LOL! They voted for Jill Stein!
RagnarokOnline
joined 11 months ago
Audiobooks, baby. 1.75x speed (1.25x speed if there’s a heavy accent involved or it’s information dense).
I try to never do chores without an earbud in and a book or podcast going. (Makes dishes so much more enjoyable.)
Edit: spy books by John Le Carre really revived my love for books in older age.
This is a great commentary to me. I think it shows just how much of an appetite we currently have for a curated space. It’s almost like Mastodon is a service that’s about 15 years too late.
I remember going around to older forums and sites looking for specific content when I wanted it, and I wasn’t always guaranteed to find something I liked, but I would often see something interesting.
Now, though, I really want anywhere I go to knock me off my feet with good content because that’s what I’m conditioned to. Isn’t that what makes me an addict, though? I’m wondering if that chance of dissatisfaction isn’t a virtue to ensure no one platform takes control of all my attention.
My interactions on Mastodon are far fewer than on Lemmy, though.
IMO, Lemmy is like a CoOp video game where you’re supposed to interact together, and Mastodon is like watching someone else play a solo video game.
Both can be good, but they serve different purposes to me.
My sister once put some dog doo in a paper towel tube and wrapped it as a present.
But somehow I don’t think that the kind of prank you’re looking for.
A lot of practical steps, which is nice to see in an article like this.
Oh, me too. I hadn’t thought of that, but that would be terrible if it happened
I’m actually a bit surprised… my stock is pretty down from selling you so much over the past weeks.
It doesn’t matter, though; I have enough for the festival and I’m planning to rake in the big bucks like I usually do.
I think that’s a good sign tbh
You sound well adjusted.
I do one to probe one point, though… Coukd your motives for living this way be pride? A feeling that you being able to live up to your own (self-described as “high”) moral standards is something that makes you better than others?
The reason I ask: it’s not a bad thing to feel a sense of pride for having control over yourself, but it can be a weakness to obtaining true happiness because it also depends on the performance of other people. (If someone else exhibits more self-mastery than you, would that make you feel less happy about your own performance?)
If pride isn’t a factor, it sounds like you’re in a good spot.
You talking about shooting a gun up your own butt?