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- Comment on What are examples of anachronisms you've seen from movies depicting historical settings? 6 days ago:
That’s my rough equivalence as well!
- Comment on What are examples of anachronisms you've seen from movies depicting historical settings? 6 days ago:
Yeah, in that context it would make sense, I’m mostly talking about media where it’s just dropped in to show the good morals of the character, while having no consequences of meaning outside of that
- Comment on What are examples of anachronisms you've seen from movies depicting historical settings? 6 days ago:
Hilarious talking about WWII before the end of the conflict! At the time, WWI was called “the Great War”, surely not “part I” of anything
- Comment on What are examples of anachronisms you've seen from movies depicting historical settings? 6 days ago:
Something that constantly grinds my gears is (main) characters being anti-slavery while the slave trade is up and running in the historical context. I assure you: most people were pro-slave or didn’t care. Being anti-slavery was an extreme political opinion and wouldn’t be considered small talk.
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 6 days ago:
You can still have US nationality while living abroad (maybe being born on US soil or maybe not). Why should you then still pay taxes in US? You are not using “US services”
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 1 week ago:
That becomes very faint as a connection. If you live abroad and have no economic connection to my country of origin. Why should you pay? And how can you legally determine or versus the other?
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 1 week ago:
I think taxes should be meant as a contribution to the services to are getting (pension, roads, schools). If you are not living in a country, you shouldn’t pay taxes there. In the other hand, a company that ID physically on US soil should pay taxes there
- Comment on just temporarily embarrassed billionaires, one good idea or lottery ticket from making it rich 1 week ago:
Honestly, to me this is a bad take because only a handful of nations in the world consider to tax their nationals when living outside of their borders.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Isn’t it bad for the stomach acid?
- Comment on To “tent with aluminum foil”… 1 week ago:
You don’t?? /s
- Comment on To “tent with aluminum foil”… 1 week ago:
I definitely appreciate cookbooks way more than blogs! Mostly because it gives a consistent approach to a given topic, so you are not jumping between American blogs (way too much sugar), Asian ones (can’t get the base ingredients), European ones (ever heard about spices other than salt?). Books create a set of expectations.
- Comment on How to move a sofa 2 weeks ago:
It has a deep seeded rhythm indeed
- Comment on The perfect date 3 weeks ago:
That’s how my brother missed a train: the linux planner used GMT while the local train company planner used assumed local time…
- Comment on Anon is 23 3 weeks ago:
Same… find a mentor that understands the job market (ideally someone that has job openings so they know what they are talking about) and ask for advice for your own field. Teaching staff at colleges/uni usually has some insight on what is going on, but it’s biased by being on the sidelines
- Comment on Anon is 23 3 weeks ago:
I’m in my mid-30s. When I was 23 I had a master degree and got offered 2 positions that I hadn’t even applied to - both starting positions with good pay in my chosen field. When my boss was 23 he got offered a professor position at a good uni because he happened to share an office with the guy they were hoping to hire, so they hired him as well (?!). In my parents life time, neither applied to a job and got rejected.
Times have changed drastically, even from just 10 years ago.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
As a random butting in: you are not annoying me at all! Thanks for sharing your work
- Comment on This one's for the gardeners ;) 5 weeks ago:
You might be interested in knowing that you hand write the serious backing behind you!
Do nothing agriculture: captainforest.com/the-do-nothing-permaculture-con…
Drought resistant seed selection: www.lepotagerdesante.com (in French)
- Comment on What happened to nuance? 5 weeks ago:
The loss of long-form discourse is so noticeable in people’s interactions! In particular online, where everything is parceled and broken down to minimal length
- Comment on "We're all in this together" 1 month ago:
Absolutely. I also want to point out how in some places reducing plastic consumption is so much easier than in others.
Anecdotal: I now live walking distance from a “no plastic” shop that mostly refills your own containers -veggies, dried and liquid stuff… my plastic consumption is most weeks only the milk bottles. I used to live in many other places in which a life like this was hard or outright impossible.
Support local movements to allow you to not use plastic, reuse and refills containers, or get rid of them.
- Comment on Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age' 1 month ago:
I want you to engage in good faith with this thought experiment.
On one hand, you have Costco - many employees, no billionaires, all employees have good benefits, company pays its taxes. On the other you have Amazon - many employees, one billionaire, many employees are working poors, on snap or similar benefits. Amazon skirts its taxes as much as possible, while US subsidies its employees.
Which one helps society the most as a whole?
- Comment on Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age' 1 month ago:
Not false, but something has to give. Billionaires are a drain on society, the conditions that allowed their creation tanked the middle class. They centralize capital in their hand at the downfall of everyone else. A wealth tax is a step forward. Ideally, combined with international agreements with the biggest fiscal havens to not let them run away.
I want to stress how the rise of billionaires is a global phenomenon. In an ideal world, all nations would slowly implement wealth taxes.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’m in temporary leave from my job (that, as far as job goes, I really like) and I really dread going back…
- Comment on $1$ 2 months ago:
Ouch!
- Comment on When you actually pay attention to the lyrics of the song you're listening: 4 months ago:
“Pumped up kids”
- Comment on Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong? 5 months ago:
Following others: definitely do not think of avocados as fruit, it’s closer to carrots (has some sweetness, but wouldn’t put it in a fruit salad).
Great easy combos I haven’t seen suggested yet: with bread and feta/salty cheese, with salt pepper and mayonnaise, with oil vinegar and mustard.
I haven’t ever had cooked avocado.
I guess I’m in the minority here, because I quite like avocados on their own. Getting a good one changes everything and getting it at perfect ripeness is important and impacts taste too. If it feels hard, it’s too early. It should have a little bit of give when you squeeze it lightly. If it has black or dark spots inside it’s starting to go. If it has air pockets inside and/or mold you lost your shot - you can still cut off those parts and eat the rest but it will not be at peak tastiness.
- Comment on It's literally science 5 months ago:
With a standing desk, you have to be very careful in not being stationary. Standing in the same position for an hour is not great for your back at all, but the goal of a standing desk is to constantly move a little bit and relax your back muscles. Ideally, you want some sort of standing desk pad that forces you to subconsciously constantly move.
- Comment on It's literally science 5 months ago:
The best exercise is the one you actually do
That’s how I finally got to exercise regularly. First, I spend way too long trying to hype myself up for running. Never happened. I hate running. No amount of convenience can convince me. Then I started hiking and yoga and swimming and whatever came my way. Sure, I don’t have any sort of routine, but I do some sport very regularly!
- Comment on Apologies if I'm making an incorrect judgement, but does anybody else get dystopian propaganda vibes from the Working with Cancer Pledge? 5 months ago:
There are many aspects of work one could consider. For me, the social aspect is a big one. I have been in sick leave for a while now, will likely be home for a while longer, and I honestly miss the social net that work gives - both friends, friendly coworkers and unrelated coworkers. Plus there daily structure, the feeling of accomplishment and “being an active part of society”. Those are all important mental values that work provides and that can help while dealing with a long term illness.
This being said, there is a gradient between encouraging people to work while sick because out provides mental health benefits and forcing people to work while sick because otherwise they’d be on the streets without health insurance… And providing easy ways to work part time should be part of the equation.
- Comment on Anon enjoys the little things 5 months ago:
Lol! Did not mean it like that…
- Comment on Anon enjoys the little things 5 months ago:
A little thing I love is people’s houses. There are always so many details that talk about their history, the present occupants, the place. I can pass in front of the same building every day and still notice something new.