Katrisia

Oh! The first part can be about suicide, you're right. The second part reminds me of antinatalism, and I think it makes sense for breaking the cycle described.

More like: "It is a bad neverending cycle. Break it".

This is new, after the blackout. People from the U.S. get a message when searching for things like "vagina health" or "rigged election*". The rest of the world gets results normally.

*Edited.

I don't understand why the people here who like TikTok aren't on a Reddit instead.

Reddit is not as leftist as I'd like it to be. Reddit app is garbage while Sync is awesome. I left in solidarity the day they banned third party apps.

I like the idea of decentralized social media and I trust you tech savvy lemmings about its importance, but I also have a weakness for nice communities and TikTok has/had one.

I am not a better human being, but I'm combating my irritability one cause at a time. Firstly, treating physical conditions that cause irritability (as much as money has let me): hormonal issues, sleeping issues, etc. Secondly, addressing psychological and psychiatric problems (I had to learn a lot of these topics because I wasn't able to afford specialists all the time and it was an interest of mine anyway). Finally, fixing external or environmental causes, e.g. working on changing toxic relationships.

It is still a work in progress, but my life is getting calmer and calmer as I am ticking the boxes in that list. At some point, you get to a place where you can search for your own answers, existentially speaking, and that also helps. Here I mean exploring philosophy and your own ideas; your feelings, your passions, etc.

Be patient. Be compassionate with yourself (and others).

I hope he doesn't hear about the Gulf of California. He is not going to understand that the Californias were Mexican and, thus, the Gulf is still named after the fact. He's going to claim some wacky s*it like "the name indicates it belongs to one of our states", "Mexicans are trying to steal California's assets", or something like that.

It is nowhere near South America. The Gulf of Mexico is in North America, touching Mexico, the United States, and Cuba.

The name makes sense because, technically speaking, it is an ocean basin. Most of the basin goes towards Mexican territory; not meaning the touching of the borders but that it covers what would be Mexican territory. It "pushes" or "delves" more towards Mexico. (I hope I'm explaining myself, lol).

It has been called "the Gulf of Mexico" for about five centuries and it made even more sense less than two centuries ago before the United States stole a big chunk of northern Mexican territory.

I agree. And censorship is not the way. I'd only criticize that it goes both ways, as he seems to disregard the hypotheses that support transgender views with equal dogmatism or lack of rigor.

Philosophy and some sciences, but I'm not very knowledgeable. I know people say you don't need to be an expert in order to enjoy things, and I agree, but then those aren't special interests either, right? I love my music, but I know few bands. I love singing, but I lack technique. I like horror stuff, but I'm pretty picky. I'd like to be fit and practice sports, but my health is an issue. I like some beauty topics, but I'm not interested in applying them. I enjoy eating, simple food though. Some games are fun, but I mostly repeat the same ones. I like mountains and forests, but just for a day or two. I'd like to read more...

I'm really a master of none.

Instagram reels.

Exactly, these users want a relatively efficient app with an algorithm that shows interesting content without the effort of looking for it.

I personally love the things TikTok puts on my feed (philosophy, science, arts, political opinions, medical advice...). I don't think I would have been able to find a lot of those things on my own. For instance, it's been amazing to understand some of my health conditions: a video about a random symptom (and how to address it) sometimes shows on my feed and it's like: "Wow! I didn't know that! Thank you".

So... it's not just laziness, not in my case. I hate that algorithms have been radicalizing my parents politically. I love that my algorithm helps me with advice (for me, my cat, my home...) and it connects me with similar people. It's a bittersweet technology, I guess. Anyway, without it, Loops might not be a solid alternative.

Honestly? I don't think it's ready for the migration that's going to take place in January (supposedly, January). The USA will ban TikTok and people still debate in the comments what should be the new short videos platform. I really want to spread the message about Loops, but I was unable to create an account just a few days ago. It won't work for thousands and thousands of people that want something efficient and do not appreciate the Fediverse effort as we do.

Mastodon itself couldn't compete against BlueSky. I think Loops has a month to be a real TikTok alternative or it faces the same destiny as Mastodon (or Lemmy).

I'll sound like Google, but I think you'd like The Brainwashing of my Dad.