I would be considerably more worried about being incorrectly detained by ICE and getting caught up in that nonsense than gun violence.
Simultaneously, you're getting a lot of Americans in the comments talking about how the risk of gun-violence is near-zero and nothing to be worried about. There have been 58 mass shootings in the U.S. In Europe, there have been 2. Statistically, going from Europe to the U.S, your risk of being caught up in a shooting ARE significantly higher.
Is that still worth not travelling for? In reality, 58 mass shootings in 3.5 months across that number of population centres, the risk is incredibly, incredibly low.
But is it still significantly higher than Europe? Yes, absolutely.
Should you worry about the U.S violence getting "worse"? No. But it is more violent, statistically, than Europe.
As I said though, I'd be more worried about ICE nonsense.
It's really crazy what camera angles and clever design can do. Check out GTA San Andreas for what I feel is the best explanation of this - the game felt enormous when I was a kid, but when you see the actual true size of that map, it's pretty damn small.
"and a bit of experience of what tastes good with what, and that was pretty much transformation from "I can make a decent food from recipe" to "I can pick what I have in fridge/pantry,"
This is where I'd love to get, but I have no idea how. I guess it's just experience and trying things out, but this is definitely the goal.
As @dusted said, one important thing to remember is the disconnect - the work you do is a culmination of any number of factors on a given day. I couldn't agree more.
For me, the biggest thing though is trying to have a learning or improvement focused mindset. Understanding that most comments and every mistake you make are a step in a direction where you've learned something and gotten better. You, the codebase and the reviewer are all better for the experience.
Also - it IS okay to feel a little bad or frustrated when you've done a piece of work you're particularly proud of and it gets a lot of criticism. It's important to keep the above in mind, but it's also human. Don't feel bad for feeling bad. Just try to regulate it, and remember it's for the better of yourself and everyone.
I would never do it, but I lived with a guy a number of years ago, and he would religiously dumpster-dive to the point where he never did regular grocery shopping.
I rarely ate the fresh food he'd bring back, especially because the guy loved seafood, but he would often come back with boxes and boxes of perfectly fine food, drink & random things for around the house like cutlery, tools, whatever. Boxed & Canned food, cereals, etc.
He once cycled home with what I can only describe as a pallet of Coca Cola.
Simultaneously, you're getting a lot of Americans in the comments talking about how the risk of gun-violence is near-zero and nothing to be worried about. There have been 58 mass shootings in the U.S. In Europe, there have been 2. Statistically, going from Europe to the U.S, your risk of being caught up in a shooting ARE significantly higher.
Is that still worth not travelling for? In reality, 58 mass shootings in 3.5 months across that number of population centres, the risk is incredibly, incredibly low.
But is it still significantly higher than Europe? Yes, absolutely.
Should you worry about the U.S violence getting "worse"? No. But it is more violent, statistically, than Europe.
As I said though, I'd be more worried about ICE nonsense.