Ah, the tragedy of any in-joke. If not everyone is in on the joke, eventually it stops being a joke.

You should definitely assemble a new scene with this one as a casualty on the ground! It looks very naturally damaged.

This is my hole! It was made for [MY CHICKEN SOUP]

Which pro-nuclear posters are pro-fossil fuels and anti-turbine? I’ve never encountered anyone like that.

I’m going to go a different direction and argue that the RS232 has always been the most androgynous and third-sex of the connectors because:

• the female connector is most frequently the one that’s a cable
• the male connector is most frequently directly connected to an appliance
• the male has the pin prongs, but is almost always recessed.
• the female connector has the the prong holes, but almost always juts out.

Who’s connecting to who? Who’s the top and who’s the bottom? Who wears the pants? No one knows.

I don’t know how much weight I put on a British person’s opinion on issues relating to the Irish and Ireland.

Eh, I think you might think heat pumps are more complicated than they are. I think they’re about as complicated as a furnace. At the end of the day, in both your just pumping a gas from one place to another, changing the state of the gas, and then running that past air to heat or cool it.

This is true. It’s what I tell my mom because she never picks up her phone! 😄

A situation like that has only happened to me once… and they didn’t call, they emailed me.

Ah, see in my opinion going to voicemail is just the risk you take if you call someone.

Sometimes you don’t want that :)

Sure, my work uses discord, and I know friends that use it. But my family doesn’t. Plus, if you do sales, or job searching, or anything that involves talking to people for work who don’t directly work for your company then Discord is a little awkward. A phone or zoom call is better.

I actually agree with you on that one. I hate voicemail. If I don’t pick up, shoot me a text or send a voice recording through the messaging app.

I can see why you’d fear phone calls then. In my family I get a call from my dad about once a week to ask about my day. Usually the family texts more in the mornings, and more phone calls in the evening. Plus for a while I had to pick up the phone anytime someone called for work reasons. You just get used to it after a while.

Damn dude, it’s not that big a deal. Just don’t pick up the phone. If it’s important they’ll find a way to let you know.

No it doesn’t. Just don’t pick up the phone. If it’s important they’ll text you to pick up the phone. There’s a reason the terms “phone tag” and “screening calls” exist.

China has a bad ratio of young people to old people. They have a lot of people, but as the population ages there will be fewer working people supporting more retired people. It’s not just about money either. There are a finite number of nurses or caretakers in a country at any given time, so it will mean higher ratio of people needing care to those able to give it. It’s a complex issue that almost every country is going to be dealing with more in the future, but China will probably feel it more than average.

Same with the Virginias.

I would say that it’s too early for anyone to know what a more solidified etiquette will be. So for now just do whatever you want so long as you pay attention to any changes in public opinion or rule changes.

I used to get very anxious and stressed out about this. I started reading a book that reframed my mindset on the issue. Now I don’t get nearly as stressed or anxious as I used to.

Being stressed and anxious about the issue is coming from a mindset that we could still prevent it, and wanting to do something to “stop” it from happening.

So maybe try thinking about it like this instead:

1. Humanity will not end with Climate Change. It will become different, and worse. But it will not end society.

2. Animals and nature will not end with Climate Change. They will become different, and worse. But it will not end all other forms of life.

3. Climate change is not something to stop. It is already here. The world you used to know is already gone. Accept that you live in a different world, and that’s ok.

4. Mitigation is still a good thing, we should still be actively trying to mitigate what we can. But it won’t make things the way they used to be.

5. Start preparing and planning your life around these changes. It will help you feel more empowered, and help you accept our new reality.

My recommendation is to read “How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos”. Reading that book in some ways felt like going through the five stages of grief. But in the end I felt like I came out feeling healthier, and more capable of helping mitigation efforts because I didn’t feel paralyzed by fear anymore.