It makes a lot of sense. Lying and manipulation are done specifically to achieve goals. A defining characteristic of morals is that you’re supposed to follow them even if it’s neutral or disadvantageous for you. If someone follows “morals” to achieve a personal goal, they’re not actually following morals, they’re just acting in a way that incidentally looks moral.
Damn, she’s grown quickly!
Yeah, what the fisting enthusiast said. It’ll be fine.
The success of algorithmic feeds does not imply that humans are predictable in general. It just means that humans are predictable in terms of what content will keep them scrolling/watching/listening for some more time.
Interesting observation. Can you give an example where this is relevant?
Furryosa is my fediverse comfort character.
Just noticed I used “strongly” three times in the post. Gonna need to find new adverbs.
I think this is a very valid question. Sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side.
I like it here in Germany. Laws and social safety are relatively strong. Oftentimes I see an article about some chemical common in food being a cancer risk, and then I research it and see that it is a US-centered article and that the EU already banned the chemical years ago.
Right wing populism is strongly on the rise here though. Racism and LGBTQ-phobia will strongly depend, with smaller villages and regions in East Germany being worse on average.
If you’re a top earner, you most likely won’t get the crazy high salaries here that you might expect from the US (even if accounted for cost of living, childcare etc).
Bureaucracy is annoying.
Rent can be very high depending on the region.
Job market strongly favors German speakers. I heard the Netherlands are more open in that regard. I think this will be your biggest hurdle.
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Sorry you have to go through that. Try not to let it get to you, but retain the ability to recognize constructive criticism.
Is this a Ben Shapiro reference?
What the duck
Look into the differences between altered states versus altered traits for a scientific perspective on this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy's_integral_theorem
Not sure if you’re referencing this intentionally? I love when the same thought can come up in different forms for different contexts.
Subscribed, top of the day, at the same time of day, every day.
How dare you put my healthy morning run next to these bullshit scams!
For me there is often a problem that causes to not be able to sleep, and I’ll try to solve that. Like being hungry, thirsty, radiator too warm, radiator not warm enough, I have some energy I need to get out, need to close the window, need to open the window. If nothing helps I get out of bed for a while and this makes me more tired after some time. I try to avoid scrolling because it just makes the time fly by without changing the circumstances or making me sleepy.