It happened sometimes, but it was easier to filter those people out. Now those people have become the norm. Tinder absolutely is to blame for this.
Tinder ruined dating. It’s made interactions very transactional.
Several (attempted) murderers have owned copies of The Catcher in the Rye.
Ragebait like noahgettheboat, idiotsincars, publicfreakout. It’s the Jerry Springer of the 2020’s.
A lot of places in the US have (had?) small, weekly, free newspapers that are actually pretty good. They get by by being full of ads, often the kinds of ads more family-friendly outlets wouldn’t publish.
The new find sheds light on the rich trade relationship between Rome and India
This essay examines the nature of things in early Daoism via the lens of comparative philosophy. Daoism uses ziran 自然 (spontaneity) to express the nature of things. I explore the ziran or spontaneity of the myriad things through the analysis of de 德, sheng 生 (xing 性), and freedom (ziyou 自由). The sec...
A community for onboarding new users.
New Users !newusers@lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/c/newusers
I could list a bunch of general YTers that cover retro games among other gaming topics, but for those who mainly cover retro games I like Big Ole Words, Hungry Goriya, and Video Works.
DAN BILLINGHAM What makes a riot riot?
Over time, Daoism developed into an organized religion—largely in response to the institutional structure of Buddhism—with an ever-growing canon of texts and pantheon of gods, and a significant number of schools with often distinctly different ideas and approaches.
The Journal of Daoist Studies (JDS) is an annual publication dedicated to the scholarly exploration of Daoism in all its different dimensions. Each issue has three main parts: Academic Articles on …
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we meet the devotees of Mazu, a sea goddess
By building the local food economy and adapting to place, nothing less than a new indigenous foodway is emerging. I am watching rapid transition take place before my eyes – and it’s beautiful.
I’ll go first.
When I was a kid my family had a TI-99/4A. The 99 series was Texas Instruments’ only real foray into the PC and video game market, and it failed to be competitive with Commodore, Atari, and Amiga. Most games were booted from cartridges.
My favorites were Hunt the Wumpus, a sort of early survival-horror with a turn-based grid system, and Alpiner, a mountain-climbing game with various hazards, kind of a reverse SkiFree. It also had the ability to read data from cassette tapes to load text-based games. The one I remember is Hammurabi, a sim/strategy game which I didn’t really get as a kid. Now that I’ve gotten into strategy games like Civilization and Romance of the Three Kingdoms it would be interesting to revisit.
Does federation have a bit of a learning curve? No doubt.
Is Lemmy buggy as heck? Absolutely.
But I don’t think that really justifies a lot of the comments I’m seeing in Reddit alternatives threads that it’s hard to figure out. The front page feed and sort options are very similar to Reddit. Searching for same-instance communities is not too difficult. Posting, commenting, and voting are all quite intuitive. What’s the problem?
Edit: I do think terminology is a bit of an issue. I can tell a lot of people don’t understand “instance” vs. “community” at first. “Magazine” is the biggest offender here. That’s a very unintuitive term.
Reintegrating humans into their ecosystems (so they are directly dependent on them and understand that dependence and thus actively steward them) is what will be required to help humans shift from their predominantly invasive form to a naturalized and even beneficial one. Like the common plantain.
A restaurant in Nantou County is serving up a dish featuring giant snakehead fish caught in Sun Moon Lake, in the hope that creating a market will help reduce numbers of the ecologically destructiv…
Discussions on the subreddit largely focus on Christianity and Islam and also on the social and cultural dimensions of religion. So I compiled a fairly comprehensive list of this area which gets less attention. Maybe we can spin off some more detailed conversations on these topics on the fediverse.
