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Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by saiya-jin »

jmye wrote: post #187
kawhah wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems odd to treat the suggestion that unnecessary emails cause excessive carbon emisions and the suggestion that unnecessary air travel causes excessive carbon emissions as the same or similar.

Do you think one has a meaningful impact? I think the implication is that on an individual level neither matters, and that suggesting, on social media, people stop traveling to prevent climate change is both ridiculous and harmful to anyone working to actually improve carbon emissions.

Yeah good intentions do often backfire (road to hell...), and this is one of the ways. Shaming folks for stuff they do normally when alternative is simply stop seeing parents and grandparents (for us this is currently way more carbon than all vacations combined). People simply shut off and go on to have a life, there is only so much existential dread you can pour on civilization before it becomes next norm, facts be damned.

I have 2 small kids, life is often a daily struggle in one way or another, I couldn't care less about current carbon footprint just like I don't care about another non-urgent bottom 500 priority stuff. Vote in politicians that will take care of that instead of focusing on smooth corporate profits if you want to send positive message and change, and motivate folks to do the same to increase impact.

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Post by rufus_foreman »

rob74 wrote: post #70
dudul wrote: post #10

I'm probably a weirdo, but the "write in books" is a massive no no for me. I can't imagine writing in a book (unless it's a total turd, but I assume we're talking about good, insightful books). I do take notes, but always on separate sheets that I keep in the book. Just no way I'll write on the book itself.

Interesting, I thought people would get more worked up over the "park illegally and let yourself think of the fine as a parking fee", especially with the "don’t break rules that matter" addition - there is usually a good reason why parking is illegal, and following only "rules that matter" is a slippery slope. So what if you are blocking a lane of traffic, it's just for a few minutes? Or that bike lane, no one ever u…

>> there is usually a good reason why parking is illegal

Isn't there also usually a good reason why the penalty is a small fine?

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by ryandrake »

mikub wrote: post #133
jiggawatts wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me the weird thing is that I couldn't imagine myself eating alone at a restaurant (and basically never did)... until I had to travel for work. Suddenly, eating at restaurants by myself was mandatory, and it was perfectly fine and normal. Nothing to be scared of. Now I can eat by myself wherever, whenever, no issues. It's strange how being forced to do something can make you change your perspective so completely.

It's strange how we can think about totally normal situations as being awkward. I always liked the scene in the movie "As good as it get's" where Jack Nicholson asks Holly Hunt to go for a walk, and she replies that it's very early in the morning and it would be strange to walk through the city at that time, and Jack Nicholson then say's "Yes, but in 20 minutes the Cafe down the block opens. If we go there we're not…

You got the gist of it but it was Helen Hunt.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by doubled112 »

jiggawatts wrote: post #86
slyall wrote: post #56

I don't see this on the list but "Do things by yourself" is one I'd add. Lots of people seem to have a thing against Going to the Movies, Eating at a restaurant or attending an event/concert/museum without a friend/partner. Trust me it's not unusual and everybody is not staring at you.

For me the weird thing is that I couldn't imagine myself eating alone at a restaurant (and basically never did)... until I had to travel for work. Suddenly, eating at restaurants by myself was mandatory, and it was perfectly fine and normal. Nothing to be scared of. Now I can eat by myself wherever, whenever, no issues. It's strange how being forced to do something can make you change your perspective so completely.

I love eating alone in a crowded place. Everything going on in the background but no expectation that I engage with anybody or anything.

I also love driving or wandering around in the middle of the night when there's almost nothing going on.

Completely different perspective of the area.

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Post by ryandrake »

saiya-jin wrote: post #191
jmye wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think one has a meaningful impact? I think the implication is that on an individual level neither matters, and that suggesting, on social media, people stop traveling to prevent climate change is both ridiculous and harmful to anyone working to actually improve carbon emissions.

Yeah good intentions do often backfire (road to hell...), and this is one of the ways. Shaming folks for stuff they do normally when alternative is simply stop seeing parents and grandparents (for us this is currently way more carbon than all vacations combined). People simply shut off and go on to have a life, there is only so much existential dread you can pour on civilization before it becomes next norm, facts be…

> I couldn't care less about current carbon footprint just like I don't care about another non-urgent bottom 500 priority stuff.

That’s the thing: these narcissists on LinkedIn don’t care about their “carbon footprint” either. It’s all virtue signaling performance act targeting the Very Concerned people who eat these platitudes up. That’s what makes these statements so irritating.

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Post by rcxdude »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #156
rcxdude wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It implies "population most likely to include foreigners on restrictive visas"

I can’t imagine how you arrived at that conclusion, but perhaps there’s something I’m missing.

