♲ @rafaelshimunov@twitter.com: I ask Amazon drivers about this trend all the time, and was told that when workers see these signs a lot of them feel forced to dance (among other humiliating requests) so that customers don't leave bad reviews.
Everything at Amazon is measured to be punitive. Stop this.
https://twitter.com/kari_paul/status/1488982369302425603
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Feb-2022 08:20:09 EST 
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Feb-2022 07:53:03 EST
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Have you read the web page I linked ? The 4chan screenshot you posted has nothing to do with it. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 22:31:50 EST
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I recommend it, you can small talk with many characters in the game (employees, competing dealers, police officers) and while the interactions are mostly generic, some are developed answers to questions about legalizing cannabis, enforcing laws, etc... -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 19:54:34 EST
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The game addresses the in-between situation of the US, with some of the in-game cities being in states where you can purchase license for medical and/or recreational trade. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 14:35:27 EST
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It's true I've ben very fortunate myself, but I've also met quite a few people who didn't have the chances that you yourself had and still managed. So I don't believe you "haven't been allowed to have children", I feel like you've encountered a local minima and just settled yourself in it.
It's fine with me, I'm not here to tell you how to live your life, but I wanted to convey that something else is possible for you, you aren't hopeless. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 13:43:29 EST
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Oof, yeah, the pandemic made this particular pursuit challenging alright. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 13:42:53 EST
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It's very melodramatic, but I don't buy it. Nothing in what you said in this thread shows me there is something inherently wrong with you so your situation would somehow be hopeless.
On the other hand, it seems to me that you've set up a specific social standard for yourself that you failed to clear a few times, and then threw in the towel forever, constructing a rationalization for why you can't possibly succeed.
So, heads up, there are no fixed life stages, and you never know what other people expended to be at their current "life stage" for any given age. This is good news, because it means you can always pursue what you want regardless of what other people are doing, and in doing so (emphasis on doing), you'll eventually find like-minded people.
I personally experience apathy so I know that it's hard sometimes, but there's no other way of getting what you want. No rationalization will save you. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 13:22:19 EST
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Why not? It's a motivation like another. I've done it several time through dating sites (mostly OkCupid, none other was as clear and concise), and it didn't always work out with the people I met, so I tried again, and it ended up working for me a couple times. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 13:18:29 EST
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Thanks, I was asking because I've seen the concept float around but it never really represented a tangible experience for me. Mostly because I'm fortunate to have rarely had to rely on other people except my parents and my romantic partners, so "building and maintaining a support network" has never felt like a personal reality.
That said, except if you're in a dire mental health or economic situation, for which a mental health professional or a mutual aid organization are respectively more relevant, a support network as you described is built on the same foundation than potential friendships and romantic relationships, you have to meet new people, there's no way around it.
I understand that it may be hard for you, but there aren't any shortcuts for what you describe. Especially RPG groups can be a great starting point because you can express yourself with strangers through your game characters much more than through small talk. Paradoxically, RPG players are less living in fantasy than for example NFT enthusiasts, even though the latter involves real money. RPG's elaborate imaginary worlds actually involve a lot of down-to-earth thinking to solve the problem at hand within the constraints of limited fictional characters.
It may not be for you, but I strongly disagree with your assessment that RPG players are "living in fantasy". Especially since RPG sessions involve less gaming than one might expect, between the setup and the wrap-up, there's a lot of inter-personal relationship building that doesn't happen in the fictional universe. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 10:25:18 EST
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The same mirrored Twitter post garnered two likes from two random cryptocurrency enthusiasts who aggressively missed the sarcasm of my post. This says more than I could about the space's dominant mentality. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 09:40:26 EST
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So far, DAOs and NFTs have managed to:
- buy one book for $3 million,
- put advertisement in Times Square,
- produce a cringey crypto-currency promotion animation,
and nothing else despite millions of dollars committed, so that's how you know it's the future. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 05:23:19 EST
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What do you mean by "a support network"? -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 05:22:46 EST
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Now if you intent on meeting people exclusively for the purpose of finding a romantic relationship, you may want to look into single's nights, either on meetup or on online dating sites. While you can find partners through interest-based meetups, it does require some additional legwork to figure out who's available or not.
Instinctively I have a hard time accepting your displayed fatalism, but we do not know each other very well either. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 05:21:44 EST
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I forgot to mention you can hire help to grow, sell or spy on the competition, but they also need to be paid, which increases the pressure to make profits, which is rendered difficult by said competition. And then for the illegal side of the business there's the police to care about, with front businesses to set up and man, which adds to the work load. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Feb-2022 05:19:15 EST
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No, it's entirely focused on basement growing, with up to 15 plants per location that can be manually watered and trained to improve the pot yield and grow speed, respectively. Left to their own device, plants will yield low quality pot in about 4 in-game months, but in the same time bills are piling up.
For me this game is a good deterrent to get into the pot business! -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 21:13:56 EST
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Granted, in the NY metro area I found meetups about single parenting, sci-fi & fantasy, skateboarding and yes, board games too but that’s an interest of mine.
What about Linux User Groups if it’s closer to home? -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 20:27:03 EST
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I can only speak from my own experience, and I’ve rarely known the people in the houses/apartments around mine. This was always a matter of random encounters that only ever amounted to small talk, of which I’m not fond.
However, I have found the most effective way to meet like-minded people is through shared interests. I’ve made extensive use of the https://meetup.com website where I’ve been able to join various groups and attend IRL events in my area.
Now, granted, I’ve only ever lived in densely-populated areas so my way doesn’t apply to everyone out there, but the principle stands.
Find local groups organizing IRL meet-ups around your own interests, join them and go to events. The shared interest will help breaking the ice. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 18:57:07 EST
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I am sorry about that, are you seeking advice about meeting new people? -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 16:25:04 EST
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♲ @SketchesbyBoze@twitter.com: Jewish novelist Dara Horn has observed that memoirs and novels written by actual Holocaust survivors typically don’t sell—because there are no pat resolutions, no redemptions, no heartwarming moments where the Jewish prisoners see the good in their Nazi captors.
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 15:20:36 EST
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Thank you for your consideration, however you didn't ruin anything, and now I'm curious about your situation with regard to what I boosted initially. If you feel like sharing with me, you don't have to reply to me publicly in this thread.
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