Apparently it got bought by Proton, but Standard Notes has been my brain dump forum for years now. I love it

Thank you. I disabled the google app (which I tbh low key don’t know what it even does)

So is Gemini on there as an app? It isn’t listed as such on my phone

Of course we are all individually somewhere on a continuum of capacity. But I think that the overall system in which we live accounts for much of what you describe (see: messaging in our entertainment, commercials, social media, how they shape people). And also, perhaps that a kind environment like these people had is not a sufficient condition for pro social behavior, if it doesn’t teach them perspective building for instance; or exposure to, and legitimization of, alternate lifestyles and realities.

idk. All this coexists with the inherent flaws of the human organism. Selfishness is one of our qualities. It’s biologically built it in. Ideally our environment nurtures the executive functions to override and temper it. But, again, a capacity being there is not a sufficient condition for it to emerge

I think the capacity is there to function at a higher, pro-social level; but it is severely compromised by societal systems that at some point were shaped by scarcity and real world dangers but have just become obsolete and out of control. We’re living a traumatic legacy that we can’t shake and just keep dumping on successive generations

Hm. Cop uniforms. I accurately appraise judge them to likely be problematic in all kinds of ways that might threaten my safety and certainly that of others

Yup. I find written fluff faster to run through than video fluff

Does she have any recommendations for trainings to become a trainer of these skills?

Yeah I’ve not personally used anything but steel and cast iron for years now

There was a recent post somewhere bringing attention to how ceramic pans are often not truly ceramic but an amalgamation that includes more questionable materials and/or being only a thin layer covering lower quality metal that could leach. That would make me wary of bottles with ceramic linings

That part could be attributed to reissues, per the bio in OP’s comment

Yeah but we’re not living for people

Elden Ring. Somehow failing my way forward helps. Also, going back and slaughtering creatures that used to one shot me

I appreciate Rachel Pollack’s commentary in 78 Degrees of Wisdom, on the Strength card for just this reason.

I’m frankly in a phase of life where I am seeing with ever fresh clarity all the mistakes I’ve made that have led me to the rather solitary life I lead. And many days I’m just keeping my interactions with others to a minimum so that I don’t create any opportunities to feel shit about my interpersonal skills. But, and so, nonetheless, I manage to find self-pride in very little things.

Like how this week I learned all these keyboard shortcuts to make my editing of a text document faster. Or today, some kid was lingering by the basketball court awkwardly — like heartbreakingly awkward in his own skin. I asked him if he wanted to shoot a few before I headed home and made him a deal that I wasn’t allowed to go home 'til he shot a 3-pointer. I let him have as many tries as he needed until he get one.

Hopefully you’re not in a time zone where it’s too late!

Well, that was a little detour

Anywhere you are, some will care some will not. This is part of how we filter one another out

But from the videos I’ve seen online it looks like Americans often look even better than here

Let me assure you that this is not the case. People of Walmart might be a better representation of much of the U.S.

It’s not about sweatpants and polo or not. It’s about which sweatpants with which polo shirt