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You may think that I don't take your opinion into account, no, I do take it into account perfectly, and if I notice that you speak sincerely, I will also sincerely answer you without these fake smiles. And it seems that Lemmy is slowly turning into a second Reddit...

Okay, so I wrote a poem as a bonus to the question, I hope you appreciate it:

One day a bear came into the forest and noticed a hive of bees. Of course, at first he tried to steal all the honey without any extra victims, but it was the bees... They didn't want to share what had cost them so much effort and death, so that the bear could just take it all for himself, because it was easier that way than to exchange something of equal value and at least somehow come to an agreement, although this is a bear, if he turned his gaze on something and he liked it, then it is now his...

As a result, at night, when the bees were sleeping, the cunning bear unexpectedly stole the hive, and also seemed to have eaten all the bees along with the queen, and now he will eat his fill himself without even sharing with anyone. Well, this bear is not very smart. Smart bears do not kill, but make bees work for them.

Well, how did you like my joke?

Again, I apologize for the strange phrases, I am not a native speaker.

This is a more focused follow up to a question I had the other day about moving to other countries. I'm wondering what the best options are for learning a new language at the moment. I'm vaguely aware of companies like Duo-lingo losing their reputation lately and it's hard to trust the top google results nowadays with all the SEO junk. So does anyone have suggestions for trustworthy/useful sites for learning a new language? If it matters, in particular I'm interested in trying (In roughly this order) Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, or Spanish.

Watching a documentary, there was aremark from the journalist on how, due to how wildly taxation on goods may vary, from area to area, in the US, most retailers do not put the full prices on the shelves and instead just tally it at checkout.

This made no sense to me, a european, as when I go to any regular shop, prices already include all taxes applicable to the product.

There are specialty stores where VAT and other taxes may not be applied on the price on the shelf but those are usually wholesellers, selling for professionals, that already know what additional taxes will be added and at which rates, at checkout.

Not having the full price you'll be paying, on display, seems very underhanded and a bad practice. The client should know how much they are going to pay from the moment they pick an item.

I’ve recently realized (thanks to another Lemmy discussion), that I have no joy, passion, or happiness left 🤣

I want to live vicariously through the collective! What’s bringing you joy, happiness, and/or what are you passionate about.

Let’s keep this safe for work 🙂

As always, thank you all so much for answering my questions! I hope you everyone is having a great day!!

I just made the switch to Lemmy and I'm curious what everyone's using to browse it. Looking for recommendations for both mobile and desktop.

Mobile: Been testing a few apps.

• Voyager's been solid so far - clean interface and works well. Only downside is no push notifications.
• Also tried Boost but it has some display issues - embedded icons don't show up right and GIFs in comments are way too small.

Desktop: Still figuring out what to use here. What do you all prefer?

Any recommendations would be helpful. Thanks.

I just want to be more positive in my life as I see the world growing number of challenges as I like to say. Loving strangers is helping me out and preaching class solidarity.

I couldnt find a better community to ask this, but i need help. I had 6 root canals on friday and they were given temporary filling until my crown prep on august 9th. well today i woke up (at 11pm because my sleep schedule is fucked) to find that some of the fillings are already chipping and one fell out, though the hole itself is still sealed. the tooth is sensitive to cold air when i breathe now. wtf do i do? i already havent been eating and have been "sustaining" myself with protein shakes through straws because i feared this exact situation! i cant call the dentist since its the weekend and this has been a years long process because im on denti-cal (essentially california's own version of the NHS) so if it all crashes and burns at the very final stretch i will be extremely depressed. is it fine because the hole is still covered with filling (albeit cracked filling) is there something i should buy to cover the tooth? im just really lost and severely panicking right now!

anyone know good youtube apps with casting functionality for iOS that don't have ads?

I know GrayJay is nice on Android for that. just want to cast Youtube to my TV without getting hit with ads every 5 seconds 😅

what do you use?

Some where, I think in the comments of ADHDmemes, there was a link to a site that walked you through a series of questions to more or less troubleshoot yourself. It said in the beginning to set aside an hour or so to go through it. It asked questions based on basic needs at first (hydrate, hunger, hygiene, habitat, etc.) And take care of those issues. Not sure what the rest are as I fell asleep to it. Trying to find it again but having difficulty. It was a simple looking, straightforward site that had the questions in black text and the answers in blue text.

Any help?

