foo_foo_can_do

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I think this is a very popular view, which inspires a lot of people to go abroad or try out something like digital nomadism. Ultimately most return home after the experiment. People are deeply rooted in culture, in communities, and don't even realize it until they have gotten over the novelty of a new context and are faced with the true depth of difference, and difficulty of becoming rooted once again. The only transplants I've seen really succeed are the ones who had a shit time in their own culture or family, and can genuinely leave it all behind and take in the new culture eagerly.

foo_foo_can_do

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agree, and a caveat to all 'trust your gut' type advice should be that you need to first deal with any psychological issues before you can even perceive your own genuine intuition. in my experience anxiety in fact stems from being out of touch with intuition, and it takes a more complex process to re-learn how to be natural than any pithy advice can describe.

foo_foo_can_do

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There's a great edition of the podcast Lexicon valley from ages ago on the history of the word "dude". Favourite sample phrase: "dude, i'm like... dude"

foo_foo_can_do

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well if you think of all forms of expression as being equal but for their regard by society then yeah, but that's not how anyone seems to live. It's not that simple people think they are sophisticated simply because they are in power, they instead believe there is no such thing as sophistication. you also assume there is one form of expression per "group" and not a variance in brow position across groups. I mean, if you're going to apply this foucauldian logic at least do some legwork to say something new.

foo_foo_can_do

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i think that as labour remains expensive and increasingly inefficient for companies to utilize they will naturally use capital to replace labour. the irony may be that the strength of the unions here hve driven studios to invest millions in cheaper technological solutions to get movies made. labour organizing only has power as long as there is no viable alternative to that human labour.

foo_foo_can_do

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well, you take them off because usually "don't take off your shoes" is itself only said out of politeness, and they really would rather you take your shoes off — Canadian logic.

foo_foo_can_do

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Canadian culture is indeed structured around awkward and illogical politeness rituals which can make you crazy. And for the most part they are more like "politeness signalling", just a façade of niceties without any actual kindness or consideration behind them. In the end I had to leave because it amounts to a kind of omnipresent cultural gaslighting.

foo_foo_can_do

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The Netherlands already has anonymous drug testing centers in a few cities https://www.jellinek.nl/english/drug-testing-service/

foo_foo_can_do

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Last i saw the government would no longer subsidize any sinterklaas (NL version of xmas) event or parade where the traditional Piet costume was used. They now dress as "Soot Piet" and instead of blackface it's more of a coal-worker-after-a-long-day look.

foo_foo_can_do

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For about five years i hit this bookmarklet when visiting almost any site. in most cases it gets rid of the cookie banners, bulky headers, and sidebars so this is the true fix for me. If the page doesn't work under all the fixed position junk, then i bounce.

foo_foo_can_do

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Indeed it's hard to relate to something so unrealistic /s

foo_foo_can_do

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I don't think an app can ever overcome the personal and cultural forces at work here. I've seen people who can make great friends over any medium imaginable, and others who remain lonely despite having every opportunity. I don't believe it's the failure of the apps, rather look to the culture to see how friendships are valued and formed.

I see my generation has no value of 'friendship'; friendship as a serious commitment which has benefits and responsibilities. People want a convenient way to not feel too lonely, without giving up an ounce of personal convenience.

I've begun to have a conversation with new people I meet at the first or second meeting, beginning with "what does friendship mean?". Then you can set your expectations at the beginning rather than setting yourself up for disappointment. This will also scare away people who don't want a commitment, so prepare for that.

Aside: I recently noted that Germans seem to have a real value of friendship. I have two german friends who check-in, and plan things on a regular basis, and clearly have a place in their brain reserved for considering how they can build their friendships, and I've heard the same anecdote often. I'm from Quebec originally, and there also saw the huge gap between anglo relationships and francophone ones (francos keep in touch).

foo_foo_can_do

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prisoners, incendies

foo_foo_can_do

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From it article it seems to be a new coinage in latin at the time of the translation. It makes sense only in the logic of theology so don't think too rationally about it. some clues from the article:

> Taken literally (epi-ousios: "super-essential"), it refers directly to the Bread of Life, the Body of Christ, the "medicine of immortality," without which we have no life within us.

> In all languages that traditionally Eastern Christians use—Greek, Slavonic, and all the Arabic languages... the best translation would be: "Give us today the bread of tomorrow". Give us today the bread of the coming age, the bread that when you eat it, you can never die. What is the food of the coming age? It's God himself, God's word, God's Son, God's lamb, God's bread, which we already have here on earth, on earth, before the second coming. So what we're really saying is, "Feed us today with the bread of the coming age", because we are taught by Jesus not to seek the bread that perishes, but the bread that, you eat it, you can never die

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