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Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by righthand » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 3:50 AM UTC

Xeronate wrote: post #52

righthand wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eating a big mac and posting on Tiktok isn’t authenticity. It’s two bad health choices. Asserting someone is not serious or intelligent because they don’t post on your marketing driven social media app of choice is very pot-kettle behavior.

Agree but at the same time talking about leaving the rat race and glorifying the simple life is old hat for anyone over the age of 25. It gets annoying reading trite advice written by someone that sees it as profound insight.

Don’t read it then. People are allowed to write advice you deem trite.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by alvah » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 4:39 AM UTC

spokaneplumb wrote: post #4

Is there some kind of reader-mode filtering site one can put a URL in to get a version that undoes this extra effort to remove capital letters? From what I’ve gotten of this piece I think it’s up my alley, but reading it is unpleasant. [edit] incidentally, if this fad doesn’t burn out soon we’re going to need a setting to fix it under the heading of accessibility. I expect there are several categories of people for w…

Couldn’t read it & didn’t want to make the extra effort required to. Every message, paragraph, article, blog post or company missive I’ve ever read that deliberately went the extra mile to remove capitalisation was written by the type of “change for the sake of change is always better” numpty who is not yet mature enough to have any insights worth sharing.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by bdangubic » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 4:43 AM UTC

alvah wrote: post #122

spokaneplumb wrote: post #4

Is there some kind of reader-mode filtering site one can put a URL in to get a version that undoes this extra effort to remove capital letters? From what I’ve gotten of this piece I think it’s up my alley, but reading it is unpleasant. [edit] incidentally, if this fad doesn’t burn out soon we’re going to need a setting to fix it under the heading of accessibility. I expect there are several categories of people for w…

Couldn’t read it & didn’t want to make the extra effort required to. Every message, paragraph, article, blog post or company missive I’ve ever read that deliberately went the extra mile to remove capitalisation was written by the type of “change for the sake of change is always better” numpty who is not yet mature enough to have any insights worth sharing.

thanks for letting everyone know you didn’t read it, we were all wondering about that :)

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by alvah » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 5:09 AM UTC

bdangubic wrote: post #123

alvah wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couldn’t read it & didn’t want to make the extra effort required to. Every message, paragraph, article, blog post or company missive I’ve ever read that deliberately went the extra mile to remove capitalisation was written by the type of “change for the sake of change is always better” numpty who is not yet mature enough to have any insights worth sharing.

thanks for letting everyone know you didn’t read it, we were all wondering about that :)

You’re welcome. Thanks for responding to part of my comment :)

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by pluc » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 7:42 AM UTC

giraffe_lady wrote: post #100

pluc wrote: post #2

Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse" and "i had to help my uncle jack off a horse". Use it. Shit is unreadable.

What specific sentences or phrases in this article could you not understand? For that matter what kinda shit does your uncle get up to that would create this ambiguity?

It's not about understanding, it's about readability.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by xigency » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 7:57 AM UTC

smileysteve wrote: post #99

xigency wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm coming to terms with the fact that if I want to leave any inheritance at all I will need to be voluntarily turning down medical care at some point in my life. I'm only 30 and I know for certain that lifespan is not the parameter I want to optimize. Rather, it is quality of life.

> lifespan is not the parameter I want to optimize. Rather, it is quality of life. Fortunately, the 2 are often correlated, the best ways to prepare for a long lifespan are the same as preparing for a long health span, and that includes a high quality of life.

True, and that's why I wish there was a greater focus on preventative care in the US. Takes a lot of motivation to get a physical when things are mostly fine.

I'm working on the habits I have most direct control over: healthy eating, cardio exercise and reducing stress.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by cafard » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 12:07 PM UTC

redeux wrote: post #63

For those that don't know, the lack of capitalization is a Gen Z affect. To the people who write like this, using capitalization is a type of formality that is reserved for serious topics and is almost like most of us would consider all caps, but more nuanced. Writing is inherently a form of self-expression, and so is ripe for artistic expression. The topic and the lack of capitalization actually make a lot of sense…

All I can say is the John Williams's Stoner would have handed back the essay covered in red ink. For that matter, so would have John Williams himself.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by SauciestGNU » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 2:27 PM UTC

clydethefrog wrote: post #89

redeux wrote: post #63

For those that don't know, the lack of capitalization is a Gen Z affect. To the people who write like this, using capitalization is a type of formality that is reserved for serious topics and is almost like most of us would consider all caps, but more nuanced. Writing is inherently a form of self-expression, and so is ripe for artistic expression. The topic and the lack of capitalization actually make a lot of sense…

Gen Z affect? This Substack post has all the staples of a Millenial tumblr blog post, not only the lack of uppercase but also the whimsical drawings of cherished children books to emphasise the “vibe”, and the whole thesis of the post is basically promoting the hipster “”“authenticity “”” (using hipster runoff inspired use of quotes on purpose here)

Man I do the quote thing and couldn't tell remember where I'd picked up that particular affect. HRO is a pretty good guess. Maybe Carles is in web heaven with MySpace Tom.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by meiraleal » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

pdimitar wrote: post #26

meiraleal wrote: post #21

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Or you are born to a developing country and get a remote job as a software engineer. Not much competition (at least until 2022).

Sadly no longer true. :(

Maybe just for now? Imagine if China start hiring all the laid off engineers. The US companies would need to start hiring again, paying even more than the first round.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by pdimitar » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 4:17 PM UTC

meiraleal wrote: post #129

pdimitar wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly no longer true. :(

Maybe just for now? Imagine if China start hiring all the laid off engineers. The US companies would need to start hiring again, paying even more than the first round.

Cool but who is going to support me while this happens?

I mean I get you but it's not happening any family people in the meantime...