I use ProtonMail, and I was thinking, "Damn, it's spectacular not being tracked... but hold on a minute. Perhaps less than gmail, but still at all. And what about browser fingerprinting, and cookies, and even fonts!" I ended up in that feedback loop we all end up in. Perhaps ignorance is bliss? What is something you (might) wish you were ignorant of?

I live in the US and even beyond the current stuff going on, I've just become so depressed living in a place that feels like it doesn't care about people. I've been watching videos about some other countries, in particular Vietnam and China, and I've thought it might be nice going somewhere that's more committed to making life better for people. At the very least going somewhere that's building a bunch of trains would be cool. (Yes I'm autistic, how could you tell? /s)

I don't know if I'd actually end up doing anything because it's tough for me to get anything done at the moment, but I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts or experiences to share about living in other places, especially if you moved there. What's your pitch for why it's a nice place to live? What problems does it have?

If you moved there, what were the challenges in moving and adapting to the new place? Did you learn the new language? Was it tough getting used to the local foods? (This is something I worry about a lot because I'm kind of picky) How did you meet people? Etc.

Outside of college, I've lived in the same place all my life. I've only traveled outside the US twice and it was to other western or westernized countries. (France, Amsterdam, and Japan.) I'm relatively introverted and socially anxious, but it is nice to try to get to know people I could be comfortable around. I have a college degree but I haven't had work experience due to my depression, so I'd be kind of starting from scratch in that regard. (I'm maybe about to get some treatment which might help, fingers crossed.) So all around it's hard to say if I'd be able to move anywhere, but maybe at some point I can work up the energy and courage to make the leap and it would be helpful to have some ideas of how to approach that. Maybe I'll try to slowly learn the language as I can.

I have monthly donations going to my local PBS & NPR stations. Planning to start supporting local independent news orgs and perhaps a few online orgs like The Bulwark.

Almost like in a fight club there are 3 options: 1 - go back to your shitty job, 2 - to hell with it, I don't agree and I won't give up and if necessary I'll take revenge, 3 - sit quietly as a mouse and do everything in secret, combining it with work.

If you had one last chance to choose, what would you choose?

have been wondering recently what my blind spots are, what are beliefs I have that are unexamined or based on too little evidence for how much I believe them ...

maybe there are common patterns, that people commonly believe false things and I might be challenged in my own beliefs this way

What advice would you give to a girl turning 14 in 3 months? Basically things you wish you knew while you were 14.

Edit: I'm going into 11th or 12th grade by September. Due to my Country's education system. Any advice for that would be appreciated too. Thanks

Thank you all for the advice 😊

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I need to make my money work but I don't have enough knowledge about the topic to do smart things with it, but I love studying and learning new things.

What would you recommend to learn how to administer money in the best way possible?

I found a 2008 edition of the Finance Theory I [1] course on MIT OpenCourseWare , would it make sense to learn from there?

For context I studied computer science with a focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science.

Also context, I am in the EU (Italy).

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so i saw the full gameplay for something and looked for the transcript, and there were so many files for a character: https://www.sounds-resource.com/playstation_2/wallacegromitthecurseofthewererabbit/sound/45465/?source=genre

yet i did not hear these in the game nor see them as his lines.

I've came to conclusion that I should do the things that will improve my mental health.

Like I do an intense run at night so that it's easier than running in the sun. I will do a consistently challenging run that always gives me consistent but not intense pain. It's working out and just a great way to practice mental fortitude.

I guess I just decided novel things are great

Hi, I am fairly new to Lemmy and would like to know how to upload a profile picture. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I mean those weird and gory YouTube videos and stuff with the blackest humor and seas of blood and a real living soul.

I even re-watched some videos, some from archives, some from open access, and it was magical, a little strange of course, but damn alive. Doctor, I want to go back to the past. And the most important thing is that there was no AI.

Does anyone still remember the times of the 2000s and 2010s?

Edit: Oh yeah, can you also send links to some videos or art or even music that you liked before.

I've played A dark room, and Zork. I'm looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I've thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it's too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.

Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.

And what stopped you from being fired?

Hello again Lemmy! I have another question.

Context: I took a motorcycle safety class, was nervous but enjoyed it, researched motorcycles, found a few I liked, talked to a dealer about them but ultimately, I couldn’t finalize a deal, talked myself out of it basically.

I was curious how others might justify a purchase that has no purpose other than wanting something.

For clarity, I don’t need anyone to justify me buying a motorcycle. I want to read about your thought processes for buying something you want 🙂

As always thanks for replying and have an awesome day/night!!