VinnyDaCat

joined 1 year ago
[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

Reddit? Nah that's literally every platform.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You probably don't want that answer.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Feels bad to realize your profession isn't particularly useful outside of the U.S. I'd like to stay and fight regardless, but the reality is if I stop being able to get my meds there won't be much I can do besides being fodder.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

a lot of Asia is aware they need immigration to succeed,

While this is true, it doesn't necessarily mean they're open to it or that the immigration process is any easier for it.

as for Europe Spain is he most friendly to immigrants

I've heard that attitude is changing due to gentrification issues. Lots of remote workers have taken to the country and cost of living has apparently risen up in response.

I'm not entirely sure about either of these personally though(insight from people who live there would be wonderful), but I have heard about about the issues.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's something to keep in mind.

Don't alienate those 36.32%. I'm sure some of us have strong feelings about their choices, but at the end of the day they outnumber Democrats and Republicans each by quite a bit. If you want to see change you are going to have to convince some of them to join you. This goes for elections and this goes for revolutions.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm not here for this. I just felt this massive wave of fatigue wash over me as I read it.

Like it or not you're going to run into weirdos in just about every hobby. All preemptively judging people does is teach people to keep to themselves. We're already building up a society of loners where people struggle to connect to each other with various other causes(loss of third places for example). We don't really need something like this pushing people further apart, especially when that ultimately drives peoples empathy for each other down too.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Had to check which community I was in to make sure I wasn't in the Onion one.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I used to be the pride of my family for having finished college. Now it's demonized by them.

I feel for the students of today. College was an important time for me. I experienced a lot of new ideas, my mind was opened. I didn't get to do much in grad school, but my first four years of college changed me and I wouldn't be the same without those experiences. The way the situation is escalating we may see colleges completely locked down or even abolished.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All you do is a quick search on the case to see if it’s real or not.

You could easily. We have resources such as LexusNexus or Westlaw which your firm should be paying for. Even searching on Google Scholar should be enough to verify. Stay away from Casetext though, it's new and mostly AI. LN and WL also have AI integration but it's not forced, you're still capable of doing your own research.

I've been telling people this for a while, but everyone needs to treat AI like how we used to treat the wiki. It's a good secondary source that can be used to find other more reliable sources, but it should never be used as your single standalone source.

I'm not going to sugarcoat it, AI is being forced everywhere you look and it is getting a bit difficult to get away from it, but it hasn't taken over everything to the point where there is no longer any personal responsibility. People need to have some common sense and double check everything as they've been taught to do even before AI.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Nah, it's too late for that. Other leaders are starting learn this too. You keep giving in so Trump asks for more, and then more. Nothing will ever be enough for him.

This is no longer about swallowing your pride and appealing to his enormous ego.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It doesn't really generate activity. Basically any platform would prefer to have more comments to generate activity, which in some cases moves content across various algorithms, but also makes the platform look well active and involved. Having an active looking platform can make others want to sign up and join. I'm sure there's potentially other reasons.

That said, I think it's fine to lurk and should be promoted more. Sometimes it's better to spend time focusing on articulating your thoughts and writing your posts than it is just writing more posts overall, and sometimes there isn't much to add to a topic.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This hurt me to watch and it hurts me to see people supporting Trump's actions.

Suppose for whatever reason that you do disagree with providing more aid. Was humiliating the leader of another nation in this manner justified at all? Were these the actions that any reasonable, dignified leader would make? You could have just refused to meet with him and told him no. Instead they dehumanized him, made him grovel and beg for support from their king full well knowing he was just going to say no anyways.

I keep trying to look for some good in the people of this nation, to see that there's still some humanity left, but I don't think there is at this point.

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