RE: https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/117435944551788199
Image-description correction: the rook says "I forgot you move in an L-shape" (to the knight, which does).
@Lana Which is to say, they are not acting in a logically strategic manner but instead allowing their emotions to guide their actions.
...or, shorter: they fucked up, bigly.
@lint I have a signed LP of The Else -- got it at a show (I've been to two of theirs, somehow! -- normally not much of a concertgoer).
@bstacey May all your most hopeful theories be repeatedly reinforced by objective observation. :rainbow_left:
@hellomiakoda They keep reminding us that their answer is "America first!", but they never mention what the question was.
I'd submit that it's something like "In what order should we completely destroy the world?"
@Lana Either there's some angle* to this that I'm not seeing, or it's incredibly dense of them -- because she is totally using this to boost campaign contributions (which is absolutely the right thing to do).
(*Maybe it's a very tiny angle -- they saw it and thought it was a wedge-strategy? :blobcatthinking:)
@amsomniac ...because it Just Won't Die already!... 👻 🧛♀️
P.S. The song playing is "I've Got a Fang". I kid you not.
@lint Thank you! My mom discarded the boom-box recently (downsizing to move into a retirement home), but I remember it from when I was a teen.
As for the album: I also have it on vinyl ^.^
Questions for people who currently work in healthcare, especially in fascist western countries like the US :boost_requested:
I've seen a lot of dismissals of some ideas I'm writing about by people who don't to my knowledge work in the industry, so I'd like some feedback from those who do. Replies encouraged, and I'd love to do some interviews if possible.
To all healthcare workers: if your needs were met, would you continue your job without being paid money for it?
@MaryAustinBooks @atrus I think the main thing is the signature, in case that isn't obvious.
@MaryAustinBooks This is the one context in which we'd be glad if he were a little more heartless.
@artemis I've always been mystified by people who are surprised when it turns out to be so much work.
I never wanted to have kids, specifically for that reason (...but ended up being a parent anyway, due to the wishes of others).
@artemis This is a familiar pattern -- my partner's parents had her institutionalized (because of an abusive boyfriend, rather than anything she did, but that's a whole different rant) -- and then as soon as she got out, her mom was like "Ok, you're cured -- when are you going to get a job?" -- which led to a long-term pattern of being afraid of being "okay", because then she'd immediately have responsibilities heaped on her.
Unlike yr bro, she wanted to get better -- but I wonder if there's a similar underlying cause: fear of being "ok" because then you're less "deserving" or something...
having a Republican Summer here...
(You know -- that time of year where it's nice for a little while, to lure you into complacency, and then goes back to being horrible after the election.)
@Bongolian ...oh, and more specific to the home-assistant use-case: I have a lot of stuff to keep track of around the house, and my memory has always been terrible -- so it would be really nice to be able to just say aloud "I'm putting the $thing in the $place" whenever I move something -- and then later to be able to ask "where is $thing?"
That's just one example -- but it's more about covering for existing cognitive weaknesses (that I've always had) than giving myself an unnecessary cognitive crutch.
@Bongolian I think maybe the key assumption in your argument -- which is valid, when based on that assumption -- is that the set of tasks one wishes to accomplish is reasonably doable without assistance.
In my case, the list of tasks I would like to accomplish always grows faster than I can accomplish any of them -- so the more assistance I can bring to bear, the better.
...and, to be clear: there are some cognitive tasks I enjoy (mostly creative), and don't actually want to delegate. There is no shortage of these, either.
(It's okay to counter-argue; I just wanted to avoid sounding unreasonable or hostile. I'm totally on board with working through disagreements rationally! ^.^)
Possibly relevant: this situation may be at least possibly a consequence of ADHD. The problem you note (of neglecting cognitive exercise when not effectively forced into it) may in fact be genuine for many people.
...as is the problem my mother described to me, of becoming "addicted" to the "productivity high" from getting more work done than was previously possible. Again, I don't think I have that problem; I'm more likely to become despondent from not getting enough done...
