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The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by JKCalhoun »

cineticdaffodil wrote: post #168
spking wrote: post #3

Neil Postman called this the “Peekaboo World”. “What steps do you plan to take to reduce the conflict in the Middle East? Or the rates of inflation, crime and unemployment? What are your plans for preserving the environment or reducing the risk of nuclear war? What do you plan to do about NATO, OPEC, the CIA, affirmative action, and the monstrous treatment of the Baha’is in Iran? I shall take the liberty of answering…

I plan to be informed about causality and effect - and im voting accordingly to put an end to causes that affect me negatively. So understanding something, not mythologizing or idealizing anything, is a absolutly necessary pre-requisit to voting.

I don't disagree.

Mental health is important as well.

I am informed well enough to vote (when there are two parties) with just a few minutes of the news every day. (And in fact the few minutes seems to have only served to bolster how I was already inclined to vote. One thing I have to say about these times: there is very little nuance.)

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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inigyou wrote: post #186
ben_w wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on the public transport network where you live. I used to work with someone who commuted from London to Cambridge (yes, that way around). And in Berlin, someone else who commuted from half way to Poland. Won't work everywhere, e.g. from what I saw when visiting I don't foresee US cities rapidly integrating enough good public transport to properly replace cars within themselves, and from what I've heard about…

halfway from Berlin to Poland is like a 30 minute ride on regional train. It's quite close to the border.

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Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by JKCalhoun »

inigyou wrote: post #187
gchamonlive wrote: post #66

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The only thing you can do to hurt the powers that be is not buying.

There are things that could hurt them a lot more than ignoring them.

You're being coy.

Perhaps someone should clarify though that most of us are looking for legal means to rattle the shackles of our (Tr/B)illionaire overlords.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by tremon »

inigyou wrote: post #192
throwaway198846 wrote: post #152

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There is no amount of nuclear capability that can stop a party you are major threat to from attacking you. See Hamas attacking Israel. Of course Iran will still enrich uranium because they are an excellent negotition leverage.

I think if Washington and Mar-a-Lago got nuked it might stop attacks?

Trump has already tried to use the US' nuclear arsenal, which (according to accounts) caused the Chief of Staff to evict him from the situation room. I don't think nuking US soil (however dirty it already is) will tip the scales in Iran's favour.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by JKCalhoun »

retired wrote: post #106
tirant wrote: post #102

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If the cargo bike is electric, the threshold for healthy enough lowers significantly. My weekly shopping for a family of four is done on one like that, which I can park like 50cm away from the shop door and 50cm away from my home front door. That’s even more convenient than any car.

I hope you understand that you are in a very privileged position to be able to afford that lifestyle. Not everyone can do that.

Yes, we should, collectively, all demand this.

It's the nice thing about government in my opinion: we create it to serve us as a community. Our taxes are the price to creating the community we want to live in. From taking trash away to keep the neighborhoods clean, to good schools to educate our (and other's) children.

If we want public transportation, a bike-able city—we just need to demand our tax money go to that.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by JKCalhoun »

inigyou wrote: post #188
uberex wrote: post #73

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Bicycles and public transportation are better yes. If I were healthy enough I would consider a cargo bike and bring 20kg of shopping home on that (for real). It would be cool. Then buses for unladen journeys.

Why 20kg? I could stop by the supermarket every day and get what I can carry in one or two bags.

Yep, you're describing Japan's infamous mamachari: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/シティサイクル

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by badpun »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #213
inigyou wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are things that could hurt them a lot more than ignoring them.

You're being coy. Perhaps someone should clarify though that most of us are looking for legal means to rattle the shackles of our (Tr/B)illionaire overlords.

Legally, you can do a lot more than ignoring. If you have any talent for it, becoming an activist (say a youtuber) rallying people against whatever you believe is bad, can be pretty powerful. A single person (again, with some talent for public speaking etc.) has a real chance of making meaningful change this way.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by inigyou »

badpun wrote: post #217
JKCalhoun wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're being coy. Perhaps someone should clarify though that most of us are looking for legal means to rattle the shackles of our (Tr/B)illionaire overlords.

Legally, you can do a lot more than ignoring. If you have any talent for it, becoming an activist (say a youtuber) rallying people against whatever you believe is bad, can be pretty powerful. A single person (again, with some talent for public speaking etc.) has a real chance of making meaningful change this way.

Rallying people to do what? Boycotts? They have some effect, but never enough. The most influential YouTuber I can think of is Louis Rossmann, and you know, he's not a YouTuber, he's a MacBook repair guy who took up YouTube.

Re: The brain was not designed for this much bad news

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Post by AlienRobot »

spking wrote: post #3

Neil Postman called this the “Peekaboo World”. “What steps do you plan to take to reduce the conflict in the Middle East? Or the rates of inflation, crime and unemployment? What are your plans for preserving the environment or reducing the risk of nuclear war? What do you plan to do about NATO, OPEC, the CIA, affirmative action, and the monstrous treatment of the Baha’is in Iran? I shall take the liberty of answering…

I have always thought of this as a "broken superman." Superman has super-hearing that allows him to hear anyone asking for help anywhere in the world. Super-speed to get there in an instant. And super-strength to solve all the problems.

Media only gives you super-hearing.

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