@Thatfeministwoman @androcat @ManWhoTalksToHisHand @benroyce @lordkhan @randahl @FrancoisPrague that's admirable, and desirable. unfortunately, it seems unlikely. i know you didn't ask for it, but my free advice to you is to prepare for the opposite to happen. for a number of reasons, we are reverting to a more hateful, divided and tribal humanity. we can still hope it won't happen, of course, but it's best to prepare yourself for it.

@Thatfeministwoman @androcat @ManWhoTalksToHisHand @benroyce @lordkhan @randahl @FrancoisPrague israel wants it all. palestine wants it all. in 3000 years that region has only known a few periods of peace longer than 100 years (there were still skirmishes and revolts).

as reasonable as your suggestion sounds, unfortunately sustained peace is not possible in that region. best you can hope for is a temporary hault in hostilities, with a new flare up in a few years.

@baldur you're right, but the media (news media in particular) doesn't exist to investigate or be a mediator between the few and the many anymore. it used to be that. but not anymore.

news media is simply a megaphone, they hear something from someone, and then they simply amplify it to the rest of us. that's pretty much it. that's their purpose.

@boudah @xrobau i could be wrong, but if i remember correctly they're not security locks, they're security tags to show that it hasn't been tampered with or used since last inspection.

as for colors - red is immediately attractive as a color i suppose. in the case of emergency and panic, that's probably useful.

@xrobau it's nice to keep your options open 🤭

@Devonkiwi @Nickiquote the most accurate description i've heard about european politicians. they rarely seem to talk or care about europeans. (yes, i realize the absurdity of expecting politicians to care about citizens, but you'd think they would at least pretend to)

@VeroniqueB99 suburbs are not new in the US, they've been there for decades, but this problem is new. it also exists in other regions of the world (eg: Europe where distance is not a problem). honestly i don't really see the connection between loneliness and suburbs.

and the dramatic increase everywhere coincides with the advent of the ever online lifestyle. while phones might not be the sole cause, they're surely a big part of the reason, that's undeniable.

@calcifer i think losing sight of the big picture is the only practical thing left to do right now. people are utterly exhausted and they just don't care anymore. if we just focus on pausing further waste, and ignore fixing already broken things we might actually succeed in this small goal (though chances are close to 0 in my opinion).

@budududuroiu @slimhazard that's the first thing you've said that's actually true and accurate. i'm glad we got somewhere.

@budududuroiu @slimhazard let's not sit here and pretend that poor countries send only their best and brightest to richer countries. that couldn't be further from the truth. it's quite the opposite statistically. take Romania where only 1 in 4 that emigrate are college graduates.

talking in maximalist statements means we're not actually talking, just trying to shout louder.

@budududuroiu @slimhazard you claimed it costs the host country nothing. which simply isn't true as a blanket statement. and you now claimed that immigration is great for the host country. it's absolutely great in the immediate term - agreed. but long term - there are hints we're seeing now of hidden costs. i'm sorry but you're making these absolute statements, and honestly none of them are true - because things are more nuanced than black or white.

@budududuroiu @slimhazard the conversation was about immigrants, not emigrants. and the only way you can make a case for immigration being a net positive (as your claim of 'costs $0' implied) is by ignoring a large part of the image and focusing only on certain aspects.

@budududuroiu @slimhazard none of what you say has anything to do with being 'forced' to leave, which is what we are talking about - or maybe we just have a different understanding of what the word means. and neither of us can prove that immigrants are all net positive, or all net negative. the reality is that it's a mixed bag, depending on circumstances. which is why i can't make a claim opposite to yours, but i can tell you that your absolute is not accurate either.

@jenniferplusplus they needed an excuse to postpone their IPO (to avoid revealing real financial data) and drum up more ai-mania. you are correct most likely - it was all staged/on-purpose.

personally i have no doubt about that, but i have no proof of it.

(ex: OpenAI sold their investors on anywhere between 100$ billion - 275$ billion profits by 2030, depending on how dumb the investor was while every single projection for 2030 puts the entire AI agent market at less than 100$ billion)

@budududuroiu @slimhazard those are people who choose to leave the country to make a better life, not to survive. that's a choice. romanians are not starving, nor being bombed, nor sleeping on the streets. furthermore - coming back to your original comment, your example also contradicts your claim that immigrants cost the host country nothing. these romanians do cost the host country because they send a large part of their money back to Romania. (edit: the ones from the article i mean, not all)

@budududuroiu @slimhazard that elites view us as cattle is not a surprise for anyone at this point. but i would still disagree with you. i agree there are a few countries in the world where you can argue people are 'forced' to leave. but for the vast majority, no - it's a choice. and Romania is one of the worst examples you could have picked honestly, considering the standard of living and security there.

@budududuroiu @slimhazard i don't think filipino nurses or turkish doctors are being brought forcefully to germany to work. your take sounds dangerously racist - implies those people don't have agency over their lives, and they're just 'cattle', brought here to work.