lot better in my country than in the US (?).
Have you made exact calulations on where you could save some money?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
My brother is 10cm / 4 inches taller than me. There is a random component to height too.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
My bank and most others here require a smartphone authentication to log in, even if you use the website on the computer.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’ve done no. 1 a few times for a month or so each. Some of the biggest problems with that are:
- Banking can be a bit rough without the app. You can sometimes get a separate device to log in from some banks
- Digital authentication to eg. government services, and some private services as well works via a smarthphone app. Depends on the country a bit how extensive this is, Sweden has been really bad considering this.
- Sometimes public transit only/mostly sells tickets through an app
- Digital maps and route planners are very convenient and not having them substantially increases the time and effort you need to put into finding places
What usually won’t be a big issue
- Messaging: Whatsapp, Signal and obviously Facebook Messenger work on the computer, so you won’t be fully missing out on anything. Also, SMSs and calling work well and are cheap/free
- Missing out on social media and digital entertainment like youtube on a device that you carry 100% of the time is probably just a good thing
- Photography, you can find all kinds of digital cameras, camcorders and DSLRs for a reasonable price
All in all, it’s feasible but quite inconvenient at times.
I find having a smartphone without a sim card at home to be a good compromise. It limits the time I spend on my phone, which in itself is nice, and subsequently decreases the amount of data that can be collected of me. Also, if you aren’t relying on your phone it doesn’t need to be nice and expensive.
