Nah, we're living through the same in other countries too, maybe with some delay depending on the election time

Still, big cities seem to have a lower rate so I wonder if there's something about the methodology that depends on population density

True it sucks and it happened to me as well. But I tend to change jobs every 2-3 years. Companies are wildly different about how much socializing is expected or desirable. Or if you're placed in a team where you click with people.
Unfortunately it's a lottery and you don't know until you've been there for ~ 6 months.

Are you old enough to work? Finding a job where a good proportion of coworkers are extroverted can do wonders. If you're an introvert you'll feel uncomfortable at times, but the trick is not to reject their attempts to establish contact.

This is not the first time I've heard about weighted blankets. What do they serve for? Is it because some people prefer to be under a weight while sleeping, or is there some medical benefit?

Asking as someone who can only stand the lightest of covers.

At some point the growth can only follow fertility rates from 10-15 years before.

Basically none. Both are mainstream instances, not practicing any extreme moderation policy.

You might have confused lemmy.world with lemmy.ml which does have some communities with bad reputation.

There's a huge difference between a tankie and a socialist:

• Socialist supports economic policy aimed at just distribution of resources
• Tankie supports fascist-like authoritarianism under a mask of socialism

About 36h. One day, one night and the next day. Party + drugs.
I did this twice actually, but I like sleeping too much to make it a regular thing.

Not sure what I ate but I just nuked my toilet. Does it count?

Sensationalist headline aside, it's kinda well intentioned but doesn't work. Addiction rehab camps have been tried before.

You don't have to.

Anything really. No matter what your friends say, what your family says, you're not obligated to live your life in a way which is not comfortable for you. Or put yourself into situations you dislike just to please other's expectations.

Do it your way. Do your best to be a good person of course (according to whichever moral standard you hold). But do it your way.

I definitely bought a lot of things because of ads. Not directly though, I don't go around clicking on online ads even if one slips through the blocker.

Just being exposed to the idea that some product exists is an ad. Reviews and comparisons. Seeing a brand name in the wild. A product being recommended by someone I consider an authority in that specific field.
It all provenly works on me.

And I don't really regret it, how else would I even find out what exists? Go to the store and just buy whatever the seller recommends? Did people do that in the past before mass advertising?

Edit: I just realized this is exactly what Amazon is trying to do. Push generic "amazon option" products which have no independent sales outside of the platform.

Yes to both

• Great I just ordered 6 boxes of Chilean rose
• You mean Chilean rosé, right? .... please tell me you mean Chilean rosé

And then you get frustrated that wikipedia article is so shallow and go looking for original academic articles

Conversely I hate the trend in English language to keep the original pluralization rules when adopting words from other languages. Just anglicize it to "alumnuses" or "alumnis" (if you want that to be the singular). Rules of the original language don't matter any more when you use it in English.

imo, permaban should be reserved for bots and spam accounts. and people committing crimes using the platform.
everyone else max 30 days, but no limits how many times you can get banned if you keep repeating the bad behaviour

1 bedroom, 1 living room joined to kitchen, 1 bathroom. Living alone. I hate the place but I locked in a good price when I signed the contract, it would be 50% more now.

They were also banned in the 1920s. It just took a war with several million dead to discredit them. And now 80 years later they're back, despite still being banned.