Is this ironic or did they actually? I kind find any source saying they did.

And if you had a dangerous person in your tribe, you better also paid very close attention to their behavior.

The well-documented symptoms of various mental illnesses are a clear sign for needing help. Believing that psychologists, or at least those psychologists one has access to, don’t have the competence to help is no such symptom.

I actually agree that they have similar effects if consumed similarly. Avoiding the mass consumption of short-form, attention-grabbing content is a great choice when you notice a decline in your ability to focus. I’ve occasionally done the same thing in my life, sometimes even cutting internet usage more radically than that, and it always created strongly noticeable improvements (or rather noticeable returns to my more natural state of mind).

That being said, I still browse lemmy memes and think it’s somewhat different from similar media for several reasons (these are broad generalizations, of course there are exceptions):

• Memes are more honest as they’re mainly aimed at making you laugh, and you can easily verify yourself whether you found them funny or not. Short-form videos will often contain stories, advice, or information, the value or danger of which you cannot verify so easily.
• At least if you’re looking in the right communities, memes are from the community members itself, not some slop by some influencer trying to get clicks at any price.
• I can browse through top of the day of my lemmy meme communities in a relatively short amount of time, get some enjoyment out of it, and then just move on with my life. I don’t think there is an equivalent platform for short videos. They want to keep you scrolling endlessly.

It is, the songs Lateralus and Reflection are both from the Lateralus album.

Not sure if this is relevant for your case, but make sure you’re also blocking subdomains of the specified domains. Adguard for example allows doing that easily via regex-like rules.

LATERALUS SPOTTED!! SPIRAL OUT!

from Skywind

Thank you for your service 🫡

Deeply obscure reference

Like you said, society’s version of morality. So it can be a very important distinction because your own version of morality might differ. Not being aware of this distinction is dangerous because it stops people from developing their own moral compass. This own morality is more firm and can be relied on in the absence of shame, or even when society encourages behavior one finds immoral.

I’m even gonna go on a wilder speculation here and claim that one of the driving factors behind humanity’s worst atrocities was that large portions of society who had the potential in them for a firm morality rooted in empathy and love never developed this potential.

On a less import note, not being aware of this distinction can breed a lot of resentment and unhappiness, if someone is constantly compelled to follow rules that they, deep down, consider to be bullshit.

Of course that doesn’t mean I encourage people to just disregard society’s version of morality and lightly assume that they know better.

Edit: just noticed your username, I hope that furriosa is doing well <3

Are you really feeling guilty about not tipping because of the moral implications, or do you just feel socially shamed? Important distinction.

I disagree.

The design choices of people who make memes out of their political opinions are so random and funny to me sometimes. Like why is one of them a Russian gopnik? Why is the other one a blushing gamer femboy who paints his nails??

But the fat Hobbit, he knows. Eyes always watching.

You will ultimately have to answer this yourself, but here are some personal thoughts that might help you:

• hobbies are nice, but I wouldn’t force one just for the sake of having one
• cooking, diet and exercise are always good picks to spend time and energy on
• you’ll probably have at least four decades of working full time in your life, so I wouldn’t rush getting into a job if you’re not financially dependent on it. There’s also part time jobs and internships.
• if you’re in a country with cheap or free college, there’s a lot to gain and little to lose by just trying it out
• depending on how good your social skills are, having an autism-friendly environment can be a massive improvement to your life quality. Some choices will be more effective for finding this environment than others. For example, you might have an easier time making friends if you’re studying CS and getting into DnD than if you’re working in sales and getting into football. That’s of course a broad generalization and again something you have to figure out yourself, but it’s helpful to be aware of this as a factor for your life quality.
• most importantly, what interests you? Maybe you even have an interest where grinding the basics comes naturally to you, not just the superficial fun parts? Which fields interest you can also be a factor when deciding whether you want to go to college.

Master betrayed us. Wicked. Tricksy, False. We ought to wring his filthy little neck. Kill him! Kill him! Kill them both! And then we take the precious… and we be the master!

Ga

Some Audi, it was quite nice and new and the instructor would pet it and whisper to it every time I stalled the engine during lessons.