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Good point re: wind. We don't really get substantial wind + sunlight where I live often. Definitely something to keep in mind. I'm not sure re: the sunscreen being better. Maybe as…

Yeah, there are linen pants too, so you don't have to wear shorts if you don't feel comfortable showing your legs. Linen in general is a great option if you want to not die of heat…

Strong recommend a UV umbrella. I also hate the feeling of sunscreen and will also fry the minute I so much as look at the sun. Also, linen clothing. Far more comfortable in heat w…

Yes! And you want them to learn in a situation where the stakes are lower: at 18, someone can put themselves into a ton of debt or put nudes in the wrong place and just nuke their …

> Big tech wants this, so they can continue on with business as usual abusing adults' psyche and personal information. I've said before and I'll say again that this approach (stric…

I'm sharing this experience just to share, not suggesting or making any claims about what people should do with it: One of the best ways to get through airport CBP quickly without …

Ah, I see. You don't want a conversation at all.

Some clarification: When I say 'right wing nonsense', I mean nonsense that is right wing, not that right wing inherently = nonsense. I thought that was worth clarifying. I'm left, …

People can absolutely have complicated feelings about things that help them. My life is sustained by medicine produced by large international pharma companies, and I also feel real…

What I'm seeing, as someone who works in a giant company but not in a tech department, is the rise of middle companies that specifically do all the hard work of organizing/wranglin…

I had a Geocities page in 1995. I was 6 years old. (I also remember how people were kind of freaked out when they realized us kids were on there.) I lived in rural MI and neither o…

Setting aside OP's right wing nonsense, I (as a lefty woman) can see it but from another perspective: as white collar work becomes harder to get, that will drive wages down and mak…

I prefer extremely direct communication because it signals respect to me. Attempts at empathy in cases like this read to me as insulting, like how you'd speak to a toddler. I know …

Also, research yourself and all the ways that you differ from the norm. Medicine makes its recommendations based on a standard patient, and knowing the ways in which you are not a …

In this case, you're probably right, but there are definitely spaces between 'live with it' and 'lethal'. I have multiple sclerosis and at the time of my diagnosis the best treatme…

It depends on the municipality. Usually, local laws are enacted by a city council with members elected to represent different areas of a municipality (and potentially some at-large…

I have no idea how it works for non USA countries. I at one point took the FS exam and planned to go into the FS (and therefore know the process, how career progression works, and …

Ambassadors to developed nations are typically political appointees, so yeah, they tend to suck. (Versus ambassadors to other nations, which tend to have worked their way up in the…

I do think context is important and I appreciate this response acknowledging it. Other context: I live in Michigan, and there are actually Muslim majority towns and cities here - I…

I gave the example I gave specifically: I'm well aware of the history of the head scarf, and the difference between a hijab and a niqab (as well as between the different forms of d…

I think one issue with thinking this way is that who is stronger and who is weaker isn't always so easy to suss out, particularly on the margins. To give an example from my own lif…

This is true of most tools, it's just that we generally consider the skills simple. I'm very bad at using power drills.

Headphones also give an 'excuse'. Some men become really pissy and unstable if they think you're ignoring them, but if you have visible headphones, then you have the excuse of not …

One aspect of the financialization of everything/the 'economics over all' mindset that I don't see often discussed is that if you for whatever reason can't make the 'sound' financi…

I live my life with no slack and no way to get any. I am horrifically depressed and extremely radicalized, both as a direct result.