Void Abyss @voidabyss@qoto.org

@vwbusguy I have adsl line, connection drops at random, I find it extremely frustrating when it happens and I am in the middle of an upgrade.

You mentioned:
> SOCKS Proxy via Firefox
What's that?

@wdlindsy Don't you agree with the comment?

@wdlindsy

@vwbusguy did you use tmux in case the connection drops?

@slowbikeiain

A lifespan of a car is around 10 to 20, an e-bike is around 2 to 5 years max.
Will e-bikes create more pollution?
Tires pollution and toxic batteries materials, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Vy4wi-H88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDfLWFv3ixk

@empiricism Any meaningful impact to tackle climate change won't come from big gov, politician main job is to get reelected and to funnel tax money to their backers though shady big gov contracts (some are under the marketing term of Climate Change™)

If you're passionate of the issue of wood burning, then you should study and come up with better efficient cost effective heating system.

That's how we transform the negative aspects of our impact on the planet to positive ones.

Most of modern amenities
didn't exist 50 years ago, through innovation, technology and mass scale production those amenities become part of our normal daily life.

@empiricism I don't know how old are you, but some "adults" have no money to switch heating system nor to pay the monthly bills for electricity or gas. It's no a matter "evidence" but economic reality.

The online definition of Toxic positivity"
> is the belief that people should maintain a positive mindset no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, rejecting all difficult emotions in favor of a cheerful and often falsely-positive façade.
...
> To stop toxic positivity, clarify what you want from your conversation partner.

I don't know what you mean by 'Toxic positivity' in the context of this discussion, I was maybe wrongly assuming it was wishful thinking.

@empiricism

The is no 'toxic positivity', the future is bright and full of abundance for the people that love the planet, love humanity, love innovation and technology.

There are toxic minded people that are in fear, hate humanity and want to live in a state of scarcity.

But the real danger is big gov fascism trying to micro manage daily individuals activity for the sake of "reducing harmful activity".

@johnabs @freemo @bii

I really like your take on this subject, it's well written out and to the point.

@empiricism

It's not all doom and gloom, we have to keep a positive outlook on the future and make individual positive changes that reduce our impact on the planet and be wary of big gov fascist control solutions for climate change.

@users toots per day metric is very strange, seems like non organic activity to me.

@samuraikid crazy art, I don't know what to think of it!

@freemo

> You said tattoos and scarification was **not** considered immoral

Where did I mentioned that? It is self-harm therefore it's immoral, I posted research study that mentioned the harm of tattooing on the immune system.
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-nanoparticles-tattoos-circulate-body.html

>The scientists report strong evidence for both migration and long-term deposition of toxic elements and tattoo pigments, as well as for conformational alterations of biomolecules that are sometimes linked to cutaneous inflammation and other adversities upon tattooing.

@freemo

>Are you suggesting that all people who get tattoos have some underlying emotional distress or suffering, and therefore is self harm?

No, many do that for those reasons, some people just copy what others do.(Herd mentality)
What determine self-harm is the net negative outcome on the individual and society unless it’s self-sacrifice.

The rule here is if it bad for the individual, it’s bad for society unless self-sacrifice.

Self-sacrifice might be perceived as bad for the individual but it’s a net positive for society.

@freemo yeah oops