thedarkfly

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[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I wouldn't say that the Nordic countries are minor. As a Belgian, I'll abstain on the status of Belgium.

But in no way I'd call Luxembourg major ๐Ÿ˜„

Anyway, this classification is subjective and reveals the personal biases of Sanders towards, apparently, rich countries.

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, beetlejuicing I believe was the term!

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the guy in my story was to be a developer as well. Clearly it's way more confortable to work on Linux. The justification in my company is that the security protocols are already built for Windows so they don't want to redo the job on Linux. Handling to OS' would increase their work load.

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Absolutely. If you're so strict about this, you should definitely ask.

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 149 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (34 children)

In my story, he was not really fired. But a new hire in my company was handed his computer. Seeing it was on Windows, he asked to work on Linux instead. IT told him that Windows was mandatory so he resigned on the spot.

Based af, but he didn't even enjoy the burrito he ordered for lunch :(

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

It's great! You really should sign them, though. Besides self promotion, attribution is important to find the sources, credit the materiel and find more of your stufd!

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

There's a good polished doggo in Brussels too:

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh sure, I had no trouble answering to this after a couple instances. But the first times I was very surprised! I thought the cashier was flirting with me haha. After that I answered "very good, thanks" and basta.

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

As a European, asking how I'm doing is already too far. It was quite confusing when I went to the US.

[โ€“] thedarkfly@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

59 Dutch - 40 French - 1 German actually

 

I feel a sort of duty of staying informed about the suffering in the world. This includes current events like war crimes being commited today; as well as the history of oppression: colonialism, imperialism etc.

But it makes me feel bad, really depressed. I feel like I'm torturing myself. So I try to stay back, take care of my mental health.

But then I feel bad turning my eyes away from it. It's like the passerbys looking away from a homeless person. Or the people, safe at home, not caring about the suffering of others because it's far away and it doesn't touch them personally.

I guess I'm not alone feeling this. How do you find a balance between taking care of yourself and not falling into apathy, insensitivity, or willful ignorance?

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