I like American music. Do you like American music? I like American music, too, baby.
but they bore me. And engaging EVERY topic? I disagree: to extroverts this comes naturally, effortless whereas I have to consciously engage and listen to a boring story. To me this is like a second job of top of my duties.
Yes, you will occasionally be bored at work. Yes, socializing is a form of work for us introverts. But what you don’t seem to get is that this isn’t a second job; it’s part of the main job.
One person’s “getting to the point” is another person’s “stripping away context”, unfortunately. Sometimes we just have to suffer through a long anecdote because the speaker can’t separate the relevant and irrelevant parts themself. They’re not trying to waste our time, they just organize information differently.
The problem here isn’t just your introversion. You see smiling at the receptionist for five minutes a day as an unacceptable working condition; but you need to understand that part of keeping a job you like includes managing your coworkers. Maybe for you that really is unacceptable, but other introverts, myself included, have accepted it as the cost of doing business.
I have myself occasionally had coworkers or other call me rude or condescending, and I’ve never really found a way out from under that when it’s happened. What works better is setting a good first impression, working extra hard the first few weeks to give off an impression of humility, helpfulness, cheerfulness, and kindness. Then later if you do have a bad day, or need to communicate something urgently, or need to correct someone’s mistake, they’ll see that as the exception rather than just “oh that’s how she is”.
No shenanigans except the party picks the rep instead of the voters. Maybe you have a party you trust to do that, but I don’t.
depends on scope
I think that a gov’t has an interest in suppressing calls to violence, hate speech, and medical misinformation in the name of protecting its citizenry. I don’t think it can ethically suppress other kinds of expression, especially political express, most especially criticism of the government.
I think a voluntary community, however, can ethically set much narrower limits on expression within community space. If a group of friends has a movie night and Jamie keeps spoiling the endings, it’s okay to stop inviting her to movie night. An online forum dedicated to urbanism can remove posts containing pro-car propaganda, and ban repeat offenders. A school can have a dress code.
But no person; no organization; no entity below the level of, say, Ma’at; none can set limits on what someone thinks. Thoughts are not consistently voluntary, and are not consistently the result of an ethical process, anymore than laughing when ticked or blinking in a bright light.
I came to lie down
I came to lie down
Get on the couch don’t make a sound
over forty crew, represent
I don’t hate it. I think it’s one of the better taxes.
People hate it because it feels like a bait-and-switch, the difference between salary and take-home pay. They also hate it because it comes with paperwork.
Windows 10 is no longer receiving security updates
Not all machines that ran W10 are capable of running W11
W11 is full of AI integration, always-on data collection, and other no-sell bloatware
Linux is easier to use than ever and free
Jumping on to also recommend Chirp, the Chicago Independent Radio Project. Live volunteer DJs, no ads.
Fair bit of difference between a map app and a navigation app. I’ll use a tool to find out where I’m going but I don’t need one to tell me how to get there.
I live in Chicago, which uses a grid system. Apps are unnecessary for in-town trips.
every filled pasta is a dumpling, otherwise what are we doing here
spaetzl are absolutely dumplings, I almost included it in my explicit list
tamales yes, dumplings
calzone, no, because calzones aren’t real, it’s just a code word used to indicate businesses are mafia fronts
a filling encased in pastry and cooked by poaching, steaming, frying, or baking
but, caveat: the filling can be more pastry
empanadas are dumplings
pierogis are dumplings
matzo balls are dumplings
gyoza are dumplings
tortellini are dumplings
Not to the degree I want, no.
PieFed capability when?
Piefed has fields for it, on lemmy I just put them in my profile textbox.
yisss I was also jamming on the C64, a hand-me-down from a cousin
Eventually I had read all the books I was interested in at the local library, and the second nearest library, and the downtown library, and I was riding eight miles each way to get to the far side of town. As long as I was back by dinnertime!
It helps me read faster, but IDK what effect it has on comprehension in a longer text. If I struggled to read I might be tempted to try it, but thankfully that’s not one of my many issues.