DreadPirateShawn @ DreadPirateShawn @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Talking about work during a business dinner does not equal hours. Thinking about work ideas after hours does not equal hours. Fostering a business connection does not equal work hours.

And if they do, then I get to count stressing in the shower, arguments in my head while I go for a walk, ranting to my partner about work problems, and keeping in touch with former coworkers.

Unresolved Textual Tension is a great YouTube / podcast for book reviews and/or roasts. Generally a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, largely newer stuff (The Locked Tomb, Murderbot, Kushiel) with some classics thrown in (Dune, Hyperion). The show features 3 people with great chemistry.

The competition is indeed stiff.

toothpaste back in the tube

Well now there's an apt metaphor... :-P

Objectively, it sounds like it's an innocent tradition and a healthy charity.

Subjectively, it's tone-deaf af, when the rule-makers perform superstition for such a massive world-changing problem. Basically "thoughts and prayers."

Like the G in "gigantic".

On the other hand, if we're afraid to prosecute insurrection leaders because of fear of resulting violence, that's kinda definitionally terrorism (and specifically losing to the terrorists).

They SHOULDN'T be "christian", but in practice they are. I get your point, but it's a "no true Scotsman" argument -- the "christian" political machine is still supporting these politicians who push these doctrines.

I mean, LGBTQ rights are only "not a major problem" to those who aren't LGBTQ. But to many they're absolutely critical too.

There can be multiple horrifying problems to fix. "All" would be stellar to fix, but "some" is still better than "none."

If you don't laugh, you didn't get it, but if you ONLY laugh, you didn't get it.

Mental health is a medical issue. Ergo any vacation is medical.

Firmsand.

I attended AA in a very liberal city (West Coast). The program is intimately religious, but many of the attendees (including myself) were deeply antireligious.

A common theme was people describing their alternate "higher power" -- what we use to play the role of inspiration, support, aspiration, admonition, conscience, morale.

At the time, I viewed the community itself as mine. (Definitely influenced by my anabaptist tendencies -- of all the christian strains, I still somewhat respect the community focus of liberation theology.)

Others used themselves, an inner voice. A common suggestion was to use a doorknob -- the point being, the value comes from your internal attitude and reflection, not necessarily the target itself.

Anyway, your introspection reminds me of that general discussion.