Idk what your society or definition of “insanity” is but assuming you’re asking what we believe most commonly leads to one’s mental health entering a negative feedback loop:
Broadly speaking it’s some form of hopeless desperation (yes, the hopeless qualifier matters here) that commonly kicks into high gear after falling into homelessness, at least based on my own observations
Some also get to play on hard mode simply for winning the genetic and/or socio-economic anti-lottery
Lemmy is my niche community
Different jobs are different
Sorry for rambling
Pretty sure it’s actually missing King Kong given the design of those buildings and plane
For anybody else wondering about the roughly 1500 year gap, there are conflicting statements between the museum and an article (presumably the one above) written about it but I don’t see any explanation on either side’s reasoning:
We talk about freedom the same way we talk about art,” she said, to whoever was listening. “Like it is a statement of quality rather than a description. Art doesn’t mean good or bad. Art only means art. It can be terrible and still be art. Freedom can be good or bad too. There can be terrible freedom.
Joseph Fink, Alice Isn’t Dead
Grub Rescue
Same way you overcome any of life’s challenges: decide it’s impossible bullshit and move onto another game
The moment I realized the most one can gain from (pre-buyout)Twitter is the respect of other Twitter users, posting anything immediately became a chore
I had a lot of fun with it
Doesn’t sound familiar but I understand there’s very little to go off here
Can’t remember the name but there’s a novel set in Ireland in the not-too-distant future
Synopsis implied it had become a surveillance state but didn’t gave up before confirming due to the literal writing style
I swear every sentence was written in the passive voice (poorly remembered examples):
“It was made known through the clothes he wore they were sent from the department of security”
“As she walked outside the smell made Spring’s arrival clear”
Totally fine normally but do it every single sentence and it becomes a mystery novel where the mystery is what the hell you just read!
… Or idk, Harry Potter 5 is pretty meandering
“My parents didn’t try to get into school loans”
Weird flex
Technically accurate use of POV
Pick any human development index measurement and view its progress over the past 10 years
Hobbies have always been restricted to those who can afford or at least (as is far too often the case) finance them
Will an urbanist shift make these things less accessible as larger homes are torn down and replaced or drive down prices by hoovering up those currently forced into larger homes than they need? If I knew with impunity, I’d be too busy running my real estate to respond
Where are you watching drug dealers openly flaunt their money? Do you mean pharmacists?
So what’s the signage before trucks can no longer turn around?
Am I the only one having a stroke trying to understand:
“clears up again after the first wave of divorces (after 35?)”
These are relatively easy to find in Japan
Couldn’t tell you why but they are