marshadow

@marshadow@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s a red flag because rushing you (without a valid, stated reason) is an attempt to override your instincts while pressuring you to take a certain action. Outside of safety-related situations, that kind of situation has never gone in my favor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem like many Americans have an arrogant personality trait?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Others have already pointed out that we’re indoctrinated into the myths of American exceptionalism and rugged individualism from a young age. I very much agree, but those myths are only part of it.

  That indoctrination, combined with our lack of safety nets, shows up as a hypercompetitive attitude. (“It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.”) We feel pressured to be the very best so we might earn the privilege of feeling secure and stable. Trash-talking and bragging are hamfisted attempts to portray high status.

  If you look at our social injustice issues through that lens, the injustice makes a certain kind of disgusting, antisocial sense. One who’s internalized the hypercompetitiveness will look at someone lying in the middle of the ground in a public city and think: they just aren’t trying hard enough, they just couldn’t compete. We look to others’ misfortunes for reassurance that we’re good enough, that we’re at the front of the pack. To make oneself smaller, to put oneself second, becomes unthinkable. (“Second place is first loser.”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For being a low-key menace. www.cia.gov/static/…/SimpleSabotage.pdf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because not paying your taxes will draw attention from what remains of the system. I’m not thrilled about paying taxes to the dead and looted corpse of our government, but it’s better to stay under the radar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the least suspicious way to get OTC meds through airport security?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A pill organizer, if the original containers are too large (or too numerous) to be practical. I’ve only flown domestic USA, but security has never bothered me about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Elder Millennial here. I think I just have that “eww pedostache” reaction because, when I was young, such mustache styles were common among middle-aged men who hadn’t updated their styles since the '80s. Some of those men were creepy, so the mustache style became associated with creepy old men. And of course, teenaged giggling among ourselves about “eww pedostache!” really cemented the association.

  I’m pretty sure our parents had the same initial reaction when we brought aviator glasses back into fashion. We’ll get over it, the cycle continues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone drink instant coffee anymore?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not me, but it’s great for baking (a bit of coffee makes chocolate taste more chocolatey) and making nutrition shakes palatable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How hard can you concentrate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have extensive practice in straining to force myself to concentrate. Much like moving one’s bowels, pushing hard doesn’t necessarily result in better output.