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Cake day: June 14th, 2023
  • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.workstoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•One of the biggest problem of humanity is that We are Animals pretending not to be Animals
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    10 days ago

    Haha no worries I think you make absolutely fair points regarding ethics and philosophy - these topics have to stand outside animalistic origins, as evolution only really asks “but will I survive?” Pausing for rational thought about the propriety of a behavior is unlikely to convey animalistic benefit.

    Sociologically (?), on the face of it I think it’s a little harder to extricate animalistic tendencies, as our herd behaviors are intrinsically related to our animalistic/psychological tendency - or maybe better said as they share a reciprocal relationship, feeding back into each other. But that said, I have no knowledge of sociology models so I’ll defer to your assertion.

    Either way, I think we’re barking up the same tree with some variation in the importance of different factors, hey?

  • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.workstoLinux@lemmy.ml•framework 13 AMD... yay or nay?
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    10 days ago

    Oh dude no, it’s a headache! I wrote to them once and they said it was an issue with the balance plate/sensor.

    Apparently the quick fix is to click the bottom center of the trackpad 5x, then test it (I do so by clicking top corners). I find it hit and miss haha. Going inside, you can adjust the placement of that plate, but I never found that useful.

    Did you notice if it seemed to improve a bit with time?

  • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•How do you be aware of major issues in the world and locally without becoming deeply depressed and cynical?
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    2 months ago

    This may have missed the point of your asking, but I wrote it so I’m posting it lol my apologies if it’s not what your looking for:

    I’m gonna advise a thought on what I had to do. I love being informed. But I reached such a level of depression and anxiety of the future that I had to do something.

    So I stopped. I told myself it doesn’t have to be forever, just a break. Took about 2 weeks of much less news consumption, forced myself to be brain-dead as much as possible. It led to a few conclusions:

    The world turns. No matter what you do, ppl do insane shit. Taking a break for you doesn’t mean stupid shit stops happening, but it makes it less the center of your world. You don’t have to own it.

    Life is about a lot more than what’s going on in the news cycle. I have friends who never look at a newspaper, and they’re far happier than I am overall. Just a thought.

    The kicker - I still knew what was going on. The media milks a big story over days and weeks, so you can easily come back to your favorite website and pick it up quickly. Haven’t missed anything that I could have changed regardless haha.

    A great comment I saw a while back: put down the phone for a few days, and you realize it’s still 2005 outside. The world is boring, but blessedly so. For your health, let it be 2005 for a bit.

    Now, I just read the headlines unless something really grabs my attn. Reading the news makes many problems that aren’t yours a you problem. Overall, I’ve realised it’s the little things that make life better. Do the little stuff - help in your community, give the homeless guy a fiver, call your mom, ask the cashier how her day is (and genuinely care about her answer). If you’re up for it, maybe then undertake some of the actions other ppl are suggesting about political action, volunteering, etc.

    You can’t pour from an empty cup, my friend. Take care of you first and the world becomes a little better ☺️