The problem is, large parts of each country are supporting their government in what they’re doing.

Again, I’m not saying it’s a good thing. But the original person said they paid Google for getting GrapheneOS on their Pixel and thus they should get GrapheneOS, all of which I’m saying is that they did not pay Google for that and thus this specific argument is invalid.

But that’s the thing, this only affects GrapheneOS, GrapheneOS was never even implied to be supported. The Pixel default OS still works perfectly well and is getting updates and everything.

But again, in my opinion, if you don’t know what you enjoy or what you’re passionate about, just do stuff that vaguely interests you anyway. I’m sure you’ve had a passing thought of “that seems kinda interesting, but on second thought, naah”. Just convert that “naah” into a “yea”. Maybe it does really suck, but maybe you’ll find something amazing for you to do. Once you actually do something and get involved with it, it may actually become more interesting than it seemed at the start.

In my humble opinion, ADHD meds aren’t really amazing. They’re there so we can survive in a world where we “need to get shit done”, i.e. be productive for capitalism.

If theoretically you didn’t have to work, would you really “need” the meds? What does it really matter if those tasks you’re talking about take 2 weeks to do, if you have 2 weeks to spare?

In the end, what you’re asking here is the age old human question of, what is the meaning of life? Because you’re asking what to do with your time on Earth. And so naturally, no one can answer you. Meds or no meds, what you do with your time you have in this life is for you alone to figure out.

You mean the human race, right?

The person said

paying money for something should get you the thing you paid for

what exactly did you pay for when you bought your phone is my question. The Pixel keeps working doesn’t it? Did the purchase contract state that you get perpetual open source access to any further updates of the Android operating system?

I’m not saying that Google is doing anything good here. I’m just saying that the argument of “get the thing you paid for” is not applicable here. You paid for a phone, you got the phone. You can still put any software you want on it. You just don’t get the newest development in an open source form, which was always just based on Google’s goodwill and never part of any purchasing agreement.

Um, does the Pixel not work anymore? Did you pay for open source access of the device code?

Lol, as if a stock iPhone was any better than a stock Pixel?

Now you can look at actually better alternatives (privacy/whatever wise)

Relying on Google was always ridiculous. People thought they could have their cake (a device with cutting-edge hardware) and eat it too (not be spied on for ads to support this). It was always clear that Google will eventually fight against custom OS on their phones.

Close the biology gender gap!

I fear this is a problem that may never be solved. I mean that people of any intelligence fall for the mind’s biases.

There’s just too little to be gained feelings-wise. Yeah, you make better decisions, but you’re also sacrificing “going with the flow”, acting like our nature wants us to act. Going against your own nature is hard and sometimes painful.

Making wrong decisions is objectively worse, leading to worse outcomes, but if it doesn’t feel worse (because you’re not attributing the effects of the wrong decisions to the right cause, i.e. acting irrationally), then why should a person do it. If you follow the mind’s bias towards attributing your problems away from irrationality, it’s basically a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Great article.

You’re absolutely right, but the average person does not think like you. Most people don’t ever think about stuff like this.

And so you currently have a very “high-level”, rational view of technology, that makes it amazing specifically for you.

However, you either disregard or lack contact with people that are (vastly) different. When looking at a technology in relation to the world, like you want to know about in this topic, you have to view the effects on those different people from you as well. And what other people in this thread said is simply observable and happening. A very small percentage uses the internet/technology like you do. The overall effect on the population is not solely amazing.

This “directly” distinction you’re making is not very relevant.

Usually “direct” would mean that without it, it wouldn’t have happened. Yes, whatever broke the glasses would’ve happened without the glasses as well, but it likely wouldn’t have resulted in a scratched cornea. So yes, the scratched cornea is a direct effect of having worn glasses.

You’re saying they’re looking for an excuse to shut down? Yeah honestly that’s what I figured, locking comments doesn’t make any sense otherwise.

After the call for admins, there was never an indication that the search wasn’t going well. Honestly, I would’ve put some time in (& I’m sure many others would’ve) if we’d known closure was imminent.

Exactly the same, just that I don’t use a screen protector either.

This thing has been dropped so much that I think it’s just undestroyable, the new Nokia 3310

It’s not the absolute truth. But it’s most likely the largest part of the explanation.

People like putting blame on “society”, and while societal pressures surely play a part, the reason it’s so nice to mainly blame society is because it creates a problem that has an acceptable solution.

Because what do you say when you say society is mainly to blame here? You’re saying it’s completely fine for many men not to have sex. Just have to fix society making it hard for them to live without sex. If my assumption is correct though, that doesn’t help those men very much. But who does it help? Anyone those men would want to have sex with, because they’re not under “threat” anymore.

I mean, that’s basically the same as Arch.

There’s always more to it as well. That’s maybe what people don’t get. Yeah, not having sex is terrible, but if it’s the only thing unpleasant it’s bearable. But if other shit starts piling on top, then it becomes misery. Then people might say “oh it’s only society”.

Hope you’ll feel better friend. Seems you’ve got the masturbation going nicely already, so that helps 🤣