Once we see no snowfall where it should be, arctics not freezing as they usually do, we know we fucked up. Wait...we've been seeing these patterns last year didn't we?

I'd assume driving would be the worst for mental health since you don't get any exercise and can't do anything else either. You can finish some work or read a book on the train, or get some exercise through walking or biking, but with cars none of these.

I have low expectation but damn...didn't think that they'd be that low.

We all are trying to do our parts you know, I used to like cars when I was in HS, now I don't even consider having one. I'll stick to public transport and will get an electric last mile transport.

These people sucks ass. They have the monetary power to make real change but decided to double down. Nowadays investments in renewables have good returns and will be viable for the next couple decades, but they care too much for their previously invested monies and want to milk the people to the last drop.

I'm in Asia and receive OOTO emails all the time, meanwhile we work even during holidays 🙃. A co worker is a Chilean, and during her 3 weeks leave to go back home after years of not taking any leave, she worked day and night, slept only 3 hours the whole stay. We Asians were successfully brainwashed into the hustle culture

It's like that in most of East Asia (and Southeast as well). I don't know what will turn that around, Thailand's cannabis legalization was the only hope but that is also at risk of being taken back.

That post was HP. LG is a korean company which makes lots of home appliances like washing machines, fridges, vac cleaner, etc.

There are some countries (Indonesia) which it is mandatory to have a religion, at least it must be listed in your ID. Atheists will just list any (official) religion they want on it and don't practice. Sucks that it's so easy to discriminate people based on that.

This is for real the Linux desktop year for me, went through the switch just before the new year. Had to reinstall a couple times but no big deal, and I get to learn as well.

Not sure if out-of-the-box distros are now that user friendly yet or not, but I remember getting Ubuntu running several years ago was frustrating (no sound, bad sound quality etc) and now running EOS was pretty smooth. Pretty sure something like Mint will be user friendly enough for the general population.

Yeah, it's just a popular tactic for politicians to scare people then show that they are working on something to mitigate the "threat". Immigrants, muslims, the jew, the non believers, the radiation (but not the pollution bcs it is a money maker) etc etc

And his sandals.

There are literally 72 senators who voted against calling it a genocide dude... But everything is the president's fault, eh?

Dude, nobody's obsessed with their genitals but the zealots...

It's actually pretty good! I made it several times when I was a kid. It will curdle a little bit though...

Rosemaries would be on the top shelf lmao. I've killed 3 of them

In Indonesian, there's an idiom "guru kencing berdiri, murid kencing berlari" which literally translates to teacher pee standing, students pee running. Meaning that students/followers learn not only good examples but the bad as well, and will one day be better at it than their predecessors.

Yes, but you wouldn't eat that much chili as much as broccoli, would you?

50 degreees celcius?! Even 35 deg is already unbearable...

Goodbye.

I have been running half marathons in 2023, and though there's no speed improvement, the last race I didn't feel much pain and the recovery was much shorter. This is notable for me because I injured my ACL 10 years ago, and now my knee is better than ever since then.

I'll have to train more though, sub 2 hrs half marathon is still so far away 😅

Hey dude, similar experience here.

I grew up a minority, and went to study abroad where my ethnicity is the majority, then stayed for work. People would assume I'm local by my appearance, and as long as I don't have to speak, I'm blending in. I visit home quite often, once in one or two years, but every time, the feeling of being an outsider grows. I haven't been contacting most of my friends for a while, and my personal values have changed. As you said, parents are ageing, streets are different, and the empty lots I used to play in have been built.

Even though I said I feel more welcome in my current residence, being a foreigner means some landlords don't let me rent their apartment, and some banking services aren't open for me. Can't buy properties either.

I feel like an outsider anywhere I go, and I come from a country with stupidly weak passport. Can't have multiple nationalities either.

But I'll visit home often, and spend more time with my family. Time flies and things change too quickly, it'll be good to celebrate what little we have.