The biggest mistake I notice with non-native speakers is verb conjugation, especially with future tense. This may be because I hang around a lot of Vietnamese ESL people, idk. For example, “I go” instead of “I am going” is a common mistake I see.
For natives, the biggest mistake is misspellings and a lack of punctuation. Occasionally you’ll also see excessive punctuation and run-on sentences.
Housing needs to retain its value so politicians can stay in power. Appealing to homeowners with policies that enrich them is popular, but bad for everyone.
That’s absolutely hilarious, as if this is some big high-stakes trial. That guy needs to get a grip on reality.
I just use a kb/mouse combo device and treat it like a PC and use VLC/online services/DVD drive to play media. It’s not super traditional but it feels pretty easy since most of it is in a web browser!
I would just use a tiny PC and connect it to the Internet, then use Linux and pirating services to build a library of stuff. Works well for me.
Torguard is the best! $30 per year with my current plan and it’s reliable enough to play games.
Learning Team Fortress 2 for the first time as a teenager was such a crazy fun experience.
It depends on who you are, really.
If you’re a poor, black woman living in Louisiana where the only work you can find is at a chemical plant, your life is going to fucking suck.
If you’re upper-middle class living in a city, you’re probably going to have a pretty good life.
There are some systems that are just awful by developed standards though. Education, medicine, policing, and politics come to mind. They’re not likely to change, so you just have to cope with them. Basically just don’t ever get sick or interact with the police. You’ll probably die if you do either.
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The way Lemmy is structured is basically communist reddit. Most people who use it are aware of this, and enjoy it for that reason.
Then just re-focus your goals and start to make your transition. Aim for improvement, not perfection, and don’t be too hard on yourself.
Not everyone has to be grinding 24/7 to get the best available opportunities, if you’re more the type to focus on school/life balance then that’s fine as long as you end up stable. Chasing higher status is only going to draw you away from the things that matter to you personally.
Most people feel like this, in my experience. People usually don’t feel totally satisfied with their accomplishments, but will assume everyone else is very satisfied with theirs. In reality, most people feel neutral about their situation 99% of the time, no matter how good it is. Past a certain point, when you’ve accommodated all your lower-level needs like food and safety, the only way to get legitimately happier is to count your blessings and be thankful for what you have, instead of chasing something you perceive as “better”. Those things almost never actually make you happier, especially if they’re materialistic.
Most people also show to others a fake version of themselves that has basically no problems in life. It’s important to remember that what you see isn’t usually what you get with most people. There are some who present themselves as being extremely happy but are severely depressed. It’s important not to compare your genuine self to people’s front-facing personas.
Agreed, Ted Kaczynski was right about technology evidently.
China is more socialist than the States, and it advertises itself as such too. They have to stick to that branding because it’s popular.
Because Trump is very deeply popular with a huge voter block. Going against him means he’ll just point those people at you and say “this guy’s bad, also probably a pedophile or some shit idk” and then your career is over.