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Proselytize Ansible for me
State. Known good state. If it aint in the state you left it, damn juniors getting handy again..
No, I don’t want to sound cold but I’m sorry to say… this is called “life.” Our parents had tough times, and their parents had tough times, and so on throughout history. People have dealt with famines, wars, oppression, economic struggles, disease and death for thousands of years. I’m not suggesting the feelings of burnout aren’t real. I’m just saying that every generation experiences some level of hardship and it’s…
Yeah that's true, I think there's a lot going on in the world right now, but there is some truth in what you say. Things in the past were a lot worse than they are now. The constant threat of nuclear war, more sickness, various wars around the world, etc. The difference now is that we all just get too much information about what's going on in the world, we have access to information about ALL of the world's problems…
Now it just feels completely chaotic, with everyone trying to dismantle the system and structures that made life more “cohesive”.
The result is increased anarchy, and its pretty frightening
Too be honestly, I feel like society at large causes burnout. I read a very complete account of my grandfathers early life (before he joined the military during WW2) and the kinda shit he did living of a farm is stuff of fairytales. When someone in the 20 mile radius needed a barn built, LITERALLY EVERYONE came to help. When you were off work for the night, you would sit with your whole family and read the newspaper…
The problem with in person community is typically not that we cannot become part of one, the problem is that we don't want to sacrifice our individualistic urges as we would have to, if we seriously became part of a collective. To many of us believe we can live the individualistic dream and be part of a collective without subtracting from either one. This is not possible. Being part of a collective often means we can…
While I agree with you on some parts[1], I somewhat doubt that distant relationships (not necessarily romantic ones) work out well.
The lockdown measures took a heavy toll on my mental wellbeing. I imagine other people had similar experiences.
1. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-8...
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It's pretty different. Compare the BBC, for example, where basically every article on the front page seems to subtly or not-so-subtly imply that our planet is on the brink of full-blown catastrophe. While such articles occasionally gain traction here, it's mostly just cool tech news and interesting stories. Perhaps not as engaging, but much better for a person's mental well-being.
You’re commenting to a post that’s saying everyone is burned out. It may not be “the world is on fire” but I’d say it’s pretty close.
When we wake up every morning, this is a wide range of options available to us, and we only see a tiny sliver of them. When we do the same thing we did yesterday, we will see that option more clearly tomorrow, and other options less clearly. Our agency narrows. When our options have narrowed too much, it can be hard to get unstuck. Hard to get out of the rut. Wake up, go to work, consume content, go to bed. Every day…
Your ideas? Or inspired from somewhere/somebody which you can share?
I think about this regularly to remind myself that at the current moment, life is pretty good.
I just wanna talk about the irony of a HN thread, where a large portion of people probably make money by making things people use or look at on their phone, that is mostly people saying "the problem is your phone, get off it". What are we all doing? To flip it around, if we're all spending our time making things we believe contribute to harming people, yeah I think that would burn you out.
Too be honestly, I feel like society at large causes burnout. I read a very complete account of my grandfathers early life (before he joined the military during WW2) and the kinda shit he did living of a farm is stuff of fairytales. When someone in the 20 mile radius needed a barn built, LITERALLY EVERYONE came to help. When you were off work for the night, you would sit with your whole family and read the newspaper…
> My friends would rather play video games on discord than go and play cards in person. I hear that. I was born in '88, and although I played plenty of video games growing up, I remember playing a ton of card games with friends and family as a kid. After college, I pretty much stopped playing video games entirely and did all of my socializing in person. 10 years later COVID happened, and facing the prospect of being…
The phone is an easy input to pickup. Make it easy to pickup something else to occupy that time to create something tangible (an output). Other comments mention "real world" and it is so true. Do something that rewards yourself in the real world. It'll be great for your kid too.
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The problem with in person community is typically not that we cannot become part of one, the problem is that we don't want to sacrifice our individualistic urges as we would have to, if we seriously became part of a collective. To many of us believe we can live the individualistic dream and be part of a collective without subtracting from either one. This is not possible. Being part of a collective often means we can…
> In times of the internet we could potentially even choose our collectives. While I agree with you on some parts[1], I somewhat doubt that distant relationships (not necessarily romantic ones) work out well. The lockdown measures took a heavy toll on my mental wellbeing. I imagine other people had similar experiences. 1. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-8...
I'd think the relationship will be less strained when they do not see each other every day because they live next to each other. At least one of them will feel bad. They may not show it, especially back in times when it would have been hard to get away, they may 'keep it all in' but they won't be happy.
It seems like in your parent poster's case, not being together and having a close relationship allowed both sides to be happier. Potentially to the point where meeting each other for like 3 or 4 holidays per year was tolerable and they could work it out but where seeing each other every day would have been miserable for at least one side or potentially openly hostile for a very long time.
It doesn't mean not having any relationships but just because you're family doesn't mean you have to be constantly present in each other's lives.