11% down from 2024 is not “empty.”

People are much more likely to vote for something than against. That won’t change by browbeating them. Only changing the system will have an effect.

expat

The word is called immigrant.

I’ve never had a single problem running a gog game with lutris.

Lichess is a lot more liberal with what it considers a mistake. I guess chess.com needs to butter you up.

I haven’t been permabanned over reporting a post and then fingerprinted such that my new accounts get insta-banned even through a VPN.

AI bad. Upvotes please.

Too optimistic. We are already 15 years past the “3 more years” of the past.

It’s a cool-sounding buzzword to use against people concerned about the environment so you can sound like a leftist while protecting overconsumption.

I’ve never heard of a programming language that people don’t consider shit

Open individualism is extremely similar to what you’ve described. I have a hunch that something like this is the case, though I’d stop short of calling it a belief.

There’s some good discussion on /r/OpenIndividualism.

Employment

Lots of know-it-alls proving your point

When I was a kid I came up with this design during a long road trip. I spent the whole time thinking I was some kind of genius, because how didn’t anyone else think of this before?

You can imagine my disappointment when I got home and created my prototype.

I love how hard they gatekeep /r/roguelikes to keep it true to the genre. One of my favorite things is going there to watch all the modern clueless “roguelike” lovers get downvoted to oblivion.

“Too late” implies civilization collapse to me. That’s pretty much guaranteed once the warming we’re locked into happens.

You’re right. I probably phrased that a bit poorly, especially with respect to “do ___ before ___.” The point I was trying to get across is that this push for self-improvement is often extrinsic and possibly unnecessary.

If chasing money or muscles (or whatever) is something that genuinely excites you, then by all means do that. But if you’re doing it because others tell you that’s what you need to find contentment, then I just want people to know there is another path.

I would even say don’t worry too much about self-improvement. It’s a vague concept that encourages you to be perpetually dissatisfied (possibly to sell you stuff).

You can always be satisfied with who you are. Remember how Mr. Rogers likes you just the way you are? You can extend that kindness to yourself. Once you’ve done that, then you are in the right headspace to lose some weight or improve your income or whatever.

Getting really tired of this moral performance people put on to look cool to their peers.

I mean why not slice the Christians up into even smaller groups? You certainly could. Then the ‘nones’ could have won sooner.