Well, generally speaking the one of most common kinds of visa that includes restrictions on working is visas for education (another common one is visas for temporary travel whether for business or pleasure, but while there may be more visas issued because people with these visas generally aren't staying, you are less likely to meet them or try to hire them), and it's common to travel for university-level education, more so for post-graduate education. So the largest population of foreigners which have restrictive visas is going to be post-graduates who are studying abroad. It's certainly the only situation where I have met someone who is legally in the country but I could not legally hire.

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Post by jhbadger »

onetimeuse92304 wrote: post #184

> Buy goods/services from your friends I actually don't think that's a good idea. I have observed so many friendships break this way that I think it is not worth it. I also have bad experiences personally. Why would you want buy/sell services with your friends? To get a better deal? If you are getting a better deal out of this, you are likely to cause your friend to think they are getting bad deal and are exploited i…

>Why would you want buy/sell services with your friends? To get a better deal?

No, as the article says, to support artists and the like. Maybe you have a friend who paints, or makes jewelry, or has a band that sells CDs of their music. The point is to support these endeavors (and hopefully you enjoy the results).

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Post by BirdieNZ »

LelouBil wrote: post #142

About the personal assistant, I'm starting to think if it would be worth it for me in the future. Right now I'm still in engineering school so I don't have the money for it but I have so much sideline stuff that I'm hitting the limits of just reminders. I have a very bad memory for things I have to do but since reminders I set up never appear right when I can do the task I still forget about it. I have "buy new shoes…

> Side note : that's one of the reason I think I may have ADHD, I still have the reminder to take an appointment with a psychologist on my phone....

Set many alarms, right now, to book that appointment. If you don't have ADHD or another disorder then you're only out a chunk of money, but if you do and can get medication then it can be life-changing.

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Post by an_aparallel »

werzum wrote: post #144
an_aparallel wrote: post #16

+ Learn how to decorate/style/design your interior spaces. Making the space you spend most time in unreal, is a great use of time. Or i guess as the article states - pay someone to do it? :)

do you have any good resources on that? Since I am interested in those topics I read a book on interieur design a few years ago, but it really wasnt that good, and I am still looking for more practical guides.

i dont have specific resources no - amazon is your friend though. check out some good starred books and go for it, or search "interior design books reddit" on google. The easiest way is to just check out some print titles like HOUSES, or any interior architecture blogs or what not....get an idea of what is put in a room...and quite literally imitate.

think about colour co-ordination - you may want to consult the free adobe kuler online app...or grab a colour theory book.

Next - think about materials: plastics, metals, stone, wood, ceramic, glass, terracotta, plant material. These should all/will all be in your living space. The mark of some SERIOUSLY impressive interior design - at least in minimal design styles is the "bringing of the outdoors indoors".

Next is the "style" - generally you're going for a design style, minimal, japanese, maximalist, art deco, etc etc (look these up) but then layering modern things within the chosen style, and antiques. This is the part which takes practise/skill.

Next - your character: what do you like to read, listen to, admire - litter that within your space. If you like to eat/drink - fill your kitchen with coffee making tools...like a fine italian coffee machine, a baeletti, a gooseneck kettle. A carrafe for wine. Matching ceramic tea, sugar and coffee containers. A fine knife set.

A "hacky" and "not that good" - but still...better than 90% of people is just..going to ikea....picking out a rug, some plants, a few pieces of furniture, cushions, throws, some striking hifi, lighting (and outside of ikea - getting paintings, artwork, sculpture and antiques), large, medium and small plants, aquariums (tanks by fluval are particularly awesome)

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by onetimeuse92304 »

jhbadger wrote: post #197
onetimeuse92304 wrote: post #184

> Buy goods/services from your friends I actually don't think that's a good idea. I have observed so many friendships break this way that I think it is not worth it. I also have bad experiences personally. Why would you want buy/sell services with your friends? To get a better deal? If you are getting a better deal out of this, you are likely to cause your friend to think they are getting bad deal and are exploited i…

>Why would you want buy/sell services with your friends? To get a better deal? No, as the article says, to support artists and the like. Maybe you have a friend who paints, or makes jewelry, or has a band that sells CDs of their music. The point is to support these endeavors (and hopefully you enjoy the results).

I can get behind that. Sure, support a friend that needs a client. I would just make sure I want to be treated like any other client.

But my experience is that these types of transactions are a drop in the ocean. Probably less than 1%. Most transactions is when somebody needs something and the just happen to have a friend that does this and they think they can get a better deal.

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