FailForward @FailForward@social.cleverlibre.org

@satan That's perhaps true in the UK, or the US. Elsewhere, I speak English, because it's the only common language we BOTH know - and to the hell with the proper grammar, idioms and such.

@z428 Feels like a throwback to 1988 to the east of the Iron Curtain. Gray and sad world with an unconscious glimpse of what's to come in a year.

@apilsetas creepy

@DrJackBrown

> Most people don't really want the Truth.

That's why the humankind came up with Truth Social.

@BrynnTannehill74 What's the point of entering a place clueless about its habits and screaming about how terrible it is?

@piggo Well, the amount of pain is always the same. You can just choose to have it a little bit every day, or a huge spasm once in a while. It's always a choice. Either way, it's pain.

Anyway, you have sympathy .

@moth_ball Maybe a helpful idea could be that you are not a _single_ vector. You are many many things (aspects of yourself) evolving in different directions at the same time. With this in mind, it's easier to think about relating to others. You don't need to always seek _fully_ like-minded souls. What you need is to find souls which are _aligned_ along _some_ of the vectors you are evolving along too. And that is easier. And I'd also say also more enriching: all the non-aligned directions of the other one (be it a friend, partner, colleague, etc.) become things to learn from - as far as the few mutually aligned directions are the important ones. I don't care for finding soul-mates to be "one" with. I seek equal partners to _share_ the world with.

@piggo grumpy today?

@MomDrinksSwears Watch out! She's closer than she appears!

@ypc_bunsen just to add: in the end I am staying on QOTO for the tech features I value. Works for me. And thanks to @freemo for the supporting admin and devel work.

@ypc_bunsen
Are you sure you are going to improve your situation by moving?

This is just an unfortunate property of fediverse. Either you are on an instance which is blocking other instances, so you don't see their content, or you are on one of blocked ones, so you can see others' stuff but cannot interact - most of the time a mixture of the two. I find it really unfortunate and tried to sort it our for myself, but finally dropped the issue. Apart from running your own instance, I wonder is there even an open instance of any significance/history which allows its users to see everything and be heard everywhere?

@freemo

@freemo and on top, now I sent you a DM and I do not see it in the DM "timeline". What's going on?

@piggo @piggo Right. Now I recognise it. It reminds me of caves in Germany south of Harz mountains near Nordhausen and Kyffhauser which is full of gyps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarossa_Cave). very "different" experience (in comparison to karst caves): https://www.google.com/search?q=barbarossa+hoehle&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjjtKyG-Lr7AhX1y7sIHaTmBYIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=barbarossa+hoehle&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIHCAAQgAQQGFAAWMMDYJcFaAFwAHgAgAE9iAE9kgEBMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=7ih5Y-OFBvWX7_UPpM2XkAg&bih=894&biw=1612&hl=en

@piggo what's that?

@leah beautiful

@TheStrugglingScientists I agree on all your points. On the other hand, however exploitative/skewed (pick your adverb) the system is, it works. It produces new knowledge, it advances humankind, technology, in short, it creates progress. So much is certain. That it also involves more or less precarious life for PhD students (depending on the particular region), is a different thing. But I agree, trying to help to mitigate the damage "the system" does to many starting scientists is a good and worthy mission. Good luck there!