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  • It’s a balance. Someone brought up the pacific garbage patch. Nitpicking about the existence of the other garbage patches does not detract from the fact that one is being cleaned. Hurrah. However, if the clean up efforts were simultaneously releasing sea-life killing chemicals into the water, then yes that might be something worth bringing up. Understanding what is actually context for any given issue is great. Fluff news in the vein of [email protected] are deservedly picked on. Legitimately good news don’t need the have shadows cast on them from issues that aren’t relevant. And even if something is somewhat relevant (like the existence of other garbage patches) one can frame it in a way that isn’t shitting on the first bit of good news. Like “oh, great, I’m glad to hear this garbage patch is getting cleaned, hope this success inspires efforts to clean up the others too” as opposed to “who cares, there’s more”.

    There are these bell curve people who have surface scratch information about a million things because they spend so much time online, yet they lack the wisdom to know how and when to connect bits of information together.










  • noretus@sopuli.xyztoGreentext@sh.itjust.worksAnon is damned
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    11 months ago

    It’s both. And I say this as a consumer of easy entertainment (within limits, because I know the effects). We really struggle with tolerating boredom these days and that’s not good for the brain. We’re extremely overstimulated and exhausted but we crave constant stimulation anyway to ward off the “down” moments, the boring moments.


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    11 months ago

    The only hell you might get from pirating and other “easy sources of excess pleasure” is the hedonic treadmill. I’d say Steam sales are more likely to cause this at this point but we’re definitely seeing the effects of easy entertainment on the general population. Brainrot and all that. It’s not fire and brimstone but the world ain’t looking great. But personally I’d take notes from Buddhism rather than Christianity as the latter is way more preoccupied with what happens after this life (the religion of kicking the can down the road).


  • Disclaimer: I’m not an expert.

    Pothos is usually fairly hardy. It’s probably acclimating to it’s new environment. Be very careful of over watering. Stick your finger deep into the soil and don’t water if it’s clearly moist. If it’s totally dry, take it to the shower, get it totally wet but let all the excess water drain. If you haven’t repotted it in two years, you may want to do that and check for root rot while you’re at it.