Kamsaa

joined 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Tough, though and thorough were a major step for me back in the days...I never knew which one was which nor how to spell them, I felt so frustrated!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree with @RedditIsDeddit , it does not help. It may even make things worse. All this meme does is make me feel misunderstood and despised by others (While some of them don't even understand what I actually go through). Tobacco is a terrible addiction. I quited for two years but fell again when I broke up with my ex. During those two years I dreamt of smoking at least once a week and gained 15kg. I grew up in France in the 90s and then the country did a pretty shitty job protecting kids (I started buying cigarettes for myself at 14 and it was easy because the tobacco shop owner didn't bat an eye). I think the solution is prevention and children's protection (by preventing access) to ensure that they don't start. For those who already smoke the best is kind support not guilt and disdain. (And total bans don't help either, we just feel left out when the government who now bans us from every place and treats us like awful weak-willed bastards initially incitated us to smoke two decades ago with adds and easy access).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, that's incredibly kind of you ! I have a good support network and I'm doing everything I can to stay safe in spite of a chronical disease but I still have a plan in case one day the pain becomes unbearable and the disease wins. I agree with you, such laws could save so many people from so much suffering. I don't know if this is needed but know that you can also reach out to me if you ever need to, I am a good listener according to my friends. ^^

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

F*ck, there goes my plan. Thanks for sharing the info, I'll be careful and make sure to pick some non-diluted helium if/when it comes down to this, you may have just saved me from a very bad outcome!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Lol, at first I thought "oh this is going to be a mean and not very inclusive comment", I'm glad it wasn't!

Thanks for clarifying, I don't know anyone with ADHD (at least diagnosed) so this helps me understand ADHD !

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Is this truly an ADHD thing though?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I see what you mean and when I first heard that saying I thought so too. That's why I developed a bit after. In my opinion it does not mean "if you're not with us you're against us in an irreversible manner" at all (I don't fight against individuals, I fight against a toxic ideology). To me, it mostly aims to denounce the fact that centrists are actually right wing people who don't admit it. And, at least in France, the situation tends to confirm that : Macron was officially "neither on the left nor on the right" and it has become clearer and clearer that he is, in fact, completely on the right end of the political spectrum (if not worse for some of our ministers like Retailleau who clearly carries a far right ideology).

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (5 children)

In France we have a saying "Si t'es pas de gauche, t'es de droite" i.e "if you're not a leftist, then you're on the right wing" meaning that if you do not explicitly reject the paradigm supported by the right then you're implicitly accepting it and thus indirectly support right wing and conservatism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

As we say in France...cheh !

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is a cognitive task aiming to assess whether kids can trade a small reward now for a bigger one later (it tests inhibitory control and ability to project oneself in the future). This experiment was conducted by comparative psychologists and, if I recall well, they also compared the kid's performance to that of some primates to understand the evolution of the human mind.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on the purpose. For documents (especially those on which people work collaboratively over long periods of time) I find YYYY-MM-DD ideal. It spares the issues around day or month first when Europeans and people from the US work together, the document are easy to sort and, if it takes more than a year to complete the project (as is often the case in research) things don't get messy.

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