You mean an apprenticeship?

and OP didn’t credit it 👀

If your “otherness” neither bothers/harms you nor the people around you, there is no need to treat it.

I have sometimes wondered: instead of elections, what if we could register a vote, which we could change any time? This might not have been feasible with paper ballots, but in an age of increasing digitalization, this should work.

I do see the downside though that most coalitions would only last a couple of months as majorities shift.

Another idea: A website where people can directly vote on issues, no representatives needed.

It’s too soon to call him your boyfriend but not too soon to move in together?

Reuters is still reporting on the epstein files, so what’s wrong?

To answer this question, it is important to understand how oil is used.

1. As a Fuel. Oil holds a lot of energy which can be released by burning it. It is certainly possible to use other power sources (renewable energy, nuclear energy, coal etc.) It is also possible to produce biofuels, which apparently (for now) takes more effort than extracting oil from the ground and producing fuel from that.

2. For extracting chemicals. Many things are actually produced from chemicals extracted from oil, such as plastics. Some of these chemicals may be produced or extracted in other ways, others may not.

I don’t think this is specific to lemmy. We generally like to hear people agree with us, and social media allows us to a) find spaces with like-minded people b) block people we don’t like from interacting with us

We put ourselves into echo chambers where our assumptions and opinions are never challenged. You might talk about people with different opinions, but rarely to them. Live in that environment long enough, and you stop to question your convictions, and become increasingly incapable of articulating why you hold them, or to consider the perspective of ‘the opponent’.

One thing I like about having human friends is the shared human experience. No AI could replace that.

Admins don’t need any qualifications, and neither do the mods they choose.

If you like a community but not its mods, you may be able to find a similar community on another instance, alternatively you may try starting a “competing” community yourself.

Children experience more extreme emotions in general, not just happiness. Think of the tantrums they throw.

And honestly, no, my main goal isn’t to blindly chase dopamine.

For one, happiness is more complex than that, you cannot just reduce it to one hormone (e.g. what about serotonin or oxytocin?)

Secondly, I think experience and personal development are important, they put happiness into perspective and let you appreciate it better. Leaving your comfort zone can be deeply rewarding, even if it doesn’t immediately result in a dopamine boost.

I can confidently say that I am happier now than I was as a child, despite the fact I now laugh less.

There are plenty of people though who do these kinds of calculations daily. Like engineers and scientists.

It’s not like international law really meant anything before Trump. It has been broken many times before with no real consequences, also by the US. The UN really doesn’t have the power to enforce anything.

I have tried to get my point across before, but was labeled a transphobe. I have no issue with trans people and wish them all the best in their pursuit of happiness. I understand the issue they face: Society put them in one of two gender categories, and they don’t feel that’s where they belong. That’s a valid issue in my eyes.

I just don’t really see the current approach fixing this. Its like we saw that there was an issue with racism, but instead of abolishing it, we added more categories like “race-fluid”.

In my eyes, the root issue is the concept of gender identities, and how big a role they play in our day to day lifes. Why does the way people address me (sir/madam, he/she) depend on my gender identity? Why does every form I fill out ask for my gender identity? Why are so many things separated by gender?

I’d like to see a post-gender society, where we don’t need pronouns. Where there is no concept of gender identity, because everyone is just themselves.

Instead of staying inside the box, adding classification after classification, I think we should leave the box and stop assigning a gender identity to every one of us.

I’m annoyed by the notion that our bodies somehow need animal protein to build muscles. What we need is a specific mix of amino acids. Animal proteins generally provide a similar mix, but that just means that eating meat is the easy route. It is definitely possible to mix plant proteins to provide our bodies with everything they need (at least in terms of proteins).

And honestly, I’m just tired of animal suffering, man.

I usually take my hourly wage and compare it to the inconvenience. For example, if that inconvenience takes about an hour of my life, but saves me more than my hourly wage, I take it. There are exceptions of course, for example if I am low on money.

I just went after the first thing that sounded interesting, then the next, then again. It was quite a bumpy ride.

I ended up with a job that I really like, but that might be more thanks to luck than anything else, so I don’t know that everyone should follow my example.

I do have some advice though:

• If there is something you really want to do, try and pursue that first. If you don’t, you’ll always wonder how it would have gone
• If you have never worked before, try that before going to uni. Maybe try an apprenticeship. I found that the practical experience grounded me quite a bit.
• Do not be afraid to change career paths. You may feel a pressure to stick with what you chose. And it certainly is necessary to just tough it out at times. On the other hand, you are still young, and will still be pretty young in ten years, so don’t sweat it too much, and try something new if you find that the current thing doesn’t work.

Some dimensions you may want to consider for any potential profession:

1. How much do you think you would enjoy it?
2. How much of a positive impact would it have on others?
3. How much would you earn?
4. How easy would it be to find a job? How easy could it be to automate your work in the future?

If there is a library, go there, way fewer distractions.

No, it just means you are someone that helps others, even when you know that you won’t gain anything from that yourself.