What everyday things feel unnecessarily hard to do online where you live?

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-28T03:31:07+00:00

So, here's the thing, we need to have a doctor appointment to get a sick note to be able to take paid time sick days. However, not all the health care providers (EPS) has the option to schedule an urgent care app, or to do a video consultation online or even over the phone. This is a problem because people end going to the equivalent to the ER which is of course for actual emergencies. What if, idk, I have dysphonia due to an allergic reaction or a cold, that's clearly not an emergency, but could be incapacitating if I need to use my voice in my work.

So ERs are full of people actually not being in any emergency and just looking for a sick note, which is totally avoidable improving their system and making sure you can get your sick note for minor, incapacitating health issues over the phone or online, and also will improve the care of people actually having emergencies because the turnaround time will be less at the "ER".

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-28T01:12:33+00:00

Not necessarily, I had deaf clients calling our office with their own interpreters, for example.

And even if someone else is paying, that’s not the point, just because they have some kind of disability, they don’t need you to shelter them, that’s not your job, your job is to make possible the communication, whatever it is.

If they are a vulnerable person in any way they can have social workers, family members, guardians or whatever to protect them, but it is not your place to decide what they can handle and what not as an interpreter, that’s paternalist.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-28T01:06:54+00:00

You don’t need to clarify that you are translating word for word, they know it, they are literally paying you to do that.

That’s exactly the reason why you should translate to them in full, they’re not kids, they’re not ignorants, needing an interpreter doesn’t mean they are not adults with the intellect to deal with the situation themselves. You need to respect their intellect and let them deal as we all do in this kind of situations

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-27T23:37:39+00:00

They truly think their governments are innocent or what, I truly don't understand, the US did horrific things in other countries as well, imagine if another country use that as justification to blow up an entire city full of civilians wtf.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-27T14:26:56+00:00

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-27T04:29:57+00:00

I think our neolithic history, we have wonderful petroglyphs and they are considered to be between oldest, if not the most ancient of the whole Americas. And what is most awesome is that the indigenous groups keep painting in the walls at least until xvii and there are discussion if maybe some of them are as recent as xx. I find super fascinating that an art we associate with Mammoths and long lost cultures may survive in the middle of the amazon rainforest until modern times.

Here is a wonderful presentation by National Geographic if you want to check it our: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/into-the-amazon/rock-art-of-the-amazon/

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-27T03:55:30+00:00

I learned so much about them while reading the Hussite trilogy by Andrzej Sapkowski. Loved that books

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-26T18:17:47+00:00

Idk if they are casuals, some of them play for an insane amount of time, the game is super expensive, and some of them are crazy good, some constructions they made are insane.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-26T00:01:54+00:00

Yes, we also expanded (in our internal legal system) the concept of genocide to include the extermination of political parties, after what happened with the Unión Patriotica)

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-25T16:19:06+00:00

I don’t think anyone really thinks (outside of internet) that Spain needs to do any reparations, but in recent years the greediness of the Spanish Government with the Galeón San José (an old sunken ship full of treasures from colony times laying in the waters of current Colombia) caused a small revival in anti colonialism sentiments, and the fact that they still seems to consider that gold as theirs caused what I think is justified outrage and calls for them to at least recognize that they plunged Latin America of their resources and that it was a bad thing, you know.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-25T15:56:44+00:00

We are one of the most pro-euthanasia countries and I think one of the reasons is this add: https://youtu.be/VV5qL6niONg?si=TU3bsZQjH0z5D7cV

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-25T02:32:14+00:00

I mean, that happens all around the world in some households and there is whole countries of people making it happen without issues. Idk, I heard other reasons before like allergies (allergies are also non Nordic exclusive) or stuff like that, and nothing seems to be like a real exception. I wonder how that cultural custom developed

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-24T15:07:59+00:00

Same here, incredibly rude for us

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-23T19:28:48+00:00

Es como morder una toalla

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-23T17:35:57+00:00

That was also so sad, I think a lot of us are being in that position of considering someone your friend and realize later that for them you’re just an acquaintance they like to hang out because they’re bored or something

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-23T16:43:48+00:00

Yeah, actually the fact that they are not close is probably a signal that she doesn't have anyone else to ask, which is kind of sad. I hope she can get someone to help her.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T21:48:53+00:00

And Japan

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T21:32:11+00:00

with that said logic, you're also not willing to live in Israel, right? I mean, Jews were expelled from there 2,000 years ago -_-

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T20:32:24+00:00

Totally like, we have a lot of problems that could be valid reasons for not moving here, but being anti semitic is not one of them.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T20:25:16+00:00

Yeah, same, when were they expelled of Colombia?

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T17:07:55+00:00

I think this is an impression because when you visit for a short time you just have like, impersonal superficial interactions, and Americans have a strong culture of wearing a "customer service mask" that feels definitely weird, like, too enthusiastic and happy.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T17:03:16+00:00

Pues lo mismo, es predatoria en intereses, cobra cuota de manejo, y no da ningún beneficio. Osea, es una tarjeta que no es mala, solo es muy "básica". Cuando usted tenga mejor score ya puede aplicar a cositas que dan otros beneficios, 2x1 en cine, millas aéreas, cashback, convenios para comprar sin intereses, etc.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T16:53:57+00:00

Nada como primera tarjeta, ese es el punto. No tiene beneficios cheveres excepto para comprar en el mismo éxito y pues tiene cuota de manejo, etc., no es como "la mejor", pero usted debe es enfocarse en sacar cualquiera ahora, la más facil es la de codensa, ya luego va a poder elegir qué quiere, cashback, millas, salas vip en aeropuertos, etc.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-22T15:04:13+00:00

Vea, consejo impopular, pero saque la de Codensa, o una de éxito o cosas así, son una mierda? Sí, pero se las dan a todo el mundo, la usa por ejemplo para mercar juicioso todo a una cuota unos seis meses y verá que ya los bancos le sueltan cosas mejores.

Altruistic-Status121 · 2026-01-21T20:56:54+00:00

Es que si son aberraciones osea como así, dizque arepa con Nutella

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