Most comics don't even have a title panel! I swear, back in my day comics had a 30 second intro video with a theme song and everything... smh my head.

Why stop there? You could have fuel stored in veins across the whole car to increase storage. Above, under, front, back, nothing but good ole gas.

As far as Nintendo legal action goes... This one is kinda reasonable. Guy was selling pirated copies via online shops.

I don't defend Nintendo, though. To me the guy was violating piracy code. Selling things that should be free is worse than even the heinous crime of not seeding a torrent!

(/s seems wrong... is there a code for hyperbole? /h? Lol)

There are a few conflicting frameworks, plus what I describe is normative behavior rather than people with diagnosable conditions (depression in abnormal psychology tends to be more a dysfunction of the brain). I teach social psychology to undergraduates, so I'm familiar with the other frameworks at a fairly broad level-- the one the person you responded to is a bit of an older perspective, but the direction you're taking I've heard discussed.

Still, it's difficult to get into the details in a Lemmy comment on a shower thoughts thread.

None the less, I mostly don't like the fragile/secure ego approach because it's harder to measure something like that, meaning there's less evidence that's what's going on.

I will say more generally though, our brains seek out acceptance and avoid rejection, much like we do physical pain (fMRI confirms it's the same part of the brain). That includes good things, like behaving cooperatively, and bad things, like confirmation bias. Self-esteem, similarly, cuts both ways-- it makes us feel better without needing external sources of esteem, but it also rejects external threats to that self esteem.

I simply worry that excess of anything leads to bad outcomes, like certain politicians we're dealing with now. But now we're getting more into my opinion and less about the research.

If you're curious, the textbook I use is open source. https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/

It's not perfect, though. I find it covers the topic well enough not to need to force my students to buy a text.

You sound very responsible and the one thing I remember from my much earlier doomed relationship of 5 years was to learn to love myself before moving on-- which I managed to do successfully, and so will you someday.

I mean, look at you! You got an education, you work hard and know how to take care of yourself. I read in another comment that you even had foresight to have decent insurance; that puts you well above most people I've met. (And PS on that note, I had that walking pneumonia I think around that same time and Jesus that was a doozy, I totally get how serious that was).

Suffice it to say, you have lots to be proud of and moving on will require learning that self love. Honestly I think you're already on your way, though. It just takes time.

Yup. Gotta love that, reminds me how my girl lines up books up the stairs perfectly straight. Inconvenient, but quite a sight and proud of it.

Yes, but also improvements to its efficiency which we've also made great strides in but are backsliding a little on because of stupid shit like this. Large chunks of our always-on electric bill are these things, after all.

There's a few studies that link low self esteem and depression with accurate understanding of the world and oneself. Lookup depressive realism. It's actually mildly depressing!

Incidentally, using high self esteem may also lead to looking down on others, defensiveness, inability to critically analyze oneself, among other things. That's just kinda how it goes when you think highly of yourself...

Perhaps we give it a pass in a post-scarcity world? When capitalism isn't in the picture, it's not taking jobs or ruining the environment or anything like that.

Although, you kinda still have to "write" a holodeck program and it also seems to be slightly harder than prompting or they'd be doing it on the fly a bit more.

Well... also my wall clocks. And my analog alarm clock. Plus you know, the sun and my kids waking me up and whatnot.

But yeah, I guess my phone will change on its own.

Honestly seems more of a critique of grind culture we've got in the US. Used to be you had time in the morning or afternoon to enjoy a cafe but now you've got a job you can't afford to quit in a town you can't afford to live in and need to drive an hour to get there with gas you can't afford... that last part because there are no trains anymore, too.

Yeah, halfway through that, I admit it's also still bullshit car culture nonsense, too. Lol

You know, the parts of humans that have the most trouble tend to also be the most recently evolved. Spine issues, hip issues, knees, and feet. It's that danged upright walking we do, I tells ya! Not enough beta testing!

And don't even get me started on how wrong our brains can get, hehe.