General
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/56zkbi/my_response_to_a_question_regarding_zen_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/85t5o8/lovingkindness_attitudebased_buddhist_morality/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/327gx5/siddhartha_gautama_buddha_got_it_right/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/jl7cg0/why_i_believe_mainstream_buddhism_is_illogical/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/2p9urm/looking_for_a_substantive_critique_of_buddhist/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/3e0k6p/a_debate_about_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/2f2qqh/challenge_criticise_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/36ea4p/criticise_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/20jv65/to_all_what_do_you_likenot_like_about_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1de6mb/clash_of_the_dharmas_a_debate_between_hinduism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1vqhx3/to_buddhists_can_the_noble_eightfold_paths/
Duhkha, upadana
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/13sri99/buddhism_unfairly_characterises_life_as_dominated/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/cd3er9/following_the_eightfold_path_of_buddhism_will/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/dqso8r/the_goal_of_buddhism_is_undesirable_and_buddhists/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/2rmwai/buddhists_about_the_four_noble_truths/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/lq8deo/a_concise_refutation_of_buddhism_in_favour_of/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/13sri99/buddhism_unfairly_characterises_life_as_dominated/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/k2to6/to_buddhists_does_buddhism_present_a_pessimistic/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/o8shu/im_a_buddhist_lets_go/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1r40bk/to_buddhists_and_everyone_else_if_you_could_have/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/16vhx0/to_nihilists_zen_buddhists_and_stoics_how_do_you/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/170560/to_buddhists_why_do_you_feel_existence_is_always/
God(s), (a)theism, worship
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/nh08to/buddha_is_treated_as_a_god_by_buddhists/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/3iutzh/is_buddhism_atheistic/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/6h05hm/how_does_chinese_buddhism_justify_praying_to/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/934ukk/why_buddhism_is_nontheistic_and_how_buddhist/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/79zbz2/is_buddhism_an_atheistic_religion/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1txka0/to_abrahamic_theists_would_you_consider_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/3ec06k/are_almostgods_implied_by_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1egk5f/to_athiestsbuddhists_i_have_heard_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/aclc59/buddhists_and_confucians_who_present_their/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1s44rl/the_buddhist_position_on_gods_and_souls_xpost/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/19ehgy/to_buddhists_history_says_buddha_didnt_speak/
Samsara, anatman, nirvana, soteriology
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/i0au3u/rebirth_is_incompatible_with_the_doctrine_of/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/5aaunf/question_for_buddhists_why_should_i_seek_personal/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/534aqi/from_a_zen_buddhist_rebirth_is_a_false/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/8bgx34/the_self_and_its_implications_for_rebirth/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/674zby/to_buddhists_what_is_your_eli5_explanation_for/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/3zr2yg/is_the_i_real/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/2yq2om/buddhists_what_differs_buddhism_from/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/gar9jm/reincarnation_is_undeniable/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/j34cwa/one_cannot_study_buddhism_without_also_studying/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/oerj9/to_buddhists_how_can_the_dalai_lama_say_if/
https://redditadminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1dlp5d/to_all_is_buddhism_without_rebirth_coherent/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/ol1jnn/anatanonself_contradicts_the_doctrine_of_karmic/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/iq41uj/a_brief_defense_of_not_necessarily_buddhist/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/qxafwz/the_hindubuddhist_afterlife_systems_are/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/8igj4b/the_buddhist_afterlife_system_is_the_most_fair/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/4n9970/can_a_buddhist_suffer_in_hell/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/2akdaq/to_buddhists_an_eternal_soul/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/y7dw4/to_buddhists_what_are_your_replies_to_these/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/139je1/to_buddhists_what_is_the_modern_view_on_buddhist/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/10bgf8/to_buddhists_if_there_is_no_reincarnation_isnt/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/18gg0n/to_buddhists_how_is_rebirth_really_significantly/
