ThePyroPython

Now listen here you little shit...

I hereby propose the Lemmy Institute of Memetics where we will experiment with meme mutations and see which evolutions have the most mental stickiness and sharability.

Sadly it is in one respect only: financial services.

And that's the only reason why they're interested; so the City (of London, not Greater London) has more freedom to invest into these AI start-ups and get their big payout when they grow large enough to move head office to the US.

Now you know how machinists feel about CNC.

Fucking hell, you have to forgive your past self for being a dumbass. Everyone's past self was an idiot literally because they didn't know what present self knows.

Forgive your past and focus on working your present for what you want for your future self.

It's not hippy-dippy bullshit, it's literally the foundational principle for doing anything in life like getting fitter, starting a business, learning a new skill / subject, improving your dating prospects, etc.

If you only wallow in your past mistakes and not doing the teeny-tiniest improvements of literally 1% or 0.1%, then you're not living, you're just dying slowly. Living is much more fun.

Bro, wash your ass. You don't even need to get that fucking deep, just buy a shower scrubber.

Just four more years and then his papers get released. I can't wait for the juicy details!

Agreed. Perhaps the best implementation is a highly integrated mix of Mastodon and Lemmy where Mastodon is used for general discussion and news and Lemmy is used for organising communities around subjects like politics and religion.

I like this idea.

Twitter was supposed to be the "online town hall". And online public spaces are not publicly owned, they're run by private companies that can ban you at their own whims.

With each country having their own federated platforms, they can truly act as online public spaces where the usual laws apply as they would do offline.

You'd need to employ thousands of moderators though if everyone was online but honestly I think it's worth it.

But don't be handing out prison sentences for posting stupid shit. Online harassment and calls for violence can still be legally handled the same way they are offline, but jailing people for offensive jokes and stupid hot takes is just idiotic.

Best way is temporary bans increasing exponentially in length, then small percentage of income fines again increasing exponentially.

Also, and I'd argue we already need this, a court system for online crimes. This means the regular court system doesn't get more workload added on to it and specialist judges and lawyers can be appointed.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

It's ok.

You took action to remedy the immediate problem. That's a huge step.

Now you're grieving for the current state and how it could have gotten this bad. It's ok to cry and accept that your past self made mistakes, when you're able to you should forgive your past self. Take as long as you need to do that.

What comes next is getting to your feet and just fix it up a little. Doesn't have to be a lot and it won't all get done overnight. All that's needed is just 1% everyday. It's ok to take a break, it's ok to go slower, but a little progress everyday and you'll get there.

How the fuck are you spending 10 quid on spices?! You can get a good few for 5 at Lidl or Aldi.

Also, having been someone that poor, people in that position should understand spices and at least have a few of them because it was one of the few things that kept me going that at least my toast and tinned veg & hotdog pasta both had some flavour.

Doesn't have to be 100% and definitely doesn't have to completely change overnight. Even a 1% improvement is a victory.