Rincewindnz

I'm enjoying this series, pics when done?

Totally, kinda hope the majority of American voters agree this year.

I've also noticed that for some communities, such as the conservative community, the posts get downvoted heaps because they are as accessible as any community. On Reddit I just wouldn't have seen their posts. This potentially makes it unwelcome for people of particular ideologies. (Possibly a self governing trait of the wider community)

Normally I do go silent, I made the fatal mistake this year of work not providing a work number, so have had people calling my personal number (sometimes a gamble). Also has sucked being in a fledgling managerial position and having a huge number of "issues" that have cropped up (starting a new service so haven't quite got the infrastructure in place yet in terms of phones etc).

I'm on leave, but everyone has returned to work and have been needing to get in touch. It kinda ruins leave and I'm thinking I'll come back to work early and recoup my time later in the year.

Has been a cracker holidays though, especially this last week. Have loved connecting with my kids over new hobbies and interests.

No such thing as a fish promotes Babbel, they have a code thingee too to get some percent off the first year.

I mean, in this day and age why isn't [insert what I know to be true] accepted by [everyone who I perceive to be wrong]. Hegel leads to another Russian smart man who argues a bunch of it might be due to this idea of perezhivanie; how we make sense of what is happening (particularly dramatic events) through our cognition, our emotions and filtered through our needs.

How we make sense of stuff leads to how we behave/believe. This is impacted by our social environment, how we are brought up, our experiences, and our reasoning of those experiences.

It's why it is argued that information alone will never change someone's mind about something, it needs to be attached to an emotion and an experience to unpack.

This is an absolute win and should be promoted.

I'm curious, what happens when you block a user? Do you just not see anything from them anymore? Cause that seems like a super effective way to not get irate at a user you really don't agree with on anything and can't have a civil conversation with.

I found them interesting in the sense that they were very simple books, compared to Douglas Adam's stuff which was also written for a different medium (I believe/could be wrong there), where he writes in quips and ideas rather than simple plot. Compare that again to Jasper Fforde who comes from writing for movies and his books also feel quite different.

I've just discovered Jasper Fforde and am into book 6 of the Thursday Next series.

I've just read these as well, I was wondering what your thoughts were after completion? Much more character development I thought in the novels than in the series.