Nemo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up where Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota cone together.

  The thing is, they’re not really offering to do your errand for you. They’re noting that they could and asking if you want them to. And if you genuinely need it, you can then ask them to, but, and this is crucial, there’s a cost. They’ll be doing you a favor, and you will need to act like it, ideally by both apologizing for the trouble and repaying the favor at a later date.

  It comes back to the idea of not asking people to do something unless you’re reasonably sure they’ll say yes. You can do this either by making gambits like the ones above to try to assess their preferences (polite) or by applying pressure (pushy). Because the only thing more rude than saying no to a request is putting someone else in a position where they have to say no to yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should longer hair be handled by salons or male barbers?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I went over a decade where my only haircuts were handing a pair of scissors to a drunk girl at a party and pointing to a spot on my ponytail.

  Worked great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re right about the “I’m grabbing a ___, do you want one?” though.

  Contrast with “I suppose I could grab a ___ for you next time I go to town” to which the correct response is “Oh, no, I wouldn’t want to put you to the trouble, I’m going into town soon myself anyway” because they’re not actually offering to do it, just trying to feel out how important it is to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it true that in the US we are a low context culture and In France, they are high context culture? The video I'm going to attach explains the differences.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The US has more than one culture, at least in terms of communication style. California is fairly low-context, and big cities in general tend to favor lower contexts, but more rural areas and smaller cities in the Midwest and South tend to have higher-context communication. I can’t compare it to Paris or Tokyo, of course.

  It’s certainly been a problem for me, as a Midwesternern, when coastal colleagues and acquaintances don’t know what the hell I’m saying because they don’t bother to think about why I’m saying it, and where I think they’re shockingly rude by saying things bluntly like I’m an idiot child who can’t form any sort of theory of mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you spell the sound Transformers make when they transform?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Vrrrrrschrrrrr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be scared and panicked, no time for anger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before social media/internet/cell phones/landlines/payphones; how would 2 friends living across the same city arrange in person meetings and stay in touch?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d show up at their house earlier that day to say, I’m going to be at X place at Y time, I hope you can join me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there is no clock that displays time 4:20:69 ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Long story short, it’s because the ancient Sumerians were the kind of people who could count to twelve on their fingers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should be emoji reaction for "me too" in the general sense⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  👋✌️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I do say FBI, though: pronounced like “Phoebe”

  But nobody likes it when I do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to stay sane in a hostile environment that you can't get out of?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think staying sane is the correct response in that situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not like we’re all doing that. Or even most of us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I vote plenty. What I don’t do is vote for the lesser evil. An empty ballot is better than one that makes things worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fundraise and campaign for better candidates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, people that expect better. We’re the problem. You caught us. Good job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some car lovers oppose bike infrastructure, when more bikes would mean fewer cars on the road?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It would also mean more bikes on the road, and drivers don’t like sharing the road with anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one fight the atomization of society, as Marx foretold years ago?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some yes, others no. But I’m not writing about alternate history, I’m saying things that we can do to fix where we’re at now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one fight the atomization of society, as Marx foretold years ago?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  By fighting the suburbs and car dependency.

  By getting involved in and promoting mutual aid networks and the gift economy.

  By normalizing multigenerational households, communes, and public events that involve people dining together.

  By regulating technology and social media to disincentivize dark patterns.

  With pronatalist policies like free preschool, subsidies for first-time homebuyers, strong family leave practices, and abolishing DST.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Get permission, I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s often translated “charity” in English but that’s not going the concept justice. It’s a generalized love for all the world, dealing with others without judgement, helping where you can but without the deep emotional connection of other kinds of love.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thirded, I’d like to change my answer to be more like this answer, please.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  With apathy, cynicism, and caritas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At what point do you consider a person an alcoholic?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When drinking becomes habitual.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We do use AI in videogames, and have for multiple decades (with varying levels of sophistication).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone blame the atomization of society, as Marx warned years ago?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a question or just promotion of a youtube channel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do old people still remember their childhood? Do people just start losing their memories and their sense of self as they get older?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can lose your older memories without losing your sense of self. That’s based more on recent experiences than early childhood anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How far do you wear your daily shoes out before bothering to replace them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wear them past the point there are holes in the sole. I typically only abandon a show when the sole physically detaches from the upper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any quick ways I can study, read and process socialist/communist theory?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Read, yes. Study, eh. Process, no; that takes time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the most pregnant "Yessss..." you've ever heard?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “…mothafuckin’ bread crumbs!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, should we form an alternative government of the United States as a micronation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think she meant “micro”, no.