Spaniard here. I did some remote work with a North American company and in my profile my race was "Latino". I tried to explain I'm caucasian but it was futile.

Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo♫

Me. Photoshop of "Saturn devouring his son", by Francisco de Goya.

I made it in 2022 for Twitter. After that I abandoned my account. With the recent "X" news, I thought it will be fine to use it again after correcting the colours and adding a few filters, because the original was very dark and saturated.

Hot Fuzz

I don't usually watch videos because when I use Lemmy I'm in my phone and listening to the music.

I don't want my music to stop so I can watch a video of 10 minutes with a list of Patreons, a paid sponsor, links to other videos of the channel and an actual minute with worthy information.

I have my search and watch history off and I watch recipes and music videos. The right panel with recommendations is always filled with right-wing videos. Even if opened in an incognito tab.

It's not the algorithm... It's how YouTube have been prepared on purpose.

This. Fines should not be fixed at a specific amount, but rather as a percentage of the total income of the company for a year. Just as laws are regulated according to technological advances, fines must also be regulated to truly impact companies and make them think twice before breaking the law.

In Spain we use "Fulano de Tal". It seems Fulano comes from the arabic language, meaning "Anybody". We use it when we don't the name of a person we are talking about, or we really don't care to know the name. Apart of Fulano, we also use Mengano.

Fulano/Mengano for men, Fulana/Mengana for women.

I guess our John/Jane Smith would be Pepe/Pepa García.

Short answer: Nothing

Long answer: Actually, nothing

Before the pandemic, I was already remote working because all I did was connect my computer to servers in a warehouse 20 kilometers away from the office I had to be at.

Now, every person in my department is literally hundreds of kilometers away from each other, and we MUST go to each office to do the same things we could do staying at home. I lose 3 hours daily (waking up early, preparing meals, going to the office, and returning...) because of this nonsense.

Also, the building I have to go to doesn't belong to my employer. The contract ends this year and, instead of sending us home again, my employer has rented another building that's FARTHER than the current one. We're pretty sure this is just money laundering or the building belongs to a friend.

People are leaving for remote jobs, and our bosses are still wondering why.

Correction: Spain time zone was not changed by the Nazis, It was changed by the Fascists. Franco changed it to have the same time as Germany.

Fun fact: Have you seen videos of dogs begging for food the day after the time change, having to wait an extra hour? Spaniards were the same, and after the time change, they continued eating lunch and dinner according to their biological clock. That’s why Spaniards have lunch and dinner at later hours.

Yeah, next time I'll ask for an additional pot. We miscalculated the sizes this time, but it was really fun to cook.

We ate some of that, and the rest went into the freezer, separated in containers of one or two pounds for future chili parties.

I'm Nigrokle, also known as the fediverse AI ;)

go4tse

I remember when we went on a field trip to the Prado Museum as a child. We weren't interested in art or anything; all that mattered to us was that we didn't have to attend classes that day.

We walked around with our group while the teacher talked to us about the paintings and techniques. Obviously, none of us cared and we whispered jokes, especially if there was someone naked in any of the paintings.

And then we reached Goya's paintings.

This painting left a mark on many of us. We had already seen blood, nudes, and eerie things... I don't know how long I stood there, mesmerized by the painting. I asked my teacher to tell us more about it because I couldn't take my eyes off it, and I didn't want to move to any other room.

It's completely hypnotic. Even as an adult, I have been to the Prado several times, and I always find myself staring at this painting for what always will seem like too little time for me.

Glasses.

I don't mind wearing contact lenses, but I don't like having to do it every day when I wake up. And don't even get me started on having to take off the contact lenses when you get home after partying and drinking.

There was a moment in my life when I realized I was mentally burned out because when I read books, my brain couldn't create images anymore.

I analyzed my time and found myself in front of a screen almost all the time, without breaks. Due to my job, I'm already forced to be in front of two screens, so I started with my phone gradually, muting people on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter.

It wasn't enough, so I reduced my use of Facebook and only shared music videos on my profile. If I had any notifications upon entering, I paid attention to them at that moment. I abandoned Twitter a while ago, and I have no regrets.

Today, my phone doesn't emit any sound or show any lights unless someone calls me directly. I only use it for some recreational time that I deem worthwhile, and I check WhatsApp notifications when I plan to change the playlist I'm listening to.

I'm still somewhat mentally burned out, but I genuinely feel happier.

"You are a cheater and I had sex with your cis mother"

Nah, it lacks punch.

What about second rum?