Same, actually. Which is why I meditate after being up for a while and/or in the evening.

Weird only to a mind that’s used to being constantly bombarded with low quality entertainment, lulled into comfortable numbness with mostly unnecessary material goods. While this is overly extreme (and potentially hazardous… though that being 4chan it’s probably exaggerated, if even true), most people would do well to take periods of disconnecting entirely and have minimal entertainment available. Zen Buddhist retreats are great by my experience. Yoga Retreats are nice but you need to weed out the ones that are really just masturbatory Wellness holidays for rich white women. Vipassana retreats are probably good too tho I personally haven’t been to one of those. But just starting meditation would be great. https://www.wakingup.com/ is a low bar access point with guided meditations but also a lot of great philosophical discussions from several different branches of thought (notably Stoicism and Buddhism but others too). And you can get it for free (request scholarship) if the price seems steep.

For one thing: buyeuropean@feddit.uk

For second thing: Conscious Consumerism.

For third thing: if you have money to burn on a stupid novelty t-shirt featuring things you specifically don’t like, maybe rather donate it to something you actually value.

Ah, I didn’t see this post.

https://bsky.app/profile/saelliott.bsky.social/post/3ljxf6ou6l22a btw for the post on Bsky.

That’s fucking great news. If there ever was a time I wish Finland copied something from Sweden, this is it.

Level. Allow German, French and Spanish. You should be able to get mods that speak at least one of those languages. And I’m saying this as someone who speaks none of those. But I think it would be good if English didn’t have such a dominance. Might even motivate people to learn one.

Yeah, Unilever isn’t much greater either. In general trying to go for local, smaller brands would be good IF you can afford it. Of course a lot of people have to go by what is cheapest and most available and that’s their right. But now if ever, if someone is resourced enough, it would be good to spend some time on at least taking a look at the brands they have available in their regular grocery stores and try to make responsible choices.

(As someone who has been doing this for a long time, and is low income, it’s a bit of an unrewarding pain in the ass but at least I don’t have that nagging feeling at the back of my head as much)

Thankfully it seems like EU is at least trying to be stricter about conscious consumer labels etc, limiting green-washing and all that. That makes life a bit easier for those who very understandably don’t have tons of time and energy to research every purchase.

Thanks!

He specifically asked if I could use an AI (though leaving it up to me if I want to)

Here’s hoping.

As a person who knits and crochets: a friendly reminder that complex knit and especially crochet is hard to reproduce mechanically. Basic knit is easy and common, but the more elaborate pattern, the more likely it is that it was produced by hand. Crochet is pretty much impossible to be done by a machine. And it takes time. And yarn isn’t free.

Knitted and crocheted handcrafts may seem expensive but chances are they’re still sold at a lower price than they’re really worth. The price covers materials and a really, really low hourly pay. And on the other hand, if you see cheap, mass-produced crochet item somewhere… that was still done by hand, by some sweatshop.

It’s a bit exhausting. I use https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ to see biases and credibility of different websites. Anything that’s not at least Center-X and High I pretty much dismiss. Rest I take with heaps of salt.

How do I know that site is trustworthy? I don’t 🫠

You might have fun reading about non-duality and the Buddhist idea of no-self…

What is a you? Did you write this post, or did your past self write this post? Is your past self the same as your current self? Your current self probably says yes but would your past self agree? Etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnRuVmO9VfQ

Of course, but I’d encourage expanding to other interests too. General “social mediaing” is where you’ll be overpowered by algorithms. But if you have some niche interest where algorithms aren’t doing a good job, you can post those and you can link them in other places if you use them (such as Reddit), which at the same time promotes content you like and directs people into these platforms.

cheers!

Understandable tbh, they clearly don’t have a lot of intelligence to share.