I love that!
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I agree with him, but I think there are multiple different ways to approach this issue (in many western countries).
Part of this is starting boys one year later in school, because developmentally, boys hit puberty later than girls. Another part needs to be offline activities like camping, biking, and sailing that get boys outside and playing with each other in healthy environments. Scouting was a great example when I was a kid. It let kids blow off excess steam, while teaching them how to work together, how to safely help injured people, deal with emergencies, and experience the wonder of the outdoors. It also taught good skills like swimming, personal finance, and leadership.
I think back then, the Internet was a lot more rudimentary, and cellphones really could only be used for calling. Videogames were collaborative, in-person activities, and while it did peel people away, it wasn't the isolated, single-player experience it is now. Kids and adults have to get away from that sometimes.
Jesus, even just like, 10 years ago, this would have been like, two blue pixels. If anything at all, lol.
That is a surprisingly sharp image of planets for an image 7.642e+14 miles away, holy fuck.
Reminds me of the FSS in Elite Dangerous. Don't forget to honk the system!
I think this is less time-specific, and more just people not being terribly interested in learning.
For example, a professor who specialized in virology was explaining everything about how pathogens spillover between species, using a 2010s ebola outbreak as an example. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time because it was as fascinating as a true horror movie, and yet other students were totally zoned out on Facebook a few rows ahead of me. While the professor was talking about organs dissolving due to the disease and the fecal-oral (and other liquids) route of ebola, which wasn't exactly a dry subject, lol.
Rinse and repeat for courses on macro/micro economics, mirror neurons, psychology classes on kink, even coding classes.
Either I'm fascinated by stuff most people find boring, or a lot of people just hate learning. I'm thinking it's the latter, since this stuff encompassed a wide range of really interesting subjects from profs who were really excited about what they taught.
I miss them a lot, I used to corner various profs and TAs and ask them questions about time fluctuations around black holes, rare succulent growing tips in the plant growth center, and biotechnology. It was fun having access to such vibrant people :)
They all already do. Not getting vaccines exposes you to deadly diseases that destroy your body and polish off the young and old. Measles is basically a superweapon that wipes your immune system and makes you extremely vulnerable to other diseases (in addition to terrifying and lethal complications). And the vaccine makes you 97% immune.
The virus is explosively infectious, and hangs in the air for hours, so anyone that didn't get vaccinated is totally boned.
For more on why it fucks the shit out of your body:
Damn, I didn't know Gaetz was into older women.
If you are the simmy type or like space, Elite Dangerous is insanely good, but has a learning curve up front. It's the only game I've put over 1,100 hours in and still haven't explored everything.
Subnautica is another game I can highly recommend.
If you wanna play games with friends (Elite is also MP), The Forest is a great game to bond over.
Black mesa is another banger.
Thank you!
Hmm, good to know. I'll be sure to not overtorque it. Thank you!
He's got a cute face :)
That is sweet, and sorry for you loss. He sounds like a great friend!