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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 xtiansimon »

makeitdouble wrote: post #88

> Long before smartphones or even the printing press, our cognitive architecture was shaped by a single problem: stay alive long enough to reproduce. Our ancestors whose attention drifted past the rustle in the grass left fewer descendants than those who froze, looked and listened. We're having too much of these look back to hunter-gatherer state of affairs to explain modern phenomenons. It feels like they didn't rea…

> “We're having too much of these look back to hunter-gatherer state of affairs to explain modern phenomenons.”

Sparks my imagination. Like sibling relations when you’re old. You must go back further and further to a time of innocence and ignorance to find agreement and common ground.

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

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Post by retired »

tremon wrote: post #210
retired wrote: post #116

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For The Netherlands you are really constricted to the city you live in if you don’t own a car. You can forget about going to a concert, a birthday party or catching an early flight without one. Or if you want to do anything fun on a Sunday in the east. Most people I know have a social life or do sports that require a car. If your children play football you really need a car. Last time I used a taxi in The Netherlands…

You can forget about going to a concert [..] or catching an early flight without one Those are really bad examples. Quite a lot of venues are easier to reach by public transport than by car, e.g. Carré, Luxor, Tivoli, Diligentia, Vera; even Pinkpop provides a dedicated shuttle service. And Schiphol has 24h train service, nobody cycles to the airport unless they work there.

Schiphol has 24 hours train service that reaches maybe 10-15 percent of the Dutch population. If your flight lands past 23:00 chances are slim you are going home by train.

Same goes for concerts that end after 22:00. You need private transport to get you home if you are in the 80% of the population that doesn’t have public transit late in the evening and night (or Sundays)

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

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Post by retired »

inigyou wrote: post #185
retired wrote: post #116

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For The Netherlands you are really constricted to the city you live in if you don’t own a car. You can forget about going to a concert, a birthday party or catching an early flight without one. Or if you want to do anything fun on a Sunday in the east. Most people I know have a social life or do sports that require a car. If your children play football you really need a car. Last time I used a taxi in The Netherlands…

Doesn't everyone bike everywhere in the Netherlands?

No. Only short trips to the supermarket and such. Most of the trips are done by car.

Most cities in The Netherlands aren’t high density and the Dutch are king of urban sprawl hence the high amount of bicycles. In other European cities with better planning people walk instead.

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

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Post by retired »

inigyou wrote: post #189
lukan wrote: post #180

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"Edit 2, again to Lukan. My point still stands that the Germany lifestyle is very luxurious compared to the rest of the world." I never debated that. "And even in Germany, you need a decent income if you want to live in a high density city." But this is not correct. You can get a 4 room apartment in Leipzig for 750 € a month (but of course you won't be the only one applying). Also you may want to email dang about you…

Rate limits, once applied, are almost never removed.

Indeed, I’ll make a new account. Typically burn through them in a couple of months.

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

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Post by kelipso »

XorNot wrote: post #191
qsera wrote: post #94

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That is a conclusion that is arrived over course over long time and many experiences/thought. It is not a news or blog article I read once and made me conclude it.

Have you considered that maybe most of the posters on this website weren't born yesterday and have also spent a lifetime absorbing facts from many sources and experiences? In fact most people have, in some way.

Most of the posters in this website are teenagers or in their early twenties. Let’s not be delusional here, this is still the internet.

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

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Post by kelipso »

inigyou wrote: post #199
constantius wrote: post #170

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I agree with this. What was certain and predictable was that Harris was a war candidate (the Democrats presided over the first year of genocide and were intending to continue). MAGA was going to be bad in some way, but the Democrats were very bad in very known ways, so voting for whoever was at least saying they were against war was the rational decision for anyone who cared about not having genociders at the helm of…

Both Harris and Trump were identical in that respect, so it shouldn't have swayed your decision.

Harris was a known to be bad with respect to the war issue, became very obviously bad when she started campaigning with Liz Cheney. Trump was less known bad, so that difference should certainly have swayed your decision.

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

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

regenschutz wrote: post #183
throwaway209329 wrote: post #149

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As an autistic person this has never made sense, the things people are willing to do in order to fit into a group, like at it's extreme murdering others. After becoming aware of my diagnosis I've started studying "normal" people and it's insane what you are willing to withstand just to belong to a group or in society. Now I think that some things "normal" people participate in they think is actually fun, like hanging…

Neurotypical is the word you're looking for, not "normal".

"normal" is a perfectly fine word and there's no reason to criticize someone for using it.

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

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

rvba wrote: post #144
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…

> Middle East, inflation, crime and unemployment, preserving the natural environment, NATO, OPEC, the CIA, Iran Not voting for republican part or candidates would fix a lot of those things, although I will probably be heavily downvoted for this since cryptobros like their low taxes at all costs.

If you get downvoted it'll be for starting a partisan fight for no reason. That shit is annoying and drags down the discussion.

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

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Post by watwut »

foxglacier wrote: post #123
watwut wrote: post #78

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War was started by Trump, Hegseth and Netenyahu. Hegseth specifically wants wars for emotional reasons - it makes him feel good. America has a lot of Iran hawks, especially in goverment/military circles. They got their way.

See what I mean? America keeps starting wars in the middle east. Go back further in time and it was Obama, then Bush, then a little bit of Clinton, then the other Bush. It doesn't matter who or what party they're in, they mostly end up doing it anyway. No reason to think Harris would be anything different, especially considering her statements of promising military support to Israel.

No I dont see what you mean. You are trying to Harris sound the same as Trump. That is extremely dishonest framing. There is a reason why Israel and pro-Israel Americans went with Trump - because he was giving them a lot more of what they wanted.

Trumps military/war track record so far is a.) Iran war b.) Venezuela kidnapping c.) pro-Russia stance in Ukraine d.) board of peace composed of dictators and murderers e.) regular boatsmen murders f.) trying to steal Greenland. The Harris "refuses to take pro-palestinian side and refuses to abandon Israel entirely, but still not enough for pre-Israel side to accept her" is weak sauce.

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

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Post by seba_dos1 »

retired wrote: post #104
seba_dos1 wrote: post #82

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Can be done too. I live in a rather big city, so I don't own a car, as I can perfectly go by using public transport.

Only if you limit your work and social life to that particular city. Not something most people want to do.

I don't. Long distance trains exist too, and I can watch a movie or eat at a restaurant car there rather than focus on the road.
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