Samskara
@Samskara@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Speedy Delivery 6 days ago:
A sense and need for justice might be genetic in humans.
- Comment on Ever the Critic 6 days ago:
You can have a setup with a fish tank and some pots in your home.
- Comment on History of Biodynamics 6 days ago:
Yes, I am German. I come from that alternative milieu. My father was a founder of the local chapter of the Green Party and active in the peace and environmental movement. His job was working at a co-op owned bookstore with a book selection that had a strong emphasis on environmentalism, peace movement, leftist politics, third world authors (mostly Latin American leftists), etc.
I was born in an anthroposophic clinic. Throughout my childhood I ate mostly organic food and was treated with alternative medicine, mostly homeopathy and herbal. This impacted my life pretty negatively as I never received antihistamines for my allergies, only some vaccinations, nor any kind of attention to my ADHD. When I first visited a regular doctor as an adult, it was mindblowing to receive medicine, that actually works.
Some of my friends went to Waldorf schools, so I have second hand experience. Their school philosophy has lots of things going for it, but in practice can be pretty terrible for some children.
I can talk about this stuff for hours.
- Comment on History of Biodynamics 1 week ago:
They didn’t invent it, but they encouraged and invested in it. The number of biodynamic farms increased from 100 to 1000 after 1933. Some high up Nazis protected biodynamic agriculture and it was used on some SS run farms.
However the Nazis rejected Anthroposophie as an ideology.
- Comment on History of Biodynamics 1 week ago:
Both stem from romantic and naturalistic idealism, that‘s Part of German culture. Modernity had severed the relationship between the people and the land and nature. Christianity and Judaism were seen as invasive religions, that eradicated the natural indigenous religion.
There‘s an antisemitic strain that rejected modern medicine as Jewish, and favored alternative methods. Homeopathy, Anthroposophic medicine, new Germanic medicine, quackery, and other alternatives were supported by the Nazis.
The Nazis regulated quacks and providers of alternative medicine as Heilpraktiker (healing practitioners), a law that‘s still around today in Germany. This legitimized them in the eyes of the public until today.
It’s all pretty convoluted and there’s no clear line. Nazism as an ideology has a lot of inherent contradictions. It’s both against modernity, for a more ancient indigenous culture, while embracing modernity, technology, media, and revolutionary change. It’s very syncretic.
Anthroposophy and other alternative medicine remains popular in Germany today, especially among the educated middle and upper class. Left-liberal hippies will often send their children to Waldorf (Rudolf Steiner) schools, which you can find in every medium sized city. I have personally listened to a Waldorf teacher talk in front a group of 40ish people how the Holocaust was the result of bad karma accumulated by the Jewish people. According to him the Jewish people were were cleansed by it and transitioned now to a higher stage of development.
- Comment on Ever the Critic 1 week ago:
Industrial scale permaculture is the solution.
- Comment on Speedy Delivery 1 week ago:
Santa is a shared delusion running on people’s minds in a distributed fashion, known in magic occult spheres as an egregore. All of those minds then manifest Santa by their own deeds and the spread of Santa memes. Santa‘s sled is everywhere at once as the sequence of delivered packages doesn’t matter. One Santa manifested everywhere through human thought and action.
- Comment on I GOT THAT VIRUS 1 week ago:
This is actually kind of a good analogy.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Handschuhe ist korrekt. Perfekte Rechtschreibung. Gratuliere.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
German Word for mittens is Fäustlinge, literally fistlings.
- Comment on overstimulate yourself 2 weeks ago:
Also do at least two psychoactive substances.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
Not that I know.
Depending on your exact needs a more specialized tool like SmartSheets or AirTable (browser based, subscription) can be good. WPS office is a little better than Calc in some ways, but no full replacement for Excel.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
LibreOffice Writer has eaten comments on documents several times for me. Word handles comments much better.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
Exactly. Excel is the workhorse. The combo between Exchange and Outlook is the other major major strength of MS Office.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
Microsoft products can be quite good, but you’re right that they are severely hampered by boneheaded decisions.
Microsoft Office is still very good overall. Definitely one of Microsoft’s better products. The ribbon UI was revolutionary and is still great.
The Mac version of Microsoft Office is also a good example of how good and bad versions alternate. Office for Mac 98 was terrible. Office for Mac 2004 was great and and in many ways better than the windows version. 2008 dropped support for Visual Basic. 2011 reintroduced it. Microsoft’s email client for the Mac changed between Outlook, Entourage, then Outlook again with various changes and supporting different features.
My favorite versions of Microsoft operating systems are: DOS 5, Windows 3.1, NT 4, 98, XP, 7, 10, Phone 8.
I’m still mad Microsoft canceled their fantastic flight simulator.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
It still exists.
- Comment on I'm definitely 1 lol. 2 weeks ago:
That‘s what number 2 should be.
- Comment on Why do .ml users get a bad rep? 3 weeks ago:
The instance matters if you post about anything political. If your instance admins don’t like your posts, they will delete your account. Mods and admins of other instances can only ban you.
- Comment on 6🤷♀️7 3 weeks ago:
😭 absurdist humor is ruining Lemmy.
- Comment on Nuremberg (2025 film) includes a film shown to the court about concentration camps, including executed and tortured prisoners. Where do I find that footage? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Heavy is the head that wears the frown 5 weeks ago:
Happiness comes from inside of you.
- Comment on Best meal ever 5 weeks ago:
It’s smörebröd in Swedish, I think.
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- Comment on What ever you do, don't think of the number 37. 1 month ago:
using that word against someone you don’t like
It means you don’t actually have values in this regard.
- Comment on What ever you do, don't think of the number 37. 1 month ago:
No slutshaming
- Comment on What ever you do, don't think of the number 37. 1 month ago:
Homophobia is okay when used to smear Trump, apparently.
- Comment on The House Of The Guy Calling You A Libtard 1 month ago:
punching down is okay actually
- Comment on The House Of The Guy Calling You A Libtard 1 month ago:
Classist
- Comment on Highly reccomend! 1 month ago:
Have you ever worked construction? While some drink on the job, they all eat proper food, usually big portions.
- Comment on Highly reccomend! 1 month ago:
I thinks it’s breath mints.