The use of it in the US was banned only last year and I’m not aware of there having been such movement.

The use of asbestos in the US was only banned in 2024.

I’ve always considered Amazon a store that mostly Americans use. Personally I’ve always just used eBay and Aliexpress myself.

how is life in your close community?

“Can’t complain”

I’ve been saying this for a long time. If a robot / AI can do your job just as well as you can if not even better then it probably should. For example, I don’t think we should get rid of combine harvesters simply because scything employs more people.

I’m curious to hear your reasoning that makes you so confidently suggest we’ll never reach AGI that is consciouss?

I use my main account for that. I just unsubscribe from all news letters immediately so I don’t generally get any spam.

Wisdom of the crowd says it’s $33,58

Edit: the crowd wasn’t too wise

Going from an employee to self-employed was fucking terrifying. It felt like risking my entire future even though I rationally knew that not to be the case.

Well I’m clearly talking of feeling what others feel, aren’t I?

It depends on who you’re around. If it’s toxic, angry people - like online - it sucks, because that negativity seeps in and poisons my own mood too. But when you’re around positive people, you can really feel those good vibes as well.

The thing is, I don’t necessarily feel what other people feel - I feel what I think they feel. So if I misread someone, I can end up feeling bad for no reason at all.

Interestingly, my empathy even extends to inanimate objects. A childhood example: if there were four potatoes left in the kettle and I only wanted three, I’d still take all four because I didn’t want the last one to be left alone.

In my case, I just feel like it’s unfair to my girlfriend. I know it’s not my fault, and I’m not obligated to give her something I don’t enjoy myself - but the reality is that something that’s a big part of most relationships is missing from ours, and it’s because of me. We’re in an open relationship, so she doesn’t have to go entirely without, but it’s still not ideal.

Other than airports or bag checking to get into events, no. Ironically though I once accidently brought a pocket knife to a big event because they checked bags but not pockets.

To me, this feels like drawing a red circle around a defect that almost no one would notice otherwise. Whether it helps someone with their trauma or not is irrelevant here, as I’m speaking purely about appearance.

I don’t mind small tattoos. I’m not a fan of them, and I’d prefer none at all, but one or two small ones aren’t a dealbreaker for me. Ironically, the only type of tattoo I actually find kind of attractive is a tramp stamp - which even many tattoo enthusiasts tend to dislike.

If I were to psychoanalyze myself a bit here, I suspect it might have something to do with the fact that I have quite a few moles on my body, which I absolutely hate. So maybe there’s some resentment toward people who have naturally clear, “clean” skin - and then choose to cover it with tattoos.

Well, I went from using reddit several hours a day for a decade to quitting cold-turkey when they killed 3rd party apps. I haven’t gone back, though I feel like Lemmy is barely an adequate substitute.

The desire to have sex? Sure would make relationships easier.

For me it was the moment I bought my first lawnmower.

Well AGI would solve climate change in a hearbeat but nobody knows wether it’ll take 5 or 500 years to get there or what other consequences comes with it. Personally I tend to think that we don’t solve it by cutting emissions but rather with technology wether that be carbon capture or not. This is something AI at least has the potential to help us with.

Smoking is probably the biggest one for me though tattoos are pretty awful as well.

Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.