hendrik

This a creative writing exercise?

Though a few peoples freedoms have been taken away, like women. And you got a lot stupider on average. And he cut the taxes of the rich while millions lost health insurance and national debt increased. So it’s not particularly great eiher.

Hmmh, that’s usually postponed until after a war is over. At least to gather the exact numbers. But the other side isn’t going to conceal it. They’re going to brag about it. So we’ll know anyways.

Don’t worry about that. We pay a few of our own journalists to live in the US and report the news. I occasionally read or watch both the European and unfiltered American reporting and they’re not alike. I think we still get a picture resembling something close to the truth. At least generally speaking.

Rule 2.

But sure, we can do that. It’s not particularly difficult to find news from the US in other parts of the world.

Probably drank from the Kool-Aid during Covid times.

I don’t remember that post.

What do you mean with trolls? I mean we have some memelords here and some argumentative people. But I don’t see trolling that often.

Generally, stick with communities that have a good atmosphere.

If you’re in Europe […]

Germany, Ruhrgebiet. So a region that has been shaped by coal and steel industry. Though it’s one of the examples where the change from heavy industry to modern economy worked out relatively well. But that means we’ve had lots of immigrants come here to work since the nineteenth century. I always like to think hating on immigrants is like taking a crap in your own backyard. Because that’s my heritage and part of what constitutes this region.

Of course it’s way more complicated than that. Sometimes we forget where we come from. And it comes with different implications when it’s been Polish immigrants who are catholic as well, or Turkish people who grew up with a different prophet. (And they do weird things like go to sunday school on friday, or take off their outdoor shoes before prayer.) And after that (in recent times) it’s been other countries like Syria where people came from due to war etc.

I suppose there is a parallel to the USA. US history is a lot about migrants, let alone a few Native American people. But that was a long time ago.

your country has a thriving right wing movement

Yes. That’s something we all struggle with. And it worry about that. I think there is a multitude of factors. Society should put in some effort to fix this. We have stupid people, people who aren’t stupid but easy to manipulate, we have people in precarious situations and it’s not healthy to leave them behind. Especially without any perspective but with access to Telegram to radicalize themselves and each other. I’m not surprised this turns into hatred against random things. Immigrants, the establishment, … I suppose that’s a big reason why we have some 20-30% of people voting for some complete nutjobs. But: It’s a minority here. And that’s (still) a big difference to the situation in the USA. But we also have a lot of the same problems. And I suppose another thing is the world getting more complicated and people having to deal with it. They’re looking for answers. And if we don’t have any, someone else will make up some simple answers and hand those out to everyone.

I’m making a claim about the human psyche, not ethnic differences […]

You’re right. I’m reasoning about things and none of that is about thinking. It’s about emotions and feelings, wanting to be heard or a lack of (felt) perspective genuinely turning into hatred. It’s all about human psyche and manifesting in a very, very unhealthy dynamic. I wish us all the best. And I really hope there is a way to reconvene and steer towards a future that’s not dominated by hate and small-mindedness.

(Edit: And btw, my perspective doesn’t translate to other parts of Germany. It’s a whole different story there. And people might not even have any immigrants as neighbors if they live in other parts of the country.)

I don’t think this has anything to do with diversity and ethnicity. I’ve watched people from very different cultures who also look different to me. Studied together with them or shared a flat. I live in a region that’s been a melting pot for quite some time now. And while we certainly cook different dishes and occasionally go grocery shopping at different places… Or go to a different hair salon… It seems to me we value exactly the same things in life. Struggle with the same things at work or in our every day lives. And generally have very similar goals. I think there is basically no difference. It’s mainly made up and made to believe. Certainly not the true reason for anything but some pretend argument for something else.

Sure, it’s not 100% like that. We do face different challenges at times. But generally, if you’re working class, you could sympathize with a working class person from a different ethnicity. They’re pretty much the same as you. While this doesn’t apply to your fellow white guy nextdoor who is an architect. But somehow you take it out on the person who is way more alike you? That’s not rooted in objective reality or facts.

I wouldn’t know where to start. Maybe the electoral college and that nobody updated this in centuries. Makes it borderline undemocratic IMO. Especially the winner-takes-it-all formula that makes you have exactly 2 parties, with none of them really incentivised to do what the citizens want. At least on a national level. And the people can choose to either vote for one of them, whether they like them or not, or throw away their vote.

And the next thing are maybe the people themselves. I can’t imagine how half a population would like a convicted criminal, who’d like to make everything more expensive for them and doesn’t like democracy (which is kinda something the USA is proud of, historically) and would like to get rid of it. Which is completely detrimental to how and why the entire country was founded. And I mean you kind of have to be a racist yourself to like other fascists/racists? Or have some pretty severe issues in your life. I can imagine like 20-30% of racists around, or people who’ve been fooled by some charismatic character. But not half.

Ignore any downvotes and do what you think is right. I’ve also been downvoted multiple times for posting good and helpful ideas. That’s just how this place works.

a) I don’t have any good recommendations. I’d just like to say that’s a lot of knowledge. Linux, networking, firewalls, the software etc. It takes some time to accumulate all of that knowledge. And probably reading more than one book

b) There are a lot of books about Android development. I’d recommend you visit a library or larger bookstore. They should have some, maybe you can skim a few pages and see if you like how it’s written.

Edit: Any maybe ask in the self hosting community and not on ask lemmy. ( !selfhosted@lemmy.world )

I think you need a lawyer and/or someone to check your finances. All the things with the back taxes, penalties and fees don’t sound right, someone needs to do the maths on that and see if you get ripped off. Or if you should somehow change tactics. Do you have any other friends or family in your life? Or some intelligent people to ask who to ask? I guess sometimes there also is some help groups for disabled people / people with depression available. Or organizations/charities who can help, ether with finances or interacting with the government, hopefully pro bono.

Well, these days it’s certainly more fashionable to ask ChatGPT than to look something up… Other than that I agree with the other commenters, you’d need to tell us what you’re looking for. What aspect of “modern”? And how does that apply to an encyclopedia?

Dye and the right amount of UV light exposure.

That’s a kiss.

I rarely see them these days. Are they still in use in the mainstream? Or is this something that immediately outs you as a 90s kid or old(er) person?

Get emotional about something. And you’re done. You’ll likely go on and on with some ramblings about that.

The other thing is writing coherently and with some structure to the text. That just takes practice. But platforms like Lemmy are a good place to practice your skills. I imagine it to be difficult to start, though. You need to find some topic. Something you have to say something about, a bit of knowledge. And ideally it’s something you care about. So you have some incentive to put in the work. Writing it down properly just takes time and a bit of practice. At least for most people.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aenhancement

(I think that’s the official list.)