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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
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Comment on It is your responsibility to follow up in ~life
Photon LinkWhilst this is absolutely good advice, I also find that there are strategies people can take but people aren't taking that would help them not forget (and need to be reminded over and over) about...Whilst this is absolutely good advice, I also find that there are strategies people can take but people aren't taking that would help them not forget (and need to be reminded over and over) about the things they care about. Now, I do mean the things they do actually want to respond to and just forget, not everything else.
They can be simple habits even, take the example where someone read an email on their phone and decided they would like to follow up when they were back at their workstation, then forgot. Make a reminder via your phone's voice assistant. I do this all the time, just a "remind me when I get to the office to respond to John's email" or "remind me in 3 hours..." or even "remind me tomorrow at 2pm" and if the time isn't right when the reminder goes off, set another one. If this happens multiple times, it's probably not that important to you and you should drop it anyway.
Yes people are disorganised and you should always be following up with people. But they don't have to be, and after a certain point if it's that bad, they need a personal assistant. I think many people wait too long to get a PA when they really do need one.
Finally, for personal relationships, if it's so one sided where you have to email someone 10 times to get them to have a coffee with you, and the opposite wouldn't be true, I would just accept that this friend doesn't have time for our friendship, and that's ok, people don't have to be friends with everyone, I just believe there's a moral issue if you're constantly making your friends do all of the work in the relationship.
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Comment on Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid will star a Black Ariel in ~movies
Photon Link ParentThere's always an element of commercialism, it's a company after all. At least it says something about how society is changing that they'd do this in the first place though.There's always an element of commercialism, it's a company after all. At least it says something about how society is changing that they'd do this in the first place though.
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Comment on Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid will star a Black Ariel in ~movies
Photon Link ParentHow do they breathe too? It's a fantasy world, it doesn't play by our rules.How do they breathe too?
It's a fantasy world, it doesn't play by our rules.
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Comment on Why you can't trust me in ~life
Photon Link ParentI feel Qis is not appreciating the fact that the vast vast majority of youtubers wouldn't have even had any introspection in the first place. Tom Scott is clearly trying to do the right thing...I feel Qis is not appreciating the fact that the vast vast majority of youtubers wouldn't have even had any introspection in the first place. Tom Scott is clearly trying to do the right thing here, and you'd have to be pretty ungenerous to find fault in that.
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Comment on Why you can't trust me in ~life
Photon LinkI found this video refreshing, yes some people are still annoyed at his lack of preparedness, but can we not appreciate the fact that 99.99% of youtubers just would have made their video anyway,...I found this video refreshing, yes some people are still annoyed at his lack of preparedness, but can we not appreciate the fact that 99.99% of youtubers just would have made their video anyway, and he stopped to say "I could be wrong a lot"?
People being ready to admit their own faults is so rare in media these days I just can't imagine having anything other than praise for his attitude here.
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Comment on Star Trek fans: what's your position on the amount of technological mumbo jumbo? in ~tv
Photon Link ParentWow that's actually really interesting, it really drives home how the tech itself is really just not the point. That's a really cool fact to learn.Wow that's actually really interesting, it really drives home how the tech itself is really just not the point. That's a really cool fact to learn.
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Comment on Trump’s tariffs could ruin the American board game industry in ~games.tabletop
Photon Link ParentI'd just like to say I'm always so amazed at how pleasant everyone is being, I've only been using this platform for a short period of time and it's still so surprising to see. Good on you all.I'd just like to say I'm always so amazed at how pleasant everyone is being, I've only been using this platform for a short period of time and it's still so surprising to see. Good on you all.
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Comment on What's your favorite videogame? in ~games
Photon Link ParentI played this for the first time recently and it was an amazing experience. Such a great game.I played this for the first time recently and it was an amazing experience. Such a great game.
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Comment on What's your favorite videogame? in ~games
Photon Link ParentI tried to play that game but I dislike reading guides it feels like cheating, and I just reached a point with a bunch of puzzles where I was so stuck it wasn't fun to play. I wish they'd included...I tried to play that game but I dislike reading guides it feels like cheating, and I just reached a point with a bunch of puzzles where I was so stuck it wasn't fun to play. I wish they'd included a hint mechanic in game, I might have finished it otherwise.
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Comment on What's your favorite videogame? in ~games
Photon Link ParentPokemon sword and shield looks awesome, really looking forward to that.Pokemon sword and shield looks awesome, really looking forward to that.
Just be aware that the ending doesn't make any sense to any first time viewer. Read the explanations on the internet afterwards and it becomes a lot more satisfying. That, and watch the remade ending because in the original endings the studio ran out of money to the point where some of the animations are literal story board sketches where animation is supposed to be (although they did do a good job of making it look intentional in an artistic way).