bro's two-three steps away from Buddhist enlightenment - you got this

My favourite "feature" is sorting by Top 6 hours and Top 12 hours and actually seeing an end of content

just donated thanks to this post - cheers for the PSA

unable to understand social interactions and people on a fundamental level

choose a bachelor degree in literally the study of human mind - Psychology

realise there is nothing fundamental about people, we are all subject to an innumerable amount of factors, and social interactions and psychology are culture-based and ultimately arbitrary

All because westernised NTs demanded I have the perfect amount of eye-contact while we spoke about the weather

reminds me of the "bicycle in a car-centric city" analogy. Everyone is telling you take the main freeway and just "go faster" under the presumption that your driving a car without consideration that it takes more effort for you to even take freeway.

Ah yes, a gay dean and strictly only a gay dean. Just the right amount of different that I, a simple minded-voter, can tolerate. Anything more different would make me upset. /s

Welp, this broke me. Not to discount the other passings (R.I.P. ✊) but there's only so much I can take within a week. 2016 all over again :(

flappers all day or nothing at all

"Support the arts" I say as I upvote.

You touch upon something I've been struggling with - is this film intended for the "broad-strokes" introductory audience or more experienced filmheads?

His interviews always seem to imply he wants it both ways. Praise his films on anything remotely artistic and profound and he'll readily take credit. Critique and it's "a technical film", that can only be enjoyed in IMAX.

I want to love this film (I did find it entertaining and worth a watch) but felt nothing. Brother, this all could have been avoided if you just got someone else to write instead of your ego.

To me it seems like it's up to what you prioritize. If you prioritize convenience, nothing can beat one thing to keep track of – especially if it's the one thing you spend all your time on (easy to track, and less likely to lose because you spend too much time on it).

I'm from that small slice between proper millennial and gen Z (94-98), where we experienced the social media and smart technology boom during our teenage years. I directly experienced the rapid shifts and pressure to use all the trendiest social medias, smart appliances and the accompanying apps, cheap streaming services, easy shopping, every device using the same usb standard, dynamic smartphone designs, touch payment etc. During that time and uni, I would've jumped at the chance to coalesce everything onto one device, but couldn't because the infrastructure wasn't there. We were technologically "naive", thinking technology would only become increasingly more convenient without having any trade-offs.

But now, we are all aware of the negative consequences, politics, and burdens of being reliant on these services and infrastructure from the technological monopolies. Half the conversations with my friends of this age group end up being about what trade-offs we're willing to put up with for convenience while losing privacy, security, and autonomy. Gen Z grew up with this infrastructure in place and are readily entrapped in it (to no fault of their own). Of course they're going to notice a wallet when they use a more convenient option, because the alternative isn't something they personally experienced nor needed.

Unfortunately, this leaves them vulnerable to the whims of the private companies who control the infrastructure and social media – surcharges on touch payments, increasing costs of streaming, not owning media (games, movies), subscriptions everywhere, social media and smartphone addiction. We're seeing a trend of people choosing away from the convenient option towards privacy and autonomy. . Unless it's an open standard and I have a readily available alternative, I don't use it on my smartphone – hence the wallet.

did not know Costco sold exclusively non-luxo glasses - interest piqued