A 50-something French dude that's old enough to think blogs are still cool, if not cooler than ever. I also like to write and to sketch.
Daily, at least once in the morning and later in the evening. A lot more often whenever it's possible. Summer and winter.
God knows I'm hostile to the marketing shit filled world we live in, but ads are... there would not even be a society without the ability to advertise, aka to share information (be it paid for or not) with other people.
The issue, my issue, is with marketing.
Any insight into this besides useful idiots saying advertising is good or necessary would be greatly appreciated!
A single one? That may be too little to be helpful but here it is: insulting people is probably not the best way to attract them to your cause.
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"Don't waste my time with your hate or anger (and maybe try to stop wasting your own time too?)"
Disagreeing is to be expected and even welcomed in any discussion. I also don't mind people not sharing my views, and I don't even mind people not 'liking' me (why should I? We're not living together). I do mind ad hominem attacks, insults and bad faith arguments, because those are not a discussion anymore: the idea is not to exchange contradictory arguments anymore but to somehow hurt the other person, or to hurt their reputation in the eyes of other users. The moment I realize what's going on, I will block the person doing that. (edit: I will not try to discuss any further, nor try to explain other participants what I just realized, I will simply say "thx, have a nice day", or something like that, and block them once and for all)
They are free to keep on throwing insults (and non-sense) around if that's what they want their online presence to be... exactly like I'm free, literally freed from wasting a second more of my own time reading them. That's not worth it.
Edit: clarifications
I don't shop fashion, which means I may not the most qualified to answer your question, but I still do shop for stuff so maybe I can still answer ;)
I only care about a brand when I know it offers quality products (or not). I care much more about the place I will purchase something as I like to know I can rely on a good customer service if anything was to happen.
- I know that I know nothing.
- Perfection is killing you.
- A book a day keeps the haters away (ok, I made this one up. Still, quite a good advice and a real fine way to spend one's time)
Good question. For a similar reason people keep using corporate-owned social media, I suppose?
Working in a store with a self-service printing center, I can tell you it’s a lack of wanting to learn, or even read. Instructions are spelled out on the copiers, but many of my customers will demand someone to help them before even looking at the device because they claim they are too old and not tech-minded enough to do it themselves. Actual excuses to not even trying.
Well, I do believe and hopefully you will believe me too when I tell you I regularly meet young people that can't be bothered to learn much either. Does that mean all young people are lazy as fuck and unwilling to learn shit? Certainly not.
Laziness (like stubbornness, like all vices and like all qualities) is not an age thing. It's a choice and a way of life.
It’s the way some persons chose to relate to the world around them in a mostly (self-)destructive manner. Real sad I will agree with you, but there is nothing new and it certainly not age-related.
Those 'old people' you regularly stumble upon at your workplace were young people themselves a few years ago, maybe even your age, and I'm willing to bet a whole penny that they were as lazy when they were young. Exactly like those young people I regularly meet nowadays will still be lazy once they get old.
Those persons we talk about, some of your older customers and those of my young people, are (probably) lazy but that should not mean all person their age are the same. And that makes a huge difference.
BTW, you did not answer my previous question: do you think old people not wanting to use whatever new app or service is more of an issue than younger people not be willing to not use same app or service?
Edit: there is one thing that I think I need to add: getting old (you most likely are still young) you get slower and things become harder to do, your body gets tired quicker and even your brains start to feel... somewhat less agile. It slows and one can fight against it (nearing my 60s I started learning Russian this year, and plan on brushing up on my Latin too... probably need to relearn it from scratch to be honest as I have not used it for decades), but this aging is happening and, well, it's impossible to completely avoid it and to magically stay young. You will experience that too yourself, hopefully not in a self-destructive way.
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I don't judge persons (because I'm not in their head), I look at their actions.
Also, I tend to steer away from the 'good' vs 'bad' (persons, thoughts, sexuality, religion, and so on) that were and still way too often used to hurt people one doesn't like or agree with.
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Nothing special. I was just one year older. I never was much into birthday and I'm now many, many years older than 18 ;)
My parents are throwing me a huge party, my dad’s idea, of course, and it’s nonnegotiable
It probably is negotiable but it may happen the stakes are too high. Hard to say without any context.
