jbrains @ jbrains @sh.itjust.works

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P3 Dystopia 👍

You might be able to find people who accept you, even if the average Brit doesn't. People have strange ideas about whom to hate and why.

It's complicated and I can't pretend to really understand your situation, but I trust that feeling pity for them works better for your mental health than any other reaction, including trying to ignore them. Whatever you do, don't let yourself believe them.

Peace.

I can both understand and relate to being afraid of them. As you wrote, they do real damage and they seem intent on doing more and they seem to feel it's their mission to do so. From what I can tell, they have been programmed to see the very concept of progressive thinking as evil. Fearing them seems sensible, because being aware of the threat makes it easier to defend against it or protect oneself from it.

But how exactly does it improve your life to hate them?

Are you afraid of them or do you hate them? Those seem like two independent opinions to me, but I'm wondering if you're conflating them.

I'm afraid of them and I don't hate them.

I am definitely keeping an eye on my electricity bill right now, since I have Unmanic running full speed and it's about 3 weeks into a 4-month job that might only save 1 TB.

Careful! I'm not trying to be Ticketmaster!

Anything at least 2 points higher than the best rate of return you are getting now.

If you are dissatisfied with the free thing I gave you, then I am happy to send you a refund of your purchase price. 🤷‍♂️

That's my preferred strategy.

UPDATE: Before any angry cards and letters, let me clarify. When I reply this way, I learn a lot about the person I'm talking to, including whether they are prepared to have a reasonable conversation about this complex matter. The response I'm hoping for is "Well played.", because that tells me that they recognize how ridiculous we are both being. I can work with them.

If they are merely having a tough time and needed to vent, then they'll notice that and we can move forward.

If they are truly that entitled, then I don't mind what happens next, because they would probably never have accepted any help I could offer them, anyway.

I have just recently chosen to revive it. I'm not really sure why. I presume it's a matter of arbitrary fashion either way.

Collect what you're owed as soon as you can. Pay what you owe as late as you can.

UPDATE: "Every accusation is a projection" is more universal than some of you would like to admit.

By that part, I was referring to the people establishing the Julian Calendar, not the Gregorian. I've edited my comment to clarify that.

Don't assume you know what is going through their mind, if you want to neutral and polite.

"I believe I'm fulfilling the duties of the job. What am I failing to get done?"

Focus on the requirements of the job and the fact that you're meeting them.

It wouldn't surprise me. I'm not sure it could possibly matter to us either way. Presumably we couldn't break out of the simulation even if we knew about it conclusively. It would be interesting, but practically irrelevant.

Years exist. We decide what to call them. You and I agree to call this year 2024, but that's only an agreement. Some people call this year 5784.

We call the system we use "The Gregorian Calendar", because of a Pope named Gregory. That system is mostly the same as "The Julian Calendar", with some important changes to make the calendar match the changing of the seasons better. In the Julian calendar, they decided to count the years starting from when they thought Jesus was born. They chose his birth year to be "The first year of our Lord". We call that "year 1" for short.

The people who created that system (the Julian Calendar) didn't understand 0. The year before "The first year of our Lord" was called "The first year before the birth of Christ". We now call these "AD 1" ("anno domini", because Latin) and "1 BC" ("before Christ"). Since they didn't understand 0, they didn't call any year "0". We have kept the tradition, because reasons.

Some other systems have relabeled the year before "AD 1" as year 0, but that's not how the Gregorian Calendar works, and that's the calendar that you and I have been taught to use.

I don't have any useful advice on your specific question. I'm replying to say only two things.

You're probably going to struggle with this and you might feel like you're doing it wrong because you can't figure it out easily enough. Let it feel weird. Let it take as long as it takes. Let it be a struggle. Don't make it worse by telling yourself a story like there's something wrong with you because you're struggling to figure it out.

And hug.

Peace.

This works very well for me. It certainly helped me get past the notion that I needed motivation before doing something.

I prefer to want to do a thing before doing it, but I don't have to.

Take a 1-cup measuring cup, chop celery until it's full. That doesn't sound difficult to me. I infer it's merely not what you're used to.

I tend to prefer to weigh ingredients, but I also have measuring cups and spoons and using them is not so onerous. 🤷‍♂️

Overhead space for carry-on bags.

I didn't do this at ICA, but I certainly learned the habit at Systembolaget.

I'm a bit surprised by the question, so I'd rather ask: what would it mean to you for physics not to be true in that hypothetical future?