Haha I feel you!

Perhaps try to be a bit less extreme in your language in front of your parents - or offer them a bet: if a CO2 monitor is yellow or red at the evening they pay for it and you can air whenever it’s getting yellow. If it stays green you pay for it and shut up about the windows!

As I don’t know your parents I can just project from myself: Whoever would be the physically closer one at that precise moment.

I can’t imagine a situation where this could be a rational decision unless one of you fucked them over in a way I can’t even begin to fathom.

This is so deep monked brain territory that it really comes down to pure instinct and that is driven by perceived higher chance.

If the situation is in a way there it’s impossible (for example would have to carry both of you but you’re too heavy) chances would be high that we’d all die together - not because of some heroism bullshit but simply because I know my inner monkey quite well and it’s self preservation instinct vs kin preservation are … Let’s say not in my favor ad an individual :D

Your parents are right in terms of energy waste, im sorry to say.

I’m quite similar though and air about five times a day but with a timer so that the air gets circulated completely without cooling out the house itself.

The breathing struggle is most likely a mix of dust sensitivity and psychology. For me an air cleaner made a huge difference in my comfort level.

I’d you want to go the scientific approach get a CO2 monitor (the most important element for brain performance when talking about home air) and a PM2.5 sensor for dust levels.

Oh yeah I - at least in part I wanted to go over the top as reply to the “so boomer” phrasing :)

But honestly, I think I see where you’re coming from. My concern is that it’s not a change in language but a shift from information to emotion: And there is genuinely something to keep an eye on: Do my news inform me or engage me?

No matter if Epstein, AI, Ukraine, etc - it’s becoming harder and harder for me to create an opinion on my own because more and more of my information channels tell me how I should feel instead of what’s going on. I’d rather find that out on my own though.

It’s an interesting thought for me though because I can easily rationalize my opposition against this shift - but it’s also rooted in my emotional reaction to emotion-bait which is … ironic I feel!

Yes, this is an unpopular opinion - and at least for me not for the reason you seem to think!

“that’s the way the world is” has way more “boomer vibe” than you can imagine. Even if you add “now”. Why should I give up just because things go to shit? Why should I retire into acceptance and ignorance?

Your acceptance is surrender, your annoyance a sign that a party of you knows that.

Then there would still be the possibility for someone to take off the glasses.

Or invent spectrometers.

Or make others curious.

I’d claim that our issue is too much belief and not a lack thereof. Beliefs remove the potential for excourse y for discussions and for admission of being wrong. Believing is the act of removing an item from analysis, from critique and in its final form from thinking about it.

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding you - if that’s the case please apologize.

I don’t get it with the body either. No we are not insane as a species and if only because insanity is defined on what we as collective see as normal. But what is “deep history”? And people don’t get send to a doctor just because they believe in fairytales, at least where I live.

Humans seem to have an inert need to have answers and guessing one seems to be better than “I don’t know” for many.

Which are all of them who claim to hear a difference.

Joke’s on you, it was my keyboard that had connection issues! Wait, no. That joke was on me.

Agreed - and none of them are a catch-all answer suited for everyone from my point of view.

I full heartily disagree because MacBooks are a trap: While I agree with you in terms of production quality it’s a point of no return for a lot of use cases which rarely makes it the best option in my opinion.

It’s basically eliminating too many options down the road for it to be a good recommendation for most people for me. There are exceptions of course but i couldn’t call it “best” with good conscience.

Haha that was an auto correct fuck up - I agree with you!

It was supposed to be “are preferable” - that’s what I meant with the first sentence: There must still be effective encryption in the wild if some… elements fight so hard to kill it.

You realize they"trying to destroy" implies existence?

It’s not " good vs bad" for me, it’s a “better vs worse”. And for them: yes, European date centers as few are preferable at this point in time from my current knowledge.

Edit: Auto correct fuckup.

Joke’s on you, the world just produces more and more.

Imagine pushing hard to outlive George W. and miss your window by a decade and suddenly. BAM, Trump I.