Karma, ethics
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/11pvb6t/my_issue_with_karma/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/8xhnlx/mistaken_understanding_of_karma_when_viewed_from/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/2zf1bi/buddhistshindus_are_poverty_homosexuality_and/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/b8eoiv/karma_is_supported_by_scientific_evidence/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1jp8ls/to_buddhists_is_killing_animals_as_a/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/lh4mw/many_buddhists_say_that_there_is_no_role_for/
Westernized Buddhism
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/68bt6n/secular_buddhism_isnt_buddhism/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/g9vjkj/the_suicide_argument_ruins_the_prospects_for_a/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/57dodu/is_it_possible_to_be_a_devout_buddhist_and_also_a/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1816ij/to_buddhists_do_you_recognize_sam_harris/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/1mgpev/are_there_substantial_differences_between_eastern/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/iw88w/to_buddhists_is_it_possible_for_someone_who/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/50lwdq/buddhists_and_secular_atheists_thoughts_on/
Upaya
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/38z3mf/vajrayana_and_mahayana_buddhists_does_not_the/
Siddhi
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/nt31pc/buddhism_is_doubtful_because_the_existence_of/
Maya, metaphysics, ontology
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/pd97hh/despite_what_certain_critics_of_buddhism_allege/
https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/DebateReligion/comments/r6m1e/to_buddhists_if_everything_is_an_illusion_how_can/
The first person quoted in a Pittsburgh newspaper using the word “scab” to describe strikebreaking workers was a boy standing on a Downtown Pittsburgh street corner in 1881. He wore the uniform of his profession: a dark blue suit with white piping on the trousers, a jacket with brass buttons and a b...
Why YSK: I’ve noticed in recent years more people using “neoliberal” to mean “Democrat/Labor/Social Democrat politicians I don’t like”. This confusion arises from the different meanings “liberal” has in American politics and further muddies the waters.
Neoliberalism came to the fore during the 80’s under Reagan and Thatcher and have continued mostly uninterrupted since. Clinton, both Bushs, Obama, Blair, Brown, Cameron, Johnson, and many other world leaders and national parties support neoliberal policies, despite their nominal opposition to one another at the ballot box.
It is important that people understand how neoliberalism has reshaped the world economy in the past four decades, especially people who are too young to remember what things were like before. Deregulation and privatization were touted as cost-saving measures, but the practical effect for most people is that many aspects of our lives are now run by corporations who (by law!) put profits above all else. Neoliberalism has hollowed out national economies by allowing the offshoring of general labor jobs from developed countries.
In the 80’s and 90’s there was an “anti-globalization” movement of the left that sought to oppose these changes. The consequences they warned of have come to pass. Sadly, most organized opposition to neoliberal policies these days comes from the right. Both Trump and the Brexit campaign were premised on reinvigorating national economies. Naturally, both failed, in part because they had no cohesive plan or understanding that they were going against 40 years of precedent.
So, yes, establishment Democrats are neoliberals, but so are most Republicans.
Point taken, but moat of those are at least a year or two old, so the posters might not even be active on Reddit anymore.
I’m going through all time top subreddit posts to seed content here. I’m mostly grabbing links to other websites. Unfortunately there are a lot of subreddits that strategy doesn’t work for, though, if the top are all self or image posts.
I haven't checked it out yet, but you might be interested in Tody Hemenway's "Permaculture City" https://tobyhemenway.com/book/the-permaculture-city/
All posts must be a request for advice.
Hope this rule gets applied to posts that pretend to be looking for advice but are really just seeking validation. People complain about the advice always being to break up, but IMO this is the bigger issue which keeps me away from all of the advice subreddits.
I can't remember anything that was a straight-up factual error. There was something along these lines from a private tutor my parents had to hire to make up for too many days I missed one semester due to health problems. One day when we were covering evolutionary biology she goes, "Well, I don't believe in this, but I'm obligated to teach it to you." Doesn't inspire a lot of confidence, but I appreciate the candor. Which reminds me of the time in middle school a girl in my class said her grandmother believed dinosaur bones were put there by the Devil and the teacher had to give an awkward response to that.
There is one common misconception among English teachers that I think everyone has heard at some point, the difference between "effect" and "affect" being different parts of speech.
