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

Except it would still have severe consequences if it's intelligence. Especially if it may label the person as a traitor

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think nature-y names are awesome, personally

...I'm not biased or anything because of my chosen name, nooooo

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

Many names have meanings similar to that, and yet they're names. I don't think a name such as khaleesi is inherently bad

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Like how trauma literally changes the physical structure of your brain

Since trauma is just all "in your head", after all, right? And yet, it causes physical changes to your body. How else does one explain it if not that mental health and physical health are deeply linked?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As a Norwegian, I don't either. There are plenty other good electric cars

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

To me minimalism is about consciously thinking about what items I keep in my environment. Mostly this means I don't buy random stuff unless I'm certain I'm going to use it, so I wouldn't even have a canoe in the first place

I do not like when there's a lot of stuff, it stresses me out and overwhelms me, and generally, in my experience, just causes more issues than it solves in the long run. That doesn't mean you should throw away stuff you might need, but more that you actively think about the things you have, instead of mindlessly gathering more

So, what if I were to, say, inherit a canoe and had the space to store it? Would I throw it away? No, but I would donate it to a school yard sale

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Well like, you could have a hammer without the canoe, you know

Minimalism isn't about "as little as possible". It's about only having what you need. Basic tools are part of the "only what you need", unless you got readily access to a shared supply of tools

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Where? In my country there isn't less variety, no

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a rule of thumb, there typically are very few people clamoring for volunteer leader positions. It's a constant problem you see even in irl non-profit organizations, unless they're fairly big/famous

It just turns out that, it's actually just a lot of responsibility and work. Most people realize this, and don't have the capacity to do the work, so often there even are no candidates for the leader positions.. until someone reluctantly steps up because otherwise the organization would die

At least, that's my experience in the real life organizations and clubs I've volunteered in

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Britain was also broke after WW2, and couldn't really afford, nor did they want to, keeping India

So in a way India's freedom was fought and won violently, it just wasn't mainly India's violence

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You need to rebuild roads to maintain them every couple decades anyway. That cost is already baked in, it just depends what you so with it

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, it is unironically a good question though. There's no biological reason for why that can't happen, and in fact, it would be more efficient! You'd be less exposed to predators etc

The actual answer is, of course, that there are other reasons for why it's a longer activity. Such as, for example, it being about social bonding

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