ok, thanks, i’ll keep it in mind

I think this may have just happened to you OP. That’s not a common way to see children.

i don’t see it that way, but a lot of people in the US seem to, at least from what i can see. see my other comment for explanation.

Tons of people have kids, tons of people want kids. The idea of ‘you’re a child’ being the worst insult is baffling, honestly.

yeah tbf i’ve never set foot in the US; i get this notion from social media, movies, books, etc.

wait let me record a 10 second sequence of a movie.

https://files.catbox.moe/3ouv81.mp4

(the video should have audio, in case it doesn’t play, a download should do it)

anyways the woman says “have you ever considered that you’re wrong? hah, of course not! you’re a child.” upon which the other person freaks out. which i have seen sooo many times in pieces of media (especially from the US)

anyways, meanwhile, children can actually be really reflective and understand a lot, also when they’ve made mistakes or hurt someone. so saying that somebody is a “child” when they can’t reflect on themselves, in my opinion, is inaccurate.

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when you’re using a sailing ship, you’re not actually using wind to drive, instead you’re using the energy within the wind’s movement, that’s what you’re using to push the ship forward. the air does not get consumed in some kind of air-eating machine or sth

it’s similar with electricity. the electrons rarely get consumed (exceptions exist, mostly in electrochemistry)

ouch that hurt but is this really world news? is it relevant to an international audience?

i grew up in a small austrian town but it didn’t really have much nature besides 3 trees standing next to our house (that i used to climb btw, was fun).

now i live in vienna and i spent like 10 hours last week exploring the river bank of a small river around here, it’s beautiful. so much better. i realize that this is because of many factors, but one of them is that a flat empty piece of land can just be so absolutely mind-bogglingly boring and generic that nobody even bothers to try to make something beautiful out of it. at least that’s my take.

Oh and vienna was built between the mountains on one side and a large river on the other side, and i am starting to think that that does make a difference. I’ve yet to put it to proper words, though.

it’s a type of ring of mushrooms all standing in a circle. it’s a natural phenomenon. pretty cool!

considering it’s mushrooms, they destroy some organic material, thereby releasing minerals into the environment which other plants absorb and grow faster that way.

Actual human worth/value is measured in empathy for one another, which makes the US destitude in what matters.

well said. i had the exact same thought yesterday.

almost as if competition is what capitalism was always supposed to be about

this is the turing test all over again: you can’t actually tell whether it’s handmade or made by a machine.

yeh

hot air balloons also have no stall speed.

done

there should obviously be indexes which tell you what stuff exists. stuff like amazon where you search for “desk” and it shows you the 10 desk providers that can be delivered to your location.

Yeah i have that.

My best advice is that it matters more where you’re going than where you’re coming from.

all advertisement is bad. best to avoid all of it. use the fediverse, don’t use commercial internet platforms.

yeah the UK is going downhill very quickly and it’s evident in how nervously they respond to that saying.

i indeed only found out about that rn

But you seem like a refreshingly normal person rather than one of the ideologically motivated internet cold warriors

hehe thanks, i try to be.

i mean yeah, literally, look at how the Iranian regime is allowed to post its anti-US propaganda lego movies on Twitter.

edit: nvm that was a bad take.