I threw my dad out of my first home the day he came to visit. Right after he started behaving like he used to when I was living under his own roof, I asked him to stop. He did not. I explained him I was not living at his place anymore and he was my guest and he should stop now unless he wanted me to show him the door. He persisted. I grabbed him by the seat of his pant and drove him out, shutting the door on him. It was not nice and it did not end in the most respectful way but it was still a negotiation ;)
I would love to see a majority of people stop considering 'new tech' as the magical wand/solution to all their problems, and see them stop considering 'new tech' as a necessity in their lives. Whatever their age.
My favorite is when someone tells me that they are too old to learn about new technology, or that they can’t use a device because they aren’t very tech-y. No, you just refuse to learn.
Beware of that kind of shortcuts, they often can be very wrong.
Also, do you think old people not wanting to use whatever new app or service is more of an issue than younger people not be willing to not use same app or service?
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One day, deciding I needed to be able to cook (like I'm able to mend clothing) and committing to it. A lot of trying and failing. Slowly improving ;)
We will all have learned to control our emotions, use our brains instead of our feelings, and not waste our time on stupid things and mindless activities. Thx to that, we will stop arguing about endless bullshit issues and focus all our energy and attention on the real big problem (the climate, if there is anyone left wondering) and we will have narrowly managed to escape the sad fate that was waiting for us. Or maybe not?
Not using it?
I try to be happy with whatever happens and do not happen. Not just by being by myself. That's the secret. At least, that's mine.
I've happily been sharing my life with my spouse for 25 years and counting, I have a lifelong best friend (like a real best friend, since we were 14, now nearing our 60s) and I do enjoy meeting interesting people (provided they're not the kind to be constantly sweating hate and anger toward the rest of the world) but, at the exact same time, I love being alone by myself. Meaning I never feel bored or lonely (there are too many things I want to do, and not enough time to do them). I also don't feel any need to always be in the company of people: I enjoy time for myself. But when I'm not alone I will do my best to enjoy the company, at least at small doses ;)
I live in a large city, I reckon most languages must be spoken by at least a few people around me. Not even considering so-called dead languages.
That being said, I would love to learn Chinese. I think I'll see next year if I can enroll in one of the few courses available in said large city (Paris). I've just started learning Russian something which, I imagine in our so incredibly nuanced times, coupled with me also wanting to learn Chinese, will make me quite suspicious. That's fine ;)
The reform of (many/most?) of Western public education systems.
It has turned what was among the best tool to prepare young people to become adults and citizens into a sad joke, into many wasted years during which those kids don't learn much, if anything. Reading (books), writing and even doing simple math are quickly vanishing skills. Let's not talk about history, sciences, the art of listening to and even to have an articulated dialogue, not insults or hatred, with anyone one doesn't agree with.
I feel devastated realizing how badly theses reforms have screwed up so many of the younger generations. What worse is that those reforms don't show much sign of being phased out, quite the contrary.
Maybe this ugly attempt at controlling freedom of expression will have an unexpected positive impact by forcing many people to disconnect and (re)discover there is a life outside of apps. Even a social life, with people meeting, chatting and even doing more intimate things... without any CEO/government/bureaucrat having a say about it..
So either I write clearly then, but won’t be able to free-flow, because I strain on the writing, or it’s unreadable after.
From a shorthand user to another, don’t try to force those two things in the same process: free flowing, aka letting it go, and taking exact notes.
- don't try to write everything down. Exactly like when taking notes during a lecture or when doing an interview. Don’t transcribe: summarize, synthesize. When doing an interview, let the audio recorder do the absolutely boring (but still essential) job of being true to what the person is saying, allowing you to fully focus your attention on getting the important ideas jotted down as well as your own reactions to whatever they are telling you.
- As far as that 'free flow' state of mind is concerned: use it to, well, free flow which implies to not worry at all about transcribing it, at least imvho. Once again, only jot down key words, ideas, notions. Most of the time complete sentences won't be your friends at this moment. If you really fear losing that one good sentence (why bother? If it's good it will stick and if it is not good riddance) you may want to write and talk aloud at the same time, recording it as a backup.
Would love to see RAM price drops like Bitcoin ;)
Things like !outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world ?
Then, I can suggest a couple dedicated comics communities