HottieAutie

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Get ready!! In my opinion, it's one of the best movies ever made.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nice! Regarding that shower thought, have you seen Everything Everywhere All at Once?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What post/comment did you get banned for?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

The percentage of linux users is also great.

Yes! I don't feel like a weirdo here for using Linux exclusively on my computers. It's nice to interact with a community that shares the values which lead each of us to use Linux. But even within that, the users here are not only respectful, but celebrate novice users that use distros like Mint. In my experience, some Linux users can be rude by presenting a sense of superiority for using distros that take lots of technical expertise. Not only does that not seem to be the case on Lemmy, but it's actually made fun of (I use Arch, btw 😉).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This so much. I feel like the founding values of Lemmy lead to creating a community in which users want this to be a respectful place. There's nearly no tolerance for hate. It's awesome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lemmy seems a more safe place for LGBT+ people

In my opinion, Lemmy is a trans party 🥳🎉 There are so many memes about being trans almost daily. I can't tell if there is a large portion of Lemmy users that are trans, we just like celebrating the idea, or I happened to subscribe to trans-heavy communities like [email protected]. Either way, even though I'm cis-af, I love it. You go, girl/boy!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can you explain your logic?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting! What are some other examples of common American English terms inconspicuously being used to dehumanize people?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

marih-jeh-wanna

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Pop Goes the Weasel like this one (not mine)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

What are things? What is energy? What is my soul? Where did it come from? Is it even in this spacetime, or is the body an avatar and I'm connecting into to it via some process? How was my soul created? Why do I experience rather than my body function solely as a biochemical robot? Where does my soul go when my body dies? Is there an end to eternity? If so, what happens or doesn't happen? If not, how does change continue? What does my soul do until then? I understand life. I don't understand experience.

One time I heard an assumption that every single electron is the same electron in different places and times. I asked a physicist what they thought of that idea. He thought for a moment and responded, "Would it even matter?" Sometimes I imagine that we are all the same person in different bodies living different lives. Every normal person, every genius, philanthropist, every monster, every slave, every billionaire, every dead fetus, every person I've dated, my parents,...we're all the same person living in a different body going through every single experience of life. When I do that, everything seems so simple.

So would it even matter? Yes, because what if individuality is false? What if we're all one thing, but the current structure of life doesn't allow us to experience it as such so we incorrectly think that each individual medium of perception is completely independent? Giving everything to others would be selfish. Working as a team for the benefit of everyone would be the ultimate selfish move. We could stop all competition, treat each other with utmost compassion, and maximize our limited time in each body. But alas, the selfish versions of us are too underdeveloped in that dimension to let that happen just yet. I wonder what it would take for each of us to reach the understanding that we're all the same soul.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I argue that in a low traffic scenario, it would be more helpful to respond with "you're welcome" because it increases engagement and interaction.

 

Just out of curiosity, I'm interested in understanding the experience of running a franchise as an "owner" of the location. I have no intention or desire to run one myself, yet I find it interesting. From the outside, it seems like a weird relationship in which you are the owner and not at the same time. You own the location, but mostly everything major is decided and dictated by the franchise company. So, what's it like?

  • How do you view your relationship with the franchise and your employees?

  • What do you label and describe your position as?

  • What are your responsibilities?

  • What is it like to manage your employees?

  • What are the benefits of running it?

  • What are the downsides?

  • Is it a lucrative investment?

  • Was it hard to get into and start up? Were there any major barriers initially?

  • It is easy once you get used to it, or is it a lot of work?

  • If you suddenly didn't have the franchise, would you try to start it again?

  • Anything else I might not have thought to ask?

 

I'm interested in hearing about the personal experiences of living in the USSR without making it a political conversation. Rather, just what life was like, the good and the bad, from a nonjudgmental human perspective.

 

I always thought that didn't happened, but based on what I've seen on the Internet, it seems like it is possibly more common that I thought.

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