• Azzu@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    You can change your (psychological) reaction to everything. All psychological suffering is chosen by yourself and can be stopped if you choose not to suffer.

    Of course this is simple, not easy. Almost no one can do it.

    Most people I meet don’t believe this and hate that I’m saying this.

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      100 percent true. But I disagree that almost no one can do it. I think lots of successful people do it. I mean, the ones who went through a LOT of failure before they reached success.

      I personally have done it in my life regarding a few things. Stoicism is a great resources for doing this, in my opinion anyway.

      Basically you can’t always control shit that happens to you, but you CAN learn to control how you react to it.

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      Lemmy is full of bad people

      More hate than I ever encountered on Reddit.

      I still like Lemmy better, but ugh, the hate–especially for people who have different political opinions that majority here–is icky.

      But yo, haters: I ain’t going anywhere. So keep on all ya want. :)

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    Milk should be poured before the cereal. I’ve always done this because pouring milk on top of the cereal gets the top wet and also kind of pushes the cereal down. I love crunchy cereal

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      But if they are indeed right, and that fire they have about it is used to defend their point-of-view until it’s been so scrutinised and counter-argued that either it has been shown to be incorrect, or no counter could undo the initial argument, is that not progress?

      Lemmy is not academy. This is a web forum, most of us are not here to do formal science.

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        Lemmy is not academy. This is a web forum, most of us are not here to do formal science.

        Great point!!! OMG! Daily I get variations of statements from people demanding I defend some random news article I’ve posted. I’m like, “dude, I don’t give a fuck, just don’t read it if you don’t want to!”

        Not everything is some logical political discourse with references. I don’t give a shit. Just ignore and move on if you don’t like it. lmao

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    People in micro village should be moved or let to themselves.

    It is a pretty violent opinion. But there are too many of these village of 200 people, 180 retired, 10 unemployed and 1 bakers. These area are basically dead, but because a few people absolutely want to stay living there, the state still has to do the whole infrastructure, security, civil servant, healthcare stuff.

    This is an incredible waste of ressources that could be used elsewhere.

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    Most people on Lemmy aren’t as kind or open-minded as they like to appear. There’s plenty of hate here on this side of the aisle, but it gets excused because they believe they’re “on the correct side.”

    tl;dr: You’re just as hateful and close-minded as the people you claim to be fighting. Same behavior, different colored hat.

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    Desktop computers are way better and more fun than using phone for browsing, wikipedia, news, and Lemmy

    I rarely use my phone for anything other than texting. I like using my desktop computer to browse and post.

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        Fair point! Fun is def not the correct word I should have used. “Practical” is the better choice.

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      I’ve been reflecting on this a lot lately, especially after watching a video by an internet funny man I enjoy (Eddie Burback) about him locking his phone away for a month (not a feasible strategy for most people.)

      I also enjoy pretty much anything online much more on the desktop. When things started pivoting to app-only it felt very weird at the time - the phone access was always the clunkier secondary backup nice-to-have.

      That said, 80% of my browsing happens on my phone. It’s less fun and it’s more mindless, but that’s the truth. I think I’ll hit a point where I find my phone just too magnetic but as a dopamine crutch it’s cripplingly convenient.

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        I purposely avoid using my phone to browse. Unless it’s something like restaurant review or urgent news as I’m out. I try to stay present, enjoy my space, and tell myself that I can just wait to look it up when I get home.

        When I 'm out and look around I see everyone just staring down at their screen. It’s annoying to see. So I decided not to be like that. Now I actually hear birds, feel breezes, take in sights and smells. And I take my time. For me pesonally, 100 percent improvement of life. I’m rarely ever in a bad mood now.

        People even mention how I always seem in a good mood. It’s because I’m not doomscrolling on my phone all day (like most of Lemmy does)! lol

        And when I get home and use desktop, I do fun things like create music, write novels, etc. Life is awesome without the 24-hour doom and gloom.