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by fleddr 4y ago
I only have speculative answers on offer... Somehow the sexual revolution of the 60s/70s running out of steam, and a correction taking place. A growing influence of American culture as well as Muslim immigrants, both more conservative.
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by fleddr 4y ago
In the 80s/90s, on Dutch TV we'd have daytime deodorant commercials on public channels featuring naked women applying the product. Wasn't even considered sexual content, and in no way shielded from kids either. The context is
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by fleddr 4y ago
Great comment. The status quo is so bizarre. Human life has no inherent value unless it makes continuous contributions to "the economy". It would be economically most efficient to drop dead on the day you retire. Thanks, human! Al
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by fleddr 4y ago
The French are sometimes ridiculed for their "unrealistic" worker demands but as a Dutch person, I greatly admire their unity. Here in the Netherlands, we pride ourselves on our "polder model", a trinity of government, e
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by fleddr 4y ago
My take on this is that bizarre as it is, most companies do not seem to care much about productivity in the first place. If you look at the typical knowledge worker (non-manager) today, they're drowning in meetings, chat and email. Lea
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by fleddr 4y ago
In our work culture of "toxic positivity" we've forgotten that most employees, in any business, care about pay and job security first and foremost.
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by fleddr 4y ago
We should spend less time on the crazy outcomes of these institutes and more time on why they can even exist in the first place. They are somehow funded yet not accountable to anyone. Nobody asked for this, it doesn't help anyone, an
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by fleddr 4y ago
Ah yes, the myth of rejecting nihilism. Just like my last restaurant visit where I ordered stale bread and water. Enough for survival, the rest is pure vanity.
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by fleddr 4y ago
Whatever happened to concepts like "probable cause" and "innocent until proven guilty"?
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by fleddr 4y ago
Go do volunteer work, it's where you meet people that like to see you coming. Then build from there.
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by fleddr 4y ago
Only on HN can one debate the purpose of legs.
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by fleddr 4y ago
In general I'm annoyed by references to history. Computing, internet, social media, smartphones...each of these jumps are unprecedented.
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by fleddr 4y ago
The parent comment is pointless intellectualism. I'm really quite sure that people can grasp that when you put a fish on dry land, it's not made for that. And that similarly, we're not made for social isolation, living indoor
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by fleddr 4y ago
Your response is as predictable as HN can possibly be.
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by fleddr 4y ago
We're not that horrible. The chronically online character overconsumes news, which is almost always bad news, as that grabs the attention. Complemented by hysterical, pessimistic social media grifters. When you almost exclusively consu
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by fleddr 4y ago
Nice try, Taylor Lorenz.
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by fleddr 4y ago
I could not disagree more. Before smartphones, one would "surf the web" for an hour or so at night, and physically sit down at a PC. That's a radically different experience compared to the 24/7 always-on information over
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by fleddr 4y ago
You're contradicting the entire point of the article. You mention increases as of 2017 and 2019 whilst the phone narrative aligns with 2012 and beyond. Mental health fell of a cliff since 2012 and seems to keep degrading ever since. On
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by fleddr 4y ago
Not giving unrestricted access to a smartphone to a child is child abuse? GTFO.
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by fleddr 4y ago
Similar. Teen(ish) in the 80s. Only during my early 30s did I learn that during that era, the nuke to end us all could very well drop, and it had one of the worst economic crises ever. Had no idea during it all, didn't notice. Nor do I
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by fleddr 4y ago
We're biological creatures evolved to be outside, to interact with the physical world and real people. It's easily replicable. Go out for some more walks, plan more visits with friends, do some wood craft, gardening or whatever el
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by fleddr 4y ago
I think the scenario you describe is the least of smartphone problems. You already are meeting physically with a friend. That's a good place to be in. The far more impactful issue is that meeting simply not happening at all and contact
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by fleddr 4y ago
We've already had a few decades that had the technical potential to start working less over time. But it did not happen. If anything, we started working more, especially when seen from the unit of a family. Why? Because the market will
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by fleddr 4y ago
Fully agree with your take. CSS should have more straightforward properties that actually do what people intuitively expect it to do without additional dependencies and weird side effects. Even the supposedly favorable case of having a flex
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by fleddr 4y ago
It appears to me that Silicon Valley is unaware that there's such a thing as Food Valley. Which does exactly what you ask for. Food Valley centers around the Dutch University of Wageningen, the pinnacle of agricultural research, teamed
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by fleddr 4y ago
Product idea: AI bot that turns low effort male chat messages into profound, caring and thoughtful conversation. The Pro edition comes with an in-ear aid, should it come to a real date. To be countered with Fembot AI Plus, which converts pr
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by fleddr 4y ago
The grasping at straws is because I, a westerner, said it. Had a local expressed it, which they regularly do if one cares to listen, then none of the examples would be challenged. Half my examples are made by locals, they aren't even m
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by fleddr 4y ago
Well spotted ;)
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by fleddr 4y ago
"Addiction activities are always meaningful activities." Craziest take on addiction ever.
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by fleddr 4y ago
Very fair point and agree.

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