Stop the American bashing, what does it help? Try to replace the word ‘Americans’ in your post with any other nationality or group and see where that leads you. Germans, have you actually? Iranians, have you actually? Gays, have you actually? Blacks, have you actually? Fat people, have you actually? OP, have you actually?

Nice try mister secret agent

I’m in my 40s and I feel very tired. My bones are rattling already, way too early. Migraine once a month. I used to think I’m depressed, but really I’m not, just tired. And soo many of the people I know feel the same! Some put it down to long Covid, some say it’s the vaccines, some call it chronic fatigue, some call it other things. But many are tired. And angry, because when I was very young I fought against environmental destruction, grownups told me to stop or go to jail, and look where we are now, while the very same thing is still happening!

For me it’s the polycrisis: the knowledge that things are most probably going to get worse for many people before they get better. Like some bad vibe in the background, while one still has to try to survive every day, which gets harder and harder. I’m earning half of what I used to while everything is twice as expensive, go figure. And I’m one of the lucky ones, with a setup that enables me to work less hours than average.

Also someone mentioned CO2 one of these days, and not to forget the heat - that might be why my brain really doesn’t work very well anymore.

It’s Lemmy, I think we’re permitted to be weird around here!

I have very little tech. Last I bought was over a year ago, a refurbished Laptop because I needed Windows 11 for work. There’s two more laptops, one bought used, the other new over 10 years ago. Both run Linux now. I’m waiting for my ancient phone battery to inflate enough to bed my little head on it and sleep and never read another notification!

I used to fly drones, back when it was done for fun, not war. I bought so much stuff, not a week without some shit from China (drone racing causes a lot of damage and there was always new, better gear to have!). Gave it up because I considered it unsustainable - so much trash, so much shipping, disturbs birds, bad fire risk … and these days it seems wiser to not be associated with drones. Since then I have gradually turned into quite the Luddite. I am very careful about the tech I permit in my life because it adds what I call a layer of bullshit between me and my direct experience of the world around me.

Yes it is, at least an important part. I’m buying very little in general, and it’s either second hand or local most of the time - when I have to order things for repairs, farm or household, there’s enough smaller online shops in my country or at least another European country. I despise big brands, big retail, big anything and try to stay away.

I’m blocking ads - and when I happen to see one on a friend’s screen I’m confused - this is what people are putting up with between trying to read an article or listening to their music?

I remember resting on the sofa and just listening to the hum of our metal frame Prusa. Especially when printing circles. I might want to have a 3D printer again for the sound more than its practical use!

The bit about the farmers is true. I live in one of these areas and our animals graze lands that were abandoned by the original owners who emigrated to the city or to abroad. And the build-up of organic mass on abandoned farms gives a lot of food to wildfires that might otherwise be mild. The government has its part in this though by encouraging the planting of ‘match forests’ of pine and eucalyptus.

The spraying bit, at least where I live, is complete bullshit. There’s laws in place that one has to clean their land, and they are still in place. The cleaning mostly happens with fossil fueled brush cutters. Municipal governments however love using Roundup at the side of the roads, it’s so nice and easy! Firebreaks by spraying is utter bullshit anyways - when you spray, the surface plants die off and leave plenty of organic matter to burn.

Or so they tell you. I believe the Western propaganda as much as the Russian propaganda: not at all. What really goes on in the background, who knows? We just get told that it’s time to walk into the meat grinder again because the enemy is evil.

You have to understand that the people behind this made up line are evil, and we are not. To make it more believable we are filling your screens with propaganda - a gruesome mix of true and invented atrocities the enemy is committing! They eat babies! They torture grandmas! And of course they started, we didn’t! So now we can do the same! /s

I can’t believe people are still falling for this shit. Every empire is evil and I wish they’d just run out of steam and shut up so we normal people can continue with growing our gardens.

an eye for an eye, yup i remember that shit

Is this rocket science?

Nice work, thanks for sharing!

Different vegetables contain different nutrients. Some days ago I was adding some cabbage to a stew for the first time in months and felt my body rejoice. Maybe some nutrient I was lacking? Could be a case of that if you tend to only eat meat and potatoes.

Great and cheap vegetables to add are onions and leeks, and also all sorts of cabbage, and carrots.

Every body is different and it depends on metabolism and physical activity, find the amount you can add to your stew that makes you feel good!

Ah sorry, I missed that part. I’m sorry, I don’t really have better advice. I’m afraid there’s not much you can do. Probably any attempt to change her mind directly by trying to talk her out of it would just make her double down.

She’s super happy about it, and if the machine is already paid for and the scammers don’t sell her more shit just let it pass. Some people fall for weird shit, and sometimes the weird shit turns out real, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’d say just avoid this topic with her if it makes you upset.

Portuguese desenracanço - inventiveness to make something out of nothing, or get by in difficult circumstances.

I just listened to him for five minutes and felt he was wasting my time. I like people who pick a topic and then follow through with it.

Depends, sometimes hot air gets sucked into the room - but in general it probably will improve your situation a bit. Can you also leave a door open to create a draft? If you are lucky you can pull cooler air into the room. Best try. Covering the sun away is always a good idea.

Never. AI is unethical. It is environmentally, socially and artistically unsound. Guzzles water, owned by billionaires, steals artist’s work.

Is killing puppies okay if I want to make a really cool fur coat? What if the coat is made out of fake leather and just the collar is made of puppy fur? That’s not really a lot of puppies for a really cool coat, wouldn’t you agree?

I think you are doing a great job for calling your employer out on this. Really, more than half of the people I meet who are employed in the work force are absolutely reaching their breaking points yet they are so used to obey they just continue let a relentless system kill them slowly. I can’t really give you practical advice on how to act, I’ve been lucky enough to avoid situations like yours by being a freelancer hiding at home, but I’ve been following your posts and just want you to know I admire your tenacity. Don’t let this bring you down mentally and spiritually, you’re on the right track and if more people had the courage to act like you we would not all be in the exploitative situation we’re in.

They kill us with work, and when we burn out they diagnose us with mental illness. I just won’t accept this gaslighting logic anymore.