FriendOfDeSoto

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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 23 points 2 months ago

when i wasn’t there 24/7, she’d abuse substances, harm herself, and the like. she reported hearing voices, had sleeping issues as well.

I think that answers your question. We all do real silly stuff in our teenage years but what you're describing here goes beyond that.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't think the odds are calculable. But once you've reached a certain level of fame, some good historic knowledge of how to protect yourself from unwanted attention will surely kick in. You don't want to get SWAT teamed, so I suppose you try to keep your address undoxxed. And I guess you could use an alias on your delivery app.

I think you may also be overestimating the level of fame of streamers. They'll be world famous within their bubble but two feet away from it nobody knows who they are. The odds are probably in their favor that the uber eats driver doesn't know or care who they are.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 14 points 2 months ago

No healthcare is free. It is paid. Whether through taxes or mandatory insurance schemes. The money doesn't grow on trees.

It is a US BS narrative that 'socialized healthcare' is lefty silliness. And while there are conservatives in Europe who float the idea of abandoning government-organized healthcare every once in a while, every time they do they are met with a lot of frantic finger-pointing across the Atlantic. Everybody else sees a societal value in taking care of each other without any, or at least many, preconditions, like employment.

Europe is not one homogenous political body. Much like the US on the state level isn't. The only difference is that the US shares a party structure on both state and federal levels. But there are just two relevant parties, twice as many as in North Korea! The party spectrum has always been broader in European democracies. As a result, the European Parliament often creates strange bedfellows.

There are marked differences between European countries and what they consider left and right. You're looking at a lot of separate and shifting Overton windows. The suggested social cuts of the center-left Labour UK government would probably cause another revolution in France. The right-wingers of France are pro-Russia. The right-wingers of Poland absolutely aren't. The list goes on.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 23 points 2 months ago

Mit Tendenz nach rechts.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 12 points 2 months ago

There is probably a law of diminishing returns in here because bread contains other ingredients as well (salt, yeast, etc.) and after a while the chemistry of baking will be out of whack.

You're probably right that we need something like that to appeal to the masses. Sadly.

I think the handcrafted feed will always reign supreme.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why don't you ask your AI about how to achieve objectivity in your fake writing?

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dänen lügen nicht.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is something that is not universally true. You would not say something like that if you've ever traveled with small children.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 25 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Word of mouth and time. Lots of it. All the ones that need you to be your own algorithm will take longer to gain acceptance with the general public. We'll need a few more Muskerbergian s-storms to motivate people away from the silos as well.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Shaka when the walls fell.

Well, I disagree with you.

but other thanthe anxiety there are no ill effects.

Anxiety, for some of us, is a bad thing in itself and not a negligible side effect. It may not be for you. And consequently I would not have advised you to stop googling medical problems.

But I felt that OP's anxiety was not helped by excessive googling. And it was in this spirit that I advised OP against it.

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