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Cake day: August 15th, 2024

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  • I am not sure. I don’t think we should punish someone that acted in good faith.

    There is a possibility (not likely) of someone not learning about the holocaust by the age of 15. In Norway you can be punished from that age and up. Maybe the person had nutjobs for parents etc. I think I learned about it at 13-14. There is a lot about it in the Norwegian curriculum, so you have to really be unlucky to not learn anything about it.

    Anyways, it is ethically wrong to punish a person that was unfortunate and did not get a proper education and parenting. How to handle those cases is difficult though. Holocaust is a pretty obvious case of something EVERYONE is exposed to a lot. There are however lots of other historical facts that a person might not know. Is thst fair to punish someone for?



  • First off, I am a bit torn here, but will take the opposing side for arguments sake.

    This is not an opinion. The holocaust happened, that makes it a fact.

    I get your point, but should disinformation (as in deliberate misinformation) be allowed? How much harm should we accept from people spreading disinformation before we do something? The harm here being antisemitism.

    Antisemitism is growing because people do not differentiate Israel and Jewish people. Many jews report that they do not feel safe in otherwise safe countries.

    This is a hard question. Not sure what I think… Might be side effects that are hard to foresee


  • People are making leaving so needlessly difficult. Do you want to leave? Just leave and say that it’s time to leave.

    “I think it’s time for me to leave. It has been great seeing you again and hanging out!”

    Want people to leave? “I am starting to feel a bit tired, so I think we got to wrap this up”

    If you are leaving a party with many people? First say goodbye to the host, then announce it to everyone. “It’s time for me to leave. Was great seeing everyone again!”

    Always say goodbye to the host, just leaving is in my opinion a bit rude. People may disagree on this.



  • I think it is simply because people are afraid and are doing their best at coping. This results in seeking validation and support. It has been a lot worse since Trump got into office.

    He is forcing everyone to pay attention all the time. One insane action after another. One goal post after another. Many things are relevant to the communities in some way. Many feel the need to fight back within their community.








  • I am not a huge fan of having multiple cards. Its economic suboptimization.

    People tell me they get cashback, points and all sorts of advantages.

    If you calculate the actual savings in euros, its not that impressive.

    If you spend 10 000€ a year with 1% cashback. That’s 100€. Which is more than nothing. However you can ignore the whole min/maxing with cards and just make a couple more meals from scratch, bring coffee instead of buying for a couple weeks, buy something used instead of new once or twice etc.

    The time spent getting all these points and maximizing is often comprehensive. The credit card bill has to be paid every month, if you miss it once, then the whole thing was a waste of time. So you have to be certain. Checking if everything is paid is thus important.

    Also they loyalty part is manipulative and might not actually be beneficial in many cases.

    So I stick to my ONE debit card.




  • If you are confident you can be a bit embarrassing and people just like you more for it. You are open, unique, a bit quirky and cute. They laugh with you, not at you. At work people lower their guards around you and you get people to deliver quality and get shit done. Being well liked and often right is a killer combo in the engineering world.

    Embrace the cringe, so that the cringe just becomes embarrassing, then it becomes good times and team building.