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How is an elected representative a dictator? About half of the US population voted in 2020, something like 100x the proportion of the population who voted to elect representatives …

I appreciate the advice, but I already see a therapist. Here I was looking more for perspectives from people with personal experience. Also I think “get a counselor” is really over…

Thanks for your comment and advice. That makes sense and I think I understand - if I want to achieve something then it takes discipline and motivation will not always exist for me …

Thanks a lot for your comment. I think you’re right that I have fallen into habits out of line with what I really value (doing good work) and fixing those is very useful advice. I …

Hi everyone, I have been working as a software engineer for a while now and have built confidence in my skills, but I’m recently struggling to motivate myself to apply these skills…

It’s a common experience to order something from a website and have its appearance be different from your expectations based on the photos and description. If you can see the appea…

Does the word “correction” not imply that the previous price was incorrect?

It absolutely is up to the law to set the standard. Wishing people would all live up to your ethical standards for no reason will always have the same result: no difference. You ca…

The only difference between a manufacturer’s online store and a retailer’s from customer point of view is that the retailer sells multiple brands. I guess maybe there’s some value …

Other countries also have groups who have historically been discriminated against and the numbers show they do a much better job at solving these crimes than the US

I’d also add Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-sided, motivated in part by her irritation with people telling her to be positive after hearing about her cancer diagnosis https://www.npr.…

How would you be able to tell what’s veiled skepticism vs legitimate skepticism?

I don’t know, the criticism in OP seems pretty substantive to me. I don’t know much about this subject so I can’t really weigh in on how much the post makes sense but regardless ap…

It’s absolutely in the spirit of science to question an experiment’s methods and results. If you disagree with the criticism then present some evidence. An appeal to authority is p…

I have been in and out of AA (thankfully in a good place currently) and I think this idea that addicts are fundamentally different from everyone else is a complete myth that only m…

Yeah, the 12th step is to sponsor people (among other things), there is no shortage