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by fiblye 7y ago
I’ve only ever opened the App Store when there’s one particular tool I need to use. I’ve tried casually browsing maybe 3 times in 10 years (because it seems most people do this often) and it just seemed like endless fluff and garbage. I’ve
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by fiblye 7y ago
Look up skin cancer rate maps. It’s no joke in Australia. People die and often. And then you have most populated regions in Asia with 40 degree summers with air so humid that taking a deep breath makes you cough. People still ride bikes, bu
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by fiblye 7y ago
A low dose of shrooms is a good introduction to the psychedelic experience. Just be careful, because I’ve found that shrooms can give incredibly intense trips if you take just a little too much, with intense time dilation/repeating and
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by fiblye 7y ago
> In the US, a lack of informed political discussion is one major factor keeping young voters away from the polls. I agree. But the purpose of political advertising is to misinform.
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by fiblye 7y ago
True. Japanese people outside of Osaka generally disown Osaka. They also completely disown their litter. It’s always foreigners, even if it’s natto boxes.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Undiluted orientalism. I was in Osaka this weekend and litter is everywhere. By far one of the dirtiest major cities I’ve seen in East Asia. In the city I live in in Japan, the rice fields are full of coffee cans, plastic bottles, and bent
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by fiblye 7y ago
> Let's face it you are cheap, Or, hear me out here, some people can’t afford to buy new Adobe software because it’s ridiculously expensive. They’re not wealthy enough to call themselves cheap.
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by fiblye 7y ago
It is. Twitter is as well. Yet it’s still flooded with people posting in simplified Chinese about how freedom of speech is stupid and foreigners need to shut up and leave matters alone, completely unaware of any irony.
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by fiblye 7y ago
For some reason, a lot of people have convinced themselves that youth around the world all value rebellion and standing up for freedom. It’s not true. It’s especially not true in China. Young people in China are generally ultra nationalist
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by fiblye 7y ago
>This is a Windows Defender thing, not a Windows 10 thing. So Windows Defender isn't bundled as a part of Windows 10?
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by fiblye 7y ago
Do you consider this statement to be true for all animals with carnivorous behavior or hunting instincts?
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by fiblye 7y ago
I use a Japanese teapot, and most have a metal mesh inside. You can just give it a rinse with water after using it and you’re pretty much done. If you’re using decent quality tea leaves, they’ll expand to a pretty large size within the pot
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by fiblye 7y ago
I block ads because I don't want to be conditioned to buy things I don't need or legitimately want. I don't want the mega rich to gradually chip away at my mind day by day, hour by hour in order to make themselves another fat
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by fiblye 7y ago
China’s still going through massive economic growth, and it has for many young people’s entire lives. The USSR is remembered by food shortages and other various struggles. So long as people are fed and comfortable, China won’t suddenly coll
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by fiblye 7y ago
>Again, this mailing list has undergraduate students on it. It is likely some of them are “18 years old or 17”. What a horribly asinine point. If you’re an undergraduate student and unable to deal with uncomfortable opinions, you are too
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by fiblye 7y ago
Assuming the claim of them flying drones is true, they’re pretty lucky. I think if there were Iranians flying drones near a US military base, prison would be an upgrade from whatever treatment they’d get.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Buying land owned by another country means diddly. All it takes is one politician or motivated company to declare the contract void, and that happening is merely a matter of time. You’d need to buy it and split it off as a country and be pr
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by fiblye 7y ago
You can blame it all on incompetent governments, but that’s taking the easy path. With endless inflation as a reality, the only way to support retirement is to basically build a pyramid scheme. For every old person who retires, you need mul
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by fiblye 7y ago
Action was taken against asbestos and lead around the same general time. Problems don't need to be solved sequentially. It's probably best to work on these problems together while people are actually worried about the future of th
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by fiblye 7y ago
I don't live in the US and age discrimination here certainly isn't uncommon. I didn't expect it to be so obvious, though.
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by fiblye 7y ago
I was applying to a job with a large game studio. The interview was going pretty well, I'd thought. We talked a bit about how we'd implement certain gameplay elements, the content of the projects we've worked on, and overall
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by fiblye 7y ago
Where I live, I can buy tiny fruits and vegetables from local farmers, or I can buy imported ones that are 3x as large and get twice as much for half the price. The difference in fruit flavor is unbelievable. Tiny strawberries grown on a co
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by fiblye 7y ago
I know I’m about to get ripped off and have a subpar meal when there’s English on the menus. Flavors are almost always subdued and everything normalizes to some weird not quite local cuisine to appease picky travelers. Then there’s always t
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by fiblye 7y ago
Governments provide nothing. They make someone else provide. If the government needs a couch, they don’t poof a couch into existence and everyone’s happy. They either take your couch or have someone sit down and make one. It’s bizarre thoug
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by fiblye 7y ago
And good drivers can save lots of cash and worries by simply not getting car insurance. Health insurance’s main alleged draw is that shit happens when you least expect it, and you can avoid the massive costs when the unexpected happens (acc
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by fiblye 7y ago
The theory I’ve seen is that anything simpler couldn’t defend itself and would instantly be eaten by something more complex.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Honestly, that’s sounding pretty close to just being a town. I’ve lived in a few suburbs. One of them was blessed to have a dollar store within walking distance (you’d need to cross a busy highway, but you could walk). None of them so much
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by fiblye 7y ago
It also depends on the city. I can travel 30KM in 15 minutes on a train, or drive that distance in 2 hours if I’m lucky. Many cities are planned well and easy to get around. But this isn’t really true for most American cities. Although if y
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by fiblye 7y ago
If you're living in a suburb and working remotely, it's a pretty good deal. You're not burning gas to get to work and you get to enjoy some space. I think the biggest evil of suburbs is the commute. I think part of the reason
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by fiblye 7y ago
What? Americans dump their parents in retirement homes and loads of aging Americans live in dumpy apartments and trailer parks as well. And not a day goes by without articles about the rise of social anxiety/NEETs/“incels” withdra

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