I like this sentiment. Hope is also very important in my life. In my darkest times, there was always hope to cling to. It wasn’t always realistic and most of it has failed. Some have succeeded though and I am in a much better place now.

However, it is important to learn that failure is a good thing. Society has imprinted in most of us that failure is bad. It is not. Failure is a way to learn. Without failure you cannot learn and you cannot grow.

For this same reason it is perfectly fine for hope to fail. You can learn from that and adjust your hopes and expectations accordingly within the scope of you values.

Yes it’s not much, but it feels special because it’s an international train for which you usually have to pay a supplement.

Only if you have a subscription though. Like a businessman, a student card or a “traject vrij abonnement”. It doesn’t count for individual sold tickets, I guess that also means prepaid ov cards.

I sometimes take the ICE from Arnhem to Utrecht. It’s special, because it’s an international train with sleeping cabins and sometimes even on-board catering. You usually have to pay an extra supplement, but not if you only ride it nationally. This kind of train only stops on three stations in the Netherlands (Armhem, Utrecht, Amsterdam), which makes it more special.

Been there, done that

Got a kid and a job and eventually lost all time for gaming. Now I’m slowly starting again, but only single player stuff

Tipping is fine, but as in “keep the change”, not “we need to change this tipping culture”

Try doing a bachelor next to you job. Dear God, do I long for some rest. I’ve been slacking on my studies lately, but I only have 50 EC left to do. Anyways, I’ve got no choice but to change jobs after I get my bachelor. Employers don’t give proper raises, they only give unfair wage gaps to new employees. That s how you get the “I’ve worked here 30 years and the new college kid gets twice my salary” rethoric. That’s sadly how it works. So eventhough I’ll have my degree next year, I know I won’t get paid for it unless I leave. I’ll try, because I like my job, but I know they won’t accept my offer.

Ain’t nobody got time for a strike. I gotta feed my kids and pay my rent

Good point, I should start murder more people who don’t use iso8601… It’s about time!

What blue drawing?

Like this:

Or Like this:

My son is 5 and has all but Fiep and Fons in his class, but there is a Fien. Old fashioned names (or variations) are very popular these days… or five years ago.

Great risk, great reward

I think it’s grow or die, just like everything. So I think we’ll have to grow, but I’m just curious how. Will it stay like it is now? Will it become even more niche? Will there be some capitalist instance who’s gonna take over the whole fediverse? Will there be mainstream news broadcasters mentioning Lemmy posts or users? Will “This is awesome, Lemmy post this online” become a mainstream saying?

• black
• male
• nothing, it was just a hand pushing the ball
• a ping pong ball
• round, wood coloured, but thin like a metal coffee table.

I did have to think about how to put it into words, but the picture was fully formed before revealing the questions.

There’s a religion for that, Breatharianism

Because they don’t want to sift through tons of garbage to find the good stuff. I presume.

That’s just parenting, mate. It makes you worry about all the details you never worried about before and it makes your hair turn grey and gives you sleepless nights. But all in all it’s all worth it somehow.

Well thanks a lot, that’s now my fear too.

I once met a guy who was stuck in a drug enduced psychosis when I was 12 or something. It shook me pretty badly. I’m not opposed to drugs at all, but I’ve always had an irrational fear of halucigenic